How can I launch an application to give it root permissions ? Can I possibly edit the apk without writing the program over ?
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You first need to root your phone. You could use z4root.apk. try searching the forums or google it. Apply permanent or temporary. I applied permanent root. The app will notify if a root is successful. Then you will need to have superuser app installed. Normally all the roms comes preinstalled with superuser. If an app asks for permission for root access just grant it and you're done.
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hairuleff81 said:
You first need to root your phone. You could use z4root.apk. try searching the forums or google it. Apply permanent or temporary. I applied permanent root. The app will notify if a root is successful. Then you will need to have superuser app installed. Normally all the roms comes preinstalled with superuser. If an app asks for permission for root access just grant it and you're done.
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My device is already rooted with SuperUser added ...... What im trying to do is give an app which was downloaded from the market root permissions . now the only way i personally know how to give an app root permissions is by FIRST programming it with root permissions . Once its compiled i dont thing i can launch an app as root . But i may be wrong . hence the thread
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My device is already rooted with SuperUser added ...... What im trying to do is give an app which was downloaded from the market root permissions . now the only way i personally know how to give an app root permissions is by FIRST programming it with root permissions . Once its compiled i dont thing i can launch an app as root . But i may be wrong . hence the thread
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U can only give Root Permission if the app and for it
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Im looking for ways to do it directly from the phone. Ive tried apps from the market(these only temporarily uninstall until next reboot). Ive tried Root Explorer and deleting from the system apps file(says read only file can't be deleted).
i need help. im hoping a custom ROM wont have to be cooked, i would really like to do it from the phone. Because straight up, i dont know how to do it. If someone out there does, im definitley willing to pay all i want is my stock glacier rom minus these apps:
amazonmp3.apk
AppPack.apk
Asphalt5.apk
com.htc.StockWidget.apk
DockPanel.apk
HTCSetupWizard.apk (not sure if safe)
Monopoly_Classic.apk
rockband.apk
SelfHelp.apk
Stock.apk
TMOUS_myTouchdemo.apk
Yahoo_im.apk
Yahoo_imvideo.apk
yahoo_mail.apk
and also if someone knows the file name for the NEWS and NEWS WIDGET, im unsure of the .apk name
I use SU file explorer as my root explorer app. if you press menu, there will usually be an option that says "mount system as r/w", that will give you the ability to delete from the system/app folder.
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Google news is Genie widget... no idea on HTC news....
I use Su file browser as well, let's me do whatever I want directly from the phone.
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sounds like he's not rooted fellas
Please post questions in Q&A section.
Install titanium for root the free version. Click problems, download the busy box update (itz necessary) go to the app you don't want and just click uninstall. Will delete permanently if you are perm rooted. To get perm root, type in visionary apk r14 in google search bar, go to the 2nd link and download visionary, then click temp root, and after that is done click on perm root. Finished if you are not rooted, download visionary first, when you open up titanium backup, it will say asking for superuser permission click on allow
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Rooted... Installed System App Remover from Market and never seen Amazon MP3, Demo, or Monopoly again.
dbiggss said:
I use SU file explorer as my root explorer app. if you press menu, there will usually be an option that says "mount system as r/w", that will give you the ability to delete from the system/app folder.
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just tried it. rebooted, came right back.
I removed my unwanted apps using adb after trying Root Explorer and not being able to mount system/app as R/W. Way easy.
esincho said:
sounds like he's not rooted fellas
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hawaiian.monzta said:
Install titanium for root the free version. Click problems, download the busy box update (itz necessary) go to the app you don't want and just click uninstall. Will delete permanently if you are perm rooted. To get perm root, type in visionary apk r14 in google search bar, go to the 2nd link and download visionary, then click temp root, and after that is done click on perm root. Finished if you are not rooted, download visionary first, when you open up titanium backup, it will say asking for superuser permission click on allow
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Yes i am permarooted with the VISIONary method.
Hawaiin, im going to try titanium right now
hawaiian.monzta said:
Install titanium for root the free version. Click problems, download the busy box update (itz necessary) go to the app you don't want and just click uninstall. Will delete permanently if you are perm rooted. To get perm root, type in visionary apk r14 in google search bar, go to the 2nd link and download visionary, then click temp root, and after that is done click on perm root. Finished if you are not rooted, download visionary first, when you open up titanium backup, it will say asking for superuser permission click on allow
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Its WORKKS! thank you Hawaiian! it does take some time seeing how it reboots after every app, but very well worth it!
I am running LeeDrOiD, but I know many people have this issue.
If you are trying to update Superuser from the market, and you get invalid signature and installation fails. This is my work around, which works for me.
My rom had superuser.apk and not Superuser.apk, which linux takes as two files whilst windows references everything in capitals.
Download Superuser Update Fixer.
Run the application, which will say that signature fails. Then run the fix, which will say okay all the way through and the signature still fails.
Download Root Explorer, and mount /system/ as rw.
Go to /system/apps/ and you will find Superuser.apk and superuser.apk, rename or delete superuser.apk and then rename Superuser.apk to superuser.apk.
Restart your phone.
Go to app drawer, and launch Superuser. Your whitelist and blacklist has been erased.
Run Superuser Update Fixer and you should see signature match is okay, now click update from market and enjoy.
- Antony
thanks for your work, can explain what exactly the app is doing?
Is there a free vers of root xplorer?
