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Need Help with /system/bin/sh

Okay, so heres my case i rooted my play and installed the custom ROM GBTweaked0. Since then i couldn't access my Recovery or install my old rom from my SD card. Me being a n00b, i tried uninstalling busybox, the uninstall failed and since then my apps seem to have lost root access and im missing /system/bin/sh.
Please if anyone could help me get the sh file back i'd greatly appreciate it. i just want my phone running back on my stock rom

try downloading busybox installer from the market it has every version if that doesnt work reroot or give those apps permission in superuser again

psxpetey said:
try downloading busybox installer from the market it has every version if that doesnt work reroot or give those apps permission in superuser again
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i already tried reinstalling busybox from the market and it claims it doesnt have root access even though it does. i made sure in super user

you could find the busybox files and move them manually to the correct location
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i dont think that that would work either because system/bin is a read only folder. so even if i knew how to manually install busybox the way your talking about i don't think that it would let me.

never mind i flashed to stock 2.3.2 using WotanServer. Thanks for the help

mike61096 said:
never mind i flashed to stock 2.3.2 using WotanServer. Thanks for the help
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well if you had root it is read/write? Isn't it?
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well if you had root it is read/write? Isn't it?
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yes, but like i said in my first post, i tried uninstalling busybox which deleted the sh file in my system/bin folder which must have taken root access away.
But again, it's all good now cus like i said i managed to flash back to stock 2.3.2 using WotanServer and updated to 2.3.3, rooted, restored all my apps, and now my phone is back to normal.

[ROOT] Stock ICS Leak One-Click Root Tool

Hi all!
First off, I'm new to xda Developers so please excuse me if this is in the wrong forum! I thought I'd post information about a tool I wrote here which roots stock 4.0.3 leak on the A500, A501 and assumingly the A200 too. Its literally one click - just enable USB debugging. "ICS Root" also installs, optionally, FaceLock and Trebuchet (although FaceLock doesn't want to work. It lets you set it up though =P)
Since version 5.0.1 this also now works with the new 0.022.00 leak!
The full post is over at TegraOwners: http://forum.tegraowners.com/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=350
The only real system requirements are Windows (with .Net Framework 4) and an Iconia on the stock 4.0.3 leak. I hope somebody finds this useful its been tested by myself and a couple of TegraOwners users and it works well.
In terms of the technique used, it uses the great Jay Freeman's mempodroid exploit to gain root at which point it mounts /system rw and installs su, busybox and Superuser.apk so no real surprises there. Installing Trebuchet adds that apk to /system/app and installing FaceLock installs the apk to /system/app before installing the pittpatt folder to the flexrom (mounted as /system/vendor). I plan to open source it when all the requested features have been implemented and the code has been cleaned up.
Thanks!
~blackthund3r
EDIT 14/05/2012: ICS Root 7 is out enjoy!
Sent from my A500 using Tapatalk

cwm version?
why would it not work with cwm version?

With this tool does system remain writeable after rooting?

What about flashing CWM with acer recovery installer once rooted? I guess it would screw the bootloader...

lowsum said:
What about flashing CWM with acer recovery installer once rooted? I guess it would screw the bootloader...
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If you are on the cwm with the HC boot loader it should work as Its Magic will be run..
if you are on the new boot loader as in the full non modded leak.. It will give you secure boot error ..
The new boot loader Blocks its magic.

Thanks
Hey this worked easy. I had to re-install USB drivers and make sure I had the latest from Google. Other then that, hit the button, wait about 1.5 minutes, and it rebooted! No problems thus far! Thanks Again!

JeanBubu said:
why would it not work with cwm version?
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It would but the cwm one, afaik, is prerooted?
Sent from my A500 using Tapatalk

root doesnt work like its supposed to. i know its only half root due to the bootloader, but terminal emulator flat out says i'm not rooted after this despite sixasis working and titanium backup/root checker both saying i have root and busybox. i'm going to post this on TO as well for you incase you dont check here often.

