I searched, and all I could find was answers that were long and confusing, or didn't work.
I tried rooting with the motochopper, and it said it was successful, but superuser says there was an error installing superuser and titanium backup says I don't have root access, so I guess it didn't work. Where do I go from here? I need clear explanations for a noob. I only know the basics.
I would really appreciate any help I could get on this. Thanks in advance.
Edit: I think my issues was that I updated. I just got the phone today. Is there any way to roll it back to stock, then root?
Read this thread. I'm not sure if it will help, but it's worth a shot.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2283900
ya try the last link i posted, its a modded motochopper. If you want to do it clean, format your phone before
It isn't working for me...the run.bat just sits on "daemon started successfully" and it never goes any farther. My phone never shows anything asking for permission, nothing. USB debugging is enabled. I don't know what the issue is.
EDIT: Nevermind! I plugged it into a different USB port and it worked. Phone is now rooted! Thanks!
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Does anyone know when a easier root method will be installed?
I got into adb shell once and i can not duplicate that method again.
Any information would be greatly appreciated either posted on this thread or pm'd to me. Thanks.
when you were in it did u root?
No i did not push the update i messed up and didn't time it late.
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No i did not push the update i messed up and didn't time it late.
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Uhh, if you messed the timing up, all you got to do is try again, not have to get in there again. So you messed up, you just repeat it until you get the timing right.
to late because in the 10 min video he says if you messed up to start over.
no he says restart the 1.bat like everyone else does... i followed the video and never start over from root.. just reload the 1.bat and try from there not restart the whole thing
god im an idot, i thought i had to restart the whole adb shell. Now i cant get back into recovery. Does anyone know when a packaged root will be ready?
no clue and i know its a pain but keep trying im sure you will get it again... try a PNY card if having lots of trouble
The easiest way I used was continuously popping in and out the sdcard while it was booting into recovery.
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Can someone help me with getting this Inc into recovery? I have tried several times for the last couple days and keep getting this message, " * daemon not running. starting it now *". I have the adb running in loop.
Some how I lost root access to my phone. I was having memory issues with the phone and after uninstalling everything it was suggested I install a memory manager. I did and it didn't work so I uninstalled it and I think my root access went with it.
At any rate I was instructed to open a command line on my phone and type SU and see what happens. I installed ConnectBot so I could get the command line access and typed SU and it came back access denied. So I guess that proves I lost my root access. But my question now is what guide do I use to get it back? The original guide I used said it was for v1.5. The other guides listed are for people that have done the OTA and have the Sprint 2.1 running on their phones. Well I'm in between and I have Damages 2.09.1 rom.
So what is my next move to get the root back? In reality do I need root at this point? What would happen if I just reflashed DC's rom again?
Help or comments will be appreciated.......
Lisa
You didn't lose root, you lost Superuser, search the DC2.8 thread about SU...
I did and either didn't find the right threads or didn't find the solution but I didn't get it fixed. All I found was that debugging needed to be checked and it is. Still no SU access. Give me. More help if you can......
Thanks...
Lisa
I did and either didn't find the right threads or didn't find the solution but I didn't get it fixed. All I found was that debugging needed to be checked and it is. Still no SU access. Give me. More help if you can......
Thanks...
Lisa
Download superuser from the site below and flash it though recovery. That should fix it. Make sure to get the proper zip for your version of Android.
http://handheld.softpedia.com/get/System-Utilities/Enhancements/Superuser-106560.shtml
Open your app drawer...Do you see anything that says Superuser Permissions?
What memory issues were you having? If it was storage problems, perhaps try Apps2SD -- usually takes care of any internal storage issues when you get it working. This thread here is for A2SD: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=715116
Reflashing the DC ROM really wouldn't hurt anything either, you'd just have to re-setup your accounts, preferences, etc. and redownload all your market apps.
Lots of good information in these two responses. I have some questions. First what Rom do I have? Cupcake, eclair, donut? Just know its DC's last Rom.
Next could you explain how to "flash from recovery". Is that done through Nandroid?
Next I do have SU in my app drawer. It will open and has a green button besides my to programs that use SU. But SU doesn't seem to be working.
Finally flashing the Rom again is something I want to avoid as I really don't want to start from scratch.....
Thanks for your help.........
Lisa
mslisaj said:
Lots of good information in these two responses. I have some questions. First what Rom do I have? Cupcake, eclair, donut? Just know its DC's last Rom.
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These refer to versions of Android. You have 2.1 which is aka "eclair". 1.5 was aka "cupcake", 1.6 was "donut". Almost all ROMs here are 2.1 eclair, with the exception of the cyanogenmod which is android 2.2 aka "froyo".
