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I have a T-Mobile version of Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant.
I followed a guide here:
forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=7150299&postcount=1
I can get into the recovery menu and I can see the option to reinstall packages. However when I press a power button to reinstall packages it seems like something is happening and it takes about 3 seconds and then the phone reboots.
I tried to use titanium Backup and I get a message it can't get access to root. I am assuming that am still not rooted.
I tried rooting with this method two times and it seems the result is the same.
Anyone has any idea?
thanks
Okay who is going to be the first one to flame him?
Have you tried using Ryan Za's OCLF app in the market?
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dmolition said:
Okay who is going to be the first one to flame him?
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If you can help by replying or guiding me to the right place I would appreciate it.
Have you tried using Ryan Za's OCLF app in the market?
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I just did and followed the instructions. However when I entered the recovery mode I did not see the package that I have to install.
Orochi77 said:
If you can help by replying or guiding me to the right place I would appreciate it.
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Q & A section would have been my first guess.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=708
Orochi77 said:
I have a T-Mobile version of Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant.
I followed a guide here:
forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=7150299&postcount=1
I can get into the recovery menu and I can see the option to reinstall packages. However when I press a power button to reinstall packages it seems like something is happening and it takes about 3 seconds and then the phone reboots.
I tried to use titanium Backup and I get a message it can't get access to root. I am assuming that am still not rooted.
I tried rooting with this method two times and it seems the result is the same.
Anyone has any idea?
thanks
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Ignore some of the idiots above me
But that is normally how long it takes.. It doesn't take long at all for it to work. Just go to apps on your phone, and look for an application called "SuperUser"
If it is there then you are rooted, and for apps that require root, there will be a little box that pops up asking for permission
dmolition said:
Okay who is going to be the first one to flame him?
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Why are you going to flame him? None of the stickys have been updated with any information regarding root information for JI6.
Some people have issues, while other people do not.
I visit this forum everyday and still haven't found any definitive information about rooting on JI6...just people saying "hey try this" or "try that".
Goofing around without knowing what you're doing is the easiest way to jack up your phone. If he messed it up just following a thread by 'Billy-bob-Joe' then you would probably be the first one to flame him for not asking for help before he tried anything.
Cut the guy some slack.
Master thank you for responding.
Just go to apps on your phone, and look for an application called "SuperUser"
If it is there then you are rooted, and for apps that require root, there will be a little box that pops up asking for permission
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I had the superuser application even before I was trying any rooting.
I also just tried another tutorial for one click root and another tutorial where a rooting is done from a apk file from within the phone but nothing seems to work.
Some people have the same problem at the one click root thread but there is no answer to that.
Thanks Tarzanman
I am assuming JI6 is a firmware that I have.
As of this post JI6 is the latest firmware for the Samsung Vibrant.
T-mobile is sending it out over their network ("OTA"), but you can also obtain the update via Samsung's (very buggy) Kies or Kies Mini software (assuming you get the software to recognize your phone properly).
It is called JI6 because if you go to Settings|About Phone|Baseband Version
then phones running this firmware will read "T959UVJI6"
Tarzanman thanks for your explanation.
On my phone is actually reads as: T959UVJFD.
Can this firmware be rooted?
Orochi77 said:
Tarzanman thanks for your explanation.
On my phone is actually reads as: T959UVJFD.
Can this firmware be rooted?
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Yes, JFD is the stock ROM. You might as well get JI6 loaded on to it, as loading it on after will reset your root priviledges anyways.
Best way to check if you have root is to download Terminal Emulator, open it, and type in SU...
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Yes, JFD is the stock ROM. You might as well get JI6 loaded on to it, as loading it on after will reset your root priviledges anyways.
Best way to check if you have root is to download Terminal Emulator, open it, and type in SU...
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Thanks
Terminal Emulator gave me a message "Permission Denied"
I am assuming that i am not rooted.
What am i doing wrong then?
you followed the steps on this guide?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=7150299&postcount=1
make sure you DL the file on that thread, and follow its steps!
1) make sure you rename the dl'd file "update.zip"
2) make sure you have the file in the internal memory of the phone, not the SD card
Try it again, and let us know!
I have never had a root problem, though I do find it strange that you had "superuser" prior to rooting.
You have a brand new phone? or did you buy it off the internet somewhere? There's no way new phones have "superuser" on it already.
