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z4root not working

i have been reading the noob root guide and have a problem. with 2.10 hboot installed, when i log in to shell, command for super user i get permission denied.the phone never showed anything on the screen. titanium backup shows not rooted.so at this point i think z4 root is not working.any ideas?

Did you take the 3.70 OTA update?

Last I checked, z4 doesn't work on the evo. There are other methods that work for the evo.
Sent from my EVO

fenixjn said:
Did you take the 3.70 OTA update?
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yes.
i hav been fallowing the noob root guide.

Well there you have it. It seems 3.70 patches the exploit that z4root was using to get access to root. AFAIK, there are no new exploits that can be used for root access on 3.70 so you'll have to wait.

you need to hit TEMPORARY root on z4root. make sure you are using the 1.3.0 version of z4root, because none of the earlier ones have temporary root. the temp root feature definitely works on evo. it is just a few simple lines of coding. not too difficult for an app.

dkdude36 said:
you need to hit TEMPORARY root on z4root. make sure you are using the 1.3.0 version of z4root, because none of the earlier ones have temporary root. the temp root feature definitely works on evo. it is just a few simple lines of coding. not too difficult for an app.
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Thats what I was doing.how long before they hack it?

z4root works for 3.70 i am pretty sure. is your usb debugging on?

i know it works for 3.70 and hboot 2.10 because I jus used temp z4root yesterday... lol

dkdude36 said:
z4root works for 3.70 i am pretty sure. is your usb debugging on?
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Yes I do.wish it was that easy.

thank you mroneeyedboh for proving my point. either you got a bad download or it is a user error (no offense intended)

maybe it did and you hit no by accident... hmm maybe run rUU and then try it again?

i am just waiting to see how all this gets sorted out...

dkdude36 said:
thank you mroneeyedboh for proving my point. either you got a bad download or it is a user error (no offense intended)
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did you ever figure out your radios? I figured out my issues with bad 4g.. I had to deroot my phone then reroot. So from day one I had 4g, I rooted and didnt check on sprint lovers rom if I had 4g. then I flashed fresh and didnt check until later and noticed no 4g... so then I flashed myns and nope.. but Istill had my RSAs and MACs...
so then I derooted and then rerooted. 4g from stock, 4g after root, 4g on sprint lovers and 4g on myns.

dkdude36 said:
z4root works for 3.70 i am pretty sure. is your usb debugging on?
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mroneeyedboh said:
maybe it did and you hit no by accident... hmm maybe run rUU and then try it again?
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Noob question, ruu?
Didnt see that in tutorial.I am a noob in rooting Android.done lots of other rooting and love dos.

Hulkanator said:
Noob question, ruu?
Didnt see that in tutorial.I am a noob in rooting Android.done lots of other rooting and love dos.
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ruu is a program for pc that flashes over most partitions with the stock sprint unrooted rom. it is ALMOST the whole process of unrooting and is considered 'starting over'. google is your friend on these sort of things.

dkdude36 said:
ruu is a program for pc that flashes over most partitions with the stock sprint unrooted rom. it is ALMOST the whole process of unrooting and is considered 'starting over'. google is your friend on these sort of things.
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well i didnt see that in the tutorial,since what i am trying is not working. how do i go about using ruu or you have a approved tutorial i can read to get it to work.
thx

http://tinyurl.com/248fuso

do i need to be rooted for this? i would like to back up my phone before i wipe it.

dkdude36 said:
thank you mroneeyedboh for proving my point. either you got a bad download or it is a user error (no offense intended)
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I am on 3.70, and like the Hulk have had issues getting z4root to work. After about 15 attempts, reinstalling the program, clearing data, etc. I got the program to work one time and did a Titanium backup of a few apps. Since then, I have been unable to get it to work again. Something in the process also rendered several of the apps that I moved to the SD card inoperable. I imagine a factory reset or RUU might do the trick, but I haven't taken those steps yet.

