Hello I just rooted my Atrix 4g. I am very new to root I used to actually be a Iphone user and jailbreaker, but anyways it says i need to update my superuser and it wont let me automatically update it says I have to reboot into recovery and flash it to update my su binary. Any help would be amazing!
Try downloading it off the Market.
I have a AVG antivirus and it keeps saying that superuser is infected, is that typical?
Don't know, don't have any antivirus
Avg (lol!) is wrong. It's probably saying that because the app enables privileges that are normally not given.
That's a false positive. It was discussed here at XDA in the past.
avg?
If you are going to be rooted and allow mod to the system my finding is that avg is going to be a pain with false postives on alot of root permission apps.
I've been using Lookout Mobile Security, (subscribed), and so far it's been great for me!
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Hxcmetal said:
I have a AVG antivirus and it keeps saying that superuser is infected, is that typical?
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I don't think AVG has ever done anything right.
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What is GSU(GALAXY SECURITY UPDATE)?I have seen it in Samsung Apps.What is that APP?
Kind of an antivirus for Samsung android phones. Does what it says in the description, until proven otherwise, lol. I installed it for a second and then uninstalled it. Doesn't look like i need it.
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Kind of an antivirus for Samsung android phones. Does what it says in the description, until proven otherwise, lol. I installed it for a second and then uninstalled it. Doesn't look like i need it.
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I have Lookout (free version) ..Should I keep GSU or Uninstall it?
Good Point. As general advice is not to run 2 anti virus progs, I am running avg free, wondering as above.
Si607 said:
Good Point. As general advice is not to run 2 anti virus progs, I am running avg free, wondering as above.
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oh ya you are right.Forgot about should not run 2 Anti Virus Programs
As per my understanding, GSU (Galaxy Security Update) is just a security update which keeps your phone safe from viruses, trojans & other malware. It is NOT an anti virus program like the AVG Anti Virus. You cannot open or run the GSU...it will just show you the version when clicked, nothing else will happen. It remains in the background. It's something which you can compare with the Windows Security updates that you regularly get from Microsoft. I don't think there is any harm in installing it on our phones, unless proven otherwise. I'm keeping it for the time being.
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As per my understanding, GSU (Galaxy Security Update) is just a security update which keeps your phone safe from viruses, trojans & other malware. It is NOT an anti virus program like the AVG Anti Virus. You cannot open or run the GSU...it will just show you the version when clicked, nothing else will happen. It remains in the background. It's something which you can compare with the Windows Security updates that you regularly get from Microsoft. I don't think there is any harm in installing it on our phones, unless proven otherwise. I'm keeping it for the time being.
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I have Lookout (free version) ..Do you think GSU and Lookout (free version) both installed will be safe?
Raviteja_HYD said:
I have Lookout (free version) ..Do you think GSU and Lookout (free version) both installed will be safe?
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TheMegaStar already cleared the confusion. Both are not same. One is antivirus and another is security update.
So both can stay together happily
GSU has been a nice and quiet background app, hopefully doing some good on my SGS2.
However after the ICS update, it's been bugging the system. The phone "hangs" quite often and after ca 30sec. an error message appears saying GSU has stopped.
It is no longer listed in my apps and I don't see a way of removing the thing..
Any ideas anyone?
Sarinas said:
GSU has been a nice and quiet background app, hopefully doing some good on my SGS2.
However after the ICS update, it's been bugging the system. The phone "hangs" quite often and after ca 30sec. an error message appears saying GSU has stopped.
It is no longer listed in my apps and I don't see a way of removing the thing..
Any ideas anyone?
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Get the same since ics
CHEERSupdate.... any news on what to do.. It annoying!!
RobinPWMC said:
Get the same since ics
CHEERSupdate.... any news on what to do.. It annoying!!
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Same probs here!:silly: any help on the issue gr8tly appreciated
I used titanium back up to convert the SU app to a user app and after it was done a random pop up came up about USBank asking for SU permission. Has anyone else had this happened? Seems estrange it has happened twice to me second time I was testing it if that was the reason it happened.
I have also had the U.S. Bank app request root access just in normal use, no TB converting involved. Others have noted the same in reviews in the Google Play store. Very strange. Perhaps the app is doing sort of security check to see if the phone is rooted...
Most likely it is checking for the su binary and finding it so it checks to see if it is executable. The blizzard mobile authenticator used to do the same thing and had a warning about running it on rooted devices. For the most part I'm sure it's just a security check.
I've never had the app ask for su permission. Just checked my balance about an hour ago too.
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Its never asked while using the bank app. Just randomly while using titanium back app. I've always denied excess either way but it just seems estrange.
I have an AT&T Galaxy Note running official ICS - stock and rooted. I have SuperUser from ChainsDD.