nifterific said:
root doesnt work like its supposed to. i know its only half root due to the bootloader, but terminal emulator flat out says i'm not rooted after this despite sixasis working and titanium backup/root checker both saying i have root and busybox. i'm going to post this on TO as well for you incase you dont check here often.
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That's storage cos terminal works for me and running su in an adb shell works great too.
Code:
[email protected]:/ $ export PATH=/data/local/bin:$PATH
[email protected]:/ $ su
# exit
[email protected]:/ $ su
#
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SteamBishop said:
Hey this worked easy. I had to re-install USB drivers and make sure I had the latest from Google. Other then that, hit the button, wait about 1.5 minutes, and it rebooted! No problems thus far! Thanks Again!
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You're welcome and I'm glad it worked!
Sent from my A500 using Tapatalk

After reading the other post, I have found that I cannot write to the system directory from the device itself. The folder attributes indicate that it is set to write, however File Explorer HD will not let me. I have tried to create a folder in the /system and it will not accept the addition. The strange thing is that Root Check says it is rooted, File Explorer HD accepts putting it into Root Explore, but that is it. It is odd. I will try to reapply the Root to see if that makes a difference.

SteamBishop said:
After reading the other post, I have found that I cannot write to the system directory from the device itself. The folder attributes indicate that it is set to write, however File Explorer HD will not let me. I have tried to create a folder in the /system and it will not accept the addition. The strange thing is that Root Check says it is rooted, File Explorer HD accepts putting it into Root Explore, but that is it. It is odd. I will try to reapply the Root to see if that makes a difference.
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Please, read the op before bringing this up. This method is for half root, its the only way possible right now on stock leak ics. There is a special script you need to use to mpunt system. You can find it in the stock leak thread, run it in terminal or use rom toolbox and set it as a script to run at boot because rebooting loses write privileges.

nifterific said:
Please, read the op before bringing this up. This method is for half root, its the only way possible right now on stock leak ics. There is a special script you need to use to mpunt system. You can find it in the stock leak thread, run it in terminal or use rom toolbox and set it as a script to run at boot because rebooting loses write privileges.
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Sorry for offending you and whoever else it did. Thank you for pointing that script out in that post. My intent was to offer a second comment to your assessment..

nifterific said:
Please, read the op before bringing this up. This method is for half root, its the only way possible right now on stock leak ics. There is a special script you need to use to mpunt system. You can find it in the stock leak thread, run it in terminal or use rom toolbox and set it as a script to run at boot because rebooting loses write privileges.
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I have a better script which I'll be releasing as an update to the root app this morning hopefully. It'll be a terminal command to remount rw.
Sent from my A500 using Tapatalk

New update out!!
blackthund3r said:
I have a better script which I'll be releasing as an update to the root app this morning hopefully. It'll be a terminal command to remount rw.
Sent from my A500 using Tapatalk
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Version 3 came out this morning
It features some bug fixes as well as a completely new remount menu which mounts /system rw properly on the fly. Tested with a busybox installer app
Enjoy!

Thanks for your tool blackthund3r !
I tried it with the new leak from this morning and it doesn't seem to work anymore
Edit :
Just to be a little more specific, the app says the process was OK and state that the tablet is rooted but the tablet doesn't reboot by itseld and su is not installed. I tried to install su manually but it's unable to find a previous su package on the system.

paugustin said:
Thanks for your tool blackthund3r !
I tried it with the new leak from this morning and it doesn't seem to work anymore
Edit :
Just to be a little more specific, the app says the process was OK and state that the tablet is rooted but the tablet doesn't reboot by itseld and su is not installed. I tried to install su manually but it's unable to find a previous su package on the system.
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ah okay it appears a completely new leak has been released. It is possible that the mempodroid exploit has been patched up. I'm gonna look into it soon. I can't much tonight - I have school work. I'll see what can be done and what the differences between leaks are.
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EDIT: mempodroid hasn't been patched See ICS Root v3.1

Hi blackthund3r
Thanks for the update 3.1 but could you please fix the problem on your hosting website? clicking on this file send to an error warning.
The other files can be downloaded though.

can someone post a mirror to the 3.1 version? current link is not working.
can somebody also confirm, if i root with this tool, i will be able to reinstall my clockworkmod recovery through 'acer recovery installer' and flash any other cwm rom? or do i have to downgrade to honeycomb 3.01, install iconiaroot for honeycomb and then acer recovery installer?

Gersma,
I'll be able to answer to your question as soon as I'll be able to download this tool and test it.

