I'm trying to migrate from 4.4.2 to at least 4.4.4 if not 5.0 while keeping root - all of this on a VZW S5. Every how-to I find says to install Safestrap as part of the process. I rooted with towelroot, SuperSU, and Root Checker is happy. The problem I'm having is Safestrap-KLTEVZW-NCG-3.75-B03 says it's doing the install, but the final state remains "Not Installed" and rebooting doesn't show the Safestrap splash screen. I have 4.4.2 NCG so I should be right with Safestrap but obviously that's not happening. Now what?
I tried B02 - ya never know... Now I know... no change. Feh.
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Yes, I have BusyBox installed, and granted Safestrap SU status.
I re-installed Safestrap from Playstore after reinstalling NCG (after trying yet another attempt to carry root to at least 4.4.4) and still no joy. BusyBox Pro is installed, and Safestrap seems to think it did the installation, but it also says state: not installed. ???
Bump.
The problem remains with 4.4.4. Safestrap goes through all the motions but doesn't state the install really happened.
Sigh... installing BusyBox via Play Store isn't enough. It kinda helps to run the internal install process, too. Duhhhh... Anyway, end of problem.
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I tried a couple of root apps, they didn't work. F***. Adaway and Music2SD. Both tell me that my rooted S4 isn't rooted. I have prerooted MF9, flashed via TWRP. It included SuperSU, with 1.1.3 binary (I think). Okay, after no search results I decided to do something on my own.
First, I opened SuperSU and told it to install itself as a system app. Then, I installed ChainsDD Superuser. That's when I found out my binary was out of date. I chose to update it via Superuser. For some reason or another, it said it didn't update. I went to app manager, cleared data and uninstalled updates for SuperSU. I updated it in the play store and opened it. Then, it told me my binary was out of date - woo! Wait.. normal method didn't work - "Installation Failed!" Okay, try TWRP/CWM method. It rebooted into recovery, flashed some stuff before I could read it, and restarted. Booted right back up. I opened Superuser and it said I was on v0. Went to ChainsDD's site and downloaded the 3.1.3 ARM to flash in recovery. I did that, still nothing. Now SuperSU and Superuser are permanently installed apps (I now have no root to delete them). Whatever. I ran CF-Auto-Root in Odin. After that, both SuperSU and Superuser were removed. I have nothing now.
My question is, what's the best way to get the latest binary on MF9? If i restore from Nandroid, how should I update? If I start from scratch, what binary will I get from CF-Auto-Root?
UPDATE: I'm back to rooted, with SuperSU. I got the update binary notice and chose the normal method. It updated just fine, but I still can't use Adaway or Music2SD. Superuser by ChainsDD still shows v0.. all of my normal apps have root access just fine.
FIX!: My ignorance is to blame here - XPrivacy blocks root access by default on Adaway and Music2SD... I didn't realize it did that!
So, against my better judgment, I installed the newest OTA update. I was running rooted 4.4 stock. I unrooted via the SuperSU options and installed the OTA to 4.4.2. Then I booted in recovery mode, loaded TWRP from a command prompt, and flashed SuperSU 1.80. Flash successful. BUT, then I rebooted the phone and it gave me the "Upgrading Android" notification again, just like it did when I first installed the OTA update. Then--no root. I'm assuming that it is undoing my root as soon as I reboot the phone. I tried re-flashing SuperSU and clearing the cache/dalvik before rebooting, but same result.
Help? Ideas? Alternatively, is there any decent firewall out there that doesn't require root, since that's all I need it for?
Howdy,
I am stuck and not sure what to do at this point. I have rooted this phone in the past with no problems with TowelRoot and I do not think anything has changed. I had JasmineRom installed but then I mucked up my SafeStrap install so I had to restore with Odin.
This is what I have done:
1) Flashed phone with NC4 firmware from: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2524572
2) Used the HLTE_USA_VZW_32G.pit file as well
3) Let Odin complete until it reached "Pass" state.
4) Pulled battery (as phone was stuck at the VZW logo), and booted into recovery mode then did a factory reset.
5) Booted phone fully.
6) Installed TowelRoot, BusyBox, SuperSU. TowelRoot said it worked. Neither SuperSU nor BusyBox will get me anywhere. By this I mean BusyBox complains about permissions and SuperSU eventually gets to the Disable Knox prompt but fails to do so then closes out. Check Root says device is not rooted. SafeStrap also fails of course, reports no root and busybox is not installed.
7) I did a factor reset from System. Let this completed and repeated the steps in 7) but with the same results.
I looked at TowelRoot thread, while I have not taken any additional updates after restoring with Odin, I do see that the dev has left his project to work for Google and fix such exploits. However, looking at other threads looks like people are still rooting with success so not sure what to think or what to try at this point.
Happy to provide any additional information if requested.
Thanks!
I think I may have boned myself a bit. I had kitkat 4.4.2 stock rom rooted with stumproot, and I did the OTA upgrade to lollipop. Not suprisingly, apps that need root no longer work. I installed rootchecker and it reports no root access. I installed stumproot again and it says that the device is already rooted. When I open supersu is says there is no supersu binary installed and it cannot install it.
What are my options on how to re-root my phone?
I just got this S5, baseband G900VVRU2AOI1. In the same developer rom I think @FancyPantsu posted about but I don't know if it's from the same source or the exact same phone model. It was flashed on odin, COMBINATION_VZW_FA44_G900VVRU2APA1_VZW2APA1_2572656_REV00_user_mid_noship_MULTI_CERT.tar.md5.
It has CID 11 so I know the bootloader is locked but I'm trying to get around it as it seems from tutorials I'm reading that it's possible. I installed kingroot and it's rooted successfully according to rootcheck, busybox is also installed without problems. But the point where my phone won't follow the tutorials is that I can't seem to make a supersu user. When I open it and try to update the binary, and press normal recovery, it goes for like 30 seconds before saying it failed and I need to reboot. Which I've done over and over and can't get it to work. I've tried flashing a SuperSu zip, still no changes. I'm trying to install safestrap eventually, but when I do it goes to 100% quickly, says install successfull but never activates. I also installed selinuxmodechanger and made sure it's set to passive. There was another solution I saw, that involved Kingo Superuser and removing root in the settings, but it didn't have the permissions.
As I understand it so far, I'm stuck in this circle. Like safestrap requires su binary to install, su binary requires safestrap to install, and any way to get one of those two requires the other first. Is there anything I'm missing or should try? It'd be much appreciated!
anyone there?