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SU/Root gone on ADP1 running JFv1.50 ADP1.5? [Solved?]

Hey all. I have searched but I was unable to find a thread pertaining this issue.
Phone: Android Dev Phone 1
Running: JFv1.50 ADP1.5
What has happened is that today SU/Root seemingly stopped working. I discovered it when I bought Kosh's Screenshot app and started it up. The app requires SU permission, and therefore the "SU Request" window popped up. But it's blank. A blank black screen which eventually will run low on memory and then force close.
I then tried to open the Superuser Permission app, same result. Opened Task Manager for Root Users, same deal. Opened the Terminal Emulator and typed "su", which actually worked! I still had SU privs there. Closed the TE and decided to reboot the phone, and now I don't have SU privs in TE anymore. Everything that's non root related is still working fine.
Does anyone have an idea what's happening here? I suspect that maybe the Market Enabler app or the AdsFree apps could have something to do with it, because they're the only root related apps I have installed the last few weeks, before this problem occurred.
I'm sure a wipe would fix this glitch, but I'd prefer not to do that unless it's necessary. Plus, it would be nice to know what's causing this, so I can avoid it in the future.

Same thing has happened to me. It worked fine for Term Emu, task manager, and ad block. But I tried using an OC app and when super user popped up blank. All my previous apps still work but any new root apps I install do not work. Not sure why though and the only way I found to fix it is to wipe. Do you have your apps on the sd card? I'm using the old method haven't gotten around to trying the new method. Not sure if that is the issue or not, the old version of super user never gave me any issues.

I did a wipe, and it sorted the problem out, for some root apps. Now I'm back to the same crap again though, the SU Request window pops up but it's all black and eventually it force closes.
According JF's blog he included "a much better Superuser app, courtesy of zinx" in the 1.50 release. It's obviously what's causeing our problems, I never had an issue with the old one, but I don't know what to do about it. I don't want to go back to 1.1 or Haykuro's builds. I guess I'm stuck with a semi-crippled JFv1.50 ADP1.5 until someone with more brains than me finds and posts a proper solution.

Yeah Ive been noticing the same thing. Also the superuser list GUI is horrible. I liked how in the last one you can choose what programs you'd want to remove su access from.

andonnguyen said:
Yeah Ive been noticing the same thing. Also the superuser list GUI is horrible. I liked how in the last one you can choose what programs you'd want to remove su access from.
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Exactly. I'm not sure what he means by "a much better Superuser app", because for a layman like myself it seems a lot worse than the old one

This is just going from bad to worse. Now I discovered I have no positioning via wifi/3G anymore. I have to start the GPS and go outside and wait for a signal to get a lock on my position, which sucks. What the hell is going on? If not even a wipe is enough I guess I'm looking at a complete reinstall, but if all this has happened once it can/will happen again. I would much prefer to find the cause of all this crap.

Ok, so I found the cause for the Assisted GPS issue at least. My Micro SD card needed repairs. I put it in a SD card adapter and plugged it in to my laptop and let Vista repair the file system (apparently there were close to 100 errors on the damn thing) and now it seems to be working again.
Edit: This might actually have fixed my issues with the superuser permissions too. Knock on wood. I'll have to get back to you on this.

I'm having this Exact issue
I am having this exact same issue on dudes build. I have tried everything from scanning to formatting the SD i have flashed back and forth from Jf1.42 to jf1.50 and then to all different dude builds and i have no clue what to do next.
I do a wipe every time i flash and the only way to get any su access is to have jf1.42 or haykuro build. Anyone Else having an issue? I have been working on this for 3 days straight now...

For me it was an SD card issue. If you have a spare card, try that instead, or if you can borrow a card from a friend, just to see if it resolves your problems.
I realize that you have repaired/formatted your SD card, but it could be something wrong with it that screws things up. Worth a try, right?

Absolutely I'm looking for one right now thanks for the quick response. I'll let you know if it works. I have a 2gb sandisk in there now, so i still have my 1gb and my girlfriends 1gb too. Her phone has no su problems at all.

I also ran across the same problem reported here, only a wipe solved it. I believe it had something to do with the Market Enabler (non-signed) app, which was the only one I installed that first showed me the dreadful empty SU screen...

Fixed It
My Problem has been fixed by formatting the sd card with the phone itself.
I copied off all my info, unmounted it from the computer, unmounted it from the phone, this gave the option to format the sd card.
Once that was done i copied all my data back and when i installed programs from my sd i have not had a single su problem since.