[Q] Rooting official 2.3.5 wirelessly

Hello!
How can one root official 2.3.5 rom without connecting to usb and adb?
The goal is to install custom ICS on U8800 that has no usb port - completely broken and even not charging phone. No warranty and repair cost is close to actual phone cost. So repairing is not an option.
Wireless adb app requires root first - so it is not an option for me also.
Any help is appreciated - I need ISC because I need ipsec vpn which is npt available in gingerbread.
I am ready to test any operation you suggest - I don't fear to brick the phone, need no backups.

It's impossible. I have one USB broken u8800 and that's why I use cm7 (.32) on it.
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Qqqxxxzzz said:
It's impossible. I have one USB broken u8800 and that's why I use cm7 (.32) on it.
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There is nothing impossible I believe
Maybe we could find the trick - gingerbreak works on some roms - another fine exploit maybe.
I don't know - worth a try I think.

tranced1 I might have 1 possible solution for you. I've rooted my 2.3.5 some time ago and I've done a backup of boot.img.
I remember with froyo we could root it with boot.img "rooted". I bet this won't work on 2.3.5, but who knows right?
If you want to give it a try, I upload that boot.img for you.
EDIT: darn! Totally forgot you can't access bootloader directory without root & damaged usb port
Can't remember another way out... sorry

tranced1 said:
There is nothing impossible I believe
Maybe we could find the trick - gingerbreak works on some roms - another fine exploit maybe.
I don't know - worth a try I think.
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Gingerbreak and z4root doesn't work. Only solution is build your own exploit.
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Is there any way to flash zip from stock recovery? I saw this root method for some samsung phones.
Does anybody know how to compile such .zip file?

tranced1 said:
Is there any way to flash zip from stock recovery? I saw this root method for some samsung phones.
Does anybody know how to compile such .zip file?
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compiling zip is easy. Your problem is that we don't know how to sign it correctly.
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I believe that you can use terminal emulator and zergrush exploit to root the phone.
The automatic root methods basicaly push the needed files on /data/local change permissions etc... All can be done with linux commands which are available from a terminal emulator. So I don't think that you need the usb cable to root the device. You can try investigate the runme.bat file from doomlord's root method and give the commands manually after you have put the files from files directory on sdcard.

dancer_69 said:
I believe that you can use terminal emulator and zergrush exploit to root the phone.
The automatic root methods basicaly push the needed files on /data/local change permissions etc... All can be done with linux commands which are available from a terminal emulator. So I don't think that you need the usb cable to root the device. You can try investigate the runme.bat file from doomlord's root method and give the commands manually after you have put the files from files directory on sdcard.
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adb can access the phone as root user - from terminal file system is read-only, so even first step permission denied

Yes, you have right about that.
But, check this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1716068
the last post.
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After reading the discription on first post of gingerbreak, I had another Idea.
Seems that gingerbreak uses sd card to temporary store the necessary for root files. So, maybe you can replace these files(and especially the exploit) whith those of doomlord's root app, before you press the root button, so to use the working zergrush exploit.

This is the B528 root bat script:
http://pastebin.ca/raw/2163499
@adb wait-for-device
@echo --- DEVICE FOUND
@echo --- reboot to bootloader
@adb reboot-bootloader
@echo --- flash the rooted bootimage
@fastboot boot boot.img
@echo --- reboot to nomal mode
@fastboot reboot
@echo --- wait for adb connect
@adb wait-for-device
@echo --- DEVICE FOUND
@adb remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
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You're problem is in red... you have to flash the exploited boot image. The rest is just installing busybox, su and SuperUser.apk.
You have the stock recovery which allows you to flash .zip files, but they have to be signed correctly and I don't think that's possible.

VuDuCuRSe said:
This is the B528 root bat script:
http://pastebin.ca/raw/2163499
You're problem is in red... you have to flash the exploited boot image. The rest is just installing busybox, su and SuperUser.apk.
You have the stock recovery which allows you to flash .zip files, but they have to be signed correctly and I don't think that's possible.
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To boot a different boot image, you have to use USB, atleast on fastboot.

dancer_69 said:
Yes, you have right about that.
But, check this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1716068
the last post.
EDIT:
After reading the discription on first post of gingerbreak, I had another Idea.
Seems that gingerbreak uses sd card to temporary store the necessary for root files. So, maybe you can replace these files(and especially the exploit) whith those of doomlord's root app, before you press the root button, so to use the working zergrush exploit.
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Thanks for clues but seems there is no way - I cant execute exploit via ssh - permission denied I cant even chmod it.
Gingerbreak completely not working - no files created on sdcard.

