[Q] ICS pre-rooted no superuser - Sony Tablet S

Hello,
i just updated my sony s with condi's instructions and his AIO tool to ICS 4.0.3.
I followed all the steps in his video. I created the custom-rom and flashed it... everything went fine. ICS is running smoothly but the only downside is, that my tablet seems to NOT be rootet!
I don't have a Superuser app and ad free and titanium backup are telling me that i'm not rootet...
how is that possible? is there anyway to flash my "pre-rootet" rom again?

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Im affraid, that you just made your tab unrootable, i dunno if you kernel is changed now maby the AiO tool made some changes, if so, just try to root your tab with the tool,
But if you have a blocked kernel, then its not possible.

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check AiO thread, FAQ section, point no.5.
It might help you.
br
condi

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thx for the hint condi but since i used AIO 2.9 the path check should be included... the strange thing is i don't have /system/bin/tempsu binary.
i don't know why.. but it seems my tablet is not rooted.. hm, so basically i ended the same as those people who updated OTA???
My kernel build is 2.6.39.4 [email protected] #1...
is wiping my device helping? or should i try to flash the custom rom again? is that even possible now?

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lulash said:
thx for the hint condi but since i used AIO 2.9 the path check should be included... the strange thing is i don't have /system/bin/tempsu binary.
i don't know why.. but it seems my tablet is not rooted.. hm, so basically i ended the same as those people who updated OTA???
My kernel build is 2.6.39.4 [email protected] #1...
is wiping my device helping? or should i try to flash the custom rom again? is that even possible now?
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First just try wipe. If it will still gonna be without root,
then run adb shell and type:
Code:
getprop | grep incremental
getprop | grep sku
and post here your values, gonna give you proper fw for downgrade,
then you could reflash prerooted ICS
br
condi

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condi said:
First just try wipe. If it will still gonna be without root,
then run adb shell and type:
Code:
getprop | grep incremental
getprop | grep sku
and post here your values, gonna give you proper fw for downgrade,
then you could reflash prerooted ICS
br
condi
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Hi Condi, I am in the same situation, I want to try to downgrade, to get preroot and try again with ICS.
I did what you said in ADB shell, but I am getting this: (please help)
[*]*************[*]
[*] ADB Shell [*]
[*]*************[*]
Type EXIT to get out of shell
[email protected]:/ $ getprop | grep incremental
getprop | grep incremental
/system/bin/sh: grep: not found
127|[email protected]:/ $ getprop | grep sku
getprop | grep sku
/system/bin/sh: grep: not found
127|[email protected]:/ $

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rfreeman said:
Hi Condi, I am in the same situation, I want to try to downgrade, to get preroot and try again with ICS.
I did what you said in ADB shell, but I am getting this: (please help)
[*]*************[*]
[*] ADB Shell [*]
[*]*************[*]
Type EXIT to get out of shell
[email protected]:/ $ getprop | grep incremental
getprop | grep incremental
/system/bin/sh: grep: not found
127|[email protected]:/ $ getprop | grep sku
getprop | grep sku
/system/bin/sh: grep: not found
127|[email protected]:/ $
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i get the same results!
@rfreeman: did u install the update OTA or did u create a pre-rootet rom using the AIO tool?
i believe that somehow ( i don't know how because every step had the same results as in the video) the us firmware didn't get rootet during the process... i've got all the files: decrypted_update, custom_update_signed... but i like i said... maybe all we did is decrypt, do nothing and then sign it again... the question remains! why!!! .
is it still usefull to try and see if wyping helps?

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lulash said:
i get the same results!
@rfreeman: did u install the update OTA or did u create a pre-rootet rom using the AIO tool?
i believe that somehow ( i don't know how because every step had the same results as in the video) the us firmware didn't get rootet during the process... i've got all the files: decrypted_update, custom_update_signed... but i like i said... maybe all we did is decrypt, do nothing and then sign it again... the question remains! why!!! .
is it still usefull to try and see if wyping helps?
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I all ready wipe, without success...

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thx for letting me know! saves me the trouble ... but i guess i have to do it anyway because ics runs really buggy...
u didn't tell us, if u used a pre-rooted rom or ota update?

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lulash said:
thx for letting me know! saves me the trouble ... but i guess i have to do it anyway because ics runs really buggy...
u didn't tell us, if u used a pre-rooted rom or ota update?
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I followed the procedure, using AIO tool, I decryted, root, sign and flash. It goes well but without root.

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Hm... so u did exactly the same as I did.... condi, maybe something involuntarily changed while u updated to 2.9? Anyway... anyone a solution... maybe we can still flash? Thx in advance.

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rfreeman said:
Hi Condi, I am in the same situation, I want to try to downgrade, to get preroot and try again with ICS.
I did what you said in ADB shell, but I am getting this: (please help)
[*]*************[*]
[*] ADB Shell [*]
[*]*************[*]
Type EXIT to get out of shell
[email protected]:/ $ getprop | grep incremental
getprop | grep incremental
/system/bin/sh: grep: not found
127|[email protected]:/ $ getprop | grep sku
getprop | grep sku
/system/bin/sh: grep: not found
127|[email protected]:/ $
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Ok. As adb shell did not work for you. Grab the "sku" and "incremental" values from /system/build.prop. Use program such as root explorer (still works without root)
Hopefully the backdoor was still applied (decreasing the incremental)
Post results here so Condi can find correct 3.2.1 to flash so then you can ICS again.

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thx for the tip!
incremental= 120410002
there is no sku value ... i guess that's bad news?

