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[Q] Error! Superuser BUSTED!

So yesterday I decided I was going to play around with the different roms like I do my phone w/ my tablet.. Bad idea. The same usual steps to backing up and restoring are supposed to be the same. maybe not so much.
I decided to try out the new Revolution theme by thor, so i made a backup of where i was at before the wipe and subsequent install. Install went on without any issue, I played with it for a while, decided I wanted to go back to my latest backup. Performed the restore and went to bed.
When I went back to the tablet it had successfully rebooted with all my prior settings in place. Except one thing. Superuser wont work, and I cant download the updater fix in the market. So my rooted device is now unrooted with Taboony 2.1b rom. None of the apps we are all accustomed to using will work without superuser working.
Has anyone experienced this, is there a fix I just havent seen? I have searched and searched and searched. Well versed in google

Rainbowbright081 said:
So yesterday I decided I was going to play around with the different roms like I do my phone w/ my tablet.. Bad idea. The same usual steps to backing up and restoring are supposed to be the same. maybe not so much.
I decided to try out the new Revolution theme by thor, so i made a backup of where i was at before the wipe and subsequent install. Install went on without any issue, I played with it for a while, decided I wanted to go back to my latest backup. Performed the restore and went to bed.
When I went back to the tablet it had successfully rebooted with all my prior settings in place. Except one thing. Superuser wont work, and I cant download the updater fix in the market. So my rooted device is now unrooted with Taboony 2.1b rom. None of the apps we are all accustomed to using will work without superuser working.
Has anyone experienced this, is there a fix I just havent seen? I have searched and searched and searched. Well versed in google
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This happans to me on no matter what rom I use, just restore your backup using cwm and say good by to root.

Rainbowbright081 said:
Has anyone experienced this, is there a fix I just havent seen? I have searched and searched and searched. Well versed in google
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I just finished getting my tab back in shape after much the same thing. What worked for me was to get into cwm, then clear cache and delvic cache. Re-installed the rom (ezterry's rooted stock in my case) and I am good to go. I did not clear data. Hope that this helps.

JdgM3NT4L said:
I just finished getting my tab back in shape after much the same thing. What worked for me was to get into cwm, then clear cache and delvic cache. Re-installed the rom (ezterry's rooted stock in my case) and I am good to go. I did not clear data. Hope that this helps.
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With reflash of rom you will have root again, but do a full backup of your rom using cwm and then restore your backup and you will once again be left without root.

The fix I got was, i got into cwm and flashed the new mix rom and viola, everything works as it should lol
Sent from my HTC Glacier using XDA App

There have been issues with SU in Taboonay. Happens after a backup / restore. I had the same thing.
For a more complete solution check the thread on Taboonay / DEV in the forum, but the short answerthat worked for me with Taboonay is : uninstall SetCPU, Reflash 2.1, reboot, reflash 2.1b. this worked for me...
Good luck!

Rainbowbright081 said:
The fix I got was, i got into cwm and flashed the new mix rom and viola, everything works as it should lol
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Now do a full backup using cwm.
Now do a full restore using cwm.
Now No root, just try it.
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Xperia Play epicly failing....please help?