I was having all these same problems in JF's 1.5 build, and none of the wiping/formatting SD/trying a different SD card combinations did the trick. Then, I went into JF's blog post where he released 1.5, and someone posted there that enabling USB debugging would fix the issue. I did this, and what do you know, now my superuser permissions app works again in everything, even in unsigned apps! Maybe this is why a wipe fixed it for some people, and not for others?

n17ikh said:
Then, I went into JF's blog post where he released 1.5, and someone posted there that enabling USB debugging would fix the issue. I did this, and what do you know, now my superuser permissions app works again in everything, even in unsigned apps! Maybe this is why a wipe fixed it for some people, and not for others?
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Not to Jesus resurrect this thread, but I had the same issue and same fix as n17ikh here on the ION build. Enabled USB debugging and su/superuser permissions started working Too bad I have to disable USB debugging in order for my car stereo to mount my G1 as a USB device, but at least I have a solution
Hope this helps anyone else who may stumble upon this.

Help MTP application (Kies connection) Broken

Guys,
After a failure to get my phone to connect to odin-3 when it was in download mode, I took out the battery (since I did not know how to get it "out" of download mode) just to get it to boot up again.
No harm, as odin did not start to copy the firmware to the phone (since it could not communicate with it), the phone was working and all my apps were there, however, when I plugged my phone into my laptop the PC Kies application would start but my phone to attempt to load "MTP Appliation", however it would just flip back to the touchwiz screen and back to MTP Application then back to touchwiz again (non-stop).
Not sure why this is happening, or what I broke ?
I have since (using Odin) flashed my phone with the latest (European) firmware but the problem is still there, MTP mode just restarting all the time and kies never connecting (I also tried reinstalled the Desktop Kies app).
Anyone know how I can get this working again?

On a related note, i also installed doubletwist (before the steps above) and had to turn on usb debug mode.
I have since turned it off when not syncing with dkubletwist but noticed sometimes the music player saying mass storage device mode is on?
I wonder if some "state/lock" file is left behind somewhere on the phone?
Could the use of doubletwist be related to my problem?
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As per my post in the other thread, this method seemed to sort the problem when I had a similar issue. Not sure if you're using a different launcher, but that is what caused the problem for me. Changing to TW didn't help even after killing the other launcher (ADW or Pro). However, once set to default (TW), I could reboot the phone and it would connect fine (without flicking on and off). There's no real need to Keis though if all your contacts are with Google as USB storage mode is more convenient.
I had this problem too. It was caused because only in idle mode of the Samsung home launcher can keis connect. You may have installed a different launcher. Try the following:
Put usb to keis mode in settings
download home switcher from the market
run home switcher an set touchwiz as default home
Reboot phone (task killing other launchers don't work for me.)
make you phone is in the home screen - press home to get there
now connect the cable with keis running on pc
sync everything you need to
In future I suggest you move all contact to Google so they sync over the air and you'll no longer need keis. crappy software!​

Thanks so much.
I got launcher switcher and it listed my launcher as unknown. I just switched it to touchwiz and set that as default.
Once i get home i will restart the phone and test connecting with kies.
Thanks for the QUICK reply.
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So your recommendation did not work for me.
What did work is actually unmounting the internal sd card and formatting it.
Unfortunately My camera is crashing when i open it.
Funny thing is that my phone sseems so fast now (no lag).
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kurtkbee said:
No harm, as odin did not start to copy the firmware to the phone (since it could not communicate with it), the phone was working and all my apps were there, however, when I plugged my phone into my laptop the PC Kies application would start but my phone to attempt to load "MTP Appliation", however it would just flip back to the touchwiz screen and back to MTP Application then back to touchwiz again (non-stop).
Not sure why this is happening, or what I broke ?
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Same problem here and I never used Odin. Must be something different ... any ideas are welcome.
BTW: which latest firmware did you install?

Has anyone of you for whom formating the internal SD card solves the problem installed SoundHound? I spent the last hours with formating the SD card and then copying back my data piece by piece and by this I found out that the "soundhound" folder is the thing which leads to the problem. I have all my data back on the internal SD card except for the "soundhound" folder and the connection works! If I now copy this folder back the problem of the restarting "MTP Application" returns. If I now delete the folder again it is working again! So at least for me SoundHound or furthermore it's folder on the internal SD clearly is the problem! Also if I copy the folder to the external SD card instead of the internal one, the MTP connection does not work and if I delete it again it works!
Can anyone confirm/reproduce this?
//edit: After looking to the content of the folder I would assume that the problem is that the MTP Application has a problem with specific file extensions since the folder only includes files with no or extreme long file extensions.

