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[STICKY][Patch][Rom]Malware Exploit for all pre-Gingerbread devices

Who is affected? All devices pre-gingerbread
Who should act? Users and developers using pre-gingerbread roms
How do I fix? Flash attached .zip at the bottom of this post
What if I think I was infected? Completely wipe your device, format sdard, go back to stock and re-apply rom, then flash the attached .zip (before installing any apps)
Why should I care? read below...
http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/0...your-phone-steal-your-data-and-open-backdoor/
Flash this with ClockWorkMod.... this is for any Pre Gingerbread ROM.... ie TNT anything, VEGAn 5.1.1 and below, Zpad anything, GAdam anything.
This is not necessary for any ROMS based off Gingerbread AOSP or CM7. Including VEGAn-TAB Experimentals.
Be Safe.
Even More Details here: http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/0...-android-nightmare-and-weve-got-more-details/

I checked out the zip and it just adds a blank text file (0 bytes) called profile to the /system/bin folder. So I am not sure what the fix is?
**EDIT** Nevermind it is a dummy file meant to prevent the virus. Thanks to the OP for providing this.

http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/0...your-phone-steal-your-data-and-open-backdoor/
Nasty stuff. I would say this patch is high priority and I'm already going through my own ROMs to add it in.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=977154
Link above has info on creating the file manually.
Jim

fyi -
http://www.pcworld.com/article/221213/keep_malware_off_your_android_phone_5_quick_tips.html
Lookout mobile security . In case you cannot find it via the market.
http://www.getjar.com/Lookout-Mobile-Security-with-Antivirus
Edit. I just installed the lookout app to scan my tab, everything was fine and then, i un-installed it since it was running on the background and taking 10% of the cpu..
Anyways, a nice app that can be used to do a quick scan..

I don't have a stock gtab but I'll ask anyways... how can our stock rom users be protected? Is there an alternate method?
Edit just saw the manual process. Im guess that's the way to go.

xmr405o said:
I don't have a stock gtab but I'll ask anyways... how can our stock rom users be protected? Is there an alternate method?
Edit just saw the manual process. Im guess that's the way to go.
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I'd curious to see what all the vendors are going to do about this. Granted, they could just say that the Market is not there, but regardless the security hole is still there and needs to be plugged up.

Hi,
I hope that this isn't too offtopic, but I was trying to create /system/bin/profile using a term and su, and when i went into root explorer to make /system/bin R/W, root explorer showed the dir as R/W already, and as mounted on /dev/loop9.
Is that normal?
I haven't installed dataloop, at least intentionally, so it seems strange that /system/bin would be mounted there, plus it being R/W by default?
FYI, I use z4root to get temp root. Could that be why /system/bin is R/W?
Then again, that wouldn't explain the /dev/loop9 mount ...
Jim

jimcpl said:
Hi,
I hope that this isn't too offtopic, but I was trying to create /system/bin/profile using a term and su, and when i went into root explorer to make /system/bin R/W, root explorer showed the dir as R/W already, and as mounted on /dev/loop9.
Is that normal?
I haven't installed dataloop, at least intentionally, so it seems strange that /system/bin would be mounted there, plus it being R/W by default?
FYI, I use z4root to get temp root. Could that be why /system/bin is R/W?
Then again, that wouldn't explain the /dev/loop9 mount ...
Jim
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Hi,
Creating the profile file manually, it wouldn't persist,i.e., it was gone after rebooting, so I installed gojimi's zip usung CWM, and that worked.
I also did a mount w/o getting temp root, and /system/bin is not on /dev/loop9, so I'm guessing that when z4root sets temp root, it might be remounting /system/bin on /dev/loop9 itself.
Jim

You would have to download one of those sketchy apps to really be affected anyways, right? Who would do that?!

