Nexus 4 on Kit Kat motochopper root. - Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi all,
I'm a bit of a noob when it comes to rooting. I've jailbroken a few ipods, but that's about it. Today I found out about motochopper, a tool that allows you to root without unlocking the bootloader, and best of all, you keep all of your data. I downloaded the Android sdk, manually installed the device drivers for the nexus 4 in USB debugging mode and successfully ran the program, I thought that I had successfully rooted my Nexus 4 running Android 4.4 kit kat, however root checker is telling me that I'm not rooted. When I opened superuser, it gave me this error message:
The superuser binary (su) must be updated.
If there is a fix, I would appreciate a response, and if there isn't, please advise me on any tools similar to motochopper which are compatible with my device (Nexus 4 running Android 4.4 Kit Kat)
Thanks In advance

I could be wrong but I don't think motochopper has worked since 4.2
I know of no way to unlock nexus devices without a reset on 4.3 or 4.4

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Get Wugfresh Nexus Root Toolkit 1.5.4 (if you have a Windows PC). It does it all for you with a nice easy on-screen menu.
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Has anyone been able to regain root and TWRP/CWM after their 4.4.2 (KOT49H) update. I was rooted with TWRP installed and able to talk via ADB and everything before the update, and now I can't get my N7 to even talk to my PC via Wug's toolkit.
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Rooted with TWRP on 4.4.2.
Is your USB debugging turned on?
I used SuperSU (due to the security glitches that were found) and in there, I turned on the "Survival Mode" before applying the 4.4.2 update. When all was said and done, root was still there as was TWRP.
Also, I use SkipSoft's Unified Toolkit to root and install TWRP on my N7.
Yes, USB debugging is turned on. I can't communicate at all via ADB. I tried un-installing and re-installing drivers multiple times still no luck. I am wanting to use Wug's Nexus Root Toolkit, which is what I used before the update.
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Rooted with TWRP on 4.4.2.
Is your USB debugging turned on?
I used SuperSU (due to the security glitches that were found) and in there, I turned on the "Survival Mode" before applying the 4.4.2 update. When all was said and done, root was still there as was TWRP.
Also, I use SkipSoft's Unified Toolkit to root and install TWRP on my N7.
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I think I might have figured it out...The "universal drivers" must not be so universal or something. I used the PDAnet drivers and I can talk to my pc via ADB now, going to try and root now.
iBolski said:
Rooted with TWRP on 4.4.2.
Is your USB debugging turned on?
I used SuperSU (due to the security glitches that were found) and in there, I turned on the "Survival Mode" before applying the 4.4.2 update. When all was said and done, root was still there as was TWRP.
Also, I use SkipSoft's Unified Toolkit to root and install TWRP on my N7.
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yep got it, was a drivers issue, thanks for your help!
Should have tried the other drivers from the start but the universal drivers just worked well for me in the past, I thought it must be something else.
Hi. Same problem here but I am on Linux Mint, so drivers are not the issue for me (I guess). I will appreciate any ideas how to have TWRP working. Thanks!
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Hello, I have similar problem. Installed OTA and lost my root. Now, I flashed UPDATE-SU from recovery, but when I boot, I see no SU icon and it seems I;m not rooted.... Any ideas how to root?
dalanik said:
Hello, I have similar problem. Installed OTA and lost my root. Now, I flashed UPDATE-SU from recovery, but when I boot, I see no SU icon and it seems I;m not rooted.... Any ideas how to root?
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Hi, dalanik...
Yep... had this problem myself recently.
You probably are actually rooted... you just don't have Chainfire's SuperSU app icon.
Try the following...
Download the SuperSU app from Google Playstore... and run it.
It should detect that you are rooted, and if so, it will probably inform you that the su binary needs updating. Allow it (normally, not via TWRP/CWM), and reboot...
Upon reboot, you should now (hopefully) find the SuperSU icon in the app drawer.
Rgrds,
Ged.
Thanx man, that was it...thought I was going mad, flashed it like 4 times....

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