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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] 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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Downloading .596 rooted from TBH now...

Downloading .596 rooted from TBH now...

Thanks for letting us know

Where is Team Black Hat's Website/host?
Do you have a link?

They've done it already? Please provide link. Can it be done on x not activated, just using on wifi?
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You have to buy their app for $1.99 @
http://shop.teamblackhat.info/Software_c3.htm
Well worth it. Otherwise, it will be on this and other websites by the end of the day. P3droid rocks. I've been messing around with it, and everything seems super smooth.

jideay, I got it from their website. Did you do method 2 (part 1 and 2)? If so I'm confused if I have to hit both downloads at the same time or do part one, then part 2. Do we need bootstrap or bootstrap2. I have both. Want this on my phone but a little confused.

milski65 said:
jideay, I got it from their website. Did you do method 2 (part 1 and 2)? If so I'm confused if I have to hit both downloads at the same time or do part one, then part 2. Do we need bootstrap or bootstrap2. I have both. Want this on my phone but a little confused.
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This is what I did.... Download part 1 and part 2 then use droid2 bootstrap then install part 1 AND part 2 before you exit bootstrap and it should work fine

Did you have to do a "wipe" of any kind in recovery before installing? Also did you do a nandroid backup first before even downloading 596?

milski65 said:
Did you have to do a "wipe" of any kind in recovery before installing? Also did you do a nandroid backup first before even downloading 596?
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nope no wipe or nandroid.... all I did was install the who files, very easy install :-D

Okay, so I go into tbh app, find 2 part download, hit download 1 first or do I have tohit both at the same time.; It says "these need to be loaded at same time". Not sure what they mean by that. Then droid2 bootstrap, hit bootstrap recovery, then reboot recovery and then install zip from sd. Is that correct. Will tbh app download automatically to zip od sd? Reason i ask is I tried a coustom rom about 2 months ago, thought I did evewrything correctly, but coulsn't find darkslide rom on sd. Wound up having to sbf. Prefer not to go through that again.

milski65 said:
Okay, so I go into tbh app, find 2 part download, hit download 1 first or do I have tohit both at the same time.; It says "these need to be loaded at same time". Not sure what they mean by that. Then droid2 bootstrap, hit bootstrap recovery, then reboot recovery and then install zip from sd. Is that correct. Will tbh app download automatically to zip od sd? Reason i ask is I tried a coustom rom about 2 months ago, thought I did evewrything correctly, but coulsn't find darkslide rom on sd. Wound up having to sbf. Prefer not to go through that again.
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2 things.
1. Someone told you what he did and it worked. Do that.
2. Why didn't you download the rom you couldn't find onto your pc and move to SD in recovery to where you could find it?
I'm in the process of downloading these files (1 THEN 2 because you can't download two at the same time) and we'll see how this goes.

Thejron, I was waiting for clarification on the tbh apparently, which you just provided. Thank you. I did load roms from computer, as I did the tbh 596 root. Why I couldn't find it on bootstrap recovery I have no idea. My screw up. It was there in astro. Sorry about offtraking on post.
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http://www.mydroidworld.com/forums/...-5-596-release-thread-something-everyone.html
This is what people are looking for...
Running .596 rooted, did method 2.

eyepopper said:
This is what people are looking for...
Running .596 rooted, did method 2.
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That is exactly what I was looking for, I also did method 2. Everything seems to be running great.
In case anyone was wondering I'm using an unactivated droid X (rooted, stock .340), with wifi. I used my computer to download the files and copied them to my sdcard. I did a factory wipe, cache wipe and delvik (I think thats how you spell it.)wipe from clockwork using the droid2 bootstrap(not the droidx bootstrap). Installed the two .zip files in order and rebooted it came up fine.

Thanks - had it running now a couple of hours, may be psychosomatic, but it seems faster than .595.

yeah, i like it - transition was easy, i did had to re install a few things but over all very easy coming from .595 using the tbh app. very nice.

what was the Easter egg p3 mentioned something about a dx2 lwp? i downloaded and flashed patch but still dont see the wallpaper... anyone else see it? and yes I flashed the rooted version from tbh
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taterDX said:
what was the Easter egg p3 mentioned something about a dx2 lwp? i downloaded and flashed patch but still dont see the wallpaper... anyone else see it? and yes I flashed the rooted version from tbh
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Rapidly tap the android version in settings > about phone. That is an Easter egg from google :3

Go into settings, about phone, and multiple tap on android version.