Appreciate the patch. This highlights the two problems with android though, google fixed this security issue in 2.2.2, but most carriers still haven't released that update. And the market needs some oversight, not authoritarian apple like, but some.
Sent from my T-Mobile G2 using XDA App

Is it possible to sticky this thread
Mods is it possible to sticky this thread so that it is easily visible.
Thanks

Hello guys. Is there a way to find out if our tablet is infected or not?
I mean if we have installed any of the apps in the list that automatically means that we are infected or not?
If infected what is preferred to do wipe the tablet or go back to stock rom??
Is there any manual for windows 7 noobies users?
Thanks.

Doctor LeVa said:
Hello guys. Is there a way to find out if our tablet is infected or not?
I mean if we have installed any of the apps in the list that automatically means that we are infected or not?
If infected what is preferred to do wipe the tablet or go back to stock rom??
Is there any manual for windows 7 noobies users?
Thanks.
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Please read the thread completely, it is stated you can download lookout security to run a scan to see if you are infected.

downloading.....see what happens

There is a DroidDreamKiller app that allows you to check to see if you are already infected and install the patch. There is also a beta test app that gives you other information. Just search the market for DroidDreamKiller.

To devs: Thank You
TO Everyone else DO THIS ASAP

How do I flash the zip file after downloading it?
Thanks

Start cwm using volume up while powering on.
Once menu comes up select install zip using vol buttons
Use home to select.
Navigate to where you saved zip file
Select it with home button
Once install complete reboot from cwmod

MODs Please make this a sticky . It is being overlooked.

Help Needed... Think I Bricked my Nexus S

Greetings,
Okay, so I endeavoured to root my phone last night and was successful. I ran into trouble when the clockwork recovery and superuser permissions kept getting removed each time I rebooted the phone. This morning, I tried to restore the superuser permissions by following the steps I found here on xda but after running the terminal script I rebooted my phone and when my phone wouldn't boot beyond the Google screen.
Now, I'm at the Google splash screen with no way to move forward. I'm a mac user and I don't really get the adb thing. Got adb to work with mac from a youtube video, but still not sure what commands to run.
I can't access clockwork recovery from the bootloader.
What I've done so far:
- wiped cache
- wiped/factory data reset
- retraced my steps by using terminal to setup superuser permission from this post (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=927838)
What I think:
- maybe in all of my clicks I removed the ROM, so the phone doesn't have a ROM to work with.
This maybe a really infantile conclusion, but I know there's a solution (had a rooted G1 that I flashed all the time and thought I bricked once but was able to get it back to stock).
Eagerly waiting for a reply... no cell phone if this can't be fixed.
Tamaratee
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Phone: Nexus
Rooted with problems

This post might help:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=9866675
It has the adb commands on how to replace the existing boot loader with cwm and all.
Hope it helps.
EDIT: If all else fails, you can try flashing a nandroid backup (2.3.3). This post would guide you:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=979851

Greetings Cygnum,
Thanks for the suggestion. I have a question: will these commands work on a Mac?

Thank you to AllGamer for suggesting that I post this question here and for the following suggestion:
AllGamer said:
please post the same question in QA or General, then we can all help you
PM is not the best place to ask for help.
The first thing to do is to download the full set of Android SDK 2.3+ for MAC
then we'll continue from there.
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How do I proceed AllGamer? I downloaded the mac SDK from here (http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html).

Follow steps 1-7 from here to get back Clockwork Recovery.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=878446
If your bootloader is already unlocked, you can skip those steps.
Do steps 8-9 to copy this file over to your USB drive.
http://devsforandroid.com/ip.board/index.php?/files/file/94-stock-deodexed-233-voodoo-rooted/
This rom is Master's Stock 2.3.3 ROM that is already rooted which should get you up and running.
Unmount, go back. Wipe system data, wipe cache. Go to advanced, Wipe Dalvik-cache.
Go back, choose to install zip from SD card. Locate Master's stock ROM. Flash that.
In the end, you'll have a stock deodexed rom that is rooted. Keep in mind that you will lose all your data, but that at least puts you back on track.