These past few weeks, I have been seeing the message "shell has been granted superuser permission" in random manner. When it does, the message will keep showing up until I reboot the phone. SuperUser log will also the same messages...hundreds of them!
I couldn't pinpoint the reason it happening, but I see a bit of a pattern --> it happens when I tried to switch program quickly. Example:
1). Open up Dead Trigger game. Load a game and when it starts, quickly hit the Android back button and exit the game. The above message shows up.
2). Open GMail app. While the app is "loading" the list of message, I received a "Twitter" notification. From notification bar open the Twitter message to open the Plume Twitter app. The above message shows up.
I tried to uninstall apps that requires root one-by-one but the problem still exists. These apps are:
- AdFree
- AutoStarts
- BetterBatteryStats
- File Manager
- GameCIH
- Quick Boot
- Sixaxis Controller
- SuperUser
- Titanium Backup
- Wifi Tether (3 entries in SuperUser app)
- Wireless Tether (2 entries in SuperUser app)
- avast! Mobile Security
Not only the message is annoying, but it slows down the phone.
Can anyone tell me how to fix this?
The shell goes active every time any app starts, that has been given super user permissions..
You can turn off the SU "toast" notifications from within the SU application ....g
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The shell goes active every time any app starts, that has been given super user permissions..
You can turn off the SU "toast" notifications from within the SU application ....g
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I am aware about the "toast" notification, especially if I started an app like, say, File Manager that requires Root Access.
However, I don't think it's normal for the "shell" message to shows up EVERY 2-4 SECONDS. Even if I turned off "toast" notifications, the SuperUser log shows that same message and it slows down the phone.
Does your rooted phone shows that message in the SuperUser log files? I have HUNDREDS of them in a span of 1 minute. I am just trying to see if the above behavior is normal, but I think it is not because this does not happen to my past phone (Thunderbolt, Motorola Triumph, Galaxy S2) and tablets (Transformer, Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus and Nexus 7).
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I am aware about the "toast" notification, especially if I started an app like, say, File Manager that requires Root Access.
However, I don't think it's normal for the "shell" message to shows up EVERY 2-4 SECONDS. Even if I turned off "toast" notifications, the SuperUser log shows that same message and it slows down the phone.
Does your rooted phone shows that message in the SuperUser log files? I have HUNDREDS of them in a span of 1 minute. I am just trying to see if the above behavior is normal, but I think it is not because this does not happen to my past phone (Thunderbolt, Motorola Triumph, Galaxy S2) and tablets (Transformer, Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus and Nexus 7).
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I think what the op meant here was:
Thanks for the quick response. I understand the "Toast" notifications, but that's not exactly what I am referring to. Here is a more detailed explanation of what is happening. [ insert description here] . Hope this better explains my problem and helps you to help me resolve this issue.
Thanks again.
lanwarrior said:
I am aware about the "toast" notification, especially if I started an app like, say, File Manager that requires Root Access.
However, I don't think it's normal for the "shell" message to shows up EVERY 2-4 SECONDS. Even if I turned off "toast" notifications, the SuperUser log shows that same message and it slows down the phone.
Does your rooted phone shows that message in the SuperUser log files? I have HUNDREDS of them in a span of 1 minute. I am just trying to see if the above behavior is normal, but I think it is not because this does not happen to my past phone (Thunderbolt, Motorola Triumph, Galaxy S2) and tablets (Transformer, Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus and Nexus 7).
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No...the device behavior is not normal...
I do get the notifications every so often, especially after a reboot, but never 1000's of times a day...
Try uninstalling super user, and install "Super SU instead.....
then go to your recovery, and wipe your caches, dalvik included...
After the reboot, your normal apps may require you to give them SU permissions again, but i'm thinking with the new app, it may fix your issue with the phone..
If not, you may have some sort of data corruption going on, and will need a fresh start...or, you have a rogue app thats kicking your azz....
also try an app monitor of some sort, to see if you get any apps that open/close non-stop....
And on a personal note, I understand you are frustrated.....And I get that...
And I'm only trying to help you....g
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No...the device behavior is not normal...
I do get the notifications every so often, especially after a reboot, but never 1000's of times a day...
Try uninstalling super user, and install "Super SU instead.....
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Since I already have SuperUser, do I install SuperSU first and then uninstall SuperUser?
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And on a personal note, I understand you are frustrated.....And I get that...
And I'm only trying to help you....g
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No worries, I was trying to provide more context of my problem in the 2nd post. Appreciate the help.
You should uninstall your superuser app first, then clear caches .
Then after reboot, install super SU..and reboot again.
This method will allow the device to see the SU app, and will prompt you for any interaction it may need ....g
shell granted su - result of Bug Report
See this thread HERE
-JR-
Turn off USB Debug in settings/developer options. That'll fix it.
