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Having issues unrooting!

I'm using flipz 1.56 RUU and for some reason, when it tells me to connect the phone to the PC, it says it cannot be found. I usually use a MAC to connect my Hero and all sorts of stuff, and I just found a PC to be able to unroot. What seems to be the issue? I know the phone is connected because I can look at it's folders and such.

BOOGIE_BOTZ said:
I'm using flipz 1.56 RUU and for some reason, when it tells me to connect the phone to the PC, it says it cannot be found. I usually use a MAC to connect my Hero and all sorts of stuff, and I just found a PC to be able to unroot. What seems to be the issue? I know the phone is connected because I can look at it's folders and such.
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I'm having this EXACT same issue... But, if you can look at its folders, go into the notifications and set it to "charge only" and make sure USB debugging is enabled.

You need to install HTC Sync on the PC in order to use the RUU.

mrinehart93 said:
You need to install HTC Sync on the PC in order to use the RUU.
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Yup, you beat me to it mrinehart hahaha. =]

Grrr...oh well unrooting I stay

Am about to unroot so I can take my Hero in to sprint, I have dust under the screen. Anyone want to point out the best (easiest) way to unroot?
I seen a post where it could be done by just sdcard, would that or using the kitchen be the best way to go?
I am running a 2.1 ROM.
Thanks!

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=6070797#post6070797
Method 1 is dead simple

Just 5 steps?? WoW
I looked for a little bit today at work and could not find anything this easy. LOL
Anyone tested this?
1. Download the following file: http://www.multiupload.com/Q3RMV5MTRF
2. place in /root of SD card
3. Reboot phone into HBoot mode, by holding Volume Down
4. Press action (the trackball) when prompted
5. Reboot phone

while i havent done it, so cant confirm, the unroot from sd does seem to be the most foolproof way to do it. all their going to look for is the correct recovery.img and stock feel, so it only makes sense

Cool, Thanks!! I am going to give this a try (15 mins before I run in to sprint) I am going to hate to go with about my custom rom and add the added stuff I get with root!

chaos67731 said:
Just 5 steps?? WoW
I looked for a little bit today at work and could not find anything this easy. LOL
Anyone tested this?
1. Download the following file: http://www.multiupload.com/Q3RMV5MTRF
2. place in /root of SD card
3. Reboot phone into HBoot mode, by holding Volume Down
4. Press action (the trackball) when prompted
5. Reboot phone
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Well i wrote the guide and I just literally did this method this afternoon
and to be fair the last two steps aren't really anything much at all...

rt1oo said:
Well i wrote the guide and I just literally did this method this afternoon
and to be fair the last two steps aren't really anything much at all...
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What's HBoot?

BOOGIE_BOTZ said:
What's HBoot?
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HBoot is recovery mode, When you power up the phone holding down the volume button.

{EDIT} Still not sure what the problem was. But I ran the older kitchen and tried the rooter and it worked just jine. {edit}
OK, I did the 5 little steps and then I went to kitchen to root my phone again..
I phone reboots and when I try to go to HBoot so I can nandroid a backup I have I get this screen.
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Anyone know what the problem is?

OTA Update: 1.32.651.6

Stock rom, non-rooted: This OTA update pops up out of nowhere
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Have not yet installed. Trying to find the ZIP on my phone.
Anyone know where the update ZIP downloads to? If we install this update will we be unable to root?

Maybe a fix for the SD card glitch?

Yea that's what most people are saying.

if it only fixes microSD card issue then you shouldn't loose ROOT..
but who's gonna try first??

DO NOT INSTALL THE UPDATE!
https://twitter.com/unrevoked
There's an OTA update we just got on the #EVO that breaks the root. Don't install it if you want to root.
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theres gotta be another way to root afte applying the update

it is the sd card glitch fix they told us about it yesterday in our meeting

sd card glitch is rare
i've had the EVO (from I/O) and have only rarely seen this SD card glitch. if it happens i close out the camera app (kill it with a task manager) and then reopen it and it works fine. like i said, has only happened 2-3 times in the past two weeks.
if the OTA update kills root i'd rather wait otherwise if it can still be rooted with the sd card issue fixed then i'll run the ota update

i got that Update soon i turnt my phone on. soon i check for PRI updates and etc etc when you first turn the phone on it said no frimware was found. Then 5secs later a update pops up

this is off topic, but does rooting void the warranty?

Unlike the nexus one, which has some sort of hardware fuse or something when you first root, you can get the EVO back to pure stock form.

It is an update to fix the memory card issue. To read all about it go the Engadget.

