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How to confirm I have unrooted?

Okay unfortunately 5 mins after rooting my phone I noticed my replacement Vibrant has a bad screen. I used the one-click program to root, so I did the same thing to unroot. I downloaded ROM Manager after I unrooted to confirm the phone was unrooted and ROM Manager seems to think so (it told me to root my phone).
However, I am wondering if there is any way to *confirm* my phone has been unrooted (i.e. manually look for the root files and make sure they are not there)? I ask because I reset my phone to factory settings after unrooting, but updated.zip and chromemod folder were still present when I looked under files, which sort of scared me into thinking T-Mobile may be able to detect I had rooted.
Thanks for all the help and wish me luck for my *third* Vibrant.

DarkAgent said:
Okay unfortunately 5 mins after rooting my phone I noticed my replacement Vibrant has a bad screen. I used the one-click program to root, so I did the same thing to unroot. I downloaded ROM Manager after I unrooted to confirm the phone was unrooted and ROM Manager seems to think so (it told me to root my phone).
However, I am wondering if there is any way to *confirm* my phone has been unrooted (i.e. manually look for the root files and make sure they are not there)? I ask because I reset my phone to factory settings after unrooting, but updated.zip and chromemod folder were still present when I looked under files, which sort of scared me into thinking T-Mobile may be able to detect I had rooted.
Thanks for all the help and wish me luck for my *third* Vibrant.
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You can test this to un-root.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/pyg5sypm9qto7rw/Galaxysroot.apk
I wrote it today. with help.
its posted on another thread.

Erm.. couldn't you just download Terminal Emulator (if it already isn't installed) and type in: "su" (without quotations)

zephiK said:
Erm.. couldn't you just download Terminal Emulator (if it already isn't installed) and type in: "su" (without quotations)
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^^I second this, if you are not rooted, you will get a "su not found" type of error.
Also in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=728471 you will find
How to unroot
su
rm -r /system/app/Superuser.apk
rm -r /system/xbin/busybox
rm -r /system/bin/su
you could also do it from adb.

rhcp0112345 thanks for the app but I think the su way sounds easier.
Thanks zephiK and d_bot! I did the su thing and got a "su not found" error so I guess I am good.

Lakjin said:
rhcp0112345 thanks for the app but I think the su way sounds easier.
Thanks zephiK and d_bot! I did the su thing and got a "su not found" error so I guess I am good.
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Yep, no su, no root

New to Andriod, sry for noob question, What are the benefits to Root, What changes on your phone??

30Glock said:
New to Andriod, sry for noob question, What are the benefits to Root, What changes on your phone??
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Well, I know there will probably be a lot of people freaking out on me, but from how I use my phone the only use I've had so far is using cachemate to clear cache, and possibly modding the look of the os. I personally used to it to remove the annoying tmo boot and shutdown sounds/video.

30Glock said:
New to Andriod, sry for noob question, What are the benefits to Root, What changes on your phone??
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Welcome to Android 30Glock
the main benefit of rooting is to be able to remove bloat-ware. Bloatware plagues the vibrant. Besides that there are other things you can do like custom roms(not many for the vibrant but they will come), with custom roms comes custom themes, also you can increase you cpu frequency. There are a few awesome apps out there that require root (Titanium Backup).
Basically think of it as you have just been given a new windows machine at work, and the admin gave you User permissions, so yeah you can do some cool stuff, but to really get in and have some fun you need admin permissions. To root/unroot this phone it is jaw dropping easy! Thank you samsung. Thank you DEVS!

Install Root Explorer and try to navigate to your system folder.

Moved to general section.

So what to do when I'm temp-rooted?

