My N4 was on 4.2.1 and I managed to root it using the video guide here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sV355YEDzc8&list=FLym1yJ2TTTjBZbty0DrqsKQ&index=3). It worked fine and I was using Titanium Backup with root access.
Then my phone notified me of the 4.2.2 update so I installed it OTA. I thought I still had root because SuperSU was still there. However, when I load Titanium Backup it says:
"Sorry, I could not acquire root privileges. This application will *not* work! Please verify that your ROM is rooted, and try again. This attempt was made using the /system/xbin/su" command"
I then installed a Root Checker (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.joeykrim.rootcheck&feature=nav_result) which indicates "This device does not have proper root access".
My questions are
How do I regain root access in a way that doesn't cause a full wipe of my data?
Will I have to do this every time I apply an official Nexus update?
What is the best way to apply an official Nexus update maintaining root without having data wiped?
TIA
I personally use the toolkit and option four. Every time I install an update, I lose root, but the toolkit easily restores it each time.
Sent from my Nexus 4
I too lost my root when i got 4.2.2 OTA. I used WugFresh's toolkit and rerooted with it. I also flashed the CWM custom recovery, which I've read prompts you to keep your root after rebooting with an OTA update.
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heat361 said:
If you have cwm and you install any update that breaks root it will ask of you want to keep root when you choose to reboot the nexus 4.
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This must be about the 100th time someone posts this question.
Some of you clearly are too lazy to search or read
Read this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2145848.
Hi,
I got an update on my LG G2 D802 and i have ROOT, i downloaded SuperSU because someone told me that i can update my device with it, but i dont know how.
Can someone explain me how to use it? what should i do in the SuperSU to update my device?
Thank you.
Uh...i don't think supersu can update your device. All it does is handle root.
Gesendet von meinem LG-d802 mit Tapatalk
ckyy said:
Uh...i don't think supersu can update your device. All it does is handle root.
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But i saw that it have OTA Survival in the Settings.
Are you sure that i cant to update with it?
On my previous theard i asked if i can update, and someone told me that he updated his G2 with the SuperSU, but i dont know how to do this too..
itaylubo2 said:
But i saw that it have OTA Survival in the Settings.
Are you sure that i cant to update with it?
On my previous theard i asked if i can update, and someone told me that he updated his G2 with the SuperSU, but i dont know how to do this too..
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OTA survival means that when your carrier sends out an OTA update for your device, you should still have root afterwards. Normally without OTA survival you will lose root after updating. SuperSU has nothing to do with updates, it is simply a firewall between apps and the root of your device. :good:
If you have OTA survival turned on in SuperSU, AND you have stock recovery, then theoretically, you can do the OTA update and still have root when it's finished. But it isn't 100% successful.
Also OP...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2443934
souleman said:
If you have OTA survival turned on in SuperSU, AND you have stock recovery, then theoretically, you can do the OTA update and still have root when it's finished. But it isn't 100% successful.
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I have stock recovery, so i should turn on the OTA Survival in the SuperSU and to start to update?
I saw in the settings of the SuperUser that it have also OTA Survival, should i turn it on too?
Thank you.
DO NOT DO OTA'S IF YOU ROOTED. Period.
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DO NOT DO OTA'S IF YOU ROOTED. Period.
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I received an ota last night (whilst very drunk) . I have a rooted but otherwise completely stock rom with stock recovery and the ota installed without a problem and I remained rooted even though I hadn't set my superSU to maintain root. My system updated from 10a to 10f.
It would appear that an ota will install with root as long as you have stock recovery and have not made changes to the system partition. (apart from the su binary of course.)
bobsie41 said:
I received an ota last night (whilst very drunk) . I have a rooted but otherwise completely stock rom with stock recovery and the ota installed without a problem and I remained rooted even though I hadn't set my superSU to maintain root. My system updated from 10a to 10f.
It would appear that an ota will install with root as long as you have stock recovery and have not made changes to the system partition. (apart from the su binary of course.)
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Yes, but I like to keep things simple for people.
Recovery is what will get you, or a modified ROM. But.. Ah, it doesn't matter, people will do it anyway.
itaylubo2 said:
I have stock recovery, so i should turn on the OTA Survival in the SuperSU and to start to update?
I saw in the settings of the SuperUser that it have also OTA Survival, should i turn it on too?
Thank you.
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You shouldn't have SuperSU and SuperUser both on the phone. Remove one of them (probably SuperUser as it doesn't play well with some things).
It is recommended not to do an OTA if you are rooted. If you wait a few days, someone will have a flashable version of the OTA on here.
Having a modified stock rom very rarely causes any issues. It can, but it doesn't very often. 99% of the time, it's because someone is running a different recovery, and still blames it on the ROM. But unless your ready to flash it back to how it was when you opened the box, just wait a couple days.
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You shouldn't have SuperSU and SuperUser both on the phone. Remove one of them (probably SuperUser as it doesn't play well with some things).
It is recommended not to do an OTA if you are rooted. If you wait a few days, someone will have a flashable version of the OTA on here.