Ι didn't find any other way on net. There are several discussions for this problem but not a solution. I think that the only way is to do it for an app. You can contact with the creator of gingerbreak or z4root to ask for it. Also I'll try to make an app myself, but my android developing knowledge is very basic, so don't count too much on this. If I have some kind of success I'll contact you via PM.
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Try this mod, and if you are lucky...

dancer_69 said:
Ι didn't find any other way on net. There are several discussions for this problem but not a solution. I think that the only way is to do it for an app. You can contact with the creator of gingerbreak or z4root to ask for it. Also I'll try to make an app myself, but my android developing knowledge is very basic, so don't count too much on this. If I have some kind of success I'll contact you via PM.
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Try this mod, and if you are lucky...
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No I am obviously not the lucky one
My android development knowledge is zero, so if you can run zergRush from executable area it will be a very good start.
And I want to thank everybody for your support.

So, it doesn't work?
I just updated the file, so give it another try.
Also, check if you have logcat and usb debuging enabled(is needed for other methods, so maybe needed here too)

dancer_69 said:
So, it doesn't work?
I just updated the file, so give it another try.
Also, check if you have logcat and usb debuging enabled(is needed for other methods, so maybe needed here too)
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Logcat: Cannot copy boomsh. : Permission Denied

I will revert to first beta now - and will test if it will work

I suppose this logat message is for z4root fail. Unfortunately I don't know what boomsh is. I just decompiled the apk and replaced the exploit, busybox, superuser, and su files with these from doomlord's root files directory.
So, easy solution didn't work. If I have something else I'll let you know.
EDIT:
I get some info about "cannot copy boomsh"
The exploit creates this file when run. This message appears when this file already exists and needed to be deleted from /data/local/tmp.
I checked z4root-mod on my device(which is already rooted and with ICS custom rom), and I get this message too.
The problem is that this file doesn't exist on my device, so I cannot delete it.
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I read on a forum that these apps(as z4root) run better after a fresh boot. So, install the latest apk(has newer files), reboot the device and run z4root again.

z4root is a froyo root exploit (I think) and seems "dead" for a long time.
Check Chainfire's Gingerbreak: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1044765

US OTA ICS won't update after root...

I rooted my TPT with the yet another root exploit method while on version 0089_US, and it worked great. Then I installed RootKeeper and temporarilly unrooted. My TPT is not and never has been modified in any other way, no CWR, no apps deleted, nothing.
When I try to install the OTA ICS update, it will start to install, and then fail with some kind of assert failed error message that mentiones busybox, and then say error in /cache/update.zip.
Anybody know what's going on???

I had the same issues with the ROW update. I followed this thread (thoroughly) and got ICS with root intact.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1723048

I'm confused. The fix was:
"Restored busybox from the same file mentioned before and it worked."
How do I "restore" busybox?

userno69 said:
I'm confused. The fix was:
"Restored busybox from the same file mentioned before and it worked."
How do I "restore" busybox?
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Here's what I needed to do to get busybox restored and access to my stock recovery again:
1. Downloaded a previous update from Lenovo's site. (had to go two versions prior to find one with a busybox file in it).
2. Extract the Busybox file from the archive (system/xbin Directory)
3. Copy the file to your tablet
4. Using ES File Explorer or Astro, copy this Busybox over to the system/xbin Directory on your device. Note: I had trouble here with permissions that came down to a few settings in ES File Explorer (system access, write permissions, etc).
5. Reboot into recovery by pushing Vol + a few times after Lenovo appears.
Hope this helps.
-A

Both ES File Explorer and File Manager fail when attempting to overwrite the existing busybox.
Any suggestions?

garypen said:
Both ES File Explorer and File Manager fail when attempting to overwrite the existing busybox.
Any suggestions?
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Can you verify your ES file explorer root settings (Root Explorer and Mount file system enabled). These settings are required to make changes to system files.