If you've already tried to many methods, i'm guessing one of those ways you tried installed superuser on the phone without granting you root access (which is weird too)
From the General Sticky (and it works regardless of JFD or JI6):
HOW TO ROOT
justadude had a great post on how to root. Please read his post. I have used this method about 10 times and it always works flawlessly and it's just so incredibly easy.
Be sure you are placing the file on the root of your internal memory (sdcard/). This is possibly the easiest phone ever to root.
you followed the steps on this guide?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...99&postcount=1
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I did . I just tried now again and the same thing happened.
It seems like the process went fine. Now I tried to type su in terminal emulator and again it says permission denied.
I have never had a root problem, though I do find it strange that you had "superuser" prior to rooting.
You have a brand new phone? or did you buy it off the internet somewhere? There's no way new phones have "superuser" on it already.
If you've already tried to many methods, i'm guessing one of those ways you tried installed superuser on the phone without granting you root access (which is weird too)
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The phone was bought from second hands. It was locked to T-Mobile. The guy who i bought it from unlocked it and claimed that he only used it for one week.
The phone came with superuser app. It is part of the phone and not a 3rd party application. I cannot remove it. I thought it was part of the stock apps that come with the phone.
s15274n, yep did that at least three times now with no luck.
Just to confirm. I am putting the update.zip file on the root of the drive that has internal memory of the phone, not the SD card. I am guessing if I was putting it elsewhere then the recovery menu will not see it as install packages option.
I am lost. Perhaps the dude that sold me the phone messed something up somehow and now because of that I can't root.
Thank you for helping me guys.
s15274n
Can you tell me something?
When you select install packages how long does the process take before the phone reboots?
For me it takes about three seconds.
It really does not take long at all.... several seconds sounds about right.
Are you renaming the file on your phone, or the pc?
My concern is you are renaming it update.zip.zip (because your pc is hiding the file extension).
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It really does not take long at all.... several seconds sounds about right.
Are you renaming the file on your phone, or the pc?
My concern is you are renaming it update.zip.zip (because your pc is hiding the file extension).
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I am renaming the file on the PC via total commander.
I am pretty sure it is not zip.zip issue.
Download the file to your phone directly from the thread I linked.
On your phone, go to the filed (sdcard/download).
Long press and rename it using Astro or Root Explorer, etc.
just start to the left of update.zip and delete the name so it's now just update.zip
long press and move this file to sdcard/
go to stock recovery and flash it.
Do all of these steps and tell me it doesn't work....
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Before I get flamed for not searching, I have and I was unable to post a question to the forum from which my question originated. Basically I need some help with installing the root using a Mac. I don't know how to make sure the root has taken place. I already have the bootloader unlocked and now I am trying to get the "perma root" to take. I get the root confirmation, all the way to the "GG!!" line at the end. However I don't know what/how to proceed. Any guidance would be great! Thanks guys!
If your not sure if you have root, download 'Terminal Emulator' from the market, type in SU, hit enter, and it should ask for superuser rights. If it does, hit yes. This means you have root.
If it says access denied, then you dont have root.
good luck man
Might I ask how you went about the unlocking-bootlader process on a mac? I'm stuck at this step (I know my way around everything else, but haven't used the terminal since the N1 days).
Also, check this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1310115 mac version posted.
Figured it out...bad download on my part.
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do you already try the gingerbreak?
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do you already try the gingerbreak?
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^^dont do this^^
alx294 said:
If your not sure if you have root, download 'Terminal Emulator' from the market, type in SU, hit enter, and it should ask for superuser rights. If it does, hit yes. This means you have root.
If it says access denied, then you dont have root.
good luck man
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Ok, I did this, and it worked. So I have a permanently rooted device. Now I just need to know how to delete the extra bloatware that I despise so much! any suggestions?!
HTC_Amaze_nOOb said:
Ok, I did this, and it worked. So I have a permanently rooted device. Now I just need to know how to delete the extra bloatware that I despise so much! any suggestions?!
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So many options out there.
I used MyBackup Pro to Freeze the bloatware. No point on me uninstalling them really. I have plenty of space. A few megs won't make a big difference in my opinion.
HTC_Amaze_nOOb said:
Ok, I did this, and it worked. So I have a permanently rooted device. Now I just need to know how to delete the extra bloatware that I despise so much! any suggestions?!
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I used sysappremover. It also allows freeze and move to sd I believe.