Thanks! same here, soundhound is the problem.

I must say that Soundhound itself is not the problem. The long file extensions of the saved files are the problem. They're more apps which use such files like e.g. the skyfire browser. Just delete them and it will work again.

n0waY said:
I must say that Soundhound itself is not the problem. The long file extensions of the saved files are the problem. They're more apps which use such files like e.g. the skyfire browser. Just delete them and it will work again.
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Thanks a TON. I mounted my card in the data storage mode, opened the internal card in my computer and did a search for *.*, switched to detail view, sorted by file type. There were several files with long extensions in the folder "TunnyBrowser" which is created by DolphinBrowser HD. I uninstalled it, deleted the folder and now it connects fine again!

SoundHound + Kies issue fixed
Hi guys,
I am a developer at SoundHound and am responsible for our Android app. Sorry to hear about the problem you've been having with our app and the Samsung Kies software.
Just wanted to let you know that we've updated our app to be compatible with the Samsung Kies MTP sync software. As has been mentioned in this post, the problem is caused by files on the SD card with long or missing file extensions.
So please upgrade to the latest version of SoundHound on the Android Market. If you uninstalled SoundHound because of this issue, I hope you'll give us another shot!
Naturally, we can't do anything about other apps that generate these offending filenames.
If you continue to have any problems, please feel free to respond to this post or PM me.
Thanks!
Rico

another update help thread :(

ok, have been unable to update to 4.1.57. Previously, rooted, webtop mod, deleted some att apps (weather and such, nothing crazy).
done so far. undid webtop app by copying 6 backup files to /system/apps. rebooted.
have usb connection set to none. debugging enabled.
i've even removed root! (superoneclick)
still i get the android exclamation point every time i try to update.
also, when i plug in an hdmi cable i no longer get ANY options, not for webtop OR media center
what else am i missing?!

Did you do any sort of Adeo/deodexing file system editing?

VM0824 said:
ok, have been unable to update to 4.1.57. Previously, rooted, webtop mod, deleted some att apps (weather and such, nothing crazy).
done so far. undid webtop app by copying 6 backup files to /system/apps. rebooted.
have usb connection set to none. debugging enabled.
i've even removed root! (superoneclick)
still i get the android exclamation point every time i try to update.
also, when i plug in an hdmi cable i no longer get ANY options, not for webtop OR media center
what else am i missing?!
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Just back up with titanium backup and flash back to a clean 1.26. The webtop mod might have left something behind even if you think you removed it.
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i went to try and run the "restore missing apps +all system data" and it listed the "news and weather" apps i deleted along with
Dockprovider
mobile desktop
motorola dock service
all which i never deleted!
is this something i screwed up by not doing the webtop uninstall correctly?
also when i run the batch is says its finished almost instantly....except it didnt do anything! and when i find it in the list the "restore" option isnt there. i KNOW i backed them up too. it says 1 backup available but wont do it.
and no roms or deodoxing(dont even know what it means)

originally when i copied all those files into the system/apps folder it gave me the correct errors and i restarted by holding the power button. just like it says.
i recopied the files thinking maybe i did something wrong, nothing happened this time. i can locate the .apk files in the app folder. and they are all not installed. when i click it and select "install", it says "application not installed'
what am i missing?
also noticed platform lib client is uninstalled and wont install...dont know if related

now ive even tried using the webtopbackup files from the undo thread and putting those into the folder, but still they wont "install"
please help!!

I'm having the exact same problem. No luck yet. I think Im going to flash back to sbf.

I'm pretty certain it has to do with deleting apps from the system partition. Anyone know how to fix this? Reinstall apps?

Honestly, you should just save yourself the headache and SBF to 1.2.6, Then update to 1.5.7 from there. If you have anything important to back up, just do that first.

Ok ok. An I gibbs have to re install all my apps?

k0sun7eash3d said:
Honestly, you should just save yourself the headache and SBF to 1.2.6, Then update to 1.5.7 from there. If you have anything important to back up, just do that first.
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I remember something like if you use SBF, flash counter goes up and your warranty is voided, is this true?