What's going on guys? I've had my Play for a while and for the most part I love it...def could be faster but thats ok.
So, the problem. I'm rooted, but stock rom and kernel. I was using go launcher, go sms and have alot of apps, a 32gb sd card thats almost full. I installed go locker a couple nights ago and it was running great. Then, the next day, I have no clue if it relates to go locker...but now my phone is like on life support or something!
75% of apps force close upon opening, the phone is deathly slow if it doesnt close...like I'll open up "settings" and it will either FC or take 2 minutes to load up...then it loads and I click something and it FCs. SOMETIMES an app will open fine, play fine. Like muffin knight, sometimes it opens and plays 100%. other times it instantly FCs over and over. Every single app no matter how complex is subject to the same problems in the same way.
I honestly have no clue wtf is wrong. It feels analgous to a computer virus. Everything is bogged and broken. I tried cleaning my phone. I uninstalled every launcher and theme app, and then uninstalled about a dozen apps I dont use alot. I left mself with the bare minumum....Id then open the "messaging" app and it would crawl open to greet me with a force close. It doesnt seem to be a problem with any specific app.
I checked battery use....very normal stuff. I don't know whats going on!! but my phone barely works....someone will call and it will take 10 seconds for me to be able to slide the slider and accept the call...
Anyone have any direction for me? I don't want to flash any kernels or roms yet (waiting for 100% stability) and I'm busy right now w tests and I just want my phone back to how it was a few days ago. I'm using adw launcher now and its the same as with the go launcher or without anything....slow, force closes everywhere, hang ups everywhere...
thanks SO much for any help from anybody...I really appreciate it.

What device are you running? R800x? R800i?
Is your bootloader unlocked? What firmware/android version are you on?
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Leraeniesh said:
What device are you running? R800x? R800i?
Is your bootloader unlocked? What firmware/android version are you on?
Sent from my R800x using XDA App
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r800x, unlocked bootloader through hardfix with Alejandrissimo....and most current Verizon firmware so 2.3.4 (right?)
since I rooted it I haven't messed it with it much, just took the liberty of using apps like root explorer and stuff

Dyelon said:
r800x, unlocked bootloader through hardfix with Alejandrissimo....and most current Verizon firmware so 2.3.4 (right?)
since I rooted it I haven't messed it with it much, just took the liberty of using apps like root explorer and stuff
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If you have CWR installed I'd try to wipe the cache and dalvik cache. I've had weird things like that happen and wiping them fixes it.
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Clienterror said:
If you have CWR installed I'd try to wipe the cache and dalvik cache. I've had weird things like that happen and wiping them fixes it.
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I don't think I do....I'm really noob when it comes to the in depth rooting stuff but I don't even think I have a nandroid backup...
I can boot to that orange screen and I did save my state when I initially rooted...
How do I clear the caches for that stuff? Davlik, can that be done thru titanium backup?
and what about the other cache? How do I see if I have clockword recovery? (I never intentionally installed it so I don't think I have it?)

Okay so I wiped the davlik cache (like 24mb) thru titanium backup....and then I reinstalled the market (one of the more troublesome apps to open)...and then rebooted.
Tried opening a few apps in succession upon boot, and for the first time ever the phone froze and rebooted itself!
What the hell is going on?? Lol my phone was fine a few days ago and now its just insufferable!!
Any more ideas as to whats going on?
I never dled clockwork mod so I don't think I can wipe that cache?

Deleting dalvik-cache via Titanium Backup only deletes "unneeded" caches. You need to delete every dalvik-cache by going into data/dalvik-cache and deleting every file in it. Then reboot, which will rebuild the caches (first boot will take a while)

jacklebott said:
Deleting dalvik-cache via Titanium Backup only deletes "unneeded" caches. You need to delete every dalvik-cache by going into data/dalvik-cache and deleting every file in it. Then reboot, which will rebuild the caches (first boot will take a while)
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I deleted every file in the davlik cache folder...rebooted.
No change. Takes 10 seconds to open the phone...everything is slow/force closing.
Sigh. My phone is possessed and/or dying.

Then I suggest backing up your user-apps (if still possible) and doing a factory reset

Do a nandroid backup, then factory reset. Then install apps one by one testing for stability after each. If an app is causing problems that will identify it. Or provide us with a list of your apps and we could help determine if one of them may be the culprit.

jacklebott said:
Then I suggest backing up your user-apps (if still possible) and doing a factory reset
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Wouldn't factory reset erase my root? Or no?
I paid for that root haha that would be disappointing

Dyelon said:
Wouldn't factory reset erase my root? Or no?
I paid for that root haha that would be disappointing
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I assume you paid to unlock the bootloader (reset does nothing to this). Root is much more easily obtained
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1312859

It won't. factory rest doesn't wrote the system partition where root is located.

