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ummmm...hello xda devs and members. i am a noob on these forums regarding development of the android OS. i managed to installed racht's floyo v0.30 after a lot of difficulties.
i have root explorer v2.15 installed on the custom rom. before yesterday everything was alright, i could browse and change the permissions of files easily. how ever yesterday in the evening i found out that my gallery wasnt displaying any of my cam pics. so via root explorer i browsed to the DCIM folder and saw that Owner r/w/e permission wasnt enabled. i tried to enable but i got a message saying that permission change was unsuccessful as sd card does not allow it, or something similar. so i updated and installed the official android 2.1 eclair via SEUS. the problem still persists. please help me
um, did you wipe the userdata in xrec/cwm ?
if not, try that.
if you did, all i can suggest is back up the content and format the card.
(that said i'm no expert so maybe someone else will have better solutions.)
before installing rom i performed factory reset through xrecovery and i also tried formatting the sd card. but no use. are u saying that i should try factory reset in phone settings. please reply ASAP
oh, no, just in recovery , but if you've done that, and you've tried formatting the sdcard, idk, perhaps try reinstalling the rom now that you've formatted the sdcard?
if that doesn't do it, y'need someone with more experience than me, heh.
hmmmm...maybe i should try again. and i was wondering if i can use a different sd card(not the one that came with my phone) but if i do so on my custom rom will i brick my phone or something
no, switching sd card won't brick the phone.
also, you could try a more recent version of root explorer and see if that helps.
thanks for the replies. i will try root explorer v2.17 and give updates. please subscribe to this thread so if i face any further problems with this you can help me out.
If can help....
you should explorer more on the forum
anyway, get latest flash tool, adb shell, baseband 015, unlock bootloader, custom kernel, custom Rom which is compatible with your custom Rom.
NOTE: USE THE SEARCH BUTTON ON TOP RIGHT OF THIS PAGE.
flash 015 baseband using flash tool, reboot, install busybox, xrecovery, #unlock bootloader (CAREFUL), reboot, flash custom kernel#, install custom rom. done.
NOTE: CAN SKIP STEP WITH ## QUOTE IF YOU ARE UNEASY WHAT YOU ARE DOING, PHONE WILL NOT BE SMOOTH AS PHONE WITH UNLOCKED BOOTLOADER AND WITH CUSTOM KERNEL, SAFETY FIRST .
IF GOT PROBLEM, REFLASH/UPDATE USING SEUS(GOOGLE), USING FLASHTOOL INSTALL BUSYBOX, XRECOVERY. REBOOT INTO RECOVERY, MOUNT SYSTEM, PLUG IN ADB CABLE TO PC (ENABLE USE DEBUG FIRST ADB AND INSTALL DRIVER), CMD, ADB SHELL, TYPE IN:
1. SU
2. BUSYBOX
3. DMESG
(SEARCH FORUM FIRST IF DON'T UNDERSTAND)
1. FLASHTOOL, SU IMPROPER INSTALLED
2. FLASHTOOL, BUSYBOX IMPROPER INSTALLED
3. KERNEL, SEUS AGAIN
IF ANY IF THE COMMAND YOU HAVE ENTERED SHOW ERROR, BLANKS(ENABLE USB DEBUG OR DRIVER ERROR) PLEASE CHECK INSTRUCTION CAREFULLY AND TRY AGAIN. THIS IS ULTIMATE FIX THAT I KNOW TO ME, OUT THERE MAYBE SOME PEOPLE WHOSE ARE MORE ADVANCE THAN ME CAN COMMENT/POINT OUT ERROR ABOUT MY POST AND WORK TOGETHER TO TEACH NEWBI A BETTER UNDERSTANDING
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ok guys thanks for all your replies (though i did not get many). i think i fixed the problem. you see with racht's floyo v0.30 comes a file manager. what i did was browse to the sd card directory. then i first excluded it from media scan and then reverted the process. i checked to see if my pictures were still in the gallery. i rebooted the phone and to my relief they were there...thank god. anyways thanks for your prompt replies. if you need any help be sure that i will help you
CKKnot said:
you should explorer more on the forum
anyway, get latest flash tool, adb shell, baseband 015, unlock bootloader, custom kernel, custom Rom which is compatible with your custom Rom.
NOTE: USE THE SEARCH BUTTON ON TOP RIGHT OF THIS PAGE.
flash 015 baseband using flash tool, reboot, install busybox, xrecovery, #unlock bootloader (CAREFUL), reboot, flash custom kernel#, install custom rom. done.