Also wanted to mention if you didn't already know, mac scripts are run with a "./" in front of them. So to use the adb command you would do something like, "./adb reboot bootloader" after you have changed your directory to the folder that contains the sdk files.

peeturr said:
Also wanted to mention if you didn't already know, mac scripts are run with a "./" in front of them. So to use the adb command you would do something like, "./adb reboot bootloader" after you have changed your directory to the folder that contains the sdk files.
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I feel bad for being a stickler here, but this is only true if he has not added the location of the binaries to the PATH. ./ just specifies to start in the local directory rather than look to the PATH to search for the file, it's not a requirement for running a script.

krohnjw said:
I feel bad for being a stickler here, but this is only true if he has not added the location of the binaries to the PATH. ./ just specifies to start in the local directory rather than look to the PATH to search for the file, it's not a requirement for running a script.
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Yeah my bad. Just whatever had worked for me. Pretty new to mac myself.
Sent from my Nexus S using XDA App

krohnjw said:
I feel bad for being a stickler here, but this is only true if he has not added the location of the binaries to the PATH. ./ just specifies to start in the local directory rather than look to the PATH to search for the file, it's not a requirement for running a script.
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Doesn't ~/ do the same as well?
Sent from my MattedBlues CM7 Nexus S from the XDA Premium app.

kenvan19 said:
Doesn't ~/ do the same as well?
Sent from my MattedBlues CM7 Nexus S from the XDA Premium app.
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No. ~/ specifies your home directory

Thanks Everyone
Thanks for all the suggestions and help I received. I PM'd KenVan and he provided me with the script and my Nexus S is up and running.

I just had this problem on the weekend I could not get past the lockscreen so I flashed cyanogen nightly and bam booted fine
Sent from my Nexus S using XDA App

Problem Solved Over the Weekend
Thanks for the help everyone. I posted this in a couple places, so I forgot to update this thread.
I fixed the problem with detailed steps from KenVan. Thanks again though to all of you for your suggestions.

[DEV] System images

I want to collect the system images in case you must get back to stock.
Just do the following and upload your image.
Code:
su
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p3 of=/sdcard/system.img
perfect would be an nearly untouched build
IMAGES:
WIFI - US: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=13427976&postcount=7
WIFI - EU: Had to remove my image because of Dropbox

I'm currently uploading one to my dropbox should be done in about an hour. I'll poist the url, or pm you should you prefer.

You may post it in public, of course - thx a lot

seraphimserapis you forgot to ask somthing from the people that upload...
plase add in the first post to add:
3g/wifi model
us/eu versions

you're right.
it's the wifi eu model
Sent from my Nexus S using Tapatalk

wee really need one of each version... I really what to compare file on all versions

mine is the wifi us
here is the link
http://db.tt/dSafLm6

common ppl we need 3g models... go for 3g models....

Stock?
How would one of these get me back to stock? I've got a corrupt file - so I am bootlooping after root. SU causes a seg fault, so I can't get root permission to remount & replace the busted files... anyone figure out getting to recovery yet?

BitVenom said:
How would one of these get me back to stock? I've got a corrupt file - so I am bootlooping after root. SU causes a seg fault, so I can't get root permission to remount & replace the busted files... anyone figure out getting to recovery yet?
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thinking its dead... thats what i'm afraid of... got lots of ideas but cant try them without a safety net...

BitVenom said:
How would one of these get me back to stock? I've got a corrupt file - so I am bootlooping after root. SU causes a seg fault, so I can't get root permission to remount & replace the busted files... anyone figure out getting to recovery yet?
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Use this file http://db.tt/3hqvgP1 and push it to /data/local/tmp
Then run it via ./data/local/tmp/gb
You should be root afterwards and be able to fix permissions etc
Sent from my LG-P990 using Tapatalk

borked system/bin us version 16gb
hi I borked my acer. root went smoothly, but then I made mistake of trying to enable adhoc supplicant. I downloaded es explorer and used remount to enable rewrite to system/bin. Now everything disappeared. It will still load, but wifi shows error.
How do I return to stock?