Factory reset.

Please dont be scared of losing root, just use the search bar and type in doomlord zergrush. His script has to be the easiest most automated way to get root on any xeria firmware ever

TheCraig said:
Factory reset.
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Just want to thank you guys alot. I backed up everything i cared about in Titanium and did a factory reset...everythings running 100% now and I have all my apps back in place...
I really appreciate the help

Backup restore problem

Hi all... tonight I decided to try the Samurai kernel. Unfortunately, it boot-looped on me. No big deal I figured, I did a full nandroid before in ACS's CWM, so I'll just restore. Unortunately, doing so isn't working: all of my apps, data and settings are gone! It basically looks stock (although, interestingly, all the Sprint bloat I had manually removed before still seems to be gone, so the restore worked to a degree)... I've restored backups before and never had a problem so I'm guessing the kernel is somehow the culprit, but I think that got restored from the backup too so I don't know what's going on. I'm stock EI22 by the way.
Can anyone help me? I'm pretty frustrated at the moment.
Thanks,
Frank

Try restoring an older backup. If that works you can attempt an advanced restore data only from your recent backup to see if it was something in your setup.
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That was a thought I had too... I tried TWO older backups that I still had, same problem. I also tried a factory reset and then a restore (in theory it shouldn't make any difference to factory wipe first, and sure enough it didn't, but figured it was worth a shot).
My only other thought is maybe if I odin back to stock, root & install recovery and then try the restore again... kind of a shot in the dark, really shouldn't matter, but maybe.

Did you clear cache and dalvik before flashing the new kernel? I wonder if ACS is the issue and if trying CWM 5 might help.

DroidApprentice said:
Did you clear cache and dalvik before flashing the new kernel? I wonder if ACS is the issue and if trying CWM 5 might help.
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I was thinking the same thing D. The only other thing I can think of is bad reads from the sd card.

Factory Data Reset before ICS . . .

It is great news I hear they are finally rolling out ICS but the big question I have even before this pending update is:
For those on stock how many plan to do a system wipe, that is Factory Data Reset and then update to ICS? I have over 100 apps and many tiring, tedious customizations on ADW EX launcher. This would be a new OS much like moving from Windows XP to Windows 7 therefore starting fresh seems like a logical choice so I can avoid junk messing with a new OS install,
But .... the thought of installing every single app and redoing all the widgets and customizations is giving me a brain tumor.
The question, yay or nay on factory reset?

AstroTrain said:
It is great news I hear they are finally rolling out ICS but the big question I have even before this pending update is:
For those on stock how many plan to do a system wipe, that is Factory Data Reset and then update to ICS? I have over 100 apps and many tiring, tedious customizations on ADW EX launcher. This would be a new OS much like moving from Windows XP to Windows 7 therefore starting fresh seems like a logical choice so I can avoid junk messing with a new OS install,
But .... the thought of installing every single app and redoing all the widgets and customizations is giving me a brain tumor.
The question, yay or nay on factory reset?
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ummmmm ever heard of titanium backup?

kingofyo1 said:
ummmmm ever heard of titanium backup?
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That would be nice IF he was rooted.

kingofyo1 said:
ummmmm ever heard of titanium backup?
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Actually, when I did a TB of all my apps on Gingerbread when I switched to ICS, it couldn't restore them. Would FC every time.

1) I would certainly do individual program backups. Much of your customization in ADW Launcher can be restored just by doing a backup in ADW and then restoring that backup later.
2) What's to lose by NOT doing a wipe now? Presumably once you have ICS if you are having problems you could do a factory data reset and then be returned to a reset version of ICS. Seems to me like you might as well give it a shot first.

What about the asus backup app? Ideal for this

It would be nice if Asus actually told us stock unrooted guys the correct update procedure.
Do we just update? Or do we back up everything using the new Asus backup app?
I would assume the update will wipe the tablet anyway, but Asus should really let us know.

