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(Q) Phone says its rooted but its not...

Edit : just checked. My phone is running the newest updated but im gonna try to unroot and reroot one more time even though I already tried and it could not unroot.
So I went to install the new update via stock recovery and it seemed to work. I go check system settings and its still showing 2.3.2 and not the newest one. I go to try and root and it says everything works and my phone is rooted. Thing is there is no super user app that appeared on my last droid 2. What's the issue?
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Try it again and use the 1 click root for 2.3.20 from here http://www.mydroidworld.com/forums/droid-2-discussion/5321-2-3-20-1-click-root.html

komputerfreek said:
Edit : just checked. My phone is running the newest updated but im gonna try to unroot and reroot one more time even though I already tried and it could not unroot.
So I went to install the new update via stock recovery and it seemed to work. I go check system settings and its still showing 2.3.2 and not the newest one. I go to try and root and it says everything works and my phone is rooted. Thing is there is no super user app that appeared on my last droid 2. What's the issue?
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It might be that you just lost the app and just need to get it off the Market.

JDunc said:
It might be that you just lost the app and just need to get it off the Market.
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Yeah, I saw it was rooted and just went to market and got Superuser app and installed, I have root. I don't know why it did not show the superuser app even thought it said the apk was transfered.

Mine did the same. After I rooted using the one click method, it said it was a sucess. Tried to use Root Explorer, and it said failed getting superuser permission. Checke my SD card, and there was no Superuser.apk there. I copied it to the SD card from the one click directory, and it was sucessful. When trying to use Titanium Backup, had trouble with Busybox. Titanium downloaded a new Busybox, and all is now well.
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[Q] Stuck in a limbo between being rooted / unrooted, not sure where to turn

Essentially the situation is that about a week ago I rooted my new glacier phone using the Terminal Emulator method outlined in this post .
Everything worked fine, my phone was rooted and worked perfectly.
A few days ago I decided that i needed to clean up my phone because my SD card was full. I went about deleting files and folders which I thought were simply images taken from my camera and audio / video files. Obviously I made a mistake and deleted something I shouldn't have because immediately following the "clean up" I typed su into my Android terminal and was greeted with the response:
"link_image[1995]: failed to link su CANNOT LINK EXECUTABLE"
Since then I've tried several things to get my root privileges back, including:
Factory Resetting the Phone
Rerunning the same procedure I used to gain root in the first place
I tried and failed to simply flash a new ROM to the phone, whenever I go into recovery and apply a .zip I get the error: "Can't open /sdcard/zipfile.zip (bad) Installation Aborted"
The Super user app does tell me that there is an update that it needs to apply, I have a gut feeling that it's trying to fix the error that I made in deleting whatever file I deleted. But when I try to apply the update the Super user app tells me to apply the update in recovery mode. When i go into recovery mode to apply the zip I get the same errors reported above.
My s=off currently so I can't get stock OTA updates and my "su" privileges are not working so I'm stuck in a bit of a limbo. Not sure where to turn at this point and would greatly appreciate any and all advice from the Android Dev Community.
Cheers!

How about restoring your original backup via clockwork? It only backs up the phones flash, not the sd card though.
Not sure what superuser would need from the sd card.
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Sounds like u should have just reinstalled superuser. If u still have s off, download maybe iced glacier Rom and flash it thru Rom manager. Usually comes pre everything
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I'll certainly try your advice but I'm 90% sure that I'm gonna run into the problem that even though my phone is s=off, for all intensive purposes it isn't rooted because I can't run any programs that require su permissions.
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smirkis said:
Sounds like u should have just reinstalled superuser. If u still have s off, download maybe iced glacier Rom and flash it thru Rom manager. Usually comes pre everything
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Thanks for your advice. I tried it and sure enough Iced Glacier installed without a hitch.
Cheers!

Can't flash cwm

I rooted my friends mytouch and I can't get cwm to work. I've tried through the app and using the terminal method. Rom manager says its complete but it still has stock recovery.
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You can try this. Open rom manager, menu, clear download. Try the flash again. Better is on wifi or a strong 3g signal.

stevekixs said:
I rooted my friends mytouch and I can't get cwm to work. I've tried through the app and using the terminal method. Rom manager says its complete but it still has stock recovery.
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is S= off?

stevekixs said:
I rooted my friends mytouch and I can't get cwm to work. I've tried through the app and using the terminal method. Rom manager says its complete but it still has stock recovery.
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Are you sure you are rooted? Theres some apps that will check for root and you can always open terminal and try su, otherwise try to clear the app cache and reload/reflash?

