I rooted my phone using Z4root and I just went to unroot my phone because I have to return it for as it is defective. But when I tried to unroot, there's no option to unroot - only the option to root again.
However, I know my phone is rooted properly as I have titanium backup and cpuset running just fine. I did also try to root again but still no unroot option. Is there another way to unroot the phone?
looks like i just had to upgrade to 1.3.0
You able to unroot successfully?
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I have a droid x that was rooted and running fine. I installed the 2.2.1 update from vzw and now none of my rooted apps work. I still have superuser installed. I tried to root again and it says phone already rooted. Now I am stuck and don't know what to do next. Please help!
Thanks.
UPDATE:
USED Z4ROOT TO RE ROOT
Have you tried unrooting and then the reroot?
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The previous post is the answer....unroot the device, reboot, and then, re-root. The best strategy is to unroot your device before doing an update and then, re-root after the update is installed. Updates frequently cause you to lose root. Unrooting before applying the update eliminates this problem. I had to do this yesterday for the new update to Froyo. Once updated, I rooted again and everything's fine.
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I need to sell my atrix, so I wiped using the CWM, now it doesn't show the SU anymore. does this mean i'm not rooted anymore? When I go to settings it says OLYFR_U4_1.5.7. If I'm not rooted anymore, do I just start with the Gladroot process? Or do i have to start all over again? the phone's going to be picked up tomorrow and I said it's rooted =s
Run an app that "requires root" like Titanium Backup. That will tell you if your phone is rooted or not...
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nope, it doesn't sideload anymore. i used to do this with my captivate. wipe with CWM and then i'd still be rooted. do i have to flash back to 1.2.6 and start the process all over again?
tepickytoo said:
nope, it doesn't sideload anymore. i used to do this with my captivate. wipe with CWM and then i'd still be rooted. do i have to flash back to 1.2.6 and start the process all over again?
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Just to let you know, I don't have the AT&T version. (I have the Bell)
With that said, I've been following the Gladroot thread for both phones. Currently I'm rooted with Bell using Gladroot.
My suggestion is to "carefully" follow the checklist in the Gladroot thread to get root again:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1016060
Especially when it says --> "If you are already on 1.57 and do not have root, you MUST flash back to 1.26 for this to work. NO EXCEPTIONS."
^ So with that said it looks like you need to get back to 1.26 before gaining root again.
Most importantly, be slow and take your time. I've soft bricked a phone in the past when I was in a rush and skipped a step.
Best of luck!...
wiping is known to remove root for 4.1.57, so you will need to so the whole process again going back to 4.1.26.
Ahhhh. I see. I've started the process, i'm on the gladroot atm. Thanks for all the help guys!
OK I did not find this easily here, so am posting as a new thread - mods please delete if appropriate.
I had a rooted Atrix running 4.5.91 for ages, no issues. In looking for how to upgrade I came across a thread with the usual complicated series of steps and a side-note about OTA RootKeeper (find in Market).
So backed up (TBPro). Installed OTA RootKeeper. Unrooted. Verifyied it had. Re-rooted, to make sure it worked!
Then Unrooted and accepted the OTA upgrade.
Updated with no issues.
Restored root with no issues. All previously superusered apps still working fine, etc.
I did not find anything describing this very simple process anywhere, so thought I'd post.
(Only casualty of the upgrade is WeatherBug Elite which seems to be unable to connect - off to investigate now as mail, internet and everything else working fine).
Doesnt work
It's rootkeer doesn't keeps rot for atrix
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It's rootkeer doesn't keeps rot for atrix
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That is not true.
I actually posted that it worked for me in one of the other rooting threads. I did a little different than OP. I didn't unroot for the update. The OTA broke my root and I restored it using the app.
Installed Voodoo. Chose to backup (protect or whatever the option was) the root. Installed OTA. Went into Voodoo and restored root. It worked without any problems. Works as long as you have root before doing the update so I'm not sure what you mean that it doesn't keep the root because it worked for me and OP. I have the ATT version in case it matters.
Worked like a charm for my phone. If you google, you can find specific instructions on the web about the process of how to do it (since the app itself gives no instructions).
Are you guys using the stock recovery with this or have an alternative flashed? I have cwm flashed on mine so I don't think the ota will work. Am I correct?
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i have bootloader unlocked, rooted and CWM flashed.i installed voodoo OTA keeper , saved the all the root stuff with that app then did temp un-root and installed OTA, when it finished installing i just went to the app and hit re-root and it worked.. checked it with root checker
rcklss1 said:
Are you guys using the stock recovery with this or have an alternative flashed? I have cwm flashed on mine so I don't think the ota will work. Am I correct?
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Should work the recovery is its on part of the flash storage on the phone so i don't believe it matters much to the phone once you get cwm on there when updating through OTAs.
broke wifi
I was rooted. Hid the root, uninstalled superuser. Did OTA. Unhid root and reinstalled superuser.
Now my wifi disconnects about every 20 minutes for a few seconds then reconnects.
Can't find a fix.
