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Gingerbreak 1.8.3 not working

Just updated to 1.8.3 and tried to root with gingerbreak. i clicked root device and it pops up the little exploiting window and it just sits there. i have left it alone for 10 minutes and it just force closes. any help?

graemegb said:
Just updated to 1.8.3 and tried to root with gingerbreak. i clicked root device and it pops up the little exploiting window and it just sits there. i have left it alone for 10 minutes and it just force cloases. any help?
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sorry man...

It worked for me. Do you have an external SD card in the phone? Are you still connected to the PC in mass storage mode with debugging enabled?
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lauterm said:
It worked for me. Do you have an external SD card in the phone? Are you still connected to the PC in mass storage mode with debugging enabled?
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no i took out my external sd, and wasnt in mass storage mode. ill try it!

graemegb said:
no i took out my external sd, and wasnt in mass storage mode. ill try it!
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I flashed Gingerbreak with USB Debugging and None.
Gingerbreak should be on your internal SD, so no need for external SD to be in there.

you are suppose to have a an external sdcard in there while you do this.

From what I have experienced, you MUST have an external SD card inserted or it will not work. Also, it has wiped my internal SD every time I've ran it.

Gingerbreak worked for me on 1.8.3. However, you MUST install Gladenable to enable sideloading.

I didnt have to use gladenable. I had gingerbreak waiting on my ext SD card when I started the whole process:
RSD to 1.26 -> gladroot (+enable sideloading option)-> OTA 1.57 -> after update gladroot -> RSD 1.83 -> gingerbreak
I didn't even have my phone connected to my PC via USB. but I did have debugging enabled. installed gingerbreak from external card

holtenc said:
I didnt have to use gladenable. I had gingerbreak waiting on my ext SD card when I started the whole process:
RSD to 1.26 -> gladroot (+enable sideloading option)-> OTA 1.57 -> after update gladroot -> RSD 1.83 -> gingerbreak
I didn't even have my phone connected to my PC via USB. but I did have debugging enabled. installed gingerbreak from external card
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After I installed Gingerbreak, I didn't have the option to install non-market apps, so that is why I had to go the Gladenable route.

stl-soldier said:
From what I have experienced, you MUST have an external SD card inserted or it will not work. Also, it has wiped my internal SD every time I've ran it.
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this is interesting ...
last time i did gingerbreak on my friends phone i just load it right on the internal SD card ...
and gingerbreak didnt format / delete anything either ...
he was on 1.5.7
i was confused for a sec but i m like ... it works so whatever ...

Yeah I had no problem with the internal SD being formatted. Strange. I have heard that it requires you to have the external SD.
Swyped from my Motorola Atrix 4g using XDA Premium App

so.....Gingerbreak does work for the 1.8.3 update?

rjayflo said:
so.....Gingerbreak does work for the 1.8.3 update?
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yes it does. back up your internal SD, every time I rooted w gingerbreak it wiped out my internal SD memory.

Doesn't make sense that for some it wipes out internal SD and others it doesn't. Either way, it works on 1.8.3.

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Doesn't make sense that for some it wipes out internal SD and others it doesn't. Either way, it works on 1.8.3.
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gingerbreak utilizes an overflow exploit, so the varying behavior is to be expected.

stl-soldier said:
Doesn't make sense that for some it wipes out internal SD and others it doesn't. Either way, it works on 1.8.3.
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agreed. seems a little odd. gingerbreak wiped my internal SD clean. PITA... but what can a guy do?

holtenc said:
I didnt have to use gladenable. I had gingerbreak waiting on my ext SD card when I started the whole process:
RSD to 1.26 -> gladroot (+enable sideloading option)-> OTA 1.57 -> after update gladroot -> RSD 1.83 -> gingerbreak
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I'm currently on 1.57 Gingerblur. Why did you root twice? Could we just flash 1.83 via RSD then run gingerbreak to root then gladenable to allow side loading? Just trying to make it simple as possible.

climo said:
I'm currently on 1.57 Gingerblur. Why did you root twice? Could we just flash 1.83 via RSD then run gingerbreak to root then gladenable to allow side loading? Just trying to make it simple as possible.
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I did this because I wasn't sure if I could just flash 1.83 via RSD and successfully run gingerbreak without any other actions, since gingerbreak is an apk, and sideloading may be necessary to install such apk's. I couldn't find any definitive information in these threads about what works and doesn't work. Seems like some methods work for some while some don't. I was just covering all the bases. I'm no expert and I doubt if the course I took is optimal. All I do know... is that it worked... and that is what matters to me.
and yes I can see the contradiction in logic with the way I did things. but like I said.. it worked and that's what matters.

crea78 said:
After I installed Gingerbreak, I didn't have the option to install non-market apps, so that is why I had to go the Gladenable route.
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Same here. I guess if you use another sideloading method earlier in the update process you might not need it. I do a total wipe then flash 1.8.3, then GingerBreak, the GladEnable. Works great.

