So I have been trying to root my phone and it is not working. I have flashed clockwork red onto my phone via ODIN and then tried to flash the superuser.zip file given to me in this thread (The Unbrick your phone and EASY root method thread) but once I reboot it just says I am not rooted and that I have done nothing to my phone. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!
cking122 said:
So I have been trying to root my phone and it is not working. I have flashed clockwork red onto my phone via ODIN and then tried to flash the superuser.zip file given to me in this thread (The Unbrick your phone and EASY root method thread) but once I reboot it just says I am not rooted and that I have done nothing to my phone. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!
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I just gave the step by step instructions to someone else. Try the steps in post #2 in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1103218
EDIT - You just need to replace the superuser file with the su + busybox file, you have everything else.
landshark68 said:
I just gave the step by step instructions to someone else. Try the steps in post #2 in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1103218
EDIT - You just need to replace the superuser file with the su + busybox file, you have everything else.
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That thread is a little outdated but I will fix it. It has finally slowed enough on all the new changes that I can edit without it being different in a day.
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I am getting extremly frustrated right now.
i have been trying to install cwm on my phone for hours now and i just need some help please
i dont have windows installed. ive tried using VM but my computer is refusing to allow me to use usb in VM right now.
odin through wine doesnt work.
so my last option is heimdall... can somebody please give me some usable steps on flashing cwm with heimdall ... its very late here, im very frustrated and getting ready to pull my hair out, so please in noob terms.. thank you to whomever feels nice and gives me some help
Have you looked at this thread?
You don't say, but I assume you want to install a kernel containing ClockworkMod Recovery.
If you havn't sorted out your installation yet, follow step 2b in How to Flash Custom Binaries Without Ever Incrementing the Flash counter!!, except extract the zImage from the kernel you want to install, and then use the following on the command line:
Code:
heimdall flash --kernel zImage
If you need root first, follow the whole guide.
Adelaide. said:
Have you looked at this thread?
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i had looked at that thread, thank you for the post, but it wasnt exactly wprking for me the way it seemed to in the thread, which is why i posted this thread. but thanks again.
creepyncrawly said:
You don't say, but I assume you want to install a kernel containing ClockworkMod Recovery.
If you havn't sorted out your installation yet, follow step 2b in How to Flash Custom Binaries Without Ever Incrementing the Flash counter!!, except extract the zImage from the kernel you want to install, and then use the following on the command line:
Code:
heimdall flash --kernel zImage
If you need root first, follow the whole guide.
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thank you
i will try again later, for the time being i just gave up and repartitioned my hdd so i could dual boot windows and get it done that way. but i will practice getting this down so i dont have to rely on windows
creepyncrawly said:
You don't say, but I assume you want to install a kernel containing ClockworkMod Recovery.
If you havn't sorted out your installation yet, follow step 2b in How to Flash Custom Binaries Without Ever Incrementing the Flash counter!!, except extract the zImage from the kernel you want to install, and then use the following on the command line:
Code:
heimdall flash --kernel zImage
If you need root first, follow the whole guide.
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Once you've flashed a CWM-enabled zImage, you only need to flash the Su package from ChainsDD's site in CWM to get root.
Hi,
I upgrade rom to gingerbread 2.3.3 olleh via update.pkg. I don't find the way to obtain the root access and I can't install the streakmod recovery too.
HELPME PLEASE!!!
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Keep searching, all the required info is there, have you looked at the wiki and the stickies?
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eNRIQUEsILES said:
Hi,
I upgrade rom to gingerbread 2.3.3 olleh via update.pkg. I don't find the way to obtain the root access and I can't install the streakmod recovery too.
HELPME PLEASE!!!
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Flash the root zip via streakdroid recovery.
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Hi,
finally!
I've done it after looking for a long time.
install superboot
install recovery
install custom rom
GingerStreak 2.4.4 is working
http://ilikemygooglephone.com/2010/...-streak-for-windows-mac-linux-andorid-2-12-2/
FORÇA BARÇA
VISCA CARLES PUYOL
eNRIQUEsILES said:
Hi,
finally!