Working Superuser for TB Sense

This is actually relevant to more than just the Thunderbolt. It fixes Superuser problems with numerous newer Sense releases.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=886999
My su binary is already being provided via the root thread but the matching Superuser is not. Without the matching patched Superuser, you'll see FCs when apps request root if the Superuser app itself is open.
Just apply the update zip from the aforementioned thread to fix it. ROM builders should use my patched version as well.

Please update to this, I will be fixing the tutorial as soon as I can, and noting it here.

Rafi, good to see you on the bolt. Looks like we will get a virtuous Rom too. Ran your Rom on the inc till I got run over by the desire z, hd craze.
Sent from my Thunderbolt!

Hmm, not sure if I should do this. I ran fix permissions in Rom Manager and it seemed to take care of all the problems. Everything's been working fine since then. What do you guys suggest?

i see no reason to mess with it if your set up is currently working

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i see no reason to mess with it if your set up is currently working
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I agree - however, in my case, nothing was solving the FC's - so I put in this SU and all is right with the world.
I think it's worth trying if all other permissions methods are failing - it certainly "feels" more stable.

This fixes su issues while the superuser app is open.
Flash it.

Thank you rmk & jcase

even aftere re rooting fix my su issue i ran this and i feel su runs wayyyyy smoother now for apps that need su.

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i see no reason to mess with it if your set up is currently working
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There is simply no way any newer Sense ROM works correctly without this patched version. You *will* ultimately encounter issues.
Don't believe me, try this. Open up the Superuser app itself, connect via adb shell, su system, su root. Observe hang. This is just an example, there are numerous other ways to have the issue occur.

RafficaX said:
even aftere re rooting fix my su issue i ran this and i feel su runs wayyyyy smoother now for apps that need su.
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Good. maybe you can apologize now in the debloat rom thread instead of trying to smear my name.

can you just post it in here...i dont like guessing games...i see 2 links to pull requests on github...i dont know wtf that means. some of us dont speak computer 120% fluently..

MYxdaUSERNAME said:
can you just post it in here...i dont like guessing games...i see 2 links to pull requests on github...i dont know wtf that means. some of us dont speak computer 120% fluently..
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Haha scroll down the page!! There's a flashable zip
sent from my Thunderbolt

for christ's sake...big blue letters. i thought that was the top of his sig..but he lost me at github.
good to go...i do remember a few force closes that never amounted to anything serious last night...

doodoostains said:
Hmm, not sure if I should do this. I ran fix permissions in Rom Manager and it seemed to take care of all the problems. Everything's been working fine since then. What do you guys suggest?
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This was working for me until I rebooted. Once I did, everything was back to how it was.
I just applied the patch, restarted. VOILA! SU is working again. Thanks rmk40!

Superuser is acting up after working fine earlier. How can i boot into clockwork without rom manager anyone? thanks

frodsteamin2 said:
Superuser is acting up after working fine earlier. How can i boot into clockwork without rom manager anyone? thanks
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Turn off phone. Hold volume down when booting up.
Sent from my ADR6400L using XDA App

Was able to get into CWR after a reboot, flashed. Thank you!
Edit * this fixed all my issues. . Thanks again

evilmunkeh said:
Turn off phone. Hold volume down when booting up.
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Thank you for the response, my newbness was the problem as there was a file on sd card that keep trying to install when trying what you mentioned above.

Still getting FC's in SU after flashing... Did I miss something?
Never mind, fixed after running a program that required root.
Thanks!
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[Q] Rooting without a sim card?

So I have an old MT4G laying around that already has a void warranty and I don't think it can be activated anymore either (used the insurance to get a new one after the screen cracked and they said to not bother sending it in because of all the problems we were having with them).
Anyway Iv'e been wanting to learn to root for quite awhile now (since I got the original moto droid a week after it came out) and this seems like the perfect opportunity to learn. If I brick it it doesn't really matter since it doesn't get used anyway but my question is can I root it without it having a sim card?
Thanks guys.

yes you can

Yes you can, believe you just need the sim card to access t-mos network. You can still use wifi with the phone to play around with...

