[q] heeeeeeeeeeeelpp root problem - Epic 4G General

Hi, I DONT GET IT, I have ROOTED my EPIC, i upgraded to FROYO, I have Titanium backup for a few weeks now, and all of a sudden ive lost my root. Im not sure what could have done it but i cant get Titanium backup to start, and even when i try to get the new clockwork root, i cant even get the runbat to work, keeps saying my phone is not connected to the laptop that i rooted my phone with weeks before. HELP!!

urirx98 said:
Hi, I DONT GET IT, I have ROOTED my EPIC, i upgraded to FROYO, I have Titanium backup for a few weeks now, and all of a sudden ive lost my root. Im not sure what could have done it but i cant get Titanium backup to start, and even when i try to get the new clockwork root, i cant even get the runbat to work, keeps saying my phone is not connected to the laptop that i rooted my phone with weeks before. HELP!!
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Make sure USB Debugging is enabled on the phone, and then if that doesn't work try using a different MicroUSB cable. The stock one is crap. Try this and run the run.bat again. Also make sure you are using v2.5.5 of the one click root/recovery.
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yeh but i dont have anothr cable and this is the same cable i used to root it in the 1st place.

not sure what the prob was but i was able to reroot it with the clockwork root, now to figure out how to make do what the root is made for,

Sounds like you odined to stock froyo which doesn't come pre-rooted. My advise is to re-odin the one with root/clockwork one found in the dev section
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nah that wasnt the case, i was rooted and used the upload.zip to get froyo, and was rooted til tonite for some reason. i rerooted with clockwork but now am trying to find the thread on how to do it.

urirx98 said:
nah that wasnt the case, i was rooted and used the upload.zip to get froyo, and was rooted til tonite for some reason. i rerooted with clockwork but now am trying to find the thread on how to do it.
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No offense, but that was completely nonsensical. Read up before posting next time.
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It is possible you got rid of super user. I removed it once then I lost my root it was sad :-(
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gtuansdiamm said:
It is possible you got rid of super user. I removed it once then I lost my root it was sad :-(
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I didn't think of that, could be the culprit. Try going into a terminal or adb shell and typing the su command. Let me know what happens.
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Unrevoked not working for OTA?

Anyone else having this problem?
I'm using Unrevoked 3.1 on Windows XP.
I've got USB debugging on and the drivers installed.
The phone reboots into HBoot but then never goes into recovery. Just reboots.
Anyone else having this problem? It is definitely screwing me over for 2.2 haha.
andrewzpsu said:
Anyone else having this problem?
I'm using Unrevoked 3.1 on Windows XP.
I've got USB debugging on and the drivers installed.
The phone reboots into HBoot but then never goes into recovery. Just reboots.
Anyone else having this problem? It is definitely screwing me over for 2.2 haha.
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Is superuser permissions installed? And if so what do u get when u open terminal emulator and type Su?
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tcberg2010 said:
Is superuser permissions installed? And if so what do u get when u open terminal emulator and type Su?
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Superuser will not install. Unrevoked just reboots the phone it seems... never going into the custom recovery or flashing SU.
Which is my problem haha. I want 2.2 but can't flash it without root.
If I lose root because of this and am the only one I'm not going to be a happy camper lol
Possible
After reading 700+ pages of the other thread I have decided to steer clear from the buggy-beta and wait for the OTA, but I have had trouble with v3.1 and a regular reboot, so I wanted to chime in with 1 question:
Is your phone hot while this is happening?
I returned my Incredible due to excessive heat triggering reboots. When the phone was in the warm-to-hot zone, I could NEVER get into recovery. I could get into HBOOT, choose recovery, and then it would do 2 reboots, the second one being a regular.
Only way i could get into recovery was with a fully charged overnight battery, first thing in the morning (phone nice and cool).
Just got into it. used the custom image... the new 2.5.0.4 (if I'm not mistaken).
It was weird, and it may not be the image... it may have just taken like 10 tries to do it.
I'm not even wasting my time loading the OS... just putting on Froyo right now while in clockwork.
Crossing my fingers that it loads!
andrewzpsu said:
Just got into it. used the custom image... the new 2.5.0.4 (if I'm not mistaken).
It was weird, and it may not be the image... it may have just taken like 10 tries to do it.
I'm not even wasting my time loading the OS... just putting on Froyo right now while in clockwork.
Crossing my fingers that it loads!
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Create nandroid backup before u do anything else, just in case.
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tcberg2010 said:
Create nandroid backup before u do anything else, just in case.
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I have backups pre-OTA.
andrewzpsu said:
I have backups pre-OTA.
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As long as u have extra protection in case the first layer fails you'll be alright
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Ask your questions in correct thread. If a new thread must be started, and a question is asked, use the General section. Thanks
seemed to work for me
having trouble after i got the new ota loaded. I get to the reboot phone reboots then unrevoked says waiting for phone to reboot any ideas didn't have this problem before?
edit: never mind got restarted computer life is good now
I am having the same issue. I have installed the drivers, then when I run the reflash tool it reboots my phone after about 3 seconds and loads up HBOOT and then from there it reboots my phone and the reflash tool either says "waiting on phone to reboot" or "installing image" or something like that but it just sits there for hours and doesn't progress. I have debugging enabled.
To add a little history, I already rooted using the hard method awhile back and then unrooted. Now I am trying to root again and can't.