Update went fine without doing any backup or wiping. If I do encounter problems, I'll bother with the factory reset. Until then, eh.

When I updated my Xoom to ICS from HC a month ago, I had no problems. I did not factory reset or wipe and everything worked perfect. But, it was my Xoom. I hope my TF101 goes as smooth. <fingers crossed>

The way I see it, a full wipe allows one to really assess whether or not the installed apps are still useful. There is a lot of junk that gets added on over the months just to test stuff out and just sits there, especially games. I don't do any fancy customizations, thankfully, so there is no worries. I am sure others may not be too happy about losing those obviously.

I think I will go with wiping the tablet after the update if I see issues, too lazy to reinstall everything but I prefer a clean install rather than the upgrade OS over honeycomb way.
I believe the problem with the Prime update was some apps/widgets were not compatible with ICS hence all the reboot issues.
In a way I wish Asus would force a clean install for the tablet providing a warning message prior so that incompatible apps don't muck up the system.

To be honest I don't want my data wiped since I actually store a lot of data on my transformer
It would be nice if they gave the option (i.e. made it optional) but I doubt they will

I have flashed my Nexus S just yesterday (2.3.6 -> 4.0.3; yes, I AM a late adapter..), and it went all smooth; no data loss at all (not-rooted, stock). So, I assume, TF should give the same treat when upgrading..

AstroTrain said:
<...> This would be a new OS much like moving from Windows XP to Windows 7 <...>
The question, yay or nay on factory reset?
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Relax . One man went from MS-DOS to windows 7 by upgrading one by one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPnehDhGa14
I won't wipe everything. If I will experience some problems I can wipe after upgrade. That`s no difference to wipe before, or after. And in case of no problems I will have everything persited

The TFP's ICS update id not require app backup or anything like that. In fact, first ICS bootup the system scanned each individual app and checked for compatibility and modified the data to be compatible with the system.
I'm assuming the TF's ICS update is like this as well.
For those that are unrooted stock, just update. No worries.

Considering all the problems I'm having with my TF101, I'll be wiping and starting ICS fresh.
Sent from my HP Touchpad running ICS

AstroTrain said:
It is great news I hear they are finally rolling out ICS but the big question I have even before this pending update is:
For those on stock how many plan to do a system wipe, that is Factory Data Reset and then update to ICS? I have over 100 apps and many tiring, tedious customizations on ADW EX launcher. This would be a new OS much like moving from Windows XP to Windows 7 therefore starting fresh seems like a logical choice so I can avoid junk messing with a new OS install,
But .... the thought of installing every single app and redoing all the widgets and customizations is giving me a brain tumor.
The question, yay or nay on factory reset?
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You know ADW-EX has its own backup-restore feature for your settings and layout right?
Your apps should be synced with Google if you selected that. That means once you run the original setup program again for the first time it SHOULD re-download all your apps.
Or,
you could root, install Rogue Recovery, and backup your data partition. Then install ICS and restore your apps from the backup. Restoring the entire backup might work, but might not...

No way would Asus release an update that wipes data. Can you imagine grandma who has her TF101 set up perfectly losing everything because she clicked the "you have an update" button that popped up. It would be a customer service nightmare if it was a wipe update.
I will be wiping mine just because all my data is stored in Google/Evernote/OneNote and I can always reinstall apps I need as I go along (don't play games on it so that doesn't matter). I like a clean install of the base OS.
Edit: what's the best way to do a full wipe tomorrow, once ICS is available? Just using the menu to format the device then install the OTA?