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Next could you explain how to "flash from recovery". Is that done through Nandroid?
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No, it is done in recovery. To boot into recovery, hold Home then press Power on your phone. One of your recovery menu options will be "Flash zip from sd card". After you put any .zip files on the base/root of your SD card, this is how you will flash (or install) them. "Nandroid" only refers to the process of backing up and restoring your data, which is a separate option in the recovery console (Backup/Restore)
Did you try reinstalling the Superuser.apk? It may just need to be reinstalled.
Mr. chromiumleaf.....
Thanks so much for the information here. I have "flashed" from recovery but didn't realize that was what it was technically called. I have in my own terms refered to "Recovery Mode" as Nandroid. But now I will associate both as one. Thanks for clarifying what version Rom I'm running. I didn't want to guess so I asked. I think I will uninstall the Superuser that I have now and then reflash the new version that I will down load. I will report back. This would be so cool if this settled my problem............
So appreciate it and I will let you know..........
Lisa
I am following through as I alway do to thank you all for your help and tell you how I resolved the problem. I received some great advice from everyone and the last tip, which is usually my luck was the best.
The bottom line someone questioned why I thought I lost root. I explained what was going on and the best and final suggestion was to down load the latest Superuser.apk and flash through "recovery". Yes I had to ask exactly what that meant but I followed the directions and did it. Problem solved. I had SU working on my phone for Root Explorer and Titanium Backup. Then I downloaded Cachecleaner and it worked this time perfectly and it found 25MB of junk on my phone and cleared it out. So now I'm running 40MB of internal memory with all my programs working rather snappy now. In my estimation I screwed up the SU with the memory manager that was recommended somewhere along the line. When it didn't do anything for me I uninstalled it and I think my SU went with it. But the phone is fixed and I want to thank you all for your time in responding to my problem and requests. Sometimes multiple............
Thanks again.....
Lisa
Good to hear you got everything fixed. Glad to have helped out.
Yeah...and that's why there are people in this world more patient than I.
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Okay first of all, let me start by saying this is my first post and I AM a noob, so be patient.
Okay, my problem is that I can't root my Sprint Samsung Intercept. I've tried SuperOneClick, Z4Root, Universal Androot, and some other one. NOTHING has worked. The SuperOneClick somewhat worked, it installed SuperUser but when I downloaded apps that require a root, they said my device isn't rooted.
I'm with Sprint and running 2.2.1.
Pease help because this is driving me crazy!!
i dont know how this stuff works either but my brother has that phone. it could be your usb isn't reading. or rather, your computer isn't recognizing the device. google samsung intercept usb and you'll see a lot of issues. this may not be your problem but its better to tell you just in case. so far for his cell phone, because he wants to tether it to his computer, so far nothing works. not downloading the right drivers. loading without debugging. mounting the sd card. thats one big solution that hasn't worked. i have high hopes for this other fix, to load samsung pc studio. New_PC_Studio_1.4.0.IL2_4.exe is the file. you can google and find it.
this site has some info. if it works and i remember to, ill repost and let you know.
en.kioskea (take out space, insert a dot)net/forum/affich-240949-samsung-sgh-f480-usb-driver-problem
hope this helps. if not then good luck. and heck if anyone else knows why exactly it does this and a real fix other than the whole disable usb debugger issue. then let me know. i even thought about trying to load the sdk for android to see if that would create some sort of connection with the phone and computer. thanks and take care
hope this helps
sdx-developers is the best place for intercept developement
http://forum.sdx-developers.com/int...ructions-on-rooting-spring-samsung-intercept/
follow the first step to get SWUpgrade setup (the rest is instructions for eclaire [pretty sure])
http://forum.sdx-developers.com/int...-2-2-(easy-root-via-swupgrade)-(battery-mod)/
flash this kernal with SWUpgrade and youll be rooted.
http://forum.sdx-developers.com/int...important-features-working!)-(updated-11311)/
i assume youll be wanting a recovery as well i recommend cm01 get the tar and flash it just like the kernal
intercept doesnt have many custom roms but there is tons of mods you can apply to the stock rom
I tried SWUpgrade and I bricked my last phone but it didn't matter because it was already defective.
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did you patch SWUpgrade? delete everything in the binary folder except the file you were trying to flash?
ive never had a problem with it. it even saved me from quite a few softbricks in the short time ive had my intercept.
I did everything the videos and forums said to do. When I did that I got a different kernal but I couldn't get any service, my phone would restart every 2-5 minutes, and it would randomly vibrate. Until I got another one. I finally got SuperOneClick to get passed the "waiting for device" stage and I supposedy rooted my phone, when I tried to install apps that required root access they said my device is not rooted.