ataib said:
hi I borked my acer. root went smoothly, but then I made mistake of trying to enable adhoc supplicant. I downloaded es explorer and used remount to enable rewrite to system/bin. Now everything disappeared. It will still load, but wifi shows error.
How do I return to stock?
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its very simple you didnt set the wpa_supplicant to the right permissions... as you were told... and please dont post in the dev section :|

nycbjr said:
mine is the wifi us
here is the link
<Link removed>
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Thank you so much! I got stuck on the Android ! boot screen and couldn't get the OS to boot after stupidly screwing up permissions after I rooted. I downloaded your zip, renamed it to update.zip and loaded it on a microsd card. Then I put the card in, booted the tablet while holding volume down and recovery loaded the system image and I'm back in business. It did come with a few apps loaded into system I'm not familiar with including a few that weren't in English. Will a factory reset remove those, does anyone know?
Edit: This is also missing gapps including the market... You sure this is a US image?

no thats a chinese update u need to follow a link thats been post above urs a bit ago and follow the directions on how to add market to the nook color.
Sent with my Acer A500 Ti-X RC1

Thanks I found the info. And I bricked it again. Looks like it's getting exchanged at best buy tonight. I'm not going to try rooting again anytime soon.

tonight come in to the irc channel and talk to me. we will get u rooted but not bricked.
Sent with my Acer A500 Ti-X RC1

Back to stock
EDIT - removed

Hi and sorry for my poor english...
Could you explain how to put back a system.img backup in the tablet in case of a problem ?
Thanks a lot !

I don't know if that's possible while running the device. This will be good for the recovery tho
Sent from my A500 using Tapatalk

[ROOT] Stock ICS Leak One-Click Root Tool

Hi all!
First off, I'm new to xda Developers so please excuse me if this is in the wrong forum! I thought I'd post information about a tool I wrote here which roots stock 4.0.3 leak on the A500, A501 and assumingly the A200 too. Its literally one click - just enable USB debugging. "ICS Root" also installs, optionally, FaceLock and Trebuchet (although FaceLock doesn't want to work. It lets you set it up though =P)
Since version 5.0.1 this also now works with the new 0.022.00 leak!
The full post is over at TegraOwners: http://forum.tegraowners.com/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=350
The only real system requirements are Windows (with .Net Framework 4) and an Iconia on the stock 4.0.3 leak. I hope somebody finds this useful its been tested by myself and a couple of TegraOwners users and it works well.
In terms of the technique used, it uses the great Jay Freeman's mempodroid exploit to gain root at which point it mounts /system rw and installs su, busybox and Superuser.apk so no real surprises there. Installing Trebuchet adds that apk to /system/app and installing FaceLock installs the apk to /system/app before installing the pittpatt folder to the flexrom (mounted as /system/vendor). I plan to open source it when all the requested features have been implemented and the code has been cleaned up.
Thanks!
~blackthund3r
EDIT 14/05/2012: ICS Root 7 is out enjoy!
Sent from my A500 using Tapatalk

cwm version?
why would it not work with cwm version?

With this tool does system remain writeable after rooting?

What about flashing CWM with acer recovery installer once rooted? I guess it would screw the bootloader...

lowsum said:
What about flashing CWM with acer recovery installer once rooted? I guess it would screw the bootloader...
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If you are on the cwm with the HC boot loader it should work as Its Magic will be run..
if you are on the new boot loader as in the full non modded leak.. It will give you secure boot error ..
The new boot loader Blocks its magic.

Thanks
Hey this worked easy. I had to re-install USB drivers and make sure I had the latest from Google. Other then that, hit the button, wait about 1.5 minutes, and it rebooted! No problems thus far! Thanks Again!

