Did I lose Root? (XT907) - Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I have the XT907 which was successfully rooted, so I presume(d). Last night I did nothing out of the ordinary. I plugged it in to charge, as it was almost dead. I woke up and took it off the charger, went out to smoke while coffee brewed, ran Clean Master app and it asked for SU permission (SuperSu). It didn't strike me as odd because I have it set so apps that update are required to ask for SU permission again. Only this time it wouldn't accept the permission I granted it. I tried again and it still wouldn't authorize (I was using the memory boost and I was trying to stop an app from auto starting when this happened). It told me to manually check the authorization in SuperSU. I did and it's listed there, all permissions granted. I ran RootCheck and it asked and was granted SU permission. I downloaded RootChecker just for a second opinion, and it too was granted SU permissions.
Before, during and after all of this, aside from the above mentioned Root checking app, I've downloaded one app onto my XT907: WiFi Password(Root). I needed the PW for my work's WiFi. It was denied SU permission. I've removed Clean Master from SuperSU, forced stopped Clean Master, rebooted Phone. Clean Master asks for permissions, is supposedly granted said permissions, but still won't accept them.
So two apps tell me I do NOT have Root on my phone, while two root checking apps say I DO have Root. I've not uninstalled or reinstalled anything or changed any settings as to get a further opinion on the matter. I rooted my device with KingRoot and uninstalled with SuperSU about a month or so ago. This is the first issue I've had. Any idea what gives? I'm a little stumped on this one.

It seems the issue is only with some apps. I've managed to fix the issue with Clean master by disabling SuperSU, re-enabling it then rebooting. Clean Master was granted permission and accepted it. So far I've not run into other issues. All root checking apps still say I have a proper root. If the issue continues, how about a reinstall of SuperSU? If I lost root, how would I regain it?

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CM 7.2 Superuser unable to grant root

On an old Sprint Hero with stock 2.1 Sense ROM, I recently rooted, wiped and installed CM 7.2. At first, Superuser was working and I was able to restore things like old SMS. However, after a day, Superuser is no longer able to grant root access to things like Titanium Backup or even itself. I tend to get a force close for Superuser when trying to elevate. I've tried downgrading the Superuser APK to the version that came with CM 7.2 (I had upgraded it). I've also tried booting into recovery to replace the binary su. Neither option works.
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Try installing busybox from the play store also try updating the app from within the app if you haven't already
#Root-Hack_Mod*Always\=LTE
laie1472 said:
Try installing busybox from the play store also try updating the app from within the app if you haven't already
#Root-Hack_Mod*Always\=LTE
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The problem was solved by downgrading both the Superuser APK and the binary file. I have root access again. For some reason Superuser 3.1 and the 3.1.1 binary weren't behaving.
Glad you got the problem solved.
#Root-Hack_Mod*Always\=LTE
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For some reason, just in the past week or so, with no changes to my vs980 except updating twrp to 2.8.1, i've lost all capability of superuser apps but all the apps that have that require root access continue to work. I use Carbon ROM, am on 4.4.4 and do my own builds. It has it's own built in SU but I've been using SuperSU. When a new app tries to get su access via SuperSU, the "grant" button won't press so the app eventually gets denied.
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