Atrix 4G Unrootable after OTA Rootkeeper
OK, technicially it is still rooted, but it loses Shell Root. OTA Keeper. After I re-root or restore root with OTA Rootkeeper, all the check marks are checked off in the Status of Voodoo OTA RootKeer EXCEPT Root permission granted. Superuser app installed, Device roote, Filesyste supports root protection and Protecte su copy available are all checked, but the device does not allow permission to important apps I need and are the main reasons I root my phone. I couldn't care less about ROMs and fancy cosmetics. I need functionaity that this OTA Rootkeeper has cost me. I have tried reflashing, restoring to factory settings everything, and I still can't fully root my phone. superoneclick hangs at step #7, manual root gets an error message "device full" all because this OTA rootkeeper app has completely locked out other root methods and has an incomplete re-root method.
and that is the truth.
My Atrix was rooted using SuperOneClick. I have system version 4.5.91, Android version 2.3.4. Bootloader not unlocked. No CWM or any special ROMS installed.
I've been getting the constant nagging of the 2.3.6 update, but I don't want to lose root. I have ota rootkeeper app, and it looks like the instructions from the OP are simple enough.
My question is, is my situation similar enough to the OP's so I can go ahead with the update? I rooted my phone mainly to use Barnacle Wifi Tether, so definitely want to keep using that after the update.
I used the Superuser app to unroot, and now I have lost root access but some files are still showing up. I can't do a factory wipe because when it reboots I get the little Android guy with a red exclamation point on his stomach. I have to send this phone back to VZW since the microphone died and they are sending me a new phone, but I have to remove all root evidence. What do I do? Root Checker pro states that the Superuser application is not installed. SuperSU application version 1.25 is installed. I've tried rerooting but that fails as well. Any thoughts as to how I can delete all the files associated with root? I am still on stock rom and have titanium backup, but now that won't work either.
karenjnadeau said:
I used the Superuser app to unroot, and now I have lost root access but some files are still showing up. I can't do a factory wipe because when it reboots I get the little Android guy with a red exclamation point on his stomach. I have to send this phone back to VZW since the microphone died and they are sending me a new phone, but I have to remove all root evidence. What do I do? Root Checker pro states that the Superuser application is not installed. SuperSU application version 1.25 is installed. I've tried rerooting but that fails as well. Any thoughts as to how I can delete all the files associated with root? I am still on stock rom and have titanium backup, but now that won't work either.
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Mattlegroff has a "root remover" app on the play store for a buck - just get that and you'll be good to go. Of course, if you've been rooted, its impossible to completely remove the evidence as they can check the root checker in recovery.
The dead android is stock recovery, you should be able to wipe from that (not that it would remove any root evidence, that's all in /system)
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Being rooted doesn't void any warranties anyways it's just frowned upon. Unlocking your bootloader however does void your warranty
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I had my phone rooted with towel root and the only thing I did was fix the hot spot provisioning so I can use Foxfi. I did a factory reset last night, and the weird thing is, I still have root and Foxfi still works. I figured that when I did the factory reset, I would have to reroot and fix the hot spot again.
I guess, I am wondering why that happened? It's good actually, saved me a half hour of work. But was that because I used the factory reset in the settings rather than through a reboot?
Please educate me. LOL
2001400ex said:
I had my phone rooted with towel root and the only thing I did was fix the hot spot provisioning so I can use Foxfi. I did a factory reset last night, and the weird thing is, I still have root and Foxfi still works. I figured that when I did the factory reset, I would have to reroot and fix the hot spot again.
I guess, I am wondering why that happened? It's good actually, saved me a half hour of work. But was that because I used the factory reset in the settings rather than through a reboot?
Please educate me. LOL
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After you root, the phone stays rooted, simples as that.
To unroot you have to flash stock rom I guess, till then, the phone will continue rooted.
If you want to send to warranty, you have to unroot and go stock.
Magic2010 said:
After you root, the phone stays rooted, simples as that.
To unroot you have to flash stock rom I guess, till then, the phone will continue rooted.
If you want to send to warranty, you have to unroot and go stock.
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Yeah I guess. Lol I haven't rooted a phone since the OG droid. I thought that one you had to re root, but it's been a few years.
2001400ex said:
I had my phone rooted with towel root and the only thing I did was fix the hot spot provisioning so I can use Foxfi. I did a factory reset last night, and the weird thing is, I still have root and Foxfi still works. I figured that when I did the factory reset, I would have to reroot and fix the hot spot again.
I guess, I am wondering why that happened? It's good actually, saved me a half hour of work. But was that because I used the factory reset in the settings rather than through a reboot?
Please educate me. LOL
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I dont believe a factory reset will unroot the phone. It will remove the superuser app, but the exploit will still be there. To completely unroot, you need to flash you variants tot/kdz file using the LG flash tool. That will delete and replace all files in every partition and show that your phone is unrooted. It will be exactly as it was when you opened the box.
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I dont believe a factory reset will unroot the phone. It will remove the superuser app, but the exploit will still be there. To completely unroot, you need to flash you variants tot/kdz file using the LG flash tool. That will delete and replace all files in every partition and show that your phone is unrooted. It will be exactly as it was when you opened the box.
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Yeah I don't have SU right now, just need root for foxfi. And I've read about the process to return to stock, I thought that was necessary for the other root methods.
2001400ex said:
Yeah I don't have SU right now, just need root for foxfi. And I've read about the process to return to stock, I thought that was necessary for the other root methods.
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you should be able to download supersu from the play store and root for apps should be restored without having to return to stock.