JeanBubu said:
why would it not work with cwm version?
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It would but the cwm one, afaik, is prerooted?
Sent from my A500 using Tapatalk

root doesnt work like its supposed to. i know its only half root due to the bootloader, but terminal emulator flat out says i'm not rooted after this despite sixasis working and titanium backup/root checker both saying i have root and busybox. i'm going to post this on TO as well for you incase you dont check here often.

nifterific said:
root doesnt work like its supposed to. i know its only half root due to the bootloader, but terminal emulator flat out says i'm not rooted after this despite sixasis working and titanium backup/root checker both saying i have root and busybox. i'm going to post this on TO as well for you incase you dont check here often.
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That's storage cos terminal works for me and running su in an adb shell works great too.
Code:
[email protected]:/ $ export PATH=/data/local/bin:$PATH
[email protected]:/ $ su
# exit
[email protected]:/ $ su
#
Sent from my A500 using Tapatalk

SteamBishop said:
Hey this worked easy. I had to re-install USB drivers and make sure I had the latest from Google. Other then that, hit the button, wait about 1.5 minutes, and it rebooted! No problems thus far! Thanks Again!
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You're welcome and I'm glad it worked!
Sent from my A500 using Tapatalk

After reading the other post, I have found that I cannot write to the system directory from the device itself. The folder attributes indicate that it is set to write, however File Explorer HD will not let me. I have tried to create a folder in the /system and it will not accept the addition. The strange thing is that Root Check says it is rooted, File Explorer HD accepts putting it into Root Explore, but that is it. It is odd. I will try to reapply the Root to see if that makes a difference.

SteamBishop said:
After reading the other post, I have found that I cannot write to the system directory from the device itself. The folder attributes indicate that it is set to write, however File Explorer HD will not let me. I have tried to create a folder in the /system and it will not accept the addition. The strange thing is that Root Check says it is rooted, File Explorer HD accepts putting it into Root Explore, but that is it. It is odd. I will try to reapply the Root to see if that makes a difference.
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Please, read the op before bringing this up. This method is for half root, its the only way possible right now on stock leak ics. There is a special script you need to use to mpunt system. You can find it in the stock leak thread, run it in terminal or use rom toolbox and set it as a script to run at boot because rebooting loses write privileges.

nifterific said:
Please, read the op before bringing this up. This method is for half root, its the only way possible right now on stock leak ics. There is a special script you need to use to mpunt system. You can find it in the stock leak thread, run it in terminal or use rom toolbox and set it as a script to run at boot because rebooting loses write privileges.
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Sorry for offending you and whoever else it did. Thank you for pointing that script out in that post. My intent was to offer a second comment to your assessment..

nifterific said:
Please, read the op before bringing this up. This method is for half root, its the only way possible right now on stock leak ics. There is a special script you need to use to mpunt system. You can find it in the stock leak thread, run it in terminal or use rom toolbox and set it as a script to run at boot because rebooting loses write privileges.
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I have a better script which I'll be releasing as an update to the root app this morning hopefully. It'll be a terminal command to remount rw.
Sent from my A500 using Tapatalk

New update out!!
blackthund3r said:
I have a better script which I'll be releasing as an update to the root app this morning hopefully. It'll be a terminal command to remount rw.
Sent from my A500 using Tapatalk
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Version 3 came out this morning
It features some bug fixes as well as a completely new remount menu which mounts /system rw properly on the fly. Tested with a busybox installer app
Enjoy!

Thanks for your tool blackthund3r !
I tried it with the new leak from this morning and it doesn't seem to work anymore
Edit :
Just to be a little more specific, the app says the process was OK and state that the tablet is rooted but the tablet doesn't reboot by itseld and su is not installed. I tried to install su manually but it's unable to find a previous su package on the system.