NOTE: CAN SKIP STEP WITH ## QUOTE IF YOU ARE UNEASY WHAT YOU ARE DOING, PHONE WILL NOT BE SMOOTH AS PHONE WITH UNLOCKED BOOTLOADER AND WITH CUSTOM KERNEL, SAFETY FIRST .
IF GOT PROBLEM, REFLASH/UPDATE USING SEUS(GOOGLE), USING FLASHTOOL INSTALL BUSYBOX, XRECOVERY. REBOOT INTO RECOVERY, MOUNT SYSTEM, PLUG IN ADB CABLE TO PC (ENABLE USE DEBUG FIRST ADB AND INSTALL DRIVER), CMD, ADB SHELL, TYPE IN:
1. SU
2. BUSYBOX
3. DMESG
(SEARCH FORUM FIRST IF DON'T UNDERSTAND)
1. FLASHTOOL, SU IMPROPER INSTALLED
2. FLASHTOOL, BUSYBOX IMPROPER INSTALLED
3. KERNEL, SEUS AGAIN
IF ANY IF THE COMMAND YOU HAVE ENTERED SHOW ERROR, BLANKS(ENABLE USB DEBUG OR DRIVER ERROR) PLEASE CHECK INSTRUCTION CAREFULLY AND TRY AGAIN. THIS IS ULTIMATE FIX THAT I KNOW TO ME, OUT THERE MAYBE SOME PEOPLE WHOSE ARE MORE ADVANCE THAN ME CAN COMMENT/POINT OUT ERROR ABOUT MY POST AND WORK TOGETHER TO TEACH NEWBI A BETTER UNDERSTANDING
Thanks button are there ====>
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ummmm...you just taught how to install a custom rom which is already in my knowledge but anyways you tried to help so i appreciate it and thanks.
Hi everyone,
it's my first post on the xda-developers forum, so if the kind of my posting mismatches any rules, please let me know!
I'm using this forum for quite long time now, but so far all of my questions were answered by search & read... Some weeks ago I had another question, for which I colun't find an explicit answer yet. So based on some hints from different sources (thanks to google!) I did some experiments aka try and error and would like to share my experience with you (to give something back to the comunity, who helped me a lot in the past) and see whether I finally found the answere to my question... So please let me know, whether it worked for you as well or whether you know a different / better way to solve this kind of problem.
As usual: Use this guide at your own risk!
Problem statement:
I wanted to have my SM-P900 (stock rom) both rooted and encrypted (using device encryption). I've already done this for GT-I9100 (Galaxy S II) and GT-I9192 (Galaxy S4 Duo) in the past and it worked like a charme. But for some reason I couldn't get it working on the SM-P900...
Trial log (for short version see below):
I have successfully rooted this device via the CF-Auto-Root method by Chainfire (many thanks for the greate job!). When I later tried to activate the device entcryption, it first looked like the process has started (I got a black screen with a green android manikin), but after some time (~1min) the device just re-started and booted in normal mode. I tried it several times with the same end of story - no success, no harm either.
After some time of googling I found a hint, that on KitKat devices Superuser should be temporarily de-activated in order to get the device encryption starting properly and activate it after the encryption process has finished. So I tried that and indeed, this time the encryption process started after the reboot. I let it finish and after a reboot it looked like I was where I wanted to be at. But then I realized that I wasn't able to activate the Superuser back (SuperSU said "Can't find the su binary... You need to restore it manually" or something similar). Damned! I thought "OK, let's try CF-Auto-Root again". The root process itself seemed to work, but after that the device just hang at boot... Soft-brick... :crying:
Taking a more deeper look at the script source of an Update-Super-SU package from Chainfire I realized that it also does some writes to the /data partition. Well, I guess this broke the partition, since it was encrypted... (If anyone has a better explanation for this, please let me know!)
So everything back to the start: I flashed the stock rom, did a factory reset and re-ran CF-Auto-Root... Now the device was operating properly and was rooted, but no encryption. Before starting another try of encryption, I wanted verify that the temoprary un-root wasn't broken by the encryption. So I did a temorary un-root (by removing the tick at the option "Activate Superuser" in SuperSu settings) and then activated it back right away. This worked fine. I rebooted (just to confirm everything is still working) and Superuser still worked as expected. Then (to try one more thing) I "de-activated" su again and rebooted. Trying to activate it back after the reboot, I realized that I now was at the same situation as just after the encryption, but without the encryption. I.e. the problem was not the encryption itself, but kind of a bug in SuperSU - it was not able to activate su back after a reboot (I'll try to check it via a bug report to Chainfire).