After having the phone for 3 weeks, today i finally temp-rooted.
Only because I needed to edit the root folder so that I can use ad-hoc internet, which stock android phones can't find. Well now it works and it feels pretty cool!
what else can I do now while I am temp rooted?

thunder9111 said:
After having the phone for 3 weeks, today i finally temp-rooted.
Only because I needed to edit the root folder so that I can use ad-hoc internet, which stock android phones can't find. Well now it works and it feels pretty cool!
what else can I do now while I am temp rooted?
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Get rid of the annoying stock apps that come with the phone

i was trying to do that just now, but when i was in the application manager the uninstall button was still darkened out..
am I supposed to go to the superuser app and give it access first?
will uninstalling those stock apps have any effects? i still plan on continuing to use the stock htc sense rom as i see nth wrong with it.

No point because you're temp rooted, after a reboot.. they come back.
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true. found that out the hard way.
sucks, even the wpa_supplicant that i editted will go back to the original which means i will lose adhoc again.
now everytime i want to use adhoc i will have to temp-root, then use root explorer to edit the wpa_supplicant.
since i used visionary to temproot and it has the permroot option, would doing so allow me to save all my file settings after root explorer?
would the permroot still be revertable using the unroot option?
all this for ad-hoc internet

thunder9111 said:
true. found that out the hard way.
sucks, even the wpa_supplicant that i editted will go back to the original which means i will lose adhoc again.
now everytime i want to use adhoc i will have to temp-root, then use root explorer to edit the wpa_supplicant.
since i used visionary to temproot and it has the permroot option, would doing so allow me to save all my file settings after root explorer?
would the permroot still be revertable using the unroot option?
all this for ad-hoc internet
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If you're going to 'perm-root' then don't use visionary. Use the Gfree method, it's the most current and safest. I don't have the link to the G2 wiki right now but Google should find it for you. Rooting with Gfree is at the bottom section of the wiki.

I would use this method as it seems to be the quickess and user friendly one
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=928160

noodles2224 said:
No point because you're temp rooted, after a reboot.. they come back.
Sent from my T-Mobile G2 using Tapatalk
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I'm curious, even if you're only temp rooted, wouldn't remounting /system rw make any changes permanent?

noodles2224 said:
No point because you're temp rooted, after a reboot.. they come back.
Sent from my T-Mobile G2 using Tapatalk
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Oh thats there was a way to disable them though so they wouldn't show up or even get ran. If memory serves you would go into terminal emulator, cd to the system/app directory, and then you would pm disable the apks that you didnt want

tan-ce said:
I'm curious, even if you're only temp rooted, wouldn't remounting /system rw make any changes permanent?
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No. It's been a while since I've even thought about NAND locks and stuff but basically the system is protected from permanent changes unless the proper key is used. When you reboot your phone the system is compared to an image of it stored on the NAND and any changes are overwritten - sort of like a system restore on windows except it's automatic at every boot. That's how I understand it working from my memory.

KCRic said:
When you reboot your phone the system is compared to an image of it stored on the NAND and any changes are overwritten - sort of like a system restore on windows except it's automatic at every boot.
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So do I correctly assume that s-off removes the locks?
Edit: Never mind the question, some searching paid off. Answer is yes.

no temp root ?

hey
is someone working on temp root for tf ?
just wanna change few things in the tablet so i dont need perm root

+1 this would be great for me too.

With the newer firmware, no. With the ones that allow you to root, just stop as soon as you get the root prompt (#), and thats temproot.
The newer firmware fixes the exploits that used to enable temproot

Tortel1210 said:
With the newer firmware, no. With the ones that allow you to root, just stop as soon as you get the root prompt (#), and thats temproot.
The newer firmware fixes the exploits that used to enable temproot
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Does this mean zero chances of this happening or just hasn't happened yet?

Well, no. You can root, do whatever the hell you want, and then unroot.

goodintentions said:
Well, no. You can root, do whatever the hell you want, and then unroot.
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How would you unroot? Manually delete the su.apk and busybox?

ccb1208 said:
How would you unroot? Manually delete the su.apk and busybox?
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remount /system rw
delete /system/app/Superuser.apk
delete /system/xbin/su
reboot

Or you could just leave it rooted like any sane person would do...