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snowwhite007 said:
Is there a free vers of root xplorer?
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I don't think there is. There may be another app that does this job though. You need something that can mount system rw.
It may be possible to do this step with ADB, however I just posted how I did it.
ES file explorer has this system rw option, it says that it only works with CM and some other rom but it works for me and I'm running leedroid. Only problem is you have to unmount and mount it again every now and then.
Yeah to make it work just select the non CM7 mod option, HIAPK i think it's called? either way just select that one, apart from what the guy above me said about the remounting every now and then, should be a good substitute for root explorer
I downloaded superuser from market and the fix but wen using es explorer i only see one superuser?
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All good now cheerz
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I only have the Superuser.apk, but still have problems on the update. I had lost root and just decided to reroot, but got the Ninja Icon app. I tried to update - sig failed. Tried the Update Fixer and on changing to 644 fail, check sigs fail. Then I tried this.
Any other ideas on how to get it?
Wat rom u using?
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Just updated SuperUser thanks to your guide, cheers mate
similar to the rootexplorer
[free alternative to Root Explorer]
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I don't think there is. There may be another app that does this job though. t.
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http://code.google.com/p/androotfile/
The ultimate file manager for root users, similar to the rootexplorer,It can access the whole of file system and support copy, cut, paste, delete and rename.The next version will add management and setting functions
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not me tested
it worked for me ( upgrade from version Superuser 3.07 to 3.2 ) thanks !
it worked for me ( upgrade from version Superuser 3.07 to 3.2 ) thanks !
i just had to delete , the file from the folder ( directory ) the "rename" did not work .
after delete & re-boot , the upgrade and installation worked fine !
thanks again for sharing !
if anyone needs the link for the root system browser [ Root Explorer ] let me know , i found a place with free download .
hi i want to know which is best for desire hd superuser or superSU
I just updated via OTA to build 4.010.40_COM_GEN1 (from 4.010.24_COM_GEN1). After the update when I rooted the tab and started superuser it is giving a warning:
"Package com.acer.android.fixwifi was found to be requesting permission to respond to Superuser requests. It's likely that this app is malicious and attempting to grant superuser access without your knowledge. It is recommended that you should uninstall it."
There is an app by the name of fixwifi, but it is a system app with no uninstall option. And if it is a system app then why the superuser request? Any help is appreciated.
mznk said:
I just updated via OTA to build 4.010.40_COM_GEN1 (from 4.010.24_COM_GEN1). After the update when I rooted the tab and started superuser it is giving a warning:
"Package com.acer.android.fixwifi was found to be requesting permission to respond to Superuser requests. It's likely that this app is malicious and attempting to grant superuser access without your knowledge. It is recommended that you should uninstall it."
There is an app by the name of fixwifi, but it is a system app with no uninstall option. And if it is a system app then why the superuser request? Any help is appreciated.
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Interesting. I'm guessing that rather than actually fix the wifi bug, they've written an app that detects when it is occuring and simply deletes the dhcp-wlan0.lease file itself with root permissions... Malicious, probably not, but a potential security risk, possibly.
Is this update prerooted? If not, how can they put an app that asks for superuser privileges? Were they expecting the user to root for the fix to work?
I am not an expert, but I think you need to be cautious with it.
Biologos said:
Is this update prerooted? If not, how can they put an app that asks for superuser privileges? Were they expecting the user to root for the fix to work?
I am not an expert, but I think you need to be cautious with it.
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No clue about the merit of the app.
But if the user is not rooted they would not see the request to allow or disallow. It would just go.
By the way, the fix wifi apk is located in /flexrom/
There seems other apks located there which is flashed by flashing the flexrom.img
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Is this update prerooted?
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No, it was an official update therefore not prerooted
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By the way, the fix wifi apk is located in /flexrom/
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Yes, it is in /flexrom/app along with Kobo, apkinstaller and checkerlaunch(?). But if it is a system app then shouldn't it work in the background without any superuser request.
Hei!
I've just installed Chainfire 3D on my Iconia last night and when I try to install the driver, it show me this error:
CF3D driver
ERROR
Could not write to /system
I'm on root and I don't have any recovery installed
Thanks
Did it ask you to allow root access to the app? Sounds like it did not get proper root access. When all else fails, reinstall.
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mygraine said:
Did it ask you to allow root access to the app? Sounds like it did not get proper root access. When all else fails, reinstall.
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Yes, the app ask for root access and I gave him, of course. Let's try to reinstall
[EDIT]= it's the same! It says me that error..
giovandrea said:
Yes, the app ask for root access and I gave him, of course. Let's try to reinstall
[EDIT]= it's the same! It says me that error..
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A lesson. Root and /System RW are not the same thing.
You need to open your file manager, (ESFile Explorer, Root Explorer, etc), and set your /System to RW
Then install the app again.
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Hi!
I've got a problem with root access of an app, it just doesn't ask for root permission but gives me a warning that it needs root access.
I already tried to use superSU instead of Superuser, but it didn't work. I unrooted and rooted the phone back, didn't work either. I'm sure the phone has root permission because after the rooting superuser asked me to give root permission to "system" and I also managed to write files in the obb and data folders.
It's driving me mad because it seems that the root is working but the app just don't ask for root permission.
P.S. The app is Freedom, v1.0.6
Thanks for the help!
What app did you mean which cant get root permission?
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