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This is my first post on here, but I've used these forums before to root my S3 and at one time my current S4. My problem is with MF3... I used
this post [http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2387577] to root my phone once, but since I couldn't install TWRP or CWM, I thought I could downgrade the software version with Odin. Well, I was wrong, and I unrooted my phone in the process... Upon trying the same technique I mentioned earlier, it now says "permission denied" upon entering the first prompt <<cd /mnt/extSdCard>>
AND, I can't use Odin to factory reset. Using posts such as this [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZTTTk7vbVM] doesn't seem to work either. When putting my phone into download mode, I pull up Odin, and select the file in the link (the software file .tar I think), it says it fails shortly after starting.
Really, I need help with two things:
1. Obtaining root access
2. Resetting phone to factory settings
I might not have to do a factory reset, but I've noticed my wifi will NOT enable since I unrooted and this is a big concern for me. I know that all my troubles are because the bootloader is locked (and I'm messing with stuff I don't fully understand...), which is why I'd like help obtaining root again in the final hope that Safestrap [http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2448925] is the answer I'm looking for so I can use my favorite ROM, LiquidSmooth!
PLEASE help me any way you can! I've tried to provide as much information as I can think of, but I'm new to this stuff, so bear with me. I have no real experience in rooting and whatnot, but so far, I've followed directions by users of this forum, so I have faith that there's a solution to this mayhem. Thanks for any help you can provide! =)
Your first mistake was not reading about what you can and can not do while on mf3. Your second was trying to put a recovery on. And your third was trying to use Odin to down grade your firmware.
I'm surprised your not having issues booting. The only way right now to get your phone back to normal is to see if best buy will flash the mf3 firmware for you
Edit, read this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=45359306
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Your first mistake was not reading about what you can and can not do while on mf3. Your second was trying to put a recovery on. And your third was trying to use Odin to down grade your firmware.
I'm surprised your not having issues booting. The only way right now to get your phone back to normal is to see if best buy will flash the mf3 firmware for you
Edit, read this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=45359306
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I guess you're trying to be helpful, but your condescending tone isn't helping. I READ everything, I just don't UNDERSTAND everything... The second paragraph actually provided some help, so thanks for that. I was just hoping for something I could do myself to re obtain root so that I can try the Safestrap method I provided in my original post. I will post a reply to the root method post and see if anyone can help me there, since that's my main issue is not being able to get root access back. I don't have any problems booting though, only when I boot into recovery mode do I get a loop in which I just have to get to the Samsung warning screen and select "cancel (reboot phone)". Thanks for reading this and providing some direction.
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I guess you're trying to be helpful, but your condescending tone isn't helping. I READ everything, I just don't UNDERSTAND everything... The second paragraph actually provided some help, so thanks for that. I was just hoping for something I could do myself to re obtain root so that I can try the Safestrap method I provided in my original post. I will post a reply to the root method post and see if anyone can help me there, since that's my main issue is not being able to get root access back. I don't have any problems booting though, only when I boot into recovery mode do I get a loop in which I just have to get to the Samsung warning screen and select "cancel (reboot phone)". Thanks for reading this and providing some direction.
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No, your main issue is that you don't understand what you are reading and you shouldn't be doing anything to your phone until you do. Dozens of people just like you pass through this forum everyday with similar issues because they didn't read or take the time to understand what it was that they did read. Someone takes the time to tell them to read and learn and they don't listen or think they don't have to. Then, they screw their phones up and come back here crying for help. So it's not a condescending tone, it's people getting tired of the same crap. You admitted that you didn't understand everything you read so why would you do anything to your phone before you do understand it? Can you not see the problem?
I have tried and tried to root my S4 with MK2 (aka 4.3) but have had no luck. I have read and re-read for a good portion of today and yesterday before finally posting this message.
I have tried the saferoot method and most of the time it just sits on Sending files to your device... (I've let it sit for a good 10 minutes here) and every once in a while it will say that Root has failed, something about Permissions denied.
I have tried Kingo Root and Root also fails there. I have uninstalled and re-installed drivers but have had no luck with that either. I would love to get this rooted so that I can do the KitKat Root workaround here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2692825&highlight=mf3
Can anyone help me? I updated my S4 from 4.2.2 (MF3) using Odin to the MK2 (4.3). Honestly I am a bit frustrated and really truly hope someone out there can help me.