I've done it after looking for a long time.
install superboot
install recovery
install custom rom
GingerStreak 2.4.4 is working
http://ilikemygooglephone.com/2010/...-streak-for-windows-mac-linux-andorid-2-12-2/
FORÇA BARÇA
VISCA CARLES PUYOL
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i think you are using clockworkmood recovery..isnt it..??
for stock roms there is a issue with streakmood recovery..for avoid from that issue 1st root your 4n with superuser.zip
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=997581
and then delete or rename system/etc/install-recovery.sh with a file explorer or or via ADB
then reboot and flash the streakmood recovery again..you are done
frozen91 said:
i think you are using clockworkmood recovery..isnt it..??
for stock roms there is a issue with streakmood recovery..for avoid from that issue 1st root your 4n with superuser.zip
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=997581
and then delete or rename system/etc/install-recovery.sh with a file explorer or or via ADB
then reboot and flash the streakmood recovery again..you are done
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Hi frozen91,
This is simpler than that. You need to install the PC application Streak_iLikeMyGPhone from link.
With this application first install superboot and install recovery after and we have installed the clorckworkmod recovery.
We can install from update.zip superuser.zip or install a custom rom with the superuser already installed.
I hope you understand me, my english is not very good.
Actually, the rooting process is even more simple than what you posted, which you would have discovered upon reading the "Everything you always wanted to know about the Streak but were too busy bricking it" thread.
No one-click rooting tools of any kind are needed and in fact are not recommended. Flash the recovery then immediately boot into the recovery instead of letting the Streak boot normally. From there flash superuser.zip and voilá, you're rooted.
Strephon Alkhalikoi said:
Actually, the rooting process is even more simple than what you posted, which you would have discovered upon reading the "Everything you always wanted to know about the Streak but were too busy bricking it" thread.
No one-click rooting tools of any kind are needed and in fact are not recommended. Flash the recovery then immediately boot into the recovery instead of letting the Streak boot normally. From there flash superuser.zip and voilá, you're rooted.
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The method that I posted is the unic method wich I rooted and intalled clockworkmod recovery in my device. I tried with diferents methods and I get only with this method.
I could do with other methods in froyo 2.2
Well, Clockworkmod has issues on the Streak. You should be using StreakMod Recovery instead.
I don't run a Linux box, though I am familiar with Linux and have used it in the recent past. However, even with Linux you don't need a one-click rooting tool. Linux binaries for Fastboot and ADB are readily available. A cursory search with Google turned up this page. While it assumes the user is running Debian, the setup should apply to any flavor of Linux.
It doesn't matter which OS you have. No one-click root tools are needed to root a Streak because the rooting process hasn't changed from Froyo to Gingerbread. You still load the recovery first using Fastboot on your computer, immediately boot into the recovery, then load the SU binary.
renaming recovery
frozen91 said:
...and then delete or rename system/etc/install-recovery.sh with a file explorer or or via ADB
then reboot and flash the streakmood recovery again..you are done
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Could you please break that down for me. Ive read up on every thread on rooting but i cant seem to understand how to rename the recovery file (where to go to rename it) so it wont be overwritten when it reboots.
Thanks.
Didn't want to hijack that other thread, so I thought a more explicity thread might help others.
So I followed http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=iMYMR3_Vk8I and got my phone unlocked. I'm unsure what to do next to get a "stock" phone rooted. All I want is to have my phone rooted so I can run SU apps. There are a couple options from the tool, of which I'm not sure what is what:
1. Flash a Recovery (TWRP 2.1) - Not sure what this is for, should I flash it? What does it do?
2. Kernels - Do I download a kernel like: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1762537 and Flash Kernel?
3. Perm Root - From the name this sounds like what I want... but can I run it on my freshly restored/unlocked phone? Do I need to run this after one of the above (or both) steps?
1. Yes. A recovery is, put simply, a tool that can be used to flash things to your phone (e.g. custom ROMs and mods). You will need a recovery in order to achieve permanent root, so flashing the recovery is definitely a good idea.
2. The thread that you linked to does not contain a kernel, it contains a custom ROM. Since we do not have any customized kernels for this phone yet, skip the flash kernel step entirely. You may want to go back and use it if a kernel is developed that you prefer, but for now, there are no kernels to flash.
