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How can I check if my Aria is rooted?

Hey guys long time htc phone guy, fist time andriod user. I just rooted my phone and I would to know if there is a way to check that its rooted.

Restart/reboot and if the "whoosh" att boot logo junk is gone...youre good!

not true, unless you have installed some custom ROM which removes the AT&T flash screen.
An easy way to check if you have root is to try to install an application which requires root previlege.
Or, since most root method will install SuperUser, check if you have a SuperUser application installed.
OJsakila said:
Restart/reboot and if the "whoosh" att boot logo junk is gone...youre good!
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plutino99 said:
not true, unless you have installed some custom ROM which removes the AT&T flash screen.
An easy way to check if you have root is to try to install an application which requires root previlege.
Or, since most root method will install SuperUser, check if you have a SuperUser application installed.
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Ooooh I guess youre right since I am on Liberated b005

plutino99 said:
not true, unless you have installed some custom ROM which removes the AT&T flash screen.
An easy way to check if you have root is to try to install an application which requires root previlege.
Or, since most root method will install SuperUser, check if you have a SuperUser application installed.
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Thanks, when he said that I was getting worried that I did not do something right since the att splash screen still came on. I do have super user and when I open it there is nothing there is this normal boss?

Yes that's normal
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Cant root after Flashing New SBF...

I installed the new 2.2.320 sbf from TBH, just to start fresh. I have now tried 6 different programs to root my phone. None of them are working...Is anyone else having this issue? And if you got it working, what steps did you take to fix it? Thanks in advance

Use z4root. Had The same problem. This is a one click root application.

Yup, same problem here too. I was actually going to ask if anyone has the z4 root app because it disappeared from the market. It was the only thing that worked the first time I flashed the new SBF.

ya, after flashing the new SBF, had to manually install Z4 as it wasnt in the market. Also it seems as if the D2 method wasnt working properly.

Thanks for the help everyone...
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s0n- said:
ya, after flashing the new SBF, had to manually install Z4 as it wasnt in the market. Also it seems as if the D2 method wasnt working properly.
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I don't know what the reasoning is, but no other root methods seem to work on 2.2.1.

z4root worked fine for me

deadpixell said:
z4root worked fine for me
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YEs it works. That was the point of this thread. lol

I had to wipe data to get z4 to work. I don't know why but if I downloaded all my apps again and set everything up it wouldn't work.

Put your phone in airplane mode, reboot, run z4root, let it reboot you phone. Once it powers on take it out of airplane mode and you should be rooted.
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I tried loading z4root on my phone, but every single time I try to download it it say "content not supported on phone".
Any help is much appreciated.

SleekDX said:
I tried loading z4root on my phone, but every single time I try to download it it say "content not supported on phone".
Any help is much appreciated.
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I used z4root also make sure debugging is turned on
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Breakthecycle2 said:
I don't know what the reasoning is, but no other root methods seem to work on 2.2.1.
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Rooting through ADB works... z4root is much easier of course.

The .340 OTA installed on my phone today. Lost root.
I tried the DarkOnion batch file (DoRootWin_2.1.4) several times and could not get it to run to completion.
As mentioned, Z4 (in airplane mode) worked fine.

I tried this...my phone is telling me it cannot down the file because the file type is not suported by my phone. What am I missing? Thank you!!!

I too am having issues with rooting after the ota update. I initally was rooted using the rootmyx2 one click gui from sli3ntki11 and did the update, now nothing will give me root access, I tried z4, rootmyx2 (again), and tried the doroot.bat method through the android sdk install. Kinda at a loss. Any help on this would be greatly appreciated.
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So I believe I figured it out. I have two existing superuser.apk in my system/app folder. This from what I read in some other posts is confusing z4 ( go figure smart enough to root but not to overwrite, lol) but the directory is read only. The other post gave a link to the steps to access it but the page was not found. Can anyone give me the steps to take to gain access to the directly and make it read/write so I can remove those two rogue files and get rooted?
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z4root not supported on my droid X
hi,
i updated my Droid X to the latest version. 2.3.340. and downloaded the z4root through my phone from the link here and i get an error message that the file is not supported on this phone. please help i am new to this and still don't fully understand all of the terms. i tried to download the z4root 1.2 from 4shared.com but the phone hangs and nothing happens. any type of help will be appreciated, thanks.

did you sucessfully install it or did you get the error while trying to install it. you will have to download the apps installer from the market and use it to install the z4root.apk from your sd card.

crxin said:
did you sucessfully install it or did you get the error while trying to install it. you will have to download the apps installer from the market and use it to install the z4root.apk from your sd card.
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what is the name of the apps installer i need to use the Z4root.

[Q] Z4Root says rooted, App's say not rooted

(Droid X 2 weeks old) I’m trying the temporary root option.
It reads I’m rooted until my next reboot, but I’m trying to use the wifi tether and it reads “Sorry, but your kernel does not have all necessary features for running the application.”
Busybox says "Not Rooted"
What must I do?