I don't recall reading anything about that. The 1.2.6 flash is the official stock build that shipped with the AT&T version of the Atrix, so in the absolute worst case scenario, say you don't know anything about it. Ignorance is bliss after all. Also, since we do have the sbf as a recovery, warranty would only be necessary if something in the hardware were to go wrong.
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Flash won't rewrite

The flash storage on my nexus 7 seems to not be rewriting like it should, when i pull it up in Windows i can see and delete things from the MTP interface. But when i use a file manager (OI File Manager) i can see the files once more and get an error when i attempt to delete them. i have done the Backup & Reset option within android after attempting a full data reset in ClockworkMod Recovery. At this point i am scratching my head. i am downloading another rom and will flash and post what i get from that.
Anyone else have this strange issue?

I've noticed this as well, anything I delete with ES File Explorer still shows up when it's plugged into my macbook but isn't actually accessible, I'm still on the stock ROM.

jabsys said:
I've noticed this as well, anything I delete with ES File Explorer still shows up when it's plugged into my macbook but isn't actually accessible, I'm still on the stock ROM.
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Have you hoooked up any form of external storage through an adpater? thats the only thing i have done "out of the ordinary" and a complete rom change doesnt fix it

AlanWarrick said:
Have you hoooked up any form of external storage through an adpater? thats the only thing i have done "out of the ordinary" and a complete rom change doesnt fix it
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Nope, not even rooted, not really a big issue since I mostly use airdroid to transfer files but it would be nice to fix it.
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jabsys said:
Nope, not even rooted, not really a big issue since I mostly use airdroid to transfer files but it would be nice to fix it.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using xda app-developers app
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The next thing i am going to do is return to stock, a complete re-flash to see if it empties the storage, I am posting all my theories so that anyone with the same issue could easily follow.

Success!
Using Wugfish Nexus Toolkit, my problem appears to have been solved. whether it is a perminant fix or not has yet to be known.

[Q] Connected as installer?

When I plug my phone in to my PC, it always comes up with this "Connected as Installer" Verizon crap. It mounts a disc on my PC. Is there a way to disable this or have it go straight to the MTP storage? I know it goes to MTP after about 15 seconds but that's not the point. Verizon shouldn't force this "installer" every time you plug in your device. I've disabled all of the Verizon bloat already and it still opens a drive that has Verizon installers. I've searched but it seems there haven't been any topics on this yet.
Thanks!

Is it trying to install something on the pc? Maybe just let it install it and it won't do it again, if that's the issue. My T-Mobile G2 asked to install LG stuff when I first connected it and after the 3rd time I let it install and that was that but the LG programs are helpful at least.

shaungregg said:
Is it trying to install something on the pc? Maybe just let it install it and it won't do it again, if that's the issue. My T-Mobile G2 asked to install LG stuff when I first connected it and after the 3rd time I let it install and that was that but the LG programs are helpful at least.
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It's trying to install some Verizon Mobile crap that I definitely don't need/want. I haven't found a setting that sends it straight into MTP mode. When it mounts the Verizon Mobile installer, I've tried to delete the contents from the drive on the PC but it doesn't let me. Not sure what else to do. I'm sure every other Verizon LG owner has this happen too...right? RIGHT!?

It's a driver installer that you do need...select on the phone what you want or to do.
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jrgilbert79 said:
It's a driver installer that you do need...select on the phone what you want or to do.
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Right. I know I can choose what I want on the phone. How do I get it to stop coming up with the installer? I have the driver already.

Grady said:
Right. I know I can choose what I want on the phone. How do I get it to stop coming up with the installer? I have the driver already.
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I know I'm digging up old threads here... but this is seriously driving me insane. Anyone ever find a solution not requiring root?

Jackseric said:
I know I'm digging up old threads here... but this is seriously driving me insane. Anyone ever find a solution not requiring root?
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What's particularly awesome about this, is that I can't connect to my car via USB anymore. The phone thinks the car is a computer, tries to mount a partition, car won't let it, and it errors out. Thanks Verizon!

found it...
this is the file
/system/usbautorun.iso
delete this or if you want to keep these divers as backup, you can rename this file.

ajaynehulkar said:
this is the file
/system/usbautorun.iso
delete this or if you want to keep these divers as backup, you can rename this file.
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I deleted it and now it just mounts and when I click it, it says insert a disk into drive. I know its the right one. When I unplug my phone it goes away. I have mtp mode clicked on my phone but in notification it says connected as installer

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ajaynehulkar said:
this is the file
/system/usbautorun.iso
delete this or if you want to keep these divers as backup, you can rename this file.
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not working - after deleting the file now the phone still says "installer" but there is no "disk" on my mac.