So I digged a bit deeper into this and realized that SuperSU was simply deleting the su binary in /system/xbin on de-activation and writing it back on activation. And it looked like it wasn't able to write it back after a reboot (probably because of missing permission).
Knowing that, I decided to go a step further: I flashed the TWRP (many thanks to the TeamWin guys!), booted into recovery, mounted /system and copied the su binary manually to /system/xbin. After a reboot I tried once again open SuperSU, but it still said, it couldn't find the su binary. Hmmm... There must be something more... Having another look at the script source of the Update-Super-SU package I found that at the end it was calling the su binary with the option "-install". So I booted back to recovery and tried that as well... Hurra!!! After a reboot SuperSU was finally starting and the root-apps were able to get su access... So this seemed to be the desired solution.
I deactivated su again, rebooted and started the encryption. It ran and finished successfully, as expected. After that I booted to recovery and installed su manually, as I've done it before... Reboot... finger crossed... Tadaa!!! System is back, encrypted and root is working! :good:
Solution approach:
Device is not rooted and not encypted (if already rooted, scip 2; if already encrypted, decrypt or do a factory-reset - don't try CF-Auto-Root on an encrypted device, it'll soft-brick)
Root the device (e.g. using Auto-Root-CF by Chainfire (it'll trigger the Knox-counter)
Temporarily un-root the device (when using SuperSU: go to Settings and remove the tick at the option "Activate Superuser")
Reboot
Activate the device encryption (the battery must be at least at 80% and the device must be plugged in the wall charger)
The device will restart after a short period of time and start the encryption (this will take some time, but you should see a progress bar indicating how far it is)
After the encryption is finished the device will reboot and ask for the password, just log in
If not yet done, flash a custom recovery where you have a console access or can use ADB as root (I used TWRP)
Boot into recovery
Mount /system (it's not mounted automatically, at least not in the version I used - TWRP 2.7.1.0).
Open the console or ADB shell
Copy the su binary (if you use SuperSU: cp /system/xbin/daemonsu /system/xbin/su)
Execute the installation (if you use SuperSU: /system/xbin/su --install)
Reboot
You should be done
Thank you for the info and the simple steps. I was considering something similar to what you wanted with your device.
bruzzy,
I've followed your steps and managed to re-enable SuperSU after encryption! (used twrp)
Thank you!!!!!
Hello Bruzzy,
Thanks so much for the awesome post!
I am just having difficulty with the final steps. I am a complete newbie in regards to rooting and using these android tools.
Everything else was quite clear in your post except for these final steps.
Could you please simply a bit more step by step how I proceed to do the final steps listed below?
[*]Mount /system (it's not mounted automatically, at least not in the version I used - TWRP 2.7.1.0).
[*]Open the console or ADB shell
[*]Copy the su binary (if you use SuperSU: cp /system/xbin/daemonsu /system/xbin/su)
[*]Execute the installation (if you use SuperSU: /system/xbin/su --install)
[*]Reboot
Thanks so much!
EndlessAdventurer
bruzzy said:
Hi everyone,
it's my first post on the xda-developers forum, so if the kind of my posting mismatches any rules, please let me know!
I'm using this forum for quite long time now, but so far all of my questions were answered by search & read... Some weeks ago I had another question, for which I colun't find an explicit answer yet. So based on some hints from different sources (thanks to google!) I did some experiments aka try and error and would like to share my experience with you (to give something back to the comunity, who helped me a lot in the past) and see whether I finally found the answere to my question... So please let me know, whether it worked for you as well or whether you know a different / better way to solve this kind of problem.
As usual: Use this guide at your own risk!
Problem statement:
I wanted to have my SM-P900 (stock rom) both rooted and encrypted (using device encryption). I've already done this for GT-I9100 (Galaxy S II) and GT-I9192 (Galaxy S4 Duo) in the past and it worked like a charme. But for some reason I couldn't get it working on the SM-P900...
Trial log (for short version see below):
I have successfully rooted this device via the CF-Auto-Root method by Chainfire (many thanks for the greate job!). When I later tried to activate the device entcryption, it first looked like the process has started (I got a black screen with a green android manikin), but after some time (~1min) the device just re-started and booted in normal mode. I tried it several times with the same end of story - no success, no harm either.