Yes, I have done the USB debugging enabled too. This is not my first time rooting as I have rooted my tablet (Asus TF201) as well as my Samsung S2 Skyrocket with no problems on those ones.
Thanks! :fingers-crossed:
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I have tried and tried to root my S4 with MK2 (aka 4.3) but have had no luck. I have read and re-read for a good portion of today and yesterday before finally posting this message.
I have tried the saferoot method and most of the time it just sits on Sending files to your device... (I've let it sit for a good 10 minutes here) and every once in a while it will say that Root has failed, something about Permissions denied.
I have tried Kingo Root and Root also fails there. I have uninstalled and re-installed drivers but have had no luck with that either. I would love to get this rooted so that I can do the KitKat Root workaround here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2692825&highlight=mf3
Can anyone help me? I updated my S4 from 4.2.2 (MF3) using Odin to the MK2 (4.3). Honestly I am a bit frustrated and really truly hope someone out there can help me.
Yes, I have done the USB debugging enabled too. This is not my first time rooting as I have rooted my tablet (Asus TF201) as well as my Samsung S2 Skyrocket with no problems on those ones.
Thanks! :fingers-crossed:
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Very very easy bud, ummm im not sure if im supposed to post outside links, but here is what youre looking for, just download saferoot and run the .bat file
Code:
http://wccftech.com/root-galaxy-s4-vruemk2-android-4-3/
sorry if im not supposed to post outside links i cant remember in the rules, if i cant please just remove the link and im very sorry
alias4ever said:
I have tried and tried to root my S4 with MK2 (aka 4.3) but have had no luck. I have read and re-read for a good portion of today and yesterday before finally posting this message.
I have tried the saferoot method and most of the time it just sits on Sending files to your device... (I've let it sit for a good 10 minutes here) and every once in a while it will say that Root has failed, something about Permissions denied.
I have tried Kingo Root and Root also fails there. I have uninstalled and re-installed drivers but have had no luck with that either. I would love to get this rooted so that I can do the KitKat Root workaround here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2692825&highlight=mf3
Can anyone help me? I updated my S4 from 4.2.2 (MF3) using Odin to the MK2 (4.3). Honestly I am a bit frustrated and really truly hope someone out there can help me.
Yes, I have done the USB debugging enabled too. This is not my first time rooting as I have rooted my tablet (Asus TF201) as well as my Samsung S2 Skyrocket with no problems on those ones.
Thanks! :fingers-crossed:
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Did you make sure the adb drivers are installed? Make sure it shows up if you type "adb devices" while in whatever folder adb is (i believe saferoot includes it, so just check that). Also make sure you accepted the prompts on your phone to trust the computer and what ever else comes up.
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Did you make sure the adb drivers are installed? Make sure it shows up if you type "adb devices" while in whatever folder adb is (i believe saferoot includes it, so just check that). Also make sure you accepted the prompts on your phone to trust the computer and what ever else comes up.
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yah what sin said, im pretty sure saferoot comes with the drivers, the .bat file will tell you everything you need to do, also on your phone it will ask you to accept your pc's RSA Key, also make sure you goto Settings/"more" tab/about device then goto build number and just keep tapping it with your finger until it tells you developer options have been enabled, then back out of that menu and youll see a new menu called you guessed it "Developer options" then make sure its on, theres a toggle switch at the top, and then make sure there is a check box on USB Debugging, after you do that just go ahead and connect the phone to your PC and run the install.bat.
Happy Rooting
also... make sure u have the samsung drivers installed... and instead of just dbl clicking the .bat file... right click it and run as administrator.
i had to do that
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also... make sure u have the samsung drivers installed... and instead of just dbl clicking the .bat file... right click it and run as administrator.
i had to do that
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Thank you all for your help. I went to run it. I have Windows 7 64 Bit Home Premium. When I right click on it and run as administrator, it is now coming up with the message error: More than one device and emulator over and over again. I have nothing running in the background. In fact I went into Task Manager and killed everything in the background. I have the adb drivers as it shows up under my C: drive. I also just rooted my Mothers TF201 (Asus Transformer Prime) and needed ADB drivers installed for that so unless they use different ADB drivers. I'll google search it and re-install them. Anyone else have some suggestions.
Thanks again! :good:
Edit: By the way do I need to put the saferoot folder somewhere specific on my computer like in the adb folder or something? I just have it on my downloads folder on my desktop.
I GOT IT, I GOT IT, I GOT IT! Thank you all so much for all your help! I don't know what I did but when it kept giving me the error message I just ignored it for a while and it just started going all the sudden. That's okay by me I'll take it!
Thanks again all, I LOVE XDA, so helpful and wonderfully patient!