paugustin said:
Thanks for your tool blackthund3r !
I tried it with the new leak from this morning and it doesn't seem to work anymore
Edit :
Just to be a little more specific, the app says the process was OK and state that the tablet is rooted but the tablet doesn't reboot by itseld and su is not installed. I tried to install su manually but it's unable to find a previous su package on the system.
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ah okay it appears a completely new leak has been released. It is possible that the mempodroid exploit has been patched up. I'm gonna look into it soon. I can't much tonight - I have school work. I'll see what can be done and what the differences between leaks are.
Sent from my A500 using Tapatalk
EDIT: mempodroid hasn't been patched See ICS Root v3.1

Hi blackthund3r
Thanks for the update 3.1 but could you please fix the problem on your hosting website? clicking on this file send to an error warning.
The other files can be downloaded though.

can someone post a mirror to the 3.1 version? current link is not working.
can somebody also confirm, if i root with this tool, i will be able to reinstall my clockworkmod recovery through 'acer recovery installer' and flash any other cwm rom? or do i have to downgrade to honeycomb 3.01, install iconiaroot for honeycomb and then acer recovery installer?

Gersma,
I'll be able to answer to your question as soon as I'll be able to download this tool and test it.

[FIX] Cant turn WIFI on? You are missing this file

So after lots of flashing of different roms on my Moto G 2nd gen (XT1068) I ended up unable to turn WIFI on in any rom, including stock!
Thing is, after days of breaking my head with this, I figured out I was missing the WCNSS_qcom_wlan_factory_nv.bin file from the /Persist folder.
How did that file go missing and why it was not restored when restoring to stock or flashing roms? Dam good question, I don't have an answer to that yet, BUT, I have a fix.
Simply download the attached .rar, unzip it, and manually put the WCNSS_qcom_wlan_factory_nv.bin file in your /Persist folder using any root explorer / file manager on your device and reboot!
Such a simple little thing gave me so much trouble, hope this will help future users who might face the same problem, as I already saw around that other people are also having the same issue.
This should work for any Moto G version, even the 2013 model, XT1063, XT1064, XT1068, XT1069, all share the same WIFI file.
Happy surfing on your now working WIFI!

Nice Work!

I have that file in /persists but still no WiFi.

Obagleyfreer said:
I have that file in /persists but still no WiFi.
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Most likely its the perms issue. If you have 'adb' and can connect to the phone using adb, do this:
adb logcat -d -v time | grep "avc: denied"
right after a fresh start. If the file shows up in that grep, it means that you are running into permissions issue. And it can be fixed if you have root.

Where cn i find persist folder... ??? I m using CM12
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immy8796 said:
Where cn i find persist folder... ??? I m using CM12
Sent from my Moto G 2014 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
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Root of your device,
/persist

Exelios said:
Root of your device,
/persist
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Found it... Thanx.. bt which permission i hv to give that .bin file.. ???
Sent from my Moto G 2014 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

immy8796 said:
Found it... Thanx.. bt which permission i hv to give that .bin file.. ???
Sent from my Moto G 2014 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
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Mine is 777, read write execute to everyone, probably not the right cmod, but it works

after try like 5 kernels and almost start to crying i found this post
AND WORKS!!!!
Thanks you so much!!

ZenKeep said:
after try like 5 kernels and almost start to crying i found this post
AND WORKS!!!!
Thanks you so much!!
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O yeah I know the feeling, went trough the same, glad I helped!
Also pressing the tnx button on my post would help me!

I already have persist folder and file in root directory and overwrite it with rw-r-r permission but still not working plz help.

HELP!
I have restored to stock firmware, and my wifi just turns off when i turn it on. I think i am missing this file but as im on stock I dont have root access. How can i install this file if i dont have root access.
A quick reply would be amazing!
Thanks

mrangryoven said:
I have restored to stock firmware, and my wifi just turns off when i turn it on. I think i am missing this file but as im on stock I dont have root access. How can i install this file if i dont have root access.
A quick reply would be amazing!
Thanks
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You could just root again. Using super su you can unroot using the super su app after you finish the fix.
Sent from my XT1064 using Tapatalk