After some time of googling I found a hint, that on KitKat devices Superuser should be temporarily de-activated in order to get the device encryption starting properly and activate it after the encryption process has finished. So I tried that and indeed, this time the encryption process started after the reboot. I let it finish and after a reboot it looked like I was where I wanted to be at. But then I realized that I wasn't able to activate the Superuser back (SuperSU said "Can't find the su binary... You need to restore it manually" or something similar). Damned! I thought "OK, let's try CF-Auto-Root again". The root process itself seemed to work, but after that the device just hang at boot... Soft-brick... :crying:
Taking a more deeper look at the script source of an Update-Super-SU package from Chainfire I realized that it also does some writes to the /data partition. Well, I guess this broke the partition, since it was encrypted... (If anyone has a better explanation for this, please let me know!)
So everything back to the start: I flashed the stock rom, did a factory reset and re-ran CF-Auto-Root... Now the device was operating properly and was rooted, but no encryption. Before starting another try of encryption, I wanted verify that the temoprary un-root wasn't broken by the encryption. So I did a temorary un-root (by removing the tick at the option "Activate Superuser" in SuperSu settings) and then activated it back right away. This worked fine. I rebooted (just to confirm everything is still working) and Superuser still worked as expected. Then (to try one more thing) I "de-activated" su again and rebooted. Trying to activate it back after the reboot, I realized that I now was at the same situation as just after the encryption, but without the encryption. I.e. the problem was not the encryption itself, but kind of a bug in SuperSU - it was not able to activate su back after a reboot (I'll try to check it via a bug report to Chainfire).
So I digged a bit deeper into this and realized that SuperSU was simply deleting the su binary in /system/xbin on de-activation and writing it back on activation. And it looked like it wasn't able to write it back after a reboot (probably because of missing permission).
Knowing that, I decided to go a step further: I flashed the TWRP (many thanks to the TeamWin guys!), booted into recovery, mounted /system and copied the su binary manually to /system/xbin. After a reboot I tried once again open SuperSU, but it still said, it couldn't find the su binary. Hmmm... There must be something more... Having another look at the script source of the Update-Super-SU package I found that at the end it was calling the su binary with the option "-install". So I booted back to recovery and tried that as well... Hurra!!! After a reboot SuperSU was finally starting and the root-apps were able to get su access... So this seemed to be the desired solution.
I deactivated su again, rebooted and started the encryption. It ran and finished successfully, as expected. After that I booted to recovery and installed su manually, as I've done it before... Reboot... finger crossed... Tadaa!!! System is back, encrypted and root is working! :good:
Solution approach:
Device is not rooted and not encypted (if already rooted, scip 2; if already encrypted, decrypt or do a factory-reset - don't try CF-Auto-Root on an encrypted device, it'll soft-brick)
Root the device (e.g. using Auto-Root-CF by Chainfire (it'll trigger the Knox-counter)
Temporarily un-root the device (when using SuperSU: go to Settings and remove the tick at the option "Activate Superuser")
Reboot
Activate the device encryption (the battery must be at least at 80% and the device must be plugged in the wall charger)
The device will restart after a short period of time and start the encryption (this will take some time, but you should see a progress bar indicating how far it is)
After the encryption is finished the device will reboot and ask for the password, just log in
If not yet done, flash a custom recovery where you have a console access or can use ADB as root (I used TWRP)
Boot into recovery
Mount /system (it's not mounted automatically, at least not in the version I used - TWRP 2.7.1.0).
Open the console or ADB shell
Copy the su binary (if you use SuperSU: cp /system/xbin/daemonsu /system/xbin/su)
Execute the installation (if you use SuperSU: /system/xbin/su --install)
Reboot
You should be done
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@EndlessAdventurer,
I'm sorry, but I don't know, what you mean with "more step by step". There are no more steps in between, the steps are as granular as possible. If you use TWRP, there is a menu "Mount" (go there and tick /system) - you should have seen it already (if not, have a look at the TWRP documentation). But you could also mount your system from the console or ADB shell.
If you don't know, what "mount", "console" or "ADB" is and are not able to use google to lern it yourself, then you should really not use this guide and even avoid rooting your device...
Beeing a newbie is not an excuse, it's completely up to you to spend some time and change this!
Please avoid quoting the whole post! If you want to reference some part of a post, pick only the relevant part and quote that.
Alternative Method
Hi,
I have used another method that also works. It worked with my Galaxy S4, Note 10.1 and now with Note Pro. Hope this can help:
1-Root your device and install/update SuperSu;
2-Convert SuperSu to system app (there is an option in SU config). Reboot.