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See this thread HERE
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True...but that does not explain the bug report being initialized, or what triggered the event....
Disabling of USB debugging will shut down about 75% of the devices ability to interact with root apps and ADB operability.....
While it will stop the error from occuring, it wont fix the problem...
It may be simply a bad flash, with errors....we may never know....g
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I... Open GMail app.
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I have the Mail.com app (probably the same rebranded as is for GMX.net) on my Galaxy S2 tab. It often hangs/freezes and being a helpfull guy I use the submit report feature. Immediately after this I also go in to the "shell has been granted superuser permission" cycle until phone restart. The battery goes into turbo drain if I don't restart PDQ & phone gets hot.
I've disabled USB debugging now too, and I'm hoping that this is the end of that nonsense.
So has anyone found the culprit of this, or a better solution to disabling 'usb debugging'? How was your experience with switching to SuperSU? I have a Note that constantly toasts the same shell stuff. My friend has a Note also with the issue. It slows the phone to a crawl, and drains battery until reboot.
Check your system for bugmailer.sh and rename it with a .bak extension.
[ /system/bin/bugmailer.sh ]
-JR-
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So has anyone found the culprit of this, or a better solution to disabling 'usb debugging'? How was your experience with switching to SuperSU? I have a Note that constantly toasts the same shell stuff. My friend has a Note also with the issue. It slows the phone to a crawl, and drains battery until reboot.
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I switched to SuperSU and the problem goes away. Wohoo!
I disabled SuperUser from Application Settings and then installed SuperSU.
lanwarrior said:
I switched to SuperSU and the problem goes away. Wohoo!
I disabled SuperUser from Application Settings and then installed SuperSU.
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So, I lost root access doing things in this order. Everything is working fine now, although it's only been a few minutes. I couldn't uninstall Superuser, the closest I could get, was uninstall updates, and then disable [It would be nice for superuser to show up TiBu, but it's not recognized at all]. Downloaded SuperSU, but it refused to open and froze my phone with each try. Ran 'root checker' and didn't have root access anymore since superuser was disabled. Had to enable superuser again, update it...give SuperSU root access via superuser, then SuperSU was able to gain control of my root access, and then I uninstalled updates, and then disabled superuser.
So it seems from my experience, that you have to leave your previous app for root access enabled long enough to grant the new app access to take over it's job.
So if anyone else is deciding to switch over, I'll save you a headache by making sure you leave Superuser enabled until you get SuperSU up and running.
Hopefully I've seen the last of these persistent 'shell notifications'
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So, I lost root access doing things in this order. Everything is working fine now, although it's only been a few minutes. I couldn't uninstall Superuser, the closest I could get, was uninstall updates, and then disable [It would be nice for superuser to show up TiBu, but it's not recognized at all]. Downloaded SuperSU, but it refused to open and froze my phone with each try. Ran 'root checker' and didn't have root access anymore since superuser was disabled. Had to enable superuser again, update it...give SuperSU root access via superuser, then SuperSU was able to gain control of my root access, and then I uninstalled updates, and then disabled superuser.
So it seems from my experience, that you have to leave your previous app for root access enabled long enough to grant the new app access to take over it's job.
So if anyone else is deciding to switch over, I'll save you a headache by making sure you leave Superuser enabled until you get SuperSU up and running.
Hopefully I've seen the last of these persistent 'shell notifications'
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That's interesting. I didn't uninstall SuperUser, just disabled it so my thought this will not remove root. Maybe this has to do on how I rooted my phone.
I rooted my phone last month and it's been running just fine. Today I began seeing a SuperSU message "Binaries need updating..." Selecting update reboots the phone. Cancel and the app will not run. Booting into recovery, wiping the cache then reinstalling SuperSU restored SuperSU app but security app, "TrustGO" virus scan states "[email protected]" infection in Supersu. Also, SuperSU began new message recommending an upgeade to the "Pro" version.
Is "[email protected]" a problem and if so is there an alternative?
(AVG & Norton virus scans report nothing.)
Thanks!
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What I think is the case is that by receiving the prompt to upgrade to pro it may have triggered your security app.
"I think" Do you have an add blocker software app installed ?? If so check for an update to your host files. If not then hit the play store and download one. I use Add free. It's free and it's a good app "imo" After your device is add free the security alert should go away. If not try uninstalling the security app, reboot and reinstall it. But if avg and Norton scanned and reported nothing then more than likely your ok. But if you prefer the app that had the alert then you can try the above steps to see if it helps your issue at all.
#Root-Hack_Mod*Always=SG3
To stop message to upgrade from showing, click setting, scroll all the way down, uncheck nag about upgrading.