[Q] Help regarding unrooting my defy

Hey friends i have got this Defy which i bought from my friend who then moved to galaxy s plus. This is my first android.
so i thought lets speed it up first.
I have rooted it using superoneclickroot or something, but i forgot to unmount the sd card !! wanted to know what may happen if unnmount the sd card... why do we unmount exactly ?
My second question, if i do the unrooting using superoneclick, i should repeate the same procedure like i install ( keeping sdcard on usb mass storage ) or shall i keep sd card as none selection and then unroot or reroot it..
i am doing this because lately i have noticed many times that my cpu meter is goin 100 % a lot more than before rooting it.
also, even when i am connecting it to charge and selecting as none its showing 100% process ( many times i have noticed ).
I am not sure of installing cm7 at the moment as i have just purchased it.. no no cm7 or any other rom for me.
Any help appreciated... Thank you very much in advance.

you should just select unroot.After unroot is complete make sure that the superuser app is uninstalled.Reboot and you're done

[email protected] said:
you should just select unroot.After unroot is complete make sure that the superuser app is uninstalled.Reboot and you're done
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Thnx stamatis for a quick responce, but can u tell me why we require to unmount the sd card before rooting it.. i mean what changes it does to the sdcard?? if it does do some changes dont i need to uninstalled or reverse them also...??
also, is that the reason my cpu is going haywire and reinstalling it can help..??

bump 123456..
any body help..

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we gotta unmount the sd-card before rooting?
i've never heard of that before oO
so wasn't it basically like that:
-connect phone to computer
-USB-Mass Storage
-USB Debug
-Super-One-Click
Root finished?

[Q] ROM Backup on Motorola Firext5130

Hi Freinds ,
I have a motrola firext XT530 device and it is rooted.. i want to backup my rom to install another rom in my device.
1) After rooting google talk is not working my device and i uninstalled and i searched in google market, i didnt find google talk, can anybody share this apk or guidelines to get google talk.
2)please let me know how to backup a rom
3)please let me know the latest custom roms that applicable to firext to download
4)i tried to move all installed apps to sd card and succesfully moved to sd card after rooting but still my internal storage is going to decrease.. is all apps still using some space in my internal storage ?
card and succesfully moved to sd card after rooting but still my internal storage is going to decrease.. is all apps still using some space in my internal storage ?
5) i update my version 2.3.4 to 2.3.5, if i do restore factory , can i get uninstalled gtalk application ?
6) if not how can i go back to 2.3.4, if i go back to 2.3.4 is any chance to get this apk file
NOTE: sorry for wrong post here, i didnt find firext forum post there and these two devices are looks same thatswhy i posted here..
Thanks for your help in advance..
Redankaiah uppala
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Wrong forum buddy. Can't help you much as I don't think the devices are alike..
The general process is
Root the device
Flash a custom Recovery
Make a nandroid/backup through recovery
Do a full Wipe
Flash the ROM(flashable zip)
And done..

DirectoryBind or Folder Mount?

Hello,
I'm sure you are all aware of the very less storage space on the samsung galaxy s4!!
I was wondering if any of you tried apps like DirectoryBind or FolderMount to mount big folders (games, pics etc.) to the external sd card.
I myself tried both apps and none worked for me..
DirectoryBind use to work perfectly on my SG Note II, but on my i9500, it didn't work at all and I got reboots when trying to mount!
Then I purchased FolderMount, in hopes that it would work too.. But nope! That didn't work as well
I currently use a Class 10 Sandisk 64GB microSD card and I got it from amazon! And i've had no problems with it when I used it for my Note 2... I don't know why all of a sudden its not working.. Or is it the app itself.. Maybe they're not optimized for the galaxy s4 yet!!
Even for the folder mount app, I get the message, "Error: extSdCard permission - FolderMount couldn't fix the external sdcard permission and ownership. This could lead to read/write issues for apps that try to access your mounter internal sd card folders. Please try to remount all pairs after a while manually."
I have no idea what to do..
I don't know if this is a kernel issue...or a rom issue etc etc...
I was on WanamLite ROM v1.0 and I flashed the updated kernel that supported exfat cards!!
My card detects fine and I also have some out quite some stuff on it! Its only I cannot use any of the apps.
I really need to find a way, as the 8.5GB internal storage is just not enough!
Please help guys!!
Thanks in advance!

Directory Bind doesn't work anymore, only Folder Mount for Android 4.2.2

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even folder mount is giving me error. something related to extSd card permissions...
i dont know how to fix it!!

maybe you need to format it, exFat is supported.

i did format it as well!! i have no idea why its not working..
i even tried genuine 16GB samsung microSD Card!!!
STILL THE SAME... Arghhh! this is getting annoying...
i cannot install most of the games i want... if i can, it has to be 1 or 2!!