-OBS: If your root method has already installed SuperSu as a system app, this step can be skipped;
3-As SuperSu is now a system app, it can be deactivated through Applications Management in settings. Deactivate it;
-OBS: does NOT use deactivate in SU own config;
4- Reboot in Safe Mode. This can be done pressing both Volume Up/Down while rebooting;
5-Start encryption the normal way and wait until it finishes. Enter your password and wait device boot normally;
6-Go to Applications Management in settings and activate SuperSu;
7-Reboot one more time and your system is encrypted with SuperSu working normally.
I was able to follow all of the posted solutions through but for some reason my phone insists on just booting back into Android instead of actually encrypting my phone. Any ideas?
I have a SM-G900T, TWRP, SuperSU
m33rkat said:
I was able to follow all of the posted solutions through but for some reason my phone insists on just booting back into Android instead of actually encrypting my phone. Any ideas?
I have a SM-G900T, TWRP, SuperSU
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There is some more things that you can try with the solution I´ve posted:
1-Put original recovery instead of TWRP. I have never tried to encrypt with custom recovery;
2-When you boot in "Safe Mode", go to Application Management, running applications and stop as much processes as you can (do not stop google services).
OBS: To ensure that you have booted in Safe Mode, look at the bottom left corner of the screen an see if it shows “Safe Mode”.
rooting and encrpytion
The alternative method worked like charm....Thanks guys
NB:My tab got soft bricked after I did the factory reset and tried to root. I had to install a stock rom b4 proceeding with the guide.
Sorry to resurrect this thread but I just ran into this issue for the first time. (Thanks for posting this, btw, it's encrypting as we speak). A couple questions....what happens if we apply an OTA update after doing this? Will that cause any problems when we try to re-root it? I'm guessing after doing this CF Auto root won't be much of an option without soft bricking, right? I can always install custom recovery and fix root manually after an OTA. I'm just wondering what happens when (you know, some year) we eventually get 5.0. Thanks again!
To be on the safe side, I always unencrypt my device before a FW update with ODIN or Kies or OTA, because I root again after the update.
If you use OTA or Kies you can do the update with the device encrypted, BUT, as you are going to root again, when you install CFAutoroot your device won´t boot, because of the difference in kernel. This is the reason that I unencrypt before FW updates and proceed with encryption again after I check that everything is working as expected.
I may just fully unroot it temporarily, install the update, and then root after with custom recovery. We shall see. I suspect since we're still on 4.4.2 on the Note 10.1 2014 I got quite some time before I have to worry about it. LOL
P.S. I asked because 5.0 is going to turn encryption on by default, so decrypting may not be an option going forward.
After hours of trying to get encryption an root at the same time for my Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014), temporary disabling SuperSU just worked. Thanks! :good: (I even could skip the part with copying the su binary, probably chainfire has fixed the bug. Just tried enabling SuperSU did it perfectly.)
Hi there
I'm facing a similar problem like you on my Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5 LTE.
I have my device:
- rooted
- twrp recovery installed
- run custom ROM
However even when I disable SuperSU and reboot the device and then start encrypting. I only see the Android Logo and no progress. AFter a while (10 minutes or so), it reboots the tab and I end ab at screen lock login and devices is not encrypted. Any ideas?
Thank you for your great effort to help!
But, none of the methods, including the alternative from Nickfreedom did not help me...
I have a Sony Xperia Z1 with rooted Lollipop and SuperSU.
I tried to kill daemonsu with ADB before encrypting, I tried to disable the SuperSU app and I always booted into safe mode before starting encryption.
Nothing helped.
In previous times I had Xposed framework on my device, but as far as I can see, Xposed framework is no longer on my device, I installed a fresh, clean Sony ROM from scratch, I think this has erased Xposed.
Does anyone has a hint?
Thanks to everyone for the posts on this topic. I too have struggled to get my Sprint Note 4 to encrypt after rooting. I was able to encrypt with the stock unrooted ROM but I flashed the Noterized ROM and was not able to get encryption to work. I have verified the following:
1) Busybox is installed and is the latest version
2) SuperSU is deactivated. I tried this through terminal emulator and also the process defined in this thread within the SuperSU app itself. I also verified through Root Checker that SU was not active.
3) Tried in normal and safe mode with the same result
I am getting the Android screen for a few minutes and then the phone reboots. Each time I was hoping to see the encryption start but it just reboots the phone and never works. I am at a total loss for what could be causing this as the reason is beyond my capability. If anyone has ideas let me know because I am willing to try anything.