Gary13579 said:
Or you could just leave it rooted like any sane person would do...
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I would if I wasn't planning on selling mine...

ccb1208 said:
I would if I wasn't planning on selling mine...
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I made an extra 50 bucks selling my HP Touchpad because I sold the fact that I had added Android onto it. i see it as a benefit to the next buyer.

i815 unroot?

Seriously thinking of taking the plunge and rooting my Verizon i815, but would like the comfort level of knowing I can revert if necessary.
Since it isn't possible to reload stock firmware with KIES or Odin, is it possible to manually unroot and *fully* restore to stock (including removal of any extra softlinks, rolling back busybox version, etc.)?
Thanks,
Rodney

I need your help
Hi,
I'm struggling solve a problem with my i815 recently,
The status bar just disappeared with fc systemui.apk after i installed a status bar theme.
So can you please send me below files from your system?
You can access to root with rootexplorer or some sort of app.
from /System/app/
AlarmClock.apk
Calculator.apk
Calendar.apk
MiniDialerTabService.apk
MiniEmailService.apk
MiniMessageService.apk
MiniMusicService.apk
MiniTaskcloserService.apk
p8_mini_penmemo.apk
SamsungWidget_WeatherClock.apk
SystemUI.apk
WorldClock.apk
/System/font/
AndroidClock.ttf
AndroidClock_Highlight.ttf
AndroidClock_Solid.ttf
You can just copy them to your desktop, zip, and send to [email protected]
I really need your help.
I will definitely tell you once I find out the way to unroot.
Thank you.

Well, given that I have to root to get those files, and I'd rather not root until I'm sure there's a way back, you may have to wait a bit for this. ;-)
Rodney

rhester72 said:
Well, given that I have to root to get those files, and I'd rather not root until I'm sure there's a way back, you may have to wait a bit for this. ;-)
Rodney
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search for ginger break it unroots any thing , tried on several tabs and it worked (Warning : don't use it to root , just to unroot )

N900vvrubmje ?

Has anyone received N900VVRUBMJE yet?

Not yet. I wonder if it will break root and the free Wi-Fi tethering
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iceman6996 said:
Not yet. I wonder if it will break root and the free Wi-Fi tethering
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One of the mentioned updates on the little graphic for the update was "Mobile Hotspot reliability has been improved" , so I'll be very surprised if the Home button trick still works

I'm very much looking forward to better Cellular reliability. With MJ7, I often can't make a call. No signal whatsoever. If I change to MI9, I have much better reception and reliability. Not great but much better. I'm hoping MJE will be great. Fingers crossed!

What home button trick? Sorry for the noobiness...

MrWilliams2 said:
What home button trick? Sorry for the noobiness...
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When you start the mobile hotspot and youre not subscribed it pulls up an error box telling you to subscribe. You just hit the home button and it goes away and the hotspot still stays on and works

NeoMagus said:
When you start the mobile hotspot and youre not subscribed it pulls up an error box telling you to subscribe. You just hit the home button and it goes away and the hotspot still stays on and works
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Even if VZW fixes Hot Spot, there is a Tether patch available that will allow the hot spot to bypass the subscription check. Runandhide05 made up a .zip yesterday for the N2 running 4.3 and it works flawless.

Does this zip work for non-root, or only rooted N3s?
Cheers,
B.D.

droidstyle said:
Even if VZW fixes Hot Spot, there is a Tether patch available that will allow the hot spot to bypass the subscription check. Runandhide05 made up a .zip yesterday for the N2 running 4.3 and it works flawless.
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Have a link to this zip? apparently the update did kill the home button bypass

Did you get the update?
NeoMagus said:
Have a link to this zip? apparently the update did kill the home button bypass
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I got it a few minutes ago. Too soon to tell if there are any improvements.

