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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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Factory reset after root?

Will anything happen?? I've deleted some apps aswell..
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You mean other than wipe all settings and apps? Root will still be in effect if perm-rooted, and anything you removed from/added to your /system will still be as before.

Yeah, I am perm-rooted and just asking if doing a factory reset through Privacy in options will bring back those apps? I just have a weird feeling.. I deleted google translate, facebook, and goggles through root explorer, but they still show up even without a FC or anything.. all the rest of bloatware are gone besides those.. I can use them even though they don't show up in root explorer. I did battery pull and all besides that reset.. if there's no FC, it shouldn't matter right??
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Got it to work now, needed to uninstall the updates first..
Now, another question.. I did not do anything to userkeystool but I keep getting FC when trying to set any of the keys, is there a way to fix_permissions without clockwork recovery? As I'm use to running it everytime a FC came up on my other phones...
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noodles2224 said:
Got it to work now, needed to uninstall the updates first..
Now, another question.. I did not do anything to userkeystool but I keep getting FC when trying to set any of the keys, is there a way to fix_permissions without clockwork recovery? As I'm use to running it everytime a FC came up on my other phones...
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Run through Rom Manager. There's no built-in fix_permissions script on stock roms from what I remember.

So just download rom manager and I can run it without installing anything else?? I don't want to flash any kind of recovery until cm 6.1 is stable and has the 3 issues cyanogen posted fix.. and if fix permissions don't work, anything else I can do??? I know its just quick keys but I atleast want all my features to work, especially since its stock but rooted and bloatware removed.. :/
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[Q] D2 no longer rooted?

Ok so I had rooted my D2 a few days ago and had been looking into backup/recovery apps. Now however it seems as if my phone is no longer rooted. Is this possible? I thought I had read another thread where someone else was having this problem but was unable to find it. I tried to open up my superuser app and titanium backup app, but both ended in a failure and asked if my phone was rooted. Thanks in advance for anyone's help with this!
Also, just noticed that my superuser app isn't working correctly. The widget changed from being labeled "superuser" to "superuser permissions". I had assumed that this was after my phone had updated some other applications, however the superuser app won't turn on, it just gives me a black screen. When I tried to update through the market it said "Package file was not signed correctly". I'm unable to find the app on my phone so I can delete and try to download it again fresh. Thanks again for any advice anyone has!
~noob

Yeah. Phones can unroot themselves. This usually happens when the phone updates itself. Don't stress though... just root your phone again.

So, then with the superuser permissions app that I found on my phone...if I were to re-root my D2 with a different method of rooting vs the first way, would I be able to uninstall that superuser permissions app if I wanted? Thanks for such a quick response!

k_minlam01 said:
So, then with the superuser permissions app that I found on my phone...if I were to re-root my D2 with a different method of rooting vs the first way, would I be able to uninstall that superuser permissions app if I wanted? Thanks for such a quick response!
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What was your first method. I would just use z4root. Also, did you install a custom rom? If so maybe reflash the rom after you are rooted again.
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I had used the 1-2-3 step for rooting as my husband had suggested that. I have z4root installed now but haven't done anything yet. My husband had suggested I get some back-up apps for my phones system and also one for my apps in case I kill my phone. Will the droid 2 bootstrap back-up/restore my original phone system in case I do mess it up?
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[Q] For OTA Update - Unrooting Necessary?

I remember reading about having to unroot your phone from the Froyo update. I have the Z4root but it only has a root button.
1. Is it advisable to unroot for OTA update?
2. Any resources for Z4unroot?
Thank for helppin' a n00b out.

It is correct that you'll need to have your phone unrooted to receive the update. Are you rooted with z4 now? If so you should be able to click on z4 and have the "unroot" option appear. If it doesn't appear I have no idea where you should go. Did you do a nandroid backup as well? !
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Unrooting has never been necessary. You just need to be on the stock rom without any system apps removed.

How about frozen apps in Titanium Backup... need to unfreeze?

Dr, you're saying leaving phone rooted will not stop ota? I don't want update. Have frozen 2.2.1 updater in titanium and some other bloatware as well. I was informed doing all this would stop update.
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Being rooted will change nothing about the update. I can't speak to how Titanium Backup freezes apps, but I know in the past if someone removed/renamed apps in the /system/apps folder the update failed.
You should google/search this site for answer on how to avoid downloading the update if that's what you want.

What needs to happen in order for you to receive the update is that you must be on stock blur rom that came with the phone as well as not have any programs that prevent it from updating IE bootstrapperx, titanium pro, romwork (or w/e its called) etc. A lot of programs used to do Rome like the ones mentioned above have built in code to tell the ota update to basically go **** itself
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I didn't have to unroot when I did the 2.2 OTA update. But just before I updated, I did unfreeze all the crapware I froze with Titanium Backup. Didn't have a single issue. Once I was on 2.2, I froze all the crapware again.

i have never un-rooted my phone for any updates. They always pass fine if rooted. Only fail if you have messed with bloatware or have a bootloader installed. You even keep the Super User App, but it just has lost root rights so it will no longer work until you re root the device

Rooted my Defy, need help

I rooted my defy and using Titanium backup I stupidly deleted the Gtalk app thinking it was safe , and now i get a gapps.com error on bootup, but worse the Market now longer works! I have the gtalk.apk which I downloaded from here but because my defy is on 2.1 it has no app installer, so I need a way to get AppInstaller from somewhere other than the market. We do have a spare samsung phone running 2.2 (GT-15500) that does have the app installer but because its not yet rooted I cant move it to SD!Any ideas where I can download the app installer from?
Cheers
Larry!

Hermes300 said:
I rooted my defy and using Titanium backup I stupidly deleted the Gtalk app thinking it was safe , and now i get a gapps.com error on bootup, but worse the Market now longer works! I have the gtalk.apk which I downloaded from here but because my defy is on 2.1 it has no app installer, so I need a way to get AppInstaller from somewhere other than the market. We do have a spare samsung phone running 2.2 (GT-15500) that does have the app installer but because its not yet rooted I cant move it to SD!Any ideas where I can download the app installer from?
Cheers
Larry!
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Google it. And make sure next time you start playing with your phone as root, do make a backup.

Sorted it now. I put a stock 2.2.2 ROM on it with RDSLite software, andf re-rooted it. Works fine now.