Unroot EXT4 on Epic

I know when you install EXT4 it warns you that your phone will stay rooted forever, but I highly doubt that there's zero way to unroot it, you guys can do it. The situation is that my front facing camera is busted through a hardware problem and sprint is willing to give me a brand new one for free but it's rooted. And it's apparently rooted forever. lol Halp?
RustyPwns said:
I know when you install EXT4 it warns you that your phone will stay rooted forever, but I highly doubt that there's zero way to unroot it, you guys can do it. The situation is that my front facing camera is busted through a hardware problem and sprint is willing to give me a brand new one for free but it's rooted. And it's apparently rooted forever. lol Halp?
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There's no such thing as rooted forever, unless you want it to be rooted forever. Not sure where you heard or read that. Just use Odin to flash back to stock di18, and you will be good to go.
You can odin back to stock there is a wiki page on out but I don't know the url off the top of my head.
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RustyPwns said:
I know when you install EXT4 it warns you that your phone will stay rooted forever, but I highly doubt that there's zero way to unroot it, you guys can do it. The situation is that my front facing camera is busted through a hardware problem and sprint is willing to give me a brand new one for free but it's rooted. And it's apparently rooted forever. lol Halp?
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Why don't you just Odin to DI18. You'll be back to stock. Not sure where you are getting your info. Odin is the stock image, wipes everything out. If I were taking it into the Sprint store I would probably format my sdcard too. Just save all your files I your computer.
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mattallica76 said:
There's no such thing as rooted forever, unless you want it to be rooted forever. Not sure where you heard or read that. Just use Odin to flash back to stock di18, and you will be good to go.
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Thanks for the fast replies. When you root and convert the file system to EXT4, it says you would also permanently install Clockwork mod 3.0.0.5 and root it forever. I'm gonna try to just flash the di18 pda. Thanks everyone!
I can't seem to find the stupid files, can someone link me the DI18 thing?
Here you go. It contains the instructions and files for flashing via odin for a number of epic releases including stock.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=794138
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your link doesnt work
Can't connect to cpu. So how do I unroot my phone?
I have a rooted Epic 4g that my computer doesn't recognize. No matter what I do the computer doesn't recognize it through the usb port(s). Now I want to unroot it and I can't. Does anyone have a solution to this
myphone171 said:
I have a rooted Epic 4g that my computer doesn't recognize. No matter what I do the computer doesn't recognize it through the usb port(s). Now I want to unroot it and I can't. Does anyone have a solution to this
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Don't know if you've tried Download mode
Here's the thread read/follow this to get your phone back to stock...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=773032
myphone171 said:
I have a rooted Epic 4g that my computer doesn't recognize. No matter what I do the computer doesn't recognize it through the usb port(s). Now I want to unroot it and I can't. Does anyone have a solution to this
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Myphone was doing that
I reinstalled drivers and all
I ended up doing a hard-reset and then everything worked fine after plugging the phone in
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[Q] Wiped to Fresh and got Froyo looking for Root from my SD Card or App like Z4root

I was rooted using the one step rook but started having issues with my Windows & laptop not wanting to see my Epic conected to USB.
When I reverted back to stock it downloaded 2.2.1 so I have Froyo but need to be able to root off my sd card. I tried Z4Root but it did not get me rooted and I do not think it works for 2.2.1.
Any ideas on a another app I could root with?
Thanks
The .1 update to froyo was to close off the exploit z4root used, there are no other apps that root.
Did you flash back to dk28 stock or di18?
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You mean you got froyo? The ota?
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turn on adb and try this from your computer,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=803682
dont worry that the computer cant see you.
mattallica76 said:
Did you flash back to dk28 stock or di18?
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I did the wipe/factory reset. I had updated to Froyo prior and reset trying to get my Usb to computer back
spent my two days off playing with my phone finally sucess.
Used odin and installed the dk28 tar with clockwork mod.
My wifi was acting like a crack addict...the shakes when I turned on wifi the phone would vibrat and reset.
Put the truly epic experiance latest and installed with the clockwork mod update picking this zip.
The USB is back and working. I am rooted. I can use my wifi tether.
God is great and I am back in business.....