3. Perm root is the step that you want, but you need to flash the recovery first. The perm root script will run and then eventually boot you into the recovery, which you must use to flash SuperSU.zip which is the package that gives you root on your current ROM.
polarimetric said:
1. Yes. A recovery is, put simply, a tool that can be used to flash things to your phone (e.g. custom ROMs and mods). You will need a recovery in order to achieve permanent root, so flashing the recovery is definitely a good idea.
2. The thread that you linked to does not contain a kernel, it contains a custom ROM. Since we do not have any customized kernels for this phone yet, skip the flash kernel step entirely. You may want to go back and use it if a kernel is developed that you prefer, but for now, there are no kernels to flash.
3. Perm root is the step that you want, but you need to flash the recovery first. The perm root script will run and then eventually boot you into the recovery, which you must use to flash SuperSU.zip which is the package that gives you root on your current ROM.
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Thanks polarimetric for explaining! Hopefully your explanations and my slight quirks below can help some others.
The TWRP reflash worked fine. I had an issue with the Perm Root though... for some reason the SuperSU.zip wasn't actually getting copied over to the phone before it was rebooted into recovery. I ended up mounting the sdcard and manually copying over SU/SuperSU.zip to my sdcard. At that point I ran Perm Root again (which in my case just reboots into recovery). From there I clicked "Install" and selected the /sdcard/SuperSU.zip file. It installed and rebooted.
Successfully rooted!
More advice pleae.
polarimetric said:
3. Perm root is the step that you want, but you need to flash the recovery first. The perm root script will run and then eventually boot you into the recovery, which you must use to flash SuperSU.zip which is the package that gives you root on your current ROM.
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I flashed a recovery yesterday since I needed to recover. After that my endlessly booting appliance booted successfully.
Now I want to Root. I tried this using the Hasoon2000 thing yet and got a "Simply Brilliant" screen when I rebooted into recovery but then got could not connect message when I tried to permanently root.
Do I need to flash a different recovery?
Wow, this thread got my hopes up til I saw it was bumped.
As of several months ago, we lost the ability to root:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1792514
So, until an exploit is found or verizon says we can do it, we can't root.
Hesacon said:
Wow, this thread got my hopes up til I saw it was bumped.
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Yeah, the same thing happened to me. I tried HTCDev unlock last night and it didn't work, so I was very surprised to see that as the most recent post. Now I'm extremely disappointed.
i hope i am not getting anyone elses hopes up either.... but man i am disappointed
This phone isn't even relevant anymore... I don't know why Verizon gives a **** about locking us out.
I followed a tutorial to successfully root my phone in the past, but I need to do it again and want to understand it a bit better this time. (I'm doing it using command-line heimdall from Ubuntu.) Doing "sudo heimdall flash --recovery recovery.img --no-reboot", the tutorial provided a recovery.img which went on to install CWM. Then from within the rooted phone I installed another custom recovery. But do I need to do this as a 2-step process like this, or can I simply for the first time on an UNrooted phone do "sudo heimdall flash --recovery SOME-OTHER-RECOVERY.img --no-reboot"?
The tutorial also provided a CWM-SuperSU-v0.87.zip. What's actually the purpose of this, and do I even need it?
It also came with an s3pit.pit, but I didn't actually do anything with this. Did the 'heimdall' command that I ran do something with this, or is it safe to do the rooting process without it?
I'm asking because I'd like to root my phone not blindly following one tutorial which provided its own files (http://galaxys3root.com/galaxy-s3-root/how-to-root-galaxy-s3-on-linuxubuntu/). Surprisingly there are no other decent tutorials out there on rooting this phone from Ubuntu, any ideas?
You can flash any compatible recovery in step 1. I see no reason to flash something you don't need. I recommend philz recovery (link in signature) but twrp is good. I would stay away from cwm as its not great if you want to go to 4.2 android roms
Having a recovery is one thing but actually you're still not rooted. You need recovery to flash a zip which will give you root. Unless you just want to flash a custom rom, in which case you only need the recovery and can skip flashing root stuff
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I wasn't aware of these distinctions, thanks. What alternative zips that give me root could you recommend? I would rather use one that is on xda-developers rather than on a blog post on some random website. Does it need to be compatible with the recovery, or would any 'root zip' meant for the i9300 work?