As a longshot I tried to flash back to stock ROM and encrypt which worked fine. I then tried to flash the Noterized ROM back on the phone and that didn't work. I froze on the Sprint yellow screen of death for over 6 hours.
Simplified steps for rooting &encrypting your device.
Thanks Bruzzy, I took your instructions and applied them to the Note 4. I also simplified them. I will make a universal instructions set for pretty much ALL DEVICES! Will let you guys know here when i take the time to do that.
Here is the SIMPLIFIED INSTRUCTIONS:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/not...sk-encryption-root-easy-steps-how-to-t3197425
bruzzy said:
Solution approach:
Device is not rooted and not encypted (if already rooted, scip 2; if already encrypted, decrypt or do a factory-reset - don't try CF-Auto-Root on an encrypted device, it'll soft-brick)
Root the device (e.g. using Auto-Root-CF by Chainfire (it'll trigger the Knox-counter)
Temporarily un-root the device (when using SuperSU: go to Settings and remove the tick at the option "Activate Superuser")
Reboot
Activate the device encryption (the battery must be at least at 80% and the device must be plugged in the wall charger)
The device will restart after a short period of time and start the encryption (this will take some time, but you should see a progress bar indicating how far it is)
After the encryption is finished the device will reboot and ask for the password, just log in
If not yet done, flash a custom recovery where you have a console access or can use ADB as root (I used TWRP)
Boot into recovery
Mount /system (it's not mounted automatically, at least not in the version I used - TWRP 2.7.1.0).
Open the console or ADB shell
Copy the su binary (if you use SuperSU: cp /system/xbin/daemonsu /system/xbin/su)
Execute the installation (if you use SuperSU: /system/xbin/su --install)
Reboot
You should be done
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Did you solve your problem whit encryption on t805 ?
sjau said:
Hi there
I'm facing a similar problem like you on my Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5 LTE.
I have my device:
- rooted
- twrp recovery installed
- run custom ROM
However even when I disable SuperSU and reboot the device and then start encrypting. I only see the Android Logo and no progress. AFter a while (10 minutes or so), it reboots the tab and I end ab at screen lock login and devices is not encrypted. Any ideas?
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Did you solve your problem whit encryption on t805 ?
I have the same problem on T800 on 5.0.2.
On 4.4 encryption whit CFroot works good, but on 5.0.2 its not work
Vitaly_G said:
Did you solve your problem whit encryption on t805 ?
I have the same problem on T800 on 5.0.2.
On 4.4 encryption whit CFroot works good, but on 5.0.2 its not work
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Hi guys,
there is an alternative instruction from Nickfreedom in my original thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=54679223&postcount=6
I used for several devices and it works like charme (and is much simpler)...
Hey guys this is probably a dumb question but what is the advantage of encryption and does it matter if the knox is tripped since these notes are out of warranty or is it due to resale? I found a cf autoroot link that supposedly wont trip knox which is the odin method since towelroot wont work.
I have a Advent Tegra Note 7
Upgraded to kitkat and OTA 2.4.1
Used Tomsgt supertool 2.4.1 tool to root, installed TWRP (and made a backup image of my freshly installed system)
I've since added some games and apps and spent a fair bit of time customizing the system, but when I attempt to run Titanium Backup it tells freezes when "asking for root rights" so I ran "root checker basic" from playstore, which tells me I don't appear to have proper root access..
Here's a break down of what I've done, I've tried to keep it conscise...
I have tried installing a SuperSU, SuperUser and SU Update fixer, Also reinstalling the SuperSU-v1.94.zip using both cwm and twrp... Still no proper root access.
Ideally I'd like to try some other things to get root access before reflashing and having to reinstall my apps and settings, can anyone help or suggest anything else I could do.? I can't think of anything I could of accidentally done to break root access, this is still quite a clean system just setup in the past two days.
P.S.When using the supertool impacter tool and scan for usb driver I get a "no such device" error, even though the device is listed in the previous screens.. also I suspect the correct drivers are there as ADB seems to work fine
they flashing SuperSU-v1.99r4.zip from http://download.chainfire.eu/447/SuperSU/. I haven't had issues with root via either method.
If that fails you can use the n7root.img which is downloadable here: https://github.com/linux-shield/shield-root/blob/master/root_tn7.img?raw=true then go into fastboot mode and then type fastboot boot root_tn7.img. DO NOT USE FASTBOOT FLASH BOOT with this image as it will make it bootloop, just use fastboot boot command.
