Rooting 7 - Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I must be doing something wrong since I can't seem to get my 2012 4.4.2 n7 rooted. I have the bootloader unlocked custom recovery installed su installed yet no root. What did I screw up?
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Have you tried CF-Auto-Root?

I just did but maybe I got the wrong file when I trued to run it it got aborted. ?
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Update?

I just received my nexus 7 and there's already an update available. I plan on rooting and flashing a custom rom. Should I update or not? I know sometimes an update can cause problems when it comes to rooting and whatnot so I thought I'd ask first.. thanks for any feedback!
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Yes update it. I updated to 4.1.1 first then unlocked, then rooted with permanent cwm then flashed touch cwm from rom manager.
Use nexus toolkit though so you can restore stock recovery to flash Amy new updates and root again easily.
Also no harm updating to 4.1.1 and then rooting we have methods set up for that right now.
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You can root it before or after update, you're just updating to 4.1.1, or you can install a ROM that is already there, if you're rooting either way, just go for it right away
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Thanks a lot for your quick responses! Lovin it so far no issues like I've heard about.
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This is a nexus device. Unlike other devices you never need to fear an update may break your ability to root.
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Lost my root?

I use my tablet mainly for netflix, fb, games and microsoft word but one day I tried opening Trickster Mod and it said i didnt have root. It was so weird because I did root my tablet but it just disappeared. I was wondering if I should start from the beginning or if theres a way to get my root back?
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Download root checker from the play store and verify if it has root.
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no need to start at the beginning, you should be able to just root it the same way you did before after unlocking your boatloader
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I checked and I no longer have root. Does this mean I lost my ROM too?and kernel?
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iamjerry123 said:
I checked and I no longer have root. Does this mean I lost my ROM too?and kernel?
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If you lost your ROM... You would be staring at the Google logo. To root, open up your superuser app (or download from play store) and update su binary from the app. If that doesn't work, you can grab a flashable zip of SuperSU.
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If your bootloader and tablet is already unlocked then rerooting should be a breeze. Just use whichever toolkit you previously unlocked it with and get that root back in it. Then install busybox from playstore and check SuperSu the app to see if your permissions are okay.

Custom Recovery

I haven't installed a custom recivery but I have rooted. Niw everytime I reboot, its says Samsung and custom with a unlocked lock, is this normal? If not how do I get it to what is was before?
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I have also installed the OTA update. How do I get my boot image back to stock?
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OTA

Ok guys quick one for you I tried to use voodoo I did the ota but now voodoo won't reroot the device not sure what to do here, sorry if there is a post about this but a little hard to search right now.
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If you read the app info on play store it says it won't work on 4.3 but they are trying to find a fix.
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Gigabitex2 said:
If you read the app info on play store it says it won't work on 4.3 but they are trying to find a fix.
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Ok so we just have to sit tight correct?
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I would sit tight and let the app developers try and straighten things out. I updated my nexus4 to 4.3 but will wait awhile before doing my n7. I'm sure it won't be long!
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Ok need a little help trying the root kit but for some reason I keep getting adb can't connect
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Only thing I can suggest is make sure you have USB debugging enabled and make sure you have the correct drivers installed. It's probably best to ask in the thread of the toolkit you're using, I haven't tried many toolkits but wugs has a pretty good walk thru for driver installation http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1766475
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I just got another ota update for 4.3 any ideas what I should do?
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mobgod said:
I just got another ota update for 4.3 any ideas what I should do?
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I followed the instructions in the thread below for 'Already updated to 4.3 and have an OTA notificaion? (JWR66Y from JWR66V)'.
I unrooted, flashed the update zip in recovery and immediately after flashed the superuser zip and all was fine.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2390286
For some reason I lost root again anyone suggest anything to do to get it back ?
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Boot into recovery and flash Chainfire's SuperSU package. After that you are rooted.
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AndDiSa said:
Boot into recovery and flash Chainfire's SuperSU package. After that you are rooted.
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For some reason when I boot into recovery I get a android with the red triangle, what should I do now?
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Fastboot flash a custom recovery?
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AndDiSa said:
Fastboot flash a custom recovery?
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You have a link on how I can do this?
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http://teamw.in/project/twrp2/103
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http://teamw.in/project/twrp2/103
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Thanks, that's the best way to get root back correct?
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First one to help me wins a thousand dollars...

I am rooted on a mdk build. I was previously rooted and had twrp custom recovery. Ran bunch of roms then kinda got tired of messing around and always having to do a full wipe in order to try different roms so I uprooted and went back to stock completely.
It hasn't been a week and I already decided to go back to root and throw on a different rom. I rooted again, but am having a lot of trouble installing twrp and clockwork recoveries.
When I try goomanager I come to the screen to install the recovery and I get a "webpage not available" every time. When I try to do it manually I get a fail message. I just don't understand what I'm doing wrong.
Through clockwork, I install the recovery, and it tells me that it was installed successfully. I try to access it and I get the Verizon error message saying that unauthorized software was found and to shut the phone off and bring it to nearest vzw, Yea Ok!
So I'm lost at this point, anyone have any ideas? Thanks!
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Sorry meant SCH-I545
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kerimh40 said:
I am rooted on a mdk build. I was previously rooted and had twrp custom recovery. Ran bunch of roms then kinda got tired of messing around and always having to do a full wipe in order to try different roms so I uprooted and went back to stock completely.
It hasn't been a week and I already decided to go back to root and throw on a different rom. I rooted again, but am having a lot of trouble installing twrp and clockwork recoveries.
When I try goomanager I come to the screen to install the recovery and I get a "webpage not available" every time. When I try to do it manually I get a fail message. I just don't understand what I'm doing wrong.
Through clockwork, I install the recovery, and it tells me that it was installed successfully. I try to access it and I get the Verizon error message saying that unauthorized software was found and to shut the phone off and bring it to nearest vzw, Yea Ok!
So I'm lost at this point, anyone have any ideas? Thanks!
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Best way out of this.
Install CyanogenMod Installer on your desktop and plug your phone in. It will install cwm and custom rooted phone. As simple as that.
I did the same as you and this I found really easy and fast
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I tried that it says my device is not supported
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kerimh40 said:
I tried that it says my device is not supported
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What are you running at the moment?
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Version gs4
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What version of android?
4.3?
Touchwiz or Google?
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4.2.2
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What I would do personally then is download Kies on desktop and do a full system restore. I lost my Recovery by going from routed to stock and couldn't do anything at all.
This sorted it all out.
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Touchwiz
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Yea I downloaded and can't seem to find an option for a system restore
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Don't use goomamager. Try this. Sorry looked through your first post again.
Download a cwm recovery, go to recovery and flash it through there. If that doesn't work then see if you can find a 'flashable in Odin' ROM that confess with CWM that comes with it. Try that. That will definitely work.
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I would have done that but when I try and get in the stock recovery, I get the Verizon error messaging saying unsupported software. I can't get into stock recovery at all.
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kerimh40 said:
I would have done that but when I try and get in the stock recovery, I get the Verizon error messaging saying unsupported software. I can't get into stock recovery at all.
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Same issue I had. I just went into download mode and flashed a CWM through Odin. Or a ROM through Odin. Keep trying that maybe
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Any time I try to install recovery through Odin I get the fail message. Thanks for your help.
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Odin the stock firmware and start all over. Root, then use rom manager or goo manager to put in the custom recovery. Then get rid of the manager.

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