So is it possible to root the stock default ROM by just flashing a root zip using the stock recovery? Or is a custom recovery needed for this?
Roots are in Development section as said CWM is rather out of date now .
Both TWRP and Philz work well .
jje
I think I have misunderstood. In the first response it said "You need recovery to flash a zip which will give you root", which I assumed was the "CWM-SuperSU-v0.87.zip" I mentioned in the original post. I'm wondering about alternatives for this zip, not for the recovery (for the recovery I'll use Philz or TWRP as has been suggested).
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I think I have misunderstood. In the first response it said "You need recovery to flash a zip which will give you root", which I assumed was the "CWM-SuperSU-v0.87.zip" I mentioned in the original post. I'm wondering about alternatives for this zip, not for the recovery (for the recovery I'll use Philz or TWRP as has been suggested).
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You don't need an alternative. It contains 2 things. The su binary (what gives you root) and the super user app (a graphical "gatekeeper" to root). If you're applying root to a handset, you'll be using these things
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Really didn't want to make a new thread about this but honestly people just jumped to conclusions without being helpful in my previous thread.
Long story short I'm trying to manually get 4.4.2: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2664561
I saw that I needed to get s-off, which requires root. Bootloader was already unlocked and so did everything here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2273376
I installed CWM. It said to install a superuser tool so I installed SuperSU.
"You're not out of the woods yet! The stock kernel is system write protected, so you still can't modify it (changes won't "stick"). You'll have to flash a custom rom or a kernel if you want stock instead." was the next line. <-- I saw that message. Installed a kernel that he recommended: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2255900
After reboot I get SuperSU error: There is no SU binary installed and SuperSU cannot install it. If you just upgraded to Android 4.3, you need to manually re-root- consult the relevant forums for your device etc.
Can anyone help me get the proper SU Binary installed? Not a beginner to rooting as I've had had several previous phones before. Never encountered something as annoying as this.
On 4.3, 3.17.502.3.
I had the same issue when I installed 4.4.2 on my international One.
What I done to root was;
- downloaded SuperSU v1.80 zip from here.
- download SuperSu from the Play Store
- in SuperSU, select the option to install binaries via TWRP/CWM. (If it doesn't reboot to recovery, manually enter recovery)
- flash the supersu v1.80 zip and reboot
- open SuperSu and install the binaries using the normal option.
That then enabled my root. I'd tried quite a few different variations and this was the only method that worked for me.
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Thank you! Although I just managed to installed a custom ROM and managed to get root.
I followed this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2664561
I flashed the Recovery_Cingular_US in fastboot. Unfortunately I'm unable to boot into stock recovery. I've been told right after you enter recovery from bootloader you press all three buttons simultaneously?
Is there a way to get into stock recovery from fastboot? Or better yet install the ROM from fastboot?
mch277 said:
Thank you! Although I just managed to installed a custom ROM and managed to get root.
I followed this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2664561
I flashed the Recovery_Cingular_US in fastboot. Unfortunately I'm unable to boot into stock recovery. I've been told right after you enter recovery from bootloader you press all three buttons simultaneously?
Is there a way to get into stock recovery from fastboot? Or better yet install the ROM from fastboot?
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You seem very confused about the whole rooting process ... what was the point in flashing the stock recovery ? Are you trying to install the OTAPkg.zip ?
what Rom are you wanting to install and whats flashing stock recovery have to do with it ?
Well, if you looked at the thread I linked, you'll see that it says to flash a stock recovery file in order to install the OTAPkg.zip
mch277 said:
Well, if you looked at the thread I linked, you'll see that it says to flash a stock recovery file in order to install the OTAPkg.zip
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I wrote the thread you linked too
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2659374
and yes it is necessary to have stock recovery to take an OTA, but your post didn't mention taking OTA it said you had no SU installed.
to get into stock recovery
boot to bootloader
choose recovery
wait for black screen, hold vol up and then power
you will see something about sdcard fail .. ignore it till the menu comes up
then choose to flash OTAPkg.zip from sdcard