SOLVED
Thanks for the pointers hacktrix2006.. I tried supersu-v1.99r4.zip also v2 no luck. Had a quick look for how to get into fastboot mode.. couldn't access it from the bootloader.. so decided to take a backup image and restore to stock kitkat 4.4.2 via tomsgt latest tool 2.4.1 including doing Wipe data. then reinstalled TWRP then applied root.... AND noticed a screen saying something like ROOT ACCESS MAY BE FAULTY.. WOULD YOU LIKE TO FIX THIS.. I also think there was a warning about "be careful this action is irreversable" - I suspect the previous time I hadn't understood this properly and selected NO !! Anyway this time I said yes and now have ROOT YAY!
Now I start a re setup of the system and installation of apps etc.. I guess it's often a bit smoother 2nd (or 3rd 4th etc) time around
OK thx again for the encouragement, plus now I have a little more experience to offer someone else who may be struggling in this area.
no problem!
My plan was to use FolderMove to move some apps to the SD card.
I rooted the phone with CF-Autoroot and confirmed that FolderMove need to fix /bin/sdcard and another file.
Now the phone is stuck in bootloop. Sometimes it gets into the system, i see the taskbar and then it reboots.
I'm trying to get access to the adb shell to overwrite the changed files from backup.
How can i get to a shell? My fav would be a temporarily recovery. But can't find any for the S5.
I'm not sure if the OEM unlock option and/or the reactivationlock is unlocked.
This options are always mentioned in every tutorial, so i am unsure if i just can flash twrp.
Does anyone have another idea how i can get back to a working phone, without losing the data?
I solved the problem
I found the post from and got the filenames + permissions
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=71580971&postcount=4380
To rename the files without fastboot or adb - thanks samsung - i used the CF-Autoroot Recovery.
I modified the installscript and voila, everything is working.
Unfortionatly it took me a few hours to get around how to modify and sign the script and to recognice that the system partiton isn't r/w because of the systemless root
Disclaimer: If you go through with this and encounter issues, I (or the others here) will try to help you, but the risk is all yours.
I see a few posts mentioning TWRP for the AFTV3, so here it is for the pendant (needle): link. Extract twrp.img from the archive, copy it to /sdcard, and flash as follows:
Code:
adb shell
su
dd if=/sdcard/twrp.img of=/dev/block/recovery
Note: You will need a Y (OTG) cable to connect a mouse and/or a keyboard.
I have tested this on the pendant (needle), but it should also work for the cube (stark).
You can also boot or flash this from fastboot (reboot bootloader or run from aml_reboot in the root thread) if you so desire.
To enter recovery from a terminal running on the AFTV3:
Code:
reboot recovery
To enter recovery from ADB:
Code:
adb reboot recovery
For those interested, here's what I did:
-- Rather than build from scratch, I used an existing TWRP for Amlogic's S905X as the base. Quite a few of them are here.
-- You can't just use a random TWRP and expect it to work on the AFTV3 (due to hardware and partition mismatch). I first replaced (and repacked) the ramdisk with that from needle's boot image (using magiskboot).
-- While TWRP booted up, USB OTG was absent. Without OTG, TWRP is not of much use (w/o OTG, I used openrecoveryscript as a workaround). Turns out the random TWRP images lack the correct USB modules. I extracted the correct modules from the AFTV3, copied them to the TWRP image, and everything works.
If something doesn't work, please post here.
Great job, i flashed it from fastboot.
adb reboot bootloader (or install a app that will reboot into bootloader)
fastboot flash recovery C:\(this TWRP version)
Seems to be functional.
the old Firestick 1's you could control the mouse from a adb shell. I dont know how to make that functional for those without a OTG.
Confirmed, it works on the cube (stark) as well...
That's really a great job. As stated here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=78958467&postcount=165 I (hopefully soft) bricked my pendant trying to install Google services. Now it just reboot at the white amazon logo. Ordered a OTG cable to test TWRP but was trying random versions. Now this confirmed woirking version is a life saver to me. Now I just have to find a way to remove the offending google service apk.
Thanks again.
Sorry to bother again.
I still have my pendant in bootloop (bad google service installation).
Tried OTG cable but using it doesnt let me go in fastboot mode and I dont know how to navigate in recovery without it.
Since now the pendant is rooted and can recover OTA files maybe my next attempt could be to try to find a .bin rom file and flash it using fastboot?
If so does anyone know if there is such a file yet (pre rooted version should be great)?
Thanks.
Does anyone know where to get the updated firetv3 roms? with TWRP now i would like to attempt updates.