I have tried to apply the OTA update because I have had numerous sdcard issues that are more annoying than not having root (for the moment). The update will not apply. It starts to apply the update and then the screen displays a red ? and then reboots. Checking the software version and it remains the 1.32.651.1 version.
Has anyone actually tried this and gotten it to work?

pingpongboss said:
Stock rom, non-rooted: This OTA update pops up out of nowhere
Have not yet installed. Trying to find the ZIP on my phone.
Anyone know where the update ZIP downloads to? If we install this update will we be unable to root?
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All OTA downloads go to your SD card in a file called Downloads by default. Look there.

chippillie said:
All OTA downloads go to your SD card in a file called Downloads by default. Look there.
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Oops, hate to be bringing back a dead topic, but the update file is in fact not in /sdcard/downloads
I just had the phone download the OTA again. It must be stored elsewhere.

pingpongboss said:
DO NOT INSTALL THE UPDATE!
https://twitter.com/unrevoked
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sorry but that's incorrect. From a person who HAS updated, my unrevoked root is working perfectly fine, as well as my awesome free wireless tether.

I was able to flash this zip (Supersonic_1.32.651.6_rooted.zip) from recovery over my existing Supersonic_1.32.651.1 ROM. I can confirm my system reports software version .6, and all is working. I am still able to sudo.. tethering and root explorer work great!

Geosama said:
sorry but that's incorrect. From a person who HAS updated, my unrevoked root is working perfectly fine, as well as my awesome free wireless tether.
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You quoted some old news. The guys behind Unrevoked has already patched their root method.

Has anyone noticed a decreased 3G connection speed after the OTA update and/or PRL update?
My first few days was consistently getting 1200kbps down and 1000kbps up in 3g. After these two updates... 800kbps down and 800 up. Seems pretty consistent and stabilized... pisses me off... thinking about taking it back and NOT updating PRL. is there a way to roll back?

I keep reading different answers and its rather confusing. Is it safe to install the OTA update 1.32.651.6 or not?

s4 mf3 root permission denied

Okay, so yes I am a new guy, I have rooted my previous phones though. I have an s4 with the mf3 build, tried rooting it with the sd card (2g) formatted as exfat via Windows 7, also tried in disc manager in Windows. Copied Un zipped files over to card (card was in a card reader) and put it into my phone. Opened terminal, and on ./pwn I get the "permission denied" like everyone that Trys to do it in fat32. I tried to run ./pwn couple of times in a row to no success. Any ideas?

how about trying the root methods listed in the general section

....I did, from what I see there is only one method of doing it on mf3, which is the way I did it, to the t....

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foxmxrcer said:
....I did, from what I see there is only one method of doing it on mf3, which is the way I did it, to the t....
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ah, but see, i had no way of knowing which carrier you were on, let alone what firmware you were running. that's the kind of information you should be posting in your OP.
have you researched the MF3 root thread to see if your answer is within those pages?

This is the att s4 section, and it says mf3 right in the title. Yes I have looked through the threads, tried everything I found with no luck. 99% of the time the answer to my problem is "format your sd card to exfat", but seeing as I am formatted in exfat, that solution does not apply. I'm curious if att did something else with the phone to block this method because I literally just got the phone (refurbished) on Friday, shipped from att.

foxmxrcer said:
This is the att s4 section, and it says mf3 right in the title. Yes I have looked through the threads, tried everything I found with no luck. 99% of the time the answer to my problem is "format your sd card to exfat", but seeing as I am formatted in exfat, that solution does not apply. I'm curious if att did something else with the phone to block this method because I literally just got the phone (refurbished) on Friday, shipped from att.
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I am in a similar boat to you. I got a new AT&T S4 to me after the OTA update. I have followed every single step in the new method for rooting the S4 on the MF3 OTA; nothing.
My SD card is definitely formatted to the correct format - even tried multiple cards.
Can't find a fix anywhere.

FourPointedFreak said:
I am in a similar boat to you. I got a new AT&T S4 to me after the OTA update. I have followed every single step in the new method for rooting the S4 on the MF3 OTA; nothing.
My SD card is definitely formatted to the correct format - even tried multiple cards.
Can't find a fix anywhere.
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At least I'm not alone haha

I would make sure you're working in the right directory. My previous phone's /sdcard was actually the external SD card (as expected). The SGS4 /sdcard is internal storage.
tl;dr make sure you have the files in /mnt/extSdCard and not /sdcard or /mnt/sdcard.

Verizon support and protection - Software on this device has been modified?

I updated a few days ago to mje and had to Reroot my phone. Anyways since then I've been getting this alert in the notification bar. It appears to be a legit vzw app. When I click it, it asks me to scan my phone for malicious stuff. I froze it yesterday and it stopped but I wasn't sure if it's something worth keeping. Anybody else getting this?
MJC

Wow am I the only one?
I had un froze it last night and scanned with it. But last night I had some major battery drain, I look at the stats and this app was at the top with 53%. So I froze it again and won't be un freezing.
MJC

Yeah, if your rooted you definitely need to get rid of that program. Because superuser is a system modification, and it is detecting it as such.
♢NoteIII♢

I've been getting this nonstop since I rooted about an 3 hours ago. I wanted to avoid freezing any apps (cuz I forget later when OTAs come up and don't want to flash/wipe jus to fix it) is there any other ways to fix it? I'm sure other people are getting this when rooting.