Install worked great on wifi only x. No issues with Netflix or anything else. Does anyone know if I have to sbf my other x that's froyo with clockwork mod backup done?
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Could use some help

Hello, new to the Droid 2 but not Android phones (currently have a Droid Charge). So, I ordered the D2 for my mom. I've been trying to root it using the one click method I found here. I don't know what I'm doing wrong but it keeps failing to root. I have it in debugging mode. PC recognizes phone and starts doing its thing. It always errors out around su part saying it can't find su or something like that. Bottom line is that it's erroring out and not completing the root process. Any suggestions? Thanks.
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Try using Z4Root (in the market). It's what I used.

For some reason, it's not showing up in the market for me.
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Then try finding the apk online somewhere. Or try clearing the cache for the market and look again.

Thanks. Found it. Tried it. The phone is still not rooted. Z4 didn't work either. I click on permanent root. It looks like it's doing its thing and then just closes. The program closes on its own. Don't get it. This phone is being stubborn.
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You sure you are not rooted, because it sounds like Z4 did it's job. Do you have SDK and ADB set up? You can use that to check if you are rooted. Also see if you have Clockworkmod installed. That's a good indicator that you are rooted.
If all else fails, you might have to sbf it, then try again.

DeBaKai said:
You sure you are not rooted, because it sounds like Z4 did it's job. Do you have SDK and ADB set up? You can use that to check if you are rooted. Also see if you have Clockworkmod installed. That's a good indicator that you are rooted.
If all else fails, you might have to sbf it, then try again.
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Yeah, not rooted still. Z4 and Easy method continue to fail. Not sure what the issue is. It's never been this difficult for me to root a phone before. Perplexed here.

That's interesting seeing as I rooted mine real quick using Z4 and ADB. Then used Droid 2 Bootstrap to install CWM. Then used ROM Manager to update CWM. It's really not that hard to root the D2. I really do't know why you are having problems. Like I said, SBF it and try to root again.

DeBaKai said:
That's interesting seeing as I rooted mine real quick using Z4 and ADB. Then used Droid 2 Bootstrap to install CWM. Then used ROM Manager to update CWM. It's really not that hard to root the D2. I really do't know why you are having problems. Like I said, SBF it and try to root again.
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SBF?
10Char

SOTK said:
SBF?
10Char
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Whew! Finally got it done...had to do it the old fashioned way through adb.

Lol SBF means to get the SBF file for your phone and flash it. It would reset your system back to stock settings. Then you can redo what you were trying to do, but from a clean, stable set up.
Glad to hear it. ADB is a life saver and should be a required knowledge when rooting/ROMing. Good luck!

DeBaKai said:
Lol SBF means to get the SBF file for your phone and flash it. It would reset your system back to stock settings. Then you can redo what you were trying to do, but from a clean, stable set up.
Glad to hear it. ADB is a life saver and should be a required knowledge when rooting/ROMing. Good luck!
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Thanks, hadn't heard that terminology before. It's called something else with Samsung Androids so used to that terminology.
Thanks for the help. I agree, ADB is quite useful and should be used by all.
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Lol It's called RUUing with HTC androids. The companies have to make it hard for us.
No problem. And just so you know, when I rerooted my spare D2 using Z4root, the app and the phone turned off toward the end of the process and it was indeed rooted. It's just how Z4root does things (it did the same with my main D2 also). I checked with ADB to be sure. For future reference.

DeBaKai said:
Lol It's called RUUing with HTC androids. The companies have to make it hard for us.
No problem. And just so you know, when I rerooted my spare D2 using Z4root, the app and the phone turned off toward the end of the process and it was indeed rooted. It's just how Z4root does things (it did the same with my main D2 also). I checked with ADB to be sure. For future reference.
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Interesting. My phone never turned off though. Z4 just quit. I know it didn't work because Rom Manager, Superuser app, and Busybox installer didn't work. It wasn't until I pushed them to system/bin and installed Busybox through adb that the phone would root. Go figure!
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Ah.....I'm guessing if the phone turns off that means it worked.
That is weird. Lol at least you got to shake the ADB cobwebs off.