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What I think is the case is that by receiving the prompt to upgrade to pro it may have triggered your security app.
"I think" Do you have an add blocker software app installed ?? If so check for an update to your host files. If not then hit the play store and download one. I use Add free. It's free and it's a good app "imo" After your device is add free the security alert should go away. If not try uninstalling the security app, reboot and reinstall it. But if avg and Norton scanned and reported nothing then more than likely your ok. But if you prefer the app that had the alert then you can try the above steps to see if it helps your issue at all.
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Thanks for the response.
I am using Ad Free and updating HOST file says I have the latest. Viewing the HOST file shows a blank page? I uninstalled TrustGO, rebooted and reinstalled. Scan still identifys "[email protected]" infection. "This app is able to gain full access by exploiting a well known weakness on the Android platform".
I like TrustGO because it does all security in one app. (Lost phone locator, remote data wipe, web browsing malware protection, virus detection, etc.)
I guess if SuperSU really had began misbehaving some of you smarter folks out there (smarter than me!) would detect that and recommend alternatives. Unless I hear otherwise I guess I'll flag it as IGNORE.
SuperSU/Superuser by their nature are a security risk, that's a false warning though.
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Thanks for the response.
I am using Ad Free and updating HOST file says I have the latest. Viewing the HOST file shows a blank page? I uninstalled TrustGO, rebooted and reinstalled. Scan still identifys "[email protected]" infection. "This app is able to gain full access by exploiting a well known weakness on the Android platform".
I like TrustGO because it does all security in one app. (Lost phone locator, remote data wipe, web browsing malware protection, virus detection, etc.)
I guess if SuperSU really had began misbehaving some of you smarter folks out there (smarter than me!) would detect that and recommend alternatives. Unless I hear otherwise I guess I'll flag it as IGNORE.
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Well viewing the host file should not be blank "afaik". If you want, try running it again. And/or uninstalling add free and then rebooting. Hit recovery and wipe cache & dalvik cache. Then reinstall add free and update. Also yea I'm gonna lean towards the hit on the su app as a false one. Also which version are you using ??
#Root-Hack_Mod*Always=LTE
Version 1.04
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AddFree still shows blank TCP dump. Logon and update says I'm up to date. I reinstalled it after wiping cache same time as SuperSU...
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Were are you viewing your host file from?? Also have you tried to a earlier ver of super su ??
#Root-Hack_Mod*Always=LTE
There really is no nice way to say this, aside from "TrustGO are a collection of dumb ****s who don't know their job". They're not alone, though.
SuperSU and/or its native binary are installed by many exploits that gain root automatically. Those are indeed security risks. Due to this, it appears the su binary itself has been (wrongly) classified as an exploit by several virus companies, instead of the binaries actually performing the exploit.
There is nothing "exploiting" about su, if there was, a lot of binaries on a lot of computing devices could be classified as exploit now
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AddFree still shows blank TCP dump. Logon and update says I'm up to date. I reinstalled it after wiping cache same time as SuperSU...
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Well the Man himself said it. Ya can't get a better answer than the one chainfire gave you.
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Thanks! I fully agree..
I was able (finally) to get the host file working...
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Glad you got it worked out.
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I was wondering what exactly SuperSU permission means. Does it means that if I grant a App SuperSU permission both at the install stage and later via the superSU rooted app, the app then have free hand to do anything on the device. I did a bit of research and ir does seem to be yhe case, wouldn't this be very dangerous to grant this permission to some less well know apps (ie not titanium backup calibre).
Sorry I am just curious. But what I really want to know is this, and cant seem to find answer on the net elsewhere.
Although there is a separate permission for Internet access. Would an app with superSU be able to give itself stealth internet access and thus able to steal sensitive data over the net, or would I still be safe as long as the app dont ask for explicit internet permission.
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I was wondering what exactly SuperSU permission means. Does it means that if I grant a App SuperSU permission both at the install stage and later via the superSU rooted app, the app then have free hand to do anything on the device. I did a bit of research and ir does seem to be yhe case, wouldn't this be very dangerous to grant this permission to some less well know apps (ie not titanium backup calibre).
Sorry I am just curious. But what I really want to know is this, and cant seem to find answer on the net elsewhere.
Although there is a separate permission for Internet access. Would an app with superSU be able to give itself stealth internet access and thus able to steal sensitive data over the net, or would I still be safe as long as the app dont ask for explicit internet permission.
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With root u can do almost anything on your device and supersu is just app that remembers you that you are going offthe limit withiut an app like that every app installed on your phone can use root and cause harm but with the use of supersu you can limit by denying those suspected apps from root permission
And for the real question an app with root permission can do almost anything with your device so use it with prrcaution