VoiD_Dweller said:
Are you sure you are rooted? Theres some apps that will check for root and you can always open terminal and try su, otherwise try to clear the app cache and reload/reflash?
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S is on after using visionary. But it stays rooted after boot without temp root. I don't understand it. Lol
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It doesn't stay and you're not rooted. Having superuser app doesn't mean you're rooted, it might be installed on /data and not on /system, and won't be functional.
Open Terminal Emulator, type "su" and see if you get a Superuser prompt. Or open any root app (like Titanium backup) and see if you have toast notification "the app has been granted Superuser permissions".

stevekixs said:
S is on after using visionary. But it stays rooted after boot without temp root. I don't understand it. Lol
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OK you need to turn Security off on your bootloader ok that's what S-on/S-off is.
Extract the root.rar attachment to the root of your sdcard. Temp root with visionary again and install Terminal emulator open Terminal type (su) then hit enter you'll have to press menu then toggle keyboard then type (cd /sdcard/root) hit enter the type ( sh root.sh ) wait for it to finish when it's done it will say check bootloader for s-off. Now go to settings applications and uncheck fastboot power off the phone wait a min then hold down vol - and power it should go into the bootloader check for s-off. Now you can root again and flash cwm.

Beware Superuser 3.04 on android market.

Beware of the recent update to 3.04, there are frequent reports of apps requiring root access not working due to superuser fcing. YMMV.
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Yes very true
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Is there a way to reverse this? All root apps no longer working : |EVO 4G

1range said:
Is there a way to reverse this? All root apps no longer working : |
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Yes in the market hit uninstall and it will revert back to the previous version
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Thanks for the quick response, however I've done that -having the same result...Tried apps after that...still no go. Ran root checker "No Root Acess." Unless its the Titanium Backup update. Other than those 2, I haven't done anything else.

1range said:
Thanks for the quick response, however I've done that -having the same result...Tried apps after that...still no go. Ran root checker "No Root Acess." Unless its the Titanium Backup update. Other than those 2, I haven't done anything else.
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Uninstall su and reflash your rom
Deck's + SZ + SuperCharger script + ViperMod script.

Oops
Deck's + SZ + SuperCharger script + ViperMod script.

So far unsuccessfull at uninstalling su...theres only the update option from the market...at this point lost..

I have had the same issue. So far the only workable solution that I have come up with is to:
- Delete the App data for Superuser (in Manage Apps).
- Run Super User and change the Automatic Response to Allow (in superuser preferences).
Not ideal because any app that requests su will get it. Have to keep an eye on the log until a fix if there are any apps that you do not want to have su.

Thanks...was able to delete su app data and access su...yet still no access to root apps (su 2.3.6.3)

Just reflash rom
Having trouble with AOSP? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1295702

Appreciate it...I'll keep working on it...for some reason can't get into boot mode...power-volume down button not working
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No need to reflash roms or uninstall anything from from your phone guys.... The fix is to uninstall updates of superuser in market.... Once done this go to your applications on your phone and click on superuser app and hit ok when the popup screen comes up.... And your apps that require root access will work once again....
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towncop1978 said:
No need to reflash roms or uninstall anything from from your phone guys.... The fix is to uninstall updates of superuser in market.... Once done this go to your applications on your phone and click on superuser app and hit ok when the popup screen comes up.... And your apps that require root access will work once again....
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Confirmed. Recent update fixed issues.

my fix was...
Uninstall updates as stated in earlier post ;-) Then a restart or Reboot is all is needed. no need to reinstall the rom thats not the answer.

No issues here, have the latest superuser.

Downgraded, Restarted, rebooted su force closes still...any suggestions?
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The fix seemed to have worked for me. Glad, because this has been killing me all day!

re: updated superuser
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Yes in the market hit uninstall and it will revert back to the previous version
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Thanks evo4gnoob for the keen eye and the catch! I've already uninstalled superuser -- awaiting a more stable release.
Once again, thanks a million! =)

The new SU screwed my phone too, but I just installed, and flashed a older one from recovery, and all is well.

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.

eqjunkie829 said:
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.