I'm using AMDL build and AMDK kernel, not sure if this any help.

Safar_Ibrahim said:
I'm using AMDL build and AMDK kernel, not sure if this any help.
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Is it a rom or just a stock firmware.. how did you root it??
If I cannot figure it out, I might give it a shot!

Safar_Ibrahim said:
I'm using AMDL build and AMDK kernel, not sure if this any help.
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I have the same problem like roni2915, and I'm currently using AMDL build and AMDK baseband.
May I know which method did you use to root your S4?

i use the steps given here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2258571
Event after root, under Device Status it shows Official
1) flash with I9500XXUAMDL_I9500OLBAMDK_I9500DXUAMDK_HOME.tar.md5
2) flash with Kernel_XXUADMK
3) flash with cofface_I9500_cwm_recovery_en and root it
4) flash with Kernel_XXUADMK
not sure if those were steps taken, but yeah finally it work. rooted with su 1.25 and did update and move all updated app to system.
did factory reboot and setup my S4 again - all went ok.

roni2915 said:
even folder mount is giving me error. something related to extSd card permissions...
i dont know how to fix it!!
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Have you already installed busybox ?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=stericson.busybox&hl=en
FolderMount requires rooted and busybox installed.

FIXED!!!
Dr.Love said:
Have you already installed busybox ?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=stericson.busybox&hl=en
FolderMount requires rooted and busybox installed.
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Yes.. That was the issue... I realized I don't have BusyBox.. I thot it was included with my ROM!!! After checking, I downloaded it and it worked fine...
Thanks :good:

Safar_Ibrahim said:
i use the steps given here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2258571
Event after root, under Device Status it shows Official
1) flash with I9500XXUAMDL_I9500OLBAMDK_I9500DXUAMDK_HOME.tar.md5
2) flash with Kernel_XXUADMK
3) flash with cofface_I9500_cwm_recovery_en and root it
4) flash with Kernel_XXUADMK
not sure if those were steps taken, but yeah finally it work. rooted with su 1.25 and did update and move all updated app to system.
did factory reboot and setup my S4 again - all went ok.
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Yes, finally got it working following the steps above. Thanks!

roni2915 said:
Hello,
Even for the folder mount app, I get the message, "Error: extSdCard permission - FolderMount couldn't fix the external sdcard permission and ownership. This could lead to read/write issues for apps that try to access your mounter internal sd card folders. Please try to remount all pairs after a while manually."
Thanks in advance!
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I have the same problem and I installed busybox from here>> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jrummy.busybox.installer&hl=tr
But nothing has changed. I got the same error.
Do i need doing something after installing busybox?

Finally!
I went through hell cuz busybox wasnt fully installed lol....formatted my 64gb sd card in so many weird ways its rediculous! :silly:

[Q] how to transfer large apps to external sd

Hi, I have a galaxy grand 2 and as you all know it has only 8 GB internal storage from which only 4.5 GB is available to user.i installed large games like real racing 3 and need for speed. I tried to transfer them to external sd card I used (move to sd) function in settings but it only transfer as apk the data which is about 2 GB remains in internal memory.Is there any way to transfer them to external sd without root cause I don't want to void my warranty.I have pure stock untouched brand new phone.

No... There is no way without rooting.

qasim799 said:
Hi, I have a galaxy grand 2 and as you all know it has only 8 GB internal storage from which only 4.5 GB is available to user.i installed large games like real racing 3 and need for speed. I tried to transfer them to external sd card I used (move to sd) function in settings but it only transfer as apk the data which is about 2 GB remains in internal memory.Is there any way to transfer them to external sd without root cause I don't want to void my warranty.I have pure stock untouched brand new phone.
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hi friend u can enjoy this feature after rooting ur device.

Ok so tell me the ways with root

qasim799 said:
Ok so tell me the ways with root
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Go here.. http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-grand-2/general/guide-easily-root-galaxy-grand-2-sm-t2812807
Every method is given in first post with download links... And yes.. This is only for 4.4.2

unkown rockstar said:
Go here.. http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-grand-2/general/guide-easily-root-galaxy-grand-2-sm-t2812807
Every method is given in first post with download links... And yes.. This is only for 4.4.2
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This guide is for how to root I knew it I want to know how apps can be moved

qasim799 said:
This guide is for how to root I knew it I want to know how apps can be moved
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first u root ur phone and i will tell u the procedure if u dnt knw how to root then watch this video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOKnM3M-zN8&index=17&list=WL

qasim799 said:
This guide is for how to root I knew it I want to know how apps can be moved
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