Please help me fix my droid x!

I have a droid x that I went into settings on and did the factory reset. When it rebooted, a screen came up that asked for the phone number so it could be activated. Since there is no phone number, because its not active yet and I didn't know how else to get it past this screen, this is how I left it. Until today, when I took it somewhere to have it flashed to cricket. The guy did whatever it was to get outta that screen. Then he showed me that it would go to the lockscreen. When unlocked, the status bar is at the top, but the rest of the screen is black. None of the buttons do anything either. He said that it looked like it had no OS on it. I need a link to dl a stock rom from onto the memory card, using my m860. Then I need to know the button combination that will get me into the bootloader menu on the DX, THEN, seeing as I'm pretty new to the world of Android, I may need the steps that will successfully fix my DX. Thanks for reading. I greatly appreciate any help that you could offer.
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I'm having the exact same problem with the DX. Im in for some answers on how to fix this problem.
Google search how to sbf for your system version
I actually figured out a way to fix this on my own. If I held down the home button, I got the option to use voice services, which I used to access "my files" where I installed titanium backup from the sd card. Then used TB to restore all apps and settings. Then viola! Now my problem is I downloaded the gummyjar 2.5 custom rom to my sd card using CW rom manager, but whenever I try to install, instead of rebooting into recovery mode, it just reboots and does nothing special. How can I get this phone to boot into recovery?
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friedtater22 said:
I actually figured out a way to fix this on my own. If I held down the home button, I got the option to use voice services, which I used to access "my files" where I installed titanium backup from the sd card. Then used TB to restore all apps and settings. Then viola! Now my problem is I downloaded the gummyjar 2.5 custom rom to my sd card using CW rom manager, but whenever I try to install, instead of rebooting into recovery mode, it just reboots and does nothing special. How can I get this phone to boot into recovery?
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You need to root your phone. There as billions of guides on how to do this
Jmoney47 said:
You need to root your phone. There as billions of guides on how to do this
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Ummm, actually, my phone IS rooted. If you had read my previous post, you should know that. You can't use Titanium Backup on an unrooted phone.
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How did you get titanium backup on your sd card? Im literally in the same situation as you man, and cannot figure this out.
Jmoney47 said:
You need to root your phone. There as billions of guides on how to do this
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Yes, he is obviously rooted lol.
You gotta use koush's droid x bootstrapper app to get into cwm recovery. First hit bootstrap recovery. Then after it says "success" hit reboot recovery.
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vangordernick said:
How did you get titanium backup on your sd card? Im literally in the same situation as you man, and cannot figure this out.
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I already had it on mine. I backed everything up before i did anything. You can get it on your card via another phone or computer, but I don't know if it'll help bc you don't have anything backed up.
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zwade01 said:
Yes, he is obviously rooted lol.
You gotta use koush's droid x bootstrapper app to get into cwm recovery. First hit bootstrap recovery. Then after it says "success" hit reboot recovery.
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I found this and d'led it, but when I try to install it, I get a parsing error. I'm getting so frustrated with this phone, I'm almost ready to just sell it!
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NOW, my dx is really acting crazy! I did a factory reset so I could set up my gmail account. Everything was working fine for a while, then the phone just randomly reboots. When it started back up, it had all the settings that were on there before I did the reset on it. Very frustrating. Thinking about just selling it and buying something better, I just don't know which phone I should think about buying!
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friedtater22 said:
NOW, my dx is really acting crazy! I did a factory reset so I could set up my gmail account. Everything was working fine for a while, then the phone just randomly reboots. When it started back up, it had all the settings that were on there before I did the reset on it. Very frustrating. Thinking about just selling it and buying something better, I just don't know which phone I should think about buying!
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"Selling it and buying something better" will not help you understand smartphone modification. If you would just be patient and do lots of reading, everything would go smoothly!
I use an iphone 4. I was just trying to fix this droid x. Thanks for the help, I need a linux computer though. Er.