EpsilonTheGreat said:
Can you verify your ES file explorer root settings (Root Explorer and Mount file system enabled).These settings are requibe able to overwrite busybox.
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Thanks! That enabled me to overwrite busybox. Now, I am crossing my fingers that the OTA update works.
It started downloading directly from the "check for update" page, rather than quickly saying an update was available, and asking to reboot and install, as it had been doing. So, perhaps it checks busybox before even DLing the update.
It's taking a while to DL. I'll post results after the next reboot ad install attempt.

garypen said:
Thanks! That enabled me to overwrite busybox. Now, I am crossing my fingers that the OTA update works.
It started downloading directly from the "check for update" page, rather than quickly saying an update was available, and asking to reboot and install, as it had been doing. So, perhaps it checks busybox before even DLing the update.
It's taking a while to DL. I'll post results after the next reboot ad install attempt.
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I saw the exact same thing after fixing busybox. Glad it worked for you (so far)!

Worked like a champ. Rocking ICS on my TPT with root.
It's really not a huge diff from HC. But, lots of little things that I had become accustomed to on my ICS phone.
The tpt does seem a little faster now. Play store is working better, too.
I just wish I could replace that stupid Lenovo quick app icon with the android app launcher icon, like on my nexus. Why do they locate the apps icon at the very top corner? Makes no sense.

I've tried all the busyboxes that I can find and still no update. Can someone post a working one?

I used the one from the 0086US update.

I found one, I used the OTA update.zip
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1507285 OTA Update.zip A310_02_0039_0086_US
Also, I kept root.

assert(file_getprop("/system/build.prop", "ro.build.fingerprint") == "Lenovo/ThinkPadTablet/Indigo:4.0.3/ThinkPadTablet _A400_03/0065_0128_US:user/release-keys" || file_getprop("/system/build.prop", "ro.build.fingerprint") == "Lenovo/ThinkPadTablet/Indigo:4.0.3/ThinkPadTablet _A400_03/0069_0130_US:user/release-keys")
Error in /tmp/sideload/package.zip
Summonabeeeetch!!!! I noticed its the first step of the script... any ideas? Anyone? Maybe Ian not destined for ics :-( any ideas?

daswahnsinn said:
I found one, I used the OTA update.zip
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1507285 OTA Update.zip A310_02_0039_0086_US
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You can get it directly from Lenovo:
http://download.lenovo.com/slates/think/tablet1/ThinkPadTablet_A310_02_0039_0086_US.zip
Busybox is located in the system/xbin folder.

garypen said:
You can get it directly from Lenovo:
http://download.lenovo.com/slates/think/tablet1/ThinkPadTablet_A310_02_0039_0086_US.zip
It's located in the system/xbin folder
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For some strange reason I couldn't get any of the ones from the lenovo site to work, Thank though this should help someone else for sure.

I was able to update to ICS with CW by editing the updater-script. I commented out the verification check.

ScotchtapeLoser said:
I was able to update to ICS with CW by editing the updater-script. I commented out the verification check.
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Which ones did you comment out?

Your Tablet may vary....
I started with
Build.prop
Gmail
Anything starting with Google...
MarketUpdater
MediaProvider
Mediauploader
NetworkLocation
I would comment out the line, add the new updater-script to the zip file. Try it. When it threw out an error I would comment out that line... rinse and repeat
After a time I just became annoyed and comment out all of the apply_patch_check (around 450 lines). I do not advise using this shotgun approach.
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Which ones did you comment out?
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ICS OTA install busybox error
Hey guys I didn't want to start another thread because this one is very similar to the issue I am having now. My tablet asks me to install an OTA update but once its about half way done in recovery in spits out some kind of error(check attachment). When it comes to tablets Im a noob but I was wondering if you guys can give me some solid instructions on how to get past it?
Thanks in advance.

Reference this thread:
http://www.thinkpadtabletforums.com...ds-and-development/ics-ota-failing-w-busybox/

Android root fail - LG H440n Spirit 4G

Hi,
rooting my LG H440n Spirit 4G phone (Lolipop 5.0.1) has failed at the moment when "Firmware Update" notification showed up on the mobile phone screen (after rooting had started and rebooted once). It says on the phone screen that I should not unplug USB connection to my phone. But since rooting failed what should I do now?
Closing down command line with LG Root Script running did not stop Firmware Update and it is still displayed on my phone.
Is it safe to disconnect usb right now from my phone and try rooting my phone again?
Thank you very much for any advise and support.

cbx44 said:
Hi,
rooting my LG H440n Spirit 4G phone (Lolipop 5.0.1) has failed at the moment when "Firmware Update" notification showed up on the mobile phone screen (after rooting had started and rebooted once). It says on the phone screen that I should not unplug USB connection to my phone. But since rooting failed what should I do now?
Closing down command line with LG Root Script running did not stop Firmware Update and it is still displayed on my phone.
Is it safe to disconnect usb right now from my phone and try rooting my phone again?
Thank you very much for any advise and support.
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I have the same problem I tried one click root 1.3 and the old script 1.2 android 5.0.1 v10f-EUR-XX. HELP US!