Actually, there is. there's a new xposed mod called RootCloak. It's available in the xposed installer download section. What happens is once you activate it, you choose which APK's you want to hide superuser from. It keeps that app from knowing your phone is rooted. I use it for Flixster , because currently Flixster will not stream movies onto a rooted phone. I just found it and it works like a champ!
♢NoteIII♢

I installed root cloak but I don't see that app listed on it, at least not under the same name. Anyone know what I should select to cloak it?
MJC

Do you have tibu? I'll answer as if you just said yes. (I'm sure there are other ways to do this, but this is what I got)
I don't have this app, so I will use Backup Assistant plus as an example. In titanium backup go to the app, and click on it
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"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
In the window that pops up, click here
Another window will pop up, giving you the package name. This is what you will add
♢NoteIII♢

LeftyGR said:
Do you have tibu? I'll answer as if you just said yes. (I'm sure there are other ways to do this, but this is what I got)
I don't have this app, so I will use Backup Assistant plus as an example. In titanium backup go to the app, and click on it
♢NoteIII♢
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Never had this issues but I still learned something from the way you explained this. Thanks bud!!
Take a sec and hit thanks if I helped or if you're in a good mood!

Thanks
Com.asurion.android.verizon.vms
I set it up and restarted phone but it still showed modified. I closed it and opened it again and now it's shows device is working normal.
MJC

Chillout2010 said:
I updated a few days ago to mje and had to Reroot my phone. Anyways since then I've been getting this alert in the notification bar. It appears to be a legit vzw app. When I click it, it asks me to scan my phone for malicious stuff. I froze it yesterday and it stopped but I wasn't sure if it's something worth keeping. Anybody else getting this?
MJC
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That happened to me also just uninstall as long as Knox still says 0×0 your OK.
Retail N3

Chillout2010 said:
I updated a few days ago to mje and had to Reroot my phone. Anyways since then I've been getting this alert in the notification bar. It appears to be a legit vzw app. When I click it, it asks me to scan my phone for malicious stuff. I froze it yesterday and it stopped but I wasn't sure if it's something worth keeping. Anybody else getting this?
MJC
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I got this last night too, hasn't popped up since, I'm 100% stock (for now) and unrooted
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Unable to create new folders or save anything to the internal memory

So ill try to put all the other information that's important here.
I tried flashing the Stock rom back to this phone through TWRP and I feel like I've flashed it about 8 times now. It comes up normally and I can go through the setup wizard and when I hit the home screen I tired getting Adaway. When I tried to download the apk to my phone and I try to choose a save location it keeps saying that I can't find a save location. Then I tried opening up the file manager and tried creating a new folder it says that the operation cant be performed. I have plenty of storage available on my 6T and I cant see what I'm doing wrong. I've flashed and reflashed both TWPR and the Stock ROM both Beta and official and I still run into the same issue. Is anyone able to lend a hand? Thank you in advance!
Edit: Fixed it!

I get this anytime I try to download anything to my PHONE. SD card not found
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"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
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Coolaaron88 said:
I get this anytime I try to download anything to my PHONE. SD card not found
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Format Data in TWRP
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Mannan Qamar said:
Format Data in TWRP
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Let me try that and I’ll report back
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Coolaaron88 said:
So ill try to put all the other information that's important here.
I tried flashing the Stock rom back to this phone through TWRP and I feel like I've flashed it about 8 times now. It comes up normally and I can go through the setup wizard and when I hit the home screen I tired getting Adaway. When I tried to download the apk to my phone and I try to choose a save location it keeps saying that I can't find a save location. Then I tried opening up the file manager and tried creating a new folder it says that the operation cant be performed. I have plenty of storage available on my 6T and I cant see what I'm doing wrong. I've flashed and reflashed both TWPR and the Stock ROM both Beta and official and I still run into the same issue. Is anyone able to lend a hand? Thank you in advance!
Edit: Fixed it!
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Hi, I'm facing same issue. Flashed many times stock ROM on both slots, and can't write any file or create folder.
How did you fixed it?

2be3_80 said:
Hi, I'm facing same issue. Flashed many times stock ROM on both slots, and can't write any file or create folder.
How did you fixed it?
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As stated before enter twrp and format data/ factory reset. Something went wrong and your date was encrypted.

bladestonez said:
As stated before enter twrp and format data/ factory reset. Something went wrong and your date was encrypted.
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Actually my data was encrypted but accessible through twrp. I did format data, couldn't boot system, but then I wiped data and it worked.
Thanks

Thanks!
bladestonez said:
As stated before enter twrp and format data/ factory reset. Something went wrong and your date was encrypted.
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I ran into this same issue and this fixed it for me!