Having a modified stock rom very rarely causes any issues. It can, but it doesn't very often. 99% of the time, it's because someone is running a different recovery, and still blames it on the ROM. But unless your ready to flash it back to how it was when you opened the box, just wait a couple days.
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But i have stock recovery and stock ROM, it is matter?
I realy dont know what to do when the Kitkat 4.4 will comes...
itaylubo2 said:
But i have stock recovery and stock ROM, it is matter?
I realy dont know what to do when the Kitkat 4.4 will comes...
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To be safe you could always unroot your phone before updating since everything is stock you won't be losing much and you won't be taking any unnecessary chances. Plus the root might not stick with such a big update even with root survival so you might have to reroot it again after the update anyways.
This is pretty much the same thing everyone had already said, I don't think anyone here would tell you it's worth taking the risk -even if it's just a slight risk since you don't have a custom recovery installed- that will only be saving you the few minutes it'll take to reroot your phone.
Sent from Sprint LG G2
kcerica said:
To be safe you could always unroot your phone before updating since everything is stock you won't be losing much and you won't be taking any unnecessary chances. Plus the root might not stick with such a big update even with root survival so you might have to reroot it again after the update anyways.
This is pretty much the same thing everyone had already said, I don't think anyone here would tell you it's worth taking the risk -even if it's just a slight risk since you don't have a custom recovery installed- that will only be saving you the few minutes it'll take to reroot your phone.
Sent from Sprint LG G2
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How i Unroot my phone? just doing Factory Reset?
There should be an unroot option in the supersu settings
Sent from Sprint LG G2
itaylubo2 said:
How i Unroot my phone? just doing Factory Reset?
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Uninstall SuperUser, then in SuperSu there is an option to unroot the phone.
souleman said:
Uninstall SuperUser, then in SuperSu there is an option to unroot the phone.
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I downloaded SuperSU, and after i delete it.
and i did Reboot, and the Superuser dissapeard, but i still have ROOT, i can use Freedom, Market Unlocker and Auto Hide Soft Keys.
Now i downloaded SuperSU again, and i saw in the "Description" that the SuperUser should be removed when i download the SuperSU.
If i'll do Full Unroot from the SuperSU, it will work on LG G2 D802 with stock ROM&Recovery?
Thank you very much !!!
itaylubo2 said:
I downloaded SuperSU, and after i delete it.
and i did Reboot, and the Superuser dissapeard, but i still have ROOT, i can use Freedom, Market Unlocker and Auto Hide Soft Keys.
Now i downloaded SuperSU again, and i saw in the "Description" that the SuperUser should be removed when i download the SuperSU.
If i'll do Full Unroot from the SuperSU, it will work on LG G2 D802 with stock ROM&Recovery?
Thank you very much !!!
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Yup. Full Unroot in SuperSu will delete the files from the /system partition that give you access to root.
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Yup. Full Unroot in SuperSu will delete the files from the /system partition that give you access to root.
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It will work for 100%? In the Root Exporer, i search in the /system/bin for the "su" and i didnt found it, also i didnt found the SuperUser.apk in the /system/app, i can find only in the /system/xbin the "su" file.
It should be like this? because i saw some videos on Glalaxy Note 2 that he have all except the su file in the /system/xbin..
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It will work for 100%? In the Root Exporer, i search in the /system/bin for the "su" and i didnt found it, also i didnt found the SuperUser.apk in the /system/app, i can find only in the /system/xbin the "su" file.
It should be like this? because i saw some videos on Glalaxy Note 2 that he have all except the su file in the /system/xbin..
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There shouldn't be an su files after unroot. Is either superuser.apk or supersu.apk in either /system/app or /data/app?
I have rooted my G2(D802) in stock rom.
Will I still receive Official OTA update?
1. you will, but the device will refuse to install it because it's rooted
2. you will, the device will install it and your phone will only root to recovery (if you have custom recovery)
those are the only scenarios I know of.
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I have rooted my G2(D802) in stock rom.
Will I still receive Official OTA update?
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Yes the update can sill show up and after ignoring it a couple of times it will force itself to install and either a)if you have custom recovery you will bootloop and if you were using twrp there is a way to remove update or you will need to go Back to stock, b)if you have modified system, installed xposed or removed bloat it will refuse to install because those are things that can only be done with root and so will give message won't update because it's suspected of rooting and there are ways to make it so that it won't update but I don't remember
Sent from my LG-D800 running stock kk, rooted with philz using XDA app
I have CWM installed, but I am running stock, no root. I got the 5.0.2 update today and told it to apply. Didn't pay close enough attention on reboot, was asked something about applying something in recover and don't remember if I said yes or no, then prompted for adding root (both of those were in CWM Recovery) and I know I said no to root. After the reboot I was still running 4.4.4.
So I guess I am ready to just manually download and install. Can anyone help me make sure which thread I should be looking at for instructions? I just feel like I have looked at everything and am not confident I am doing the right things. Can I just download the image linked in the Stock OTA URLs thread, then install from recovery?
Installed CWM without Root? :/
Sent from my SM-N9005