Thanks guys, gonna start it today sometime so hopefully tonight I will have my first rooted device

So I used VISIONary and it seems I'm permrooted after temprooting? I have done a battery pull and left it out for about 30 secs, "restarted" and shut down and turned it back on twice and I still have superuser. Not complaining just thought I had to hit "Attempt Permroot now" in order to perm root it.
Any ideas? did I just not leave the batt out for long enough?

010Twitched010 said:
So I used VISIONary and it seems I'm permrooted after temprooting? I have done a battery pull and left it out for about 30 secs, "restarted" and shut down and turned it back on twice and I still have superuser. Not complaining just thought I had to hit "Attempt Permroot now" in order to perm root it.
Any ideas? did I just not leave the batt out for long enough?
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Did you use root.sh or gfree to root?

010Twitched010 said:
So I used VISIONary and it seems I'm permrooted after temprooting? I have done a battery pull and left it out for about 30 secs, "restarted" and shut down and turned it back on twice and I still have superuser. Not complaining just thought I had to hit "Attempt Permroot now" in order to perm root it.
Any ideas? did I just not leave the batt out for long enough?
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VISIONary.apk will NOT perm root your device if the device has not been S-off. the superuser app will always be there, but that doesn't mean you have perm root. go to terminal emulator, type "su" (no quotes) and it will give you "permission denied". you must have an S-off device to perm root. there are plenty of guides out there that will tell you how to root, easiest method is using visionary/root.sh found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=834225
good luck.

eqjunkie829 said:
Did you use root.sh or gfree to root?
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I have no idea, super new to this lol
saranhai said:
VISIONary.apk will NOT perm root your device if the device has not been S-off. the superuser app will always be there, but that doesn't mean you have perm root. go to terminal emulator, type "su" (no quotes) and it will give you "permission denied". you must have an S-off device to perm root. there are plenty of guides out there that will tell you how to root, easiest method is using visionary/root.sh found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=834225
good luck.
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Ahh right, thanks for the info, figured superuser would go away. Thought I read in a couple places that it disappeared after you did a reboot.
Going to start on that method now.

010Twitched010 said:
I have no idea, super new to this lol
Ahh right, thanks for the info, figured superuser would go away. Thought I read in a couple places that it disappeared after you did a reboot.
Going to start on that method now.
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remember the thanks button haha

Ok so I have s - off now and when I go into terminal emu I can grant it su. Gonna take the batt out now for like 10 mins to make sure it sticks?
Perm rooted now right? lol
Edit - Still have s - off and can still grant superuser to apps.
So what now? haha
Guess I make a recovery image now before I go any further? Or should I have done that before I started all this? haha

010Twitched010 said:
Ok so I have s - off now and when I go into terminal emu I can grant it su. Gonna take the batt out now for like 10 mins to make sure it sticks?
Perm rooted now right? lol
Edit - Still have s - off and can still grant superuser to apps.
So what now? haha
Guess I make a recovery image now before I go any further? Or should I have done that before I started all this? haha
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yes, S-off and root with VISIONary.apk equals perm root. congrats

010Twitched010 said:
Ok so I have s - off now and when I go into terminal emu I can grant it su. Gonna take the batt out now for like 10 mins to make sure it sticks?
Perm rooted now right? lol
Edit - Still have s - off and can still grant superuser to apps.
So what now? haha
Guess I make a recovery image now before I go any further? Or should I have done that before I started all this? haha
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yes, now you download ROM manager from market, and flash clockworkmod recovery.
and then slap a custom rom on that beast

saranhai said:
yes, S-off and root with VISIONary.apk equals perm root. congrats
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Awesome, thanks for the help. Though now I'm wondering why I didn't do this a long time ago haha, guessing it isn't quite this easy with all phone though. Think When I'm a bit more comfortable with it I'll root my G2 which is my current phone. Now I gotta get a ROM on this thing