I would do a Backup then update without wipe then when you do sort out after update you've always got those apps available if you want them back(e.g. Unknown Source apps that are not available through market)
Owner of Asus Transformer TF101 with Dock [Rooted][Netformer1.6OC Kernel][Stock(Honeycomb)ROM]
And.. Xperia Play R800i [Rooted][DarkForestROM3.0.5][DooMKernelOC1.6_Governor=SmartAssV2_I/Oscheduler=Deadline][BaseBand=36][RAMmanagerPro=Balanced(MoreFreeMemory)][ZeamLauncher][SDext2=1GB][Link2SD'd][280mbFreeInternalSpace]

ericshmerick said:
Edit: what's the best way to do a full wipe tomorrow, once ICS is available? Just using the menu to format the device then install the OTA?
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If you're using CWM, then do a regular format prior to flashing your update.zip.
If you're completely stock, then a simple data reset should be fine. More wiping requires root/custom recovery.

[Q] Sooooo Sloooowwwwww

Over the last month or two, my A500 has really started dogging it. About four minutes to boot, apps load and run slowly, even uninstalling an app can take two to three minutes. I'm about ready to do a full app backup with Titanium and wipe and re-root, unless anyone else has any ideas.

ThatGeekGuy said:
Over the last month or two, my A500 has really started dogging it. About four minutes to boot, apps load and run slowly, even uninstalling an app can take two to three minutes. I'm about ready to do a full app backup with Titanium and wipe and re-root, unless anyone else has any ideas.
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First I would like to recommend My backup Pro. Its totally worth the buy and you don't have to install each app one at a time saying yes to install each and everyone. Everything just loads all back in at one time and then you reboot. Its awesome.
Second. why go to all that trouble? Why not just format/factory wipe from Clockwork Mod and reinstall the ROM you are running? Losing root and then obtaining it again is not really worth doing IMHO.

also while your spring cleaning, look around in your android secure folders and look for app data that was left behind after uninstalls, I did that and got a bunch of space back
If I only had programming experience an app that would remove old data would be gold

Turboboxer said:
First I would like to recommend My backup Pro. Its totally worth the buy and you don't have to install each app one at a time saying yes to install each and everyone. Everything just loads all back in at one time and then you reboot. Its awesome.
Second. why go to all that trouble? Why not just format/factory wipe from Clockwork Mod and reinstall the ROM you are running? Losing root and then obtaining it again is not really worth doing IMHO.
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I'm not running a custom ROM, I'm still at:
Ver 3.1
Kernel 2.6.36.3
Build Acer_A500_4.010.13_COM_GEN2
I didn't take the OTA update to 3.2 and lose root, which I use for Titanium and a few other programs. I am considering going to one of the ICS ROMs since they're looking pretty stable.

Turboboxer said:
First I would like to recommend My backup Pro. Its totally worth the buy and you don't have to install each app one at a time saying yes to install each and everyone. Everything just loads all back in at one time and then you reboot. Its awesome.
Second. why go to all that trouble? Why not just format/factory wipe from Clockwork Mod and reinstall the ROM you are running? Losing root and then obtaining it again is not really worth doing IMHO.
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Titanium pro does this as well for a long time
Sent from my A500 using Tapatalk 2

Seems if you used a backup app to backup all your apps, including some that may be rogue or mis-behaving, it seems you would just install them all back, thus not fixing the issue.
Also, old performance scripts and tweaks may be tweaking your tab, but not exactly in the way you wanted. I would suggest removing them and check performance.
A good fresh format and a clean install is the way to go. Install apps "one" at a time till you see a performance drop.

There are also already rooted versions of 3.2.1 available.
Once you start a clean up, maybe a good opportunity to upgrade also to the new version. This would be installed by CWM

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ThatGeekGuy said:
Over the last month or two, my A500 has really started dogging it. About four minutes to boot, apps load and run slowly, even uninstalling an app can take two to three minutes. I'm about ready to do a full app backup with Titanium and wipe and re-root, unless anyone else has any ideas.
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if you are on stock rom
i recommend you to use titanium backup pro and cleanup your dalvik cache.
then you could use es task manager in start up optimizer section you can disable un needed services it would shorten the boot time.
but i think the best thing is to install a custom kernel with over clocking features alongside.
with 1504 over clocking your tab will fly