I took the ota with root survival mode checked on the Super su pro app and kept root just fine..I first unistalled xposed and modules, defrosted the bloat I had froze with titanium, checked ota survival mode with Super SU Pro (Paid Version) while keeping root enabled, Rebooted, took OTA and it works fine while maintaining root.....to early to notice any improvements but I have notice spell checker is enabled on the Samsung keyboard...+1!
Sent from my VZW Note3..ha..ha..

I get an error while its trying to update on my stock slot following jankers method
Sent from my SM-N900V using Tapatalk

NeoMagus said:
One of the mentioned updates on the little graphic for the update was "Mobile Hotspot reliability has been improved" , so I'll be very surprised if the Home button trick still works
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It will not work since the patch is tied into the frame work. Will need a dev to pull the update and apply the patch.

So I can enable keep root and safely update?
Sent from my SM-N900V

droidstyle said:
It will not work since the patch is tied into the frame work. Will need a dev to pull the update and apply the patch.
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Modded it already, its been tested and confirmed working by open1your1eyes0. Download here
you have to rename it to framework-res.apk.
Edit: I assume you know you have to either flash this with a zip or copy it to /system first then change its permissions to rw-r--r-- (chmod 644) and then MOVE it to /system/framework and overwrite framework-res.apk (remember must rename N3-framework-res.apk to framework-res.apk prior to this step)
Simply copy and pasting will cause you to boot loop so instead move it to /system first and change the permissions then and only then move it to /system/framework/ and overwrite the original

Surge1223 said:
Modded it already, its been tested and confirmed working by open1your1eyes0. Download here
you have to rename it to framework-res.apk.
Edit: I assume you know you have to either flash this with a zip or copy it to /system first then change its permissions to rw-r--r-- (chmod 644) and then MOVE it to /system/framework and overwrite framework-res.apk (remember must rename N3-framework-res.apk to framework-res.apk prior to this step)
Simply copy and pasting will cause you to boot loop so instead move it to /system first and change the permissions then and only then move it to /system/framework/ and overwrite the original
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Thanks for this. How would I modify my own file instead of copying yours?

Surge1223 said:
Modded it already, its been tested and confirmed working by open1your1eyes0. Download here
you have to rename it to framework-res.apk.
Edit: I assume you know you have to either flash this with a zip or copy it to /system first then change its permissions to rw-r--r-- (chmod 644) and then MOVE it to /system/framework and overwrite framework-res.apk (remember must rename N3-framework-res.apk to framework-res.apk prior to this step)
Simply copy and pasting will cause you to boot loop so instead move it to /system first and change the permissions then and only then move it to /system/framework/ and overwrite the original
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Worked great! Thanks!!!

Surge1223 said:
Modded it already, its been tested and confirmed working by open1your1eyes0. Download here
you have to rename it to framework-res.apk.
Edit: I assume you know you have to either flash this with a zip or copy it to /system first then change its permissions to rw-r--r-- (chmod 644) and then MOVE it to /system/framework and overwrite framework-res.apk (remember must rename N3-framework-res.apk to framework-res.apk prior to this step)
Simply copy and pasting will cause you to boot loop so instead move it to /system first and change the permissions then and only then move it to /system/framework/ and overwrite the original
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Thanks for posting this, you kick ass! I have one question, I thought that KNOX worked in such a way that modifying anything in System could result in bad news for the KNOX fuse.. Just wanted to confirm, this didn't trip it on your device and shouldn't on mine?
Thanks again for posting this.

razzbaronz said:
Thanks for this. How would I modify my own file instead of copying yours?
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Modify framework-res.apk with apktool
bschrib said:
Thanks for posting this, you kick ass! I have one question, I thought that KNOX worked in such a way that modifying anything in System could result in bad news for the KNOX fuse.. Just wanted to confirm, this didn't trip it on your device and shouldn't on mine?
Thanks again for posting this.
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Didnt trip it. You should be good
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