I ma using Juice Defender, but even with that my phone is always about dead by 8pm, even when i hardly use it. I am not rooted, but I did try to root my phone for the sole purpose of getting better battery life. I do not want to wipe anything from my phone! There is a thread about how my attempts at root did not work.
I too have faced the same problem. I had CM7 installed, battery life is terrible. Won't last for a day with minimal use. After i switched to DarkyROM 10.2.2, I was able to use my phone for 1d 12 hours w/o charging.
see my post here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1314456
thanks
unfortunately I cant even get my phone rooted, so I wouldnt be able to flash anything. plus I dont want anything wiped from my phone...
itsLYNDZ said:
unfortunately I cant even get my phone rooted, so I wouldnt be able to flash anything. plus I dont want anything wiped from my phone...
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Ok do this. Go to this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=849028 Then go to How DO I Root and choose the option A. Download that update.zip. Put it on your internal SD as is (don't unzip it and make sure that it the only Update.zip in your internal SD). Boot into recovery mode. Hit Reinstall Packages. It will cycle through, hit Reinstall Packages again. It will run through the cycle, roboot (you might have to reboot it yourself) and BAM!!! You are Rooted. No need to use Superoneclick, it is all right there in that one simple update.zip.
Now that you are rooted, go to market and get app called Battery Calibration (or if you have Clockwork there is an option to wipe battstats but you are having ahard enough time rooting, so lets stick to an easy apk). Install Battery Calibrator, intsall it. It will ask for SU permission, say yes. Plug your phone in and charge up to 100%. Once there hit Calibrate and there you go. You'll notice better battery life. Here is a market link https://market.android.com/details?...xLDEsImNvbS5uZW1hLmJhdHRlcnljYWxpYnJhdGlvbiJd
Side note: I have had Juice Defender (plus) for almost a year and have had nothing but good experiences with it. Kick in the extra $ and get the Plus (not the Ultimate) and you can configure it on an app by app basis. I can get nealy 30+hours on a single charge with music, XDA, podcasts running almost all day.
I did just try the update.zip on my internal sd card, and then booted into recovery.. still not rooted.. heres my forum about my rooting issues http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1320800
itsLYNDZ said:
I did just try the update.zip on my internal sd card, and then booted into recovery.. still not rooted.. heres my forum about my rooting issues http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1320800
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I've read it and the other one. Clearly you are not doing something right. I followed the instructions on the Stickie at the top of the forum and was rooted in under 3 minutes.
Looking again at your post, if you have the Superuser.apk, you have root. Wither go into your SU app, click on it and erase permissions, then try Titanium again. Should ask for Root permission. Or go into settings>applications>and find your SU app. Click on it and clear data, then try TB and it shoudl ask for Root permission.
I do have superuser.apk, but im not sure if thats because oneclickroot added it. When I open battery calibrator or titanium backup, they all say i dont have root.
Wipe the data in the su app. This will clear the permissions. The wipe TB data and try again. If yiy have the su app, you should be rooted. Sounds like a permission issue.
I just did the superuser.apk wipe. If I just delete it, will it reinstall? It does sound like its rooted since apps plus superoneclick root both said its rooted. yet, tests for root failed.
itsLYNDZ said:
I just did the superuser.apk wipe. If I just delete it, will it reinstall? It does sound like its rooted since apps plus superoneclick root both said its rooted. yet, tests for root failed.
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Don't delete it as it will NOT reinstall. When you push the Superuser app in your drawer, what happens? Does a list of apps come up? Does anything come up? If a list of apps come up, click on Titanium and a pop up will come up. Hit forget. Then go into Titanium and it will ask for Root permission. Might say it does have it, close out of TB, go to task manager and close it that way. Then re-open it and if it didn't ask for Root permission before, it shoudl now.
When i open the superuser app it doesnt show any apps. just says "No apps listed"
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Don't delete it as it will NOT reinstall. When you push the Superuser app in your drawer, what happens? Does a list of apps come up? Does anything come up? If a list of apps come up, click on Titanium and a pop up will come up. Hit forget. Then go into Titanium and it will ask for Root permission. Might say it does have it, close out of TB, go to task manager and close it that way. Then re-open it and if it didn't ask for Root permission before, it shoudl now.
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Just did that, nothing changed
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Just did that, nothing changed
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Lets move this over to your other thread since this one is supposed to be about battery issues.