ICS ROM's break root

I've been messing with my phone for about 2 days now since I've gotten it. I haven't had any issues and have installed a ton of ROM's. However I keep having one issue. Every time I flash an ICS rom I keep getting denied root access. I've tried every ICS ROM available and every one does it to me. None of the gingerbread ROM's have broken it. It installs just fine, but any time I try to do anything that requires superuser permissions they get denied, but if I flash back to a 2.3.x ROM I'll have complete root access.
It doesn't seem to be an issue for anyone else from what I've been reading. I'm permanently rooted with gfree and have the good eMMc chip. Is this just normal with ICS ROM's or is there a fix I am too blind to find? Sorry if this is a dumb question. I've come from the Motorola Triumph from Virgin Mobile that's practically rooted out of the box.

Sounds like your not fully wiping everything. The ics roms had root problems when they updated to 4.0.4 but was fixed and shouldn't have that problem now. Use 4ext recovery if your not already using it. use the "wipe everything but sd" option and try a ROM again.
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Well I'm not sure if this would help but when you flash an ics rom go to your apps through the settings, find superuser, click force stop then clear the cache...then try opening up terminal emulator and tryping SU and hit enter and press allow.
Hope this works for you, I remember a long time ago it was a problem with one of the miui roms for the mytouch.
Don't forget to hit thanks if it worked
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mustk1ll20 said:
Sounds like your not fully wiping everything. The ics roms had root problems when they updated to 4.0.4 but was fixed and shouldn't have that problem now. Use 4ext recovery if your not already using it. use the "wipe everything but sd" option and try a ROM again.
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This was actually the first thing I tried. I use 4ext and I have always used the wipe all (but sd card) option. I also didn't use Titanium backup to restore apps or anything like that so I'm not sure what it could be.
707BeastMode707 said:
Well I'm not sure if this would help but when you flash an ics rom go to your apps through the settings, find superuser, click force stop then clear the cache...then try opening up terminal emulator and tryping SU and hit enter and press allow.
Hope this works for you, I remember a long time ago it was a problem with one of the miui roms for the mytouch.
Don't forget to hit thanks if it worked
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After doing this I have the same issue I have every time I've tried to check my root status through the terminal emulator. It always says "Permission Denied" and it won't even bring up the superuser box.
(Superuser is still in my applications though, and when I open it up it has been logging the denied attempts in terminal emulator.
This happened on Ice Cold Insomnia.

Huh, idk what the problem is, maybe try re-rooting the phone with a different method? What method did you use?
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gfree

Try changing su app to automatically allow su permissions instead of prompt to see if su is even granting access.
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707BeastMode707 said:
Huh, idk what the problem is, maybe try re-rooting the phone with a different method? What method did you use?
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The rooting method has absolutely nothing to do with root privileges on custom ROMs flashed through custom recovery.
Actually, the rooting method doesn't even matter. All that matters is S-OFF. And since the OP has S-OFF, no re-rooting will possibly do him any good.
OP, many of ICS ROMs moved to SuperSU instead of Superuser app. Maybe that causes you problems.

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Try changing su app to automatically allow su permissions instead of prompt to see if su is even granting access.
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Same problem, Permission Denied.
Jack_R1 said:
The rooting method has absolutely nothing to do with root privileges on custom ROMs flashed through custom recovery.
Actually, the rooting method doesn't even matter. All that matters is S-OFF. And since the OP has S-OFF, no re-rooting will possibly do him any good.
OP, many of ICS ROMs moved to SuperSU instead of Superuser app. Maybe that causes you problems.
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So would I just install SuperSU then? I downloaded it but it didn't make a difference.
EDIT: I flashed Zips Creamed Glacier and SU is working fine. I guess I'll just stick with this one. Thank you to everyone for your suggestions.