From what I understand, the temporary root keeps you rooted only unless you
reboot. So each time you reboot the phone, you have to temporary root in z4
over again. Otherwise, just do the permanent root.

you should use z4root 1.1.0 not 1.3.0 and permanent root. Worked for me.
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You also need to install the super user app from the market.

The features its talking about is Access-Control, which has never really worked to begin with. The app will still do what its supposed to just you can't use that one feature.

Prob just didn't get the pop-up to allow su privileges. Usu. just exit & restart the app & allow when it shows...
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& z4root 1.3.0 works & installs su when it roots - u might want to get a more updated busybox from mkt tho.
As a sidenote, when I first used it I had to temp root first, then perm root after. Other times it just took a min or two to achieve perm root.

[Q] D2 no longer rooted?

Ok so I had rooted my D2 a few days ago and had been looking into backup/recovery apps. Now however it seems as if my phone is no longer rooted. Is this possible? I thought I had read another thread where someone else was having this problem but was unable to find it. I tried to open up my superuser app and titanium backup app, but both ended in a failure and asked if my phone was rooted. Thanks in advance for anyone's help with this!
Also, just noticed that my superuser app isn't working correctly. The widget changed from being labeled "superuser" to "superuser permissions". I had assumed that this was after my phone had updated some other applications, however the superuser app won't turn on, it just gives me a black screen. When I tried to update through the market it said "Package file was not signed correctly". I'm unable to find the app on my phone so I can delete and try to download it again fresh. Thanks again for any advice anyone has!
~noob

Yeah. Phones can unroot themselves. This usually happens when the phone updates itself. Don't stress though... just root your phone again.

So, then with the superuser permissions app that I found on my phone...if I were to re-root my D2 with a different method of rooting vs the first way, would I be able to uninstall that superuser permissions app if I wanted? Thanks for such a quick response!

k_minlam01 said:
So, then with the superuser permissions app that I found on my phone...if I were to re-root my D2 with a different method of rooting vs the first way, would I be able to uninstall that superuser permissions app if I wanted? Thanks for such a quick response!
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What was your first method. I would just use z4root. Also, did you install a custom rom? If so maybe reflash the rom after you are rooted again.
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I had used the 1-2-3 step for rooting as my husband had suggested that. I have z4root installed now but haven't done anything yet. My husband had suggested I get some back-up apps for my phones system and also one for my apps in case I kill my phone. Will the droid 2 bootstrap back-up/restore my original phone system in case I do mess it up?
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Root Problems

Hello XDA community, I have a root problem on my device. Im using Super_ONE_Click to root my Vibrant on 2.2 Froyo UVKA6 with Kernel V. 2.6.32.9
The problem is that somehow the root access is declining attempts from applications like Root Tools, Titanium BackUP, Root Explorer ect.... When i root the phone it did installed the Super User (SU) apk to the phone but is not giving me permissions to root access.
What it went wrong when it was ok before and now it dont. How can i root my device using a different method then SOC?
Is there anything I can do?
I dont want to start all over again installing soft and games as it took me lot of time to get the SD files for the games I have.
Any advise to root before going to ODIN as a last option?
Thanks guys

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Hello XDA community, I have a root problem on my device. Im using Super_ONE_Click to root my Vibrant on 2.2 Froyo UVKA6 with Kernel V. 2.6.32.9
The problem is that somehow the root access is declining attempts from applications like Root Tools, Titanium BackUP, Root Explorer ect.... When i root the phone it did installed the Super User (SU) apk to the phone but is not giving me permissions to root access.
What it went wrong when it was ok before and now it dont. How can i root my device using a different method then SOC?
Is there anything I can do?
I dont want to start all over again installing soft and games as it took me lot of time to get the SD files for the games I have.
Any advise to root before going to ODIN as a last option?
Thanks guys
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maybe the toolbox
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=954509

nomadrider123 said:
maybe the toolbox
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=954509
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Thanks so much mate, I was looking for this software and didnt know the name of it. lol
It did fixed my problem

SVLAN said:
Thanks so much mate, I was looking for this software and didnt know the name of it. lol
It did fixed my problem
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cool once you have your rom up and running dont forget to make a nandroid backup just in case

Ok Im about to get frustrated. I cant root my devise. Im using the OneClickRoot tool and it does add the SU apk but it doesnt allow or give root access to Titanium or other ROOT apps. I have used the AIO Vibrant Toolbox as well and is just wont root my phone.
Im rooting from version 2.2 Froyo from kies soft.
Any help please

OK I have went back to Flash to Stock my devise so i can start over from scratch.
any advises for what to do when Im on version 2.1?

Ok I figured out by using this method here and it worked
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=Samsung_Vibrant:_Rooting
now my phone is rooted

That's the way I've always done it.
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