Michajin said:
Does anyone know where to get the updated firetv3 roms? with TWRP now i would like to attempt updates.
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None available yet, but there are a couple of methods by which we may obtain them.
The first one has some risk involved. you would have to re-enable OTA updates and allow the device the check for and download the current version
and then again disable the OTA update apps. Then pull a copy of the update from the device before clearing the cache.
I have noticed that as long as the device is busy, say running a sideloaded app, it will not initiate a downloaded update.
The second is dependent upon if the individual will help us. There is a member on this forum who has modified the DeviceSoftwareOTA.apk for OS 5
that allowed update check and download to stay enabled because the installation procedure was removed from the APK. So you could simply pull the
update from the cache at any time. I will pull a copy from OS 6 and post it today and see if he would be willing to assist.
I'm with you, I'd like to update mine as well after seeing some of the changes that have been posted.
2WhlWzrd said:
None available yet, but there are a couple of methods by which we may obtain them.
The first one has some risk involved. you would have to re-enable OTA updates and allow the device the check for and download the current version
and then again disable the OTA update apps. Then pull a copy of the update from the device before clearing the cache.
I have noticed that as long as the device is busy, say running a sideloaded app, it will not initiate a downloaded update.
The second is dependent upon if the individual will help us. There is a member on this forum who has modified the DeviceSoftwareOTA.apk for OS 5
that allowed update check and download to stay enabled because the installation procedure was removed from the APK. So you could simply pull the
update from the cache at any time. I will pull a copy from OS 6 and post it today and see if he would be willing to assist.
I'm with you, I'd like to update mine as well after seeing some of the changes that have been posted.
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Would the update fail anyway if I replaced Amazon recovery with TWRP?
Michajin said:
Would the update fail anyway if I replaced Amazon recovery with TWRP?
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No, TWRP would be over written by an OTA update.
2WhlWzrd said:
No, TWRP would be over written by an OTA update.
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you sure about that? i just screwed up and was rooting my "tanks" and forgot to update one. Then i took the update, it ran the amazon update though open recovery TWRP and updated. Booted without issues, i know its a firestick2, but almost thinking i should test on a pendant...
Michajin said:
you sure about that? i just screwed up and was rooting my "tanks" and forgot to update one. Then i took the update, it ran the amazon update though open recovery TWRP and updated. Booted without issues, i know its a firestick2, but almost thinking i should test on a pendant...
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There is a difference between writing outside of TWRP and with TWRP, it's hard to overwrite something that's doing the writing.
If you read in the first post of the tank rooting thread, the author explicitly states: "Only ever flash boot/recovery images using TWRP",
anything outside of that will not be root aware. Better to be safe, than sorry.
How may I get the "su". It said, I don't have permision.
eSephiroth said:
How may I get the "su". It said, I don't have permision.
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Open Magisk Manager, Select the Menu in the top left corner.
In the sidebar navigate to "Superuser", you should see "com.android.shell".
Toggle the switch to right to enable it.
2WhlWzrd said:
Open Magisk Manager, Select the Menu in the top left corner.
In the sidebar navigate to "Superuser", you should see "com.android.shell".
Toggle the switch to right to enable it.
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If you didn't root the device, how can you have superuser?
eSephiroth said:
If you didn't root the device, how can you have superuser?
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I assumed you were already rooted. Since you are not, start here:
[ROOT] Rooting the FireTV Cube and Pendant with FireFU
Anything from firmware 6.2.5.8 and up, the exploit has been patched.
This is the most complicated root method I have ever seen. Mine is 6.2.8. too bad.
eSephiroth said:
This is the most complicated root method I have ever seen. Mine is 6.2.8. too bad.
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This isn't the root thread. But yeah, it's the only thing we've got for these devices, so we make it work
Hi,
I was able to recover my Pendant using a finally working OTG cable and using mouse with your TWRP and finally delete the offending google.gsm app so thanks a lot for that.
The only thing I noticed is that adb doesn't work for me once booted into TWRP (I wanted to use adb backup to backup bigger partitions directly to my PC). Is that just my issue or it's happening for everyone?
Thanks.
Pino.
moving it to the right place.
anyone have interest in the update files? If i turn on my update, download the update, but before rebooting copy the .bin file to a different folder, delete from the cache folder then disable updates again. I can share the file if anyone wants it to see if we can modify to keep root and update? I am thinking i might download it, move it and change it to a .zip, then reboot into TWRP. Flash the update and flash magisk before a reboot. Anyone have thoughts about risk of a BRICK?