010Twitched010 said:
Awesome, thanks for the help. Though now I'm wondering why I didn't do this a long time ago haha, guessing it isn't quite this easy with all phone though. Think When I'm a bit more comfortable with it I'll root my G2 which is my current phone. Now I gotta get a ROM on this thing
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lol i HIGHLY suggest virtuous unity, which is Sense 3.0 from the sensation. it's smooth, fast, and very stable
heres the link to the thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1143177
happy flashing

clockwork mod
yes do google clockworkmod 3.0.2.4 on xda or google on how to install

Ok so I got the clockwormod from the market which looks to be 4.something, guessing that'll work. Also why doesn't the xda app have a reply option? Lol

010Twitched010 said:
Ok so I got the clockwormod from the market which looks to be 4.something, guessing that'll work. Also why doesn't the xda app have a reply option? Lol
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It's got one, you just have to press the menu button. And if you want to quote people in a reply just hold down on their post.
And the App version you downloaded is what's 4.x, the RECOVERY Version should be 3.0.2.4. It'll be the first option inside the application, can't miss it lol

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It's got one, you just have to press the menu button. And if you want to quote people in a reply just hold down on their post.
And the App version you downloaded is what's 4.x, the RECOVERY Version should be 3.0.2.4. It'll be the first option inside the application, can't miss it lol
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Yea I downloaded the free app and there doesn't seem to be a way to reply in it. Checked menu and long hold on posts.
Ahhh ok cool. Sorry like I said I'm new to this. I hit the flash thing at the top of the app. That should be all I need to recover if anything goes wrong right? Or do I need to do a nandroid? Backup? Again sorry like I said new to this and still trying to figure everything out.

Ok hoping I didn't do anything stupid but I downloaded virtuous via clockwork it got done and asked to reboot and start the install so I started and I hit I think load from SD card or something close to that and since then it's been stuck on the what I'm gonna call the tophat screen lol (clockwork logo). Does it just take awhile to do it's thing or did I screw up?
Edit - Nvm, I'm dumb, hit the home key and the menu came back. Haha wow.

010Twitched010 said:
Ok hoping I didn't do anything stupid but I downloaded virtuous via clockwork it got done and asked to reboot and start the install so I started and I hit I think load from SD card or something close to that and since then it's been stuck on the what I'm gonna call the tophat screen lol (clockwork logo). Does it just take awhile to do it's thing or did I screw up?
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Did you press the power button in recovery? That is why it shows that graphic on the screen. Hit It again.
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[Q] S4 I9505 wont reboot into recovery after CF Auto root

Hi all hope ye can help. I attempted, unsuccessfully, to root my I9505 using the CF auto root method as described on this forum. It appeared to be successful on Odin but when the device rebooted i noticed thatb the red android didnt appear and that no apps could get root access. I followed Chainfires advice that states that manually rebooting the device into recovery would initiate the process. When i attempt to reboot into recovery (using the three button method) the phone device vibrates to acknowledge turning on however the screen stays black. It remains like this for quite some time until i let go of the buttons where it will vibrate again before switching off. Has anybody any ideas in how to rectify this?? (Rebooting into recovery from ROM manager causes the app to freeze)

EDIT: While attemptimg manual reboot into recovery, the splash screen appears with tiny blue writing and the screen then goes blan

does the download mode work??