I have a really stupid question

Ok guys I have a Samsung Epic running Gingerbread EL30, kernel version 2.6.35.7 Hardware version D700.0.5.
I have read and read and read both here and on SDX, and I'm still lost, also I'm as phone literate as a rock.
What I want to do is obtain root access to my phone without replacing or changing anything because I like the performance of eth phone, I just want to get rid of ads, and some of that good old Sprint and 3rd party bloatware thats killing me. is there a program out ere anywhere that simply gives me root access, without changing roms, kernels and stuff like that?
Download and install teamviewer and pm me the id and password and I can do this in a half an hour or so..depends
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Yes, install clockwork mod to have root and there's ways to manually remove bloatware. Look up qbking77 on youtube. He has vids for step by step instructions
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b16flybye said:
Yes, install clockwork mod to have root and there's ways to manually remove bloatware. Look up qbking77 on youtube. He has vids for step by step instructions
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This ^^^^^^^ but you will have to replace the kernel to get clockwork mod to stick. B16 has pointed you to the right place. Just follow the video and make sure you have a good cord, the stock cord is known to be crap. A Blackberry cord is better.
Big Goron said:
Download and install teamviewer and pm me the id and password and I can do this in a half an hour or so..depends
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Huh? what the heck is teamviewer?
wolfen1086 said:
Huh? what the heck is teamviewer?
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It allows him to see what you see on your computer. That way he can just do it for you as if the computer were in front of him. It's a great tool for business and helping other people out. Look it up.
Thanks I looked it up and downloaded it, outta make MSE go ape poo poo here in a few
wolfen1086 said:
Thanks I looked it up and downloaded it, outta make MSE go ape poo poo here in a few
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Alright just PM me the id and password and should have you rooted in no time
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Thanks man, I'm watching a video now . looks pretty easy but I'm s
il not sure LOL
wolfen1086 said:
Thanks man, I'm watching a video now . looks pretty easy but I'm s
il not sure LOL
Do I need to have the phone on and plugged in to eh computer? if I do charge, mass storage or something else?
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dont worry about it just PM the id and password and ill talk you through the whole way well ill being doing the tech stuff you just need to do the manual stuff im unable to do.
Ok I'm firing the prog up now and I'll pm you in a minute
kennyglass123 said:
This ^^^^^^^ but you will have to replace the kernel to get clockwork mod to stick. B16 has pointed you to the right place. Just follow the video and make sure you have a good cord, the stock cord is known to be crap. A Blackberry cord is better.
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You don't need to install another kernel to keep root. You just have to remove the restore-recovery.sh file (I think that was the name). You would have to install Clockwork twice to do it.
1. Install CWM via Odin and reboot, pull battery once it shuts off and before it reboots, put battery back in and do 3 button boot into CWM recovery
2. Install su.zip and reboot. Once rebooted it will restore stock recovery but you will have root
3. Use some kind of file manager like ES Explorer and delete or move the restore-recovery.sh (I think that was the name)
4. Install CWM via Odin again and reboot. This time CWM Recovery will stick because that file has been removed which restores stock recovery.
I have done this on my phone and my friend's phone and CWM recovery does stick.
I was told the recovery.sh is not in EL30.
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Thank You Big Goron!!!!!!! My phone is now rooted and I have the exact same operating system as before, just with out amazon mp3 and a few others that were killing the battery
You are a genius.
I can't do a lot, but if theres ever a program I have that you need just say it.
kennyglass123 said:
I was told the recovery.sh is not in EL30.
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It did on my phone and my friend's phone when we did the OTA from EI22 to EL30. After doing the update, I lost root so I tried to go into CWM recovery to reflash su.zip and saw that it had reverted back to stock recovery. After I installed CWM twice and install su.zip, looked in the filesystem and saw the restore-recovery.sh file was back in it again so I assumed that the EL30 update put that file back in. It was a simple fix either way so I didn't really sweat that it had removed root and CWM recovery.
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Since I already have EL30, I'm hoping I don't get any updates pushed to my phone, now that I have complete root access, I can install whatever I want
Just make sure to return the phone to stock should you ever have to take it back to sprint.
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Why? if I take it to Spring it gonna be because the thing is totaled and doesn't work
Besides this is my last Phone from Sprint, I have another epic ( factory) from Best Buy and with their black tie service they couldn't care less if its rooted or not and thats the next phone I'll have turned on if this one breaks
Well guys thanks, for all the help but I just smashed my phone with a ball peen hammer several times, Google market said it was updating to Google play and it totally screwed my phone up to the point it went back to a factory startup, and since I have ptsd am under a lot of stress I lost it and destroyed the problem, Now I'm stuck with my wifes phone and its gotta go to best buy and get replaced cause its a total pos.
Starting to wonder if I even want a phone, I remember when I was a kid we didn't have phones and my life was a hellofa lot easier.
wolfen1086 said:
Well guys thanks, for all the help but I just smashed my phone with a ball peen hammer several times, Google market said it was updating to Google play and it totally screwed my phone up to the point it went back to a factory startup, and since I have ptsd am under a lot of stress I lost it and destroyed the problem, Now I'm stuck with my wifes phone and its gotta go to best buy and get replaced cause its a total pos.
Starting to wonder if I even want a phone, I remember when I was a kid we didn't have phones and my life was a hellofa lot easier.
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Maybe you should add hammers to that list of things you shouldn't have too...LOL
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