still have the same issue. stock rom and stellar kernel

Thank you man, this really worked!!! You saved my ass!
PS: I have another problem similar to this one. I can' t acces to my mobile network, I have them turned on, but when I press on Network operators, a message pops up saying "Error while searching for networks ". Have you ever encountered this problem? Because I can' t find an answer

sumit227 said:
I already have persist folder and file in root directory and overwrite it with rw-r-r permission but still not working plz help.
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I also tried to reload the stock boot.iso but that did not help me in this case. In the end what fixed this issue for me was to wipe the phone and load cyanogen mod 12.1.
I downloaded the following files to my phones SDCARD before starting the process below.
cm-12.1-20150816-NIGHTLY-titan-recovery.img
cm-12.1-20150816-NIGHTLY-titan.zip
gapps-5.1-arm-2015-07-17-13-29.zip
0) reboot into fastboot
1) fastboot flash recovery cm-12.1-20150816-NIGHTLY-titan-recovery.img (this was done from the command line on my Mac, and that file was on my Mac at the time)
2) reboot into recovery
3) choose "Wipe data / Factory Reset"
4) choose "Apply Update" -> "Choose From SDCARD1 -> "cm-12.1-20150816-NIGHTLY-titan.zip"
at this point I rebooted but could have probably installed GAPPS right away. The wifi was working again at this point!
5) choose "Apply Update" -> "Choose From SDCARD1 -> "gapps-5.1-arm-2015-07-17-13-29.zip"
I think I will stick with CM for now. I've used it in the past and it was fine.

jreeve0805 said:
I also tried to reload the stock boot.iso but that did not help me in this case. In the end what fixed this issue for me was to wipe the phone and load cyanogen mod 12.1.
I downloaded the following files to my phones SDCARD before starting the process below.
cm-12.1-20150816-NIGHTLY-titan-recovery.img
cm-12.1-20150816-NIGHTLY-titan.zip
gapps-5.1-arm-2015-07-17-13-29.zip
0) reboot into fastboot
1) fastboot flash recovery cm-12.1-20150816-NIGHTLY-titan-recovery.img (this was done from the command line on my Mac, and that file was on my Mac at the time)
2) reboot into recovery
3) choose "Wipe data / Factory Reset"
4) choose "Apply Update" -> "Choose From SDCARD1 -> "cm-12.1-20150816-NIGHTLY-titan.zip"
at this point I rebooted but could have probably installed GAPPS right away. The wifi was working again at this point!
5) choose "Apply Update" -> "Choose From SDCARD1 -> "gapps-5.1-arm-2015-07-17-13-29.zip"
I think I will stick with CM for now. I've used it in the past and it was fine.
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This also worked for me, loaded the latest CM nightly and Wifi came back. Previous steps outlined in this thread did not work.

Had issues with Moto G2 wifi after rooting.. wotks fine after Blisspop
Tom flash
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pls help
persist folder gets removed every time i put it there using root explorer... when i click add new folder into the / (persist is not there) and type in persist it creates a folder with the files already there then i quit the explorer and come back only to find out the the folder is not shown there anymore but if i created again is gets in there and has all the files but again when i quit it disappears...
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Tel864 said:
You could just root again. Using super su you can unroot using the super su app after you finish the fix.
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pls help me i have the folder but its not shown in the explorer it only shows when i add new folder and name it persist but then it disappears again

WiFi turns off instantly I try to turn it on
I have the same issue like you guys, and i've already try to copy the file to the /persist folder, with all the permissions... and nothing but error message pop ups (I can't modify the files in the folder, but accidently I erase one of the WCNSS files. It doesn't make any sense)
I've also tried to install the stock firmware to my XT1068, several ROMs with LP 5.0.2, 5.1, etc (everytime doing wipe cache and data); and the issue is still going.
What can I do? Downgrade to KK can restore all the missing files?
Maybe I can copy a /persist folder entirely with all the files... I don't know.
I'm running out of ideas! And I don't want to live with the idea of 'no-wifi' in such an excellent phone! :crying:
Thanks for your time, guys!