Updated to V10j-214-03 and cannot root
Hello.
Last Friday 23/10/2015 I updated my phone to V10j-214-03 and cannot root it again.
Anyone has updated and rooted this version?
Thank you very much!

Hello. I tried to see if we could use the Low Effort Root on our device. I made some progress, but I am unable to finish what I started because I am stuck[ somewhere.
What I did:
1. Extract the v10h kdz.
2. Get the v10h system.img and the file "PrimaryGPT_0.bin" from the extracted files.
3. Inject root into the v10h system.img: http://forum.xda-developers.com/g4/general/lg-g4-100-root-success-directives-root-t3180586
3. Rename the "PrimaryGPT_0.bin" into "gpt.img". Then go to ubuntu, open a terminal and run: "# sudo gdisk /path/of/gpt.img"
This gives us the partition info for our device: http://pastebin.com/u9maAAdm
This will help us determine the bs, seek and count when we will use the "Send_Command.exe" to push the v10h system to our device.
4. Based on @autoprime 's help, we have to do some calculations. http://pastebin.com/brcXBpja
[I think that he made a mistake though (missed to multiply by 512 on count). This seems more correct to me: http://pastebin.com/tHUbicR8 )
5. After calculating bs, seek and count, we are supposed to run the Low Effort Root procedure for our device.
But, after running the dd command, a "#" comes immediately, which means that something is going wrong. The "#" should take some time to appear, meaning that the copy is in progress. I couldn't identify what I am doing wrong, so I publish my effort, because maybe someone has more knowledge and may be able to make it work! @midzan21 maybe?
Autoprime, thanks for your help and guidance through irc.
Original Low Effort Root thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/g4/orig-development/root-tmo-vzw-intl-variants-soon-root-lg-t3164765

polfrank said:
Hello. I tried to see if we could use the Low Effort Root on our device. I made some progress, but I am unable to finish what I started because I am stuck[ somewhere.
What I did:
1. Extract the v10h kdz.
2. Get the v10h system.img and the file "PrimaryGPT_0.bin" from the extracted files.
3. Inject root into the v10h system.img: http://forum.xda-developers.com/g4/general/lg-g4-100-root-success-directives-root-t3180586
3. Rename the "PrimaryGPT_0.bin" into "gpt.img". Then go to ubuntu, open a terminal and run: "# sudo gdisk /path/of/gpt.img"
This gives us the partition info for our device: http://pastebin.com/u9maAAdm
This will help us determine the bs, seek and count when we will use the "Send_Command.exe" to push the v10h system to our device.
4. Based on @autoprime 's help, we have to do some calculations. http://pastebin.com/brcXBpja
[I think that he made a mistake though (missed to multiply by 512 on count). This seems more correct to me: http://pastebin.com/tHUbicR8 )
5. After calculating bs, seek and count, we are supposed to run the Low Effort Root procedure for our device.
But, after running the dd command, a "#" comes immediately, which means that something is going wrong. The "#" should take some time to appear, meaning that the copy is in progress. I couldn't identify what I am doing wrong, so I publish my effort, because maybe someone has more knowledge and may be able to make it work! @midzan21 maybe?
Autoprime, thanks for your help and guidance through irc.
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Well that what you try to did we got for v10a ROM via Universal LG Root for Lollipop. There is something that you can look about commands. Unfortienatly I can't try anything for now, because I need fully working phone and fully working Arch Linux VM for some networking testings.

midzan21 said:
Well that what you try to did we got for v10a ROM via Universal LG Root for Lollipop. There is something that you can look about commands. Unfortienatly I can't try anything for now, because I need fully working phone and fully working Arch Linux VM for some networking testings.
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I think it's not the same. With Universal tool we ran a script that was stored on internal SD and this script pushed SuperSU.apk su.bin etc to the system. Now, we replace the whole System.img with a rooted one, and I think this is the point of Low Effort Root.