Try to pull another different Root app, like the batter calibrator in and run it and see what happens with it. Does it ask for root permission or not. Did you hit the "problems" button in TB? Do you have current busybox?
Talk to you over there but I am about out of suggestings other than the above or booting into revicery and wipe /cache and /dalvik-cache (not fatory reset/data). Also I have some real work to do so I might be sporatic with my responsed until later on.
so far the only app that recognizes root is battery calibrator. Busybox, TB, and autokiller memory optimizer dont recognize root. super user shows no apps. Im wondering if my phone is even rooted, since after using battery calibrator, my phone has dropped 15% in the last 20 minutes. Nothing is even running on my phone. its just sitting there.
Downloaded latest update to Titanium last night. When I ran it, I got a dialog that says: Your ROM is rooted but the "su" binary has non-optimal access rights which may cause problems
Titanium pro can fix this problem automatically in many cases. Do you want to proceed?
NO YES, DO IT
What should I do???
When it asked me I had it fix automatically on accident but everything worked for me thank god lol...(dont place me responsible if you have problems though )
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Downloaded latest update to Titanium last night. When I ran it, I got a dialog that says: Your ROM is rooted but the "su" binary has non-optimal access rights which may cause problems
Titanium pro can fix this problem automatically in many cases. Do you want to proceed?
NO YES, DO IT
What should I do???
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I saw the same message.
I selected 'No' simply because...if it ain't broke...don't fix it!
...now off to get that tasty 1.4.1 update. NOT!
is there a thread that goes over all the new features or what 1.4.1 fixes?
If there is, I haven't seen it yet.
I am glad that nothing bad apparently happened when the "Titanium root fix' was applied.
Makes me want to go do it now.
Yea and honestly it's because I'm a Neanderthal and my fat finger hit it by accident. I was glad too
I selected yes and nothing bad happened.... At least not yet... Lol
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Anyone know what this does? just changes the permissions of "su"? i.e. like "chmod 755 su" or something?
Hi all,
I unlocked my bootloader and rooted my phone a while ago. Everything appeared to go well. I've installed NottachTrix version 1.2.9 and now 1.3.1 and had the same problem with both ROMs.
Everytime I do a google search by susing the magnifiying glass button in bottom right of the phone I have to agree to Google's terms and conditions. I'm sure I'm only supposed to agree to that once! Also when I run Titanium backup I get an message saying:
Warning
You ROM is rooted but the "su" binary has non-optimal access rights, which may cause problems.
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Titanium offers to fix the problem to which I agree. I get a message saying:
Access rights on the "su" binary were successfully corrected from "0:0 [6755]" to "0:0 [6755]".
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(yes both codes are exactly the same).
I'm asked to reboot for the changes to take effect but after boot when I run Titanmium I get the same message again. Titanium seems to run perfectly anyway and backup and restore works fine.
Any idea what's causing these two hiccups and how I could fix it?
Cheers
Wagster
Im having this same issue on the same rom
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same for me, any solution?
Wagster said:
Hi all,
I unlocked my bootloader and rooted my phone a while ago. Everything appeared to go well. I've installed NottachTrix version 1.2.9 and now 1.3.1 and had the same problem with both ROMs.
Everytime I do a google search by susing the magnifiying glass button in bottom right of the phone I have to agree to Google's terms and conditions. I'm sure I'm only supposed to agree to that once! Also when I run Titanium backup I get an message saying:
Titanium offers to fix the problem to which I agree. I get a message saying:
(yes both codes are exactly the same).
I'm asked to reboot for the changes to take effect but after boot when I run Titanmium I get the same message again. Titanium seems to run perfectly anyway and backup and restore works fine.
Any idea what's causing these two hiccups and how I could fix it?
Cheers
Wagster
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I'm running CyanogenMod7 for the Atrix. I had a problem similar to this where, inexplicably, su stopped working. The app was granting permission, but nothing was working right. I have seen several threads that say this and they say you can flash Superuser 3.1.3 or 3.2 RC3 zip file from AndroidSU.com to fix it.
Unfortunately, the only way I could fix mine was to restore a backup. That being said, anytime I make changes to my phone, I run a backup in CWM Recovery first, then restore if something goes wrong. I was lucky enough to have a recent backup that only removed a couple of apps.
Tryupdating super user.
I have similar problem for MROM. Root apps freeze.