Blackwolf10 said:
does the download mode work??
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Yes download mode works fine

darg said:
Yes download mode works fine
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good that means ur device is safe
so do u have superuser installed if yes try updating or re install from market and then get titanium backup to see if it gets root thats all i know

Blackwolf10 said:
good that means ur device is safe
so do u have superuser installed if yes try updating or re install from market and then get titanium backup to see if it gets root thats all i know
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Thanks for your quick reply. I have downloaded both apps and attempted what you have suggested. The superuser app can update but is unable to get root access while TB looks for root rights. In the process of restoring the firmware through kies and will try afresh

I've managed to boot into recovery only using the three-button combo.
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darg said:
Thanks for your quick reply. I have download both apps and attempted what you have suggested. The superuser app trican update but is unable to get root access while TB looks for root rights. In the process of restoring the firmware through kies and will try afresh
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ok mate hope this works out good for you this time
and don't forget to do all the steps from chainfire's post maybe u forgot something or check people's comments to see if anyone has the same problem as u

Try re-rooting your device.
CF-Auto-Root​

Tried three times with the same result unfortunately

darg said:
Tried three times with the same result unfortunately
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how is the thing going so far if it doesn't work you can always flash a pre rooted Rom via odin and thanks for being nice with the thanks button u made my day

Try this Pre-Rooted Stock ROM for ODIN ​

Adaway on jwr66y blocked?

Can someone help confirm that Adaway (version 2.3) installs on your phone? For some reason I can't get it to install after updating to jwr66y.
Edit: Resolved! Cleaned up app corpse using SD Maid.

tongjia19 said:
Can someone help confirm that Adaway (version 2.3) installs on your phone? For some reason I can't get it to install after updating to jwr66y.
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There is a newer version- 2.5 look for it
N4 4.3+Franco+LTE

BigDig said:
There is a newer version- 2.5 look for it
N4 4.3+Franco+LTE
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That doesn't work either.. do you have it installed?

tongjia19 said:
That doesn't work either.. do you have it installed?
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Yes I've been running it forever! Are you rooted?
N4 4.3+Franco+LTE

BigDig said:
Yes I've been running it forever! Are you rooted?
N4 4.3+Franco+LTE
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Yep. I also tried restoring it with titanium backup, with no luck either. I'm almost certain that I had it already installed before the update too.. so weird..

tongjia19 said:
Yep. I also tried restoring it with titanium backup, with no luck either. I'm almost certain that I had it already installed before the update too.. so weird..
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What kind of error does it give you? Mine is working fine
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BigDig said:
What kind of error does it give you? Mine is working fine
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It just says “app not installed” with a single “done” button as opposed to a “done” and “open” button with other successful installs. I do have have a nandroid backup before the update.. but that'll hopefully be the last one to do..

That's weird! Try to download another apk! The one you got might be bad or something...go to their website
N4 4.3+Franco+LTE

tongjia19 said:
Yep. I also tried restoring it with titanium backup, with no luck either. I'm almost certain that I had it already installed before the update too.. so weird..
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tongjia19 said:
It just says “app not installed” with a single “done” button as opposed to a “done” and “open” button with other successful installs. I do have have a nandroid backup before the update.. but that'll hopefully be the last one to do..
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if you took an ota update, you need to reflash su. you can flash custom roms and kernels and not have root. you just wouldnt be able to use root apps/functions, like titanium, or adaway. open a terminal emulator app.. type su(press enter). if you get a # then you have root. if you dont, then you dont have root.

BigDig said:
That's weird! Try to download another apk! The one you got might be bad or something...go to their website
N4 4.3+Franco+LTE
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Wow I just solved the problem. I used SD Maid and checked for app corpse. I found a corpse for Adaway, cleaned it up, and bam, apk installed perfectly. So sketch. Thanks for help!

tongjia19 said:
Wow I just solved the problem. I used SD Maid and checked for app corpse. I found a corpse for Adaway, cleaned it up, and bam, apk installed perfectly. So sketch. Thanks for help!
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Good!
N4 4.3+Franco+LTE

simms22 said:
if you took an ota update, you need to reflash su. you can flash custom roms and kernels and not have root. you just wouldnt be able to use root apps/functions, like titanium, or adaway. open a terminal emulator app.. type su(press enter). if you get a # then you have root. if you dont, then you dont have root.
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I just found out the problem! Thanks for help none the less!
PS: My root survived the ota.