polfrank said:
I think it's not the same. With Universal tool we ran a script that was stored on internal SD and this script pushed SuperSU.apk su.bin etc to the system. Now, we replace the whole System.img with a rooted one, and I think this is the point of Low Effort Root.
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so here are some of calculations which I did on my Windows ... I think that somewhere calculation for count is weird because it get into floating data point (decimal numbers)
skip/seek = 51008
count = 314530.125
bs = 8192 (used that as default)
edit: calculated using this calculations for count
[(end sector - start sector +1)*Logical sector size] / bs
Logical sector size iz 512 b

midzan21 said:
so here are some of calculations which I did on my Windows ... I think that somewhere calculation for count is weird because it get into floating data point (decimal numbers)
skip/seek = 51008
count = 314530.125
bs = 8192 (used that as default)
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Aha, I noticed this and I set the bs to 1024. Then, I made the calculations and they seemed normal. But I 'm not sure if changing the bs would mess up things. The thing is that, whatever I used as numbers, the command wouldn't run.

I mean like how will ur calculations help us to root our phones? Is there a way to root my LG spirit?

JJolii said:
I mean like how will ur calculations help us to root our phones? Is there a way to root my LG spirit?
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They can help us write a dd command correctly, so that we can send a rooted system.img in the correct partition of our device. So basically, if it worked, we would have had root on v10h now. But as I said, I am missing something.

polfrank said:
They can help us write a dd command correctly, so that we can send a rooted system.img in the correct partition of our device. So basically, if it worked, we would have had root on v10h now. But as I said, I am missing something.
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Ive got v10f-eur-xx
I've tried SRSroot v5.1.
20:02:34 [+] Testing exploit: root8 (please wait..)
20:02:35 [+] Remounting /system Filesystem as R/W..
20:02:35 [+] Installing SU Binary...
20:02:35 [+] Installing SuperUser APK...
20:02:35 [+] Remounting /system Filesystem as R/O..
20:02:42 [+] Rooting Complete !
After restart theres not SU apk and I checked if my phone is rooted by Root checker basic and it says its not rooted. Im so frustrated in rooting my phone.. Im out of solutions how to root that piece of ****.

JJolii said:
Ive got v10f-eur-xx
I've tried SRSroot v5.1.
20:02:34 [+] Testing exploit: root8 (please wait..)
20:02:35 [+] Remounting /system Filesystem as R/W..
20:02:35 [+] Installing SU Binary...
20:02:35 [+] Installing SuperUser APK...
20:02:35 [+] Remounting /system Filesystem as R/O..
20:02:42 [+] Rooting Complete !
After restart theres not SU apk and I checked if my phone is rooted by Root checker basic and it says its not rooted. Im so frustrated in rooting my phone.. Im out of solutions how to root that piece of ****.
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Have you tried kingroot?

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Have you tried kingroot?
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Yes I did, Pc version and android app version, none of them worked.

Well, just go back to v10e-EUR-xx with the LG Flash Tool and root it with Kingroot. Worked for me.
Not mentioning the amount of hair I pulled out trying to root v10f...

Tomo123 said:
Well, just go back to v10e-EUR-xx with the LG Flash Tool and root it with Kingroot. Worked for me.
Not mentioning the amount of hair I pulled out trying to root v10f...
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Just CSE flashed v10c and rooted with kingroot

Tomo123 said:
Well, just go back to v10e-EUR-xx with the LG Flash Tool and root it with Kingroot. Worked for me.
Not mentioning the amount of hair I pulled out trying to root v10f...
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can u help me/guide me through Skype or Teamviewer? Please.

k got v10e-eur-xx rom and tried to root with kingoroot and oneclickroot 1.3 still doesn't root. What could be the problem?

JJolii said:
k got v10e-eur-xx rom and tried to root with kingoroot and oneclickroot 1.3 still doesn't root. What could be the problem?
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Which version of kingroot are you using?

polfrank said:
Which version of kingroot are you using?
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BETA : 2.5 android app

JJolii said:
BETA : 2.5 android app
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Try this one: http://forum.xda-developers.com/devdb/project/dl/?id=14576
Click Direct Download.