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lulash said:
thx for the tip!
incremental= 120410002
there is no sku value ... i guess that's bad news?
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Ro.sony.sku.base=nbx03- etc etc
Judging by the incremental it looks like you won't be able to, but wait for confirmation. Sorry if it is bad news..... my tab is currently unrootable with 3.2.1 build 10.... so same boat lol

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stifilz said:
Ro.sony.sku.base=nbx03- etc etc
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nope. Not there...
Well, so I might not be able to root, but the question remains. Why? How did that happen?
Has anyone else have the same problem besides rfreeman and me? If so, this might be a general problem.
If we could find an answer, maybe others won't end up the same!

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Exactly the same problem, after upgrade from a rooted tabletS. The binary comparision showes the system.img before and after the pre-root patch were identical. I won't flash it if I had checked.
Sent from my R800i using Tapatalk 2

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Hopefully Condi will read this and implement some kind of check to see if the created custom-rom is different from the original rom... this could be a way to prevent this "bug".

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lulash said:
Hopefully Condi will read this and implement some kind of check to see if the created custom-rom is different from the original rom... this could be a way to prevent this "bug".
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added some checks in v3.0.
i've flashed my tab several times, dont know how it could give untouched system.img..
but now it checks filesize
tell me whats the state of your device?
type:
Code:
adb shell "getprop" > props.txt
and attach file here
br
condi

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Many thanks Condi! Please help to check if my tablet can still be reverted to rootable FW version with below "getprop" output:
Code:
getprop
[dalvik.vm.dexopt-flags]: [m=y]
[dalvik.vm.heapgrowthlimit]: [48m]
[dalvik.vm.heapsize]: [256m]
[dalvik.vm.heapstartsize]: [5m]
[dalvik.vm.stack-trace-file]: [/data/anr/traces.txt]
[dev.bootcomplete]: [1]
[dhcp.wlan0.dns1]: [192.168.1.2]
[dhcp.wlan0.dns2]: []
[dhcp.wlan0.dns3]: []
[dhcp.wlan0.dns4]: []
[dhcp.wlan0.gateway]: [192.168.1.2]
[dhcp.wlan0.ipaddress]: [192.168.1.110]
[dhcp.wlan0.leasetime]: [86400]
[dhcp.wlan0.mask]: [255.255.255.0]
[dhcp.wlan0.pid]: [539]
[dhcp.wlan0.reason]: [BOUND]
[dhcp.wlan0.result]: [ok]
[dhcp.wlan0.server]: [192.168.1.2]
[drm.service.enabled]: [true]
[gsm.current.phone-type]: [1]
[gsm.operator.alpha]: []
[gsm.operator.iso-country]: []
[gsm.operator.isroaming]: [false]
[gsm.operator.numeric]: []
[gsm.sim.operator.alpha]: []
[gsm.sim.operator.iso-country]: []
[gsm.sim.operator.numeric]: []
[gsm.sim.state]: [UNKNOWN]
[init.svc.abtfilt]: [stopped]
[init.svc.adbd]: [running]
[init.svc.bluetoothd]: [running]
[init.svc.bootanim]: [stopped]
[init.svc.dbus]: [running]
[init.svc.debuggerd]: [running]
[init.svc.dhcpcd_wlan0]: [running]
[init.svc.drm]: [running]
[init.svc.hci_event]: [running]
[init.svc.hciattach]: [running]
[init.svc.installd]: [running]
[init.svc.keystore]: [running]
[init.svc.media]: [running]
[init.svc.netd]: [running]
[init.svc.nfx_log_service]: [running]
[init.svc.ril-daemon]: [running]
[init.svc.servicemanager]: [running]
[init.svc.surfaceflinger]: [running]
[init.svc.svold]: [running]
[init.svc.vold]: [running]
[init.svc.wifi_init]: [stopped]
[init.svc.wpa_supplicant]: [running]
[init.svc.zygote]: [running]
[media.tegra.max.out.channels]: [2]
[media.tegra.out.channel.map]: []
[net.bt.name]: [Android]
[net.change]: [net.dnschange]
[net.dns1]: [192.168.1.2]
[net.dnschange]: [1]
[net.hostname]: [android-fd0a7f6d23f19e80]
[net.qtaguid_enabled]: [1]
[net.tcp.buffersize.default]: [4096,87380,110208,4096,16384,110208]
[net.tcp.buffersize.edge]: [4093,26280,35040,4096,16384,35040]
[net.tcp.buffersize.gprs]: [4092,8760,11680,4096,8760,11680]
[net.tcp.buffersize.hsdpa]: [4094,87380,1048576,4096,16384,110208]
[net.tcp.buffersize.hspa]: [4094,87380,1048576,4096,16384,262144]
[net.tcp.buffersize.lte]: [524288,1048576,2097152,262144,524288,1048576]
[net.tcp.buffersize.umts]: [4094,87380,196608,4096,16384,110208]
[net.tcp.buffersize.wifi]: [524288,1048576,2097152,262144,524288,1048576]
[net.wlan0.dns1]: [49.0.0.0]
[net.wlan0.dns2]: []
[persist.service.adb.enable]: []
[persist.sys.NV_STEREOCTRL]: [0]
[persist.sys.country]: [CN]
[persist.sys.language]: [zh]
[persist.sys.localevar]: []
[persist.sys.profiler_ms]: [0]
[persist.sys.timezone]: [Asia/Shanghai]
[persist.sys.usb.config]: [mtp,adb]
[rild.libargs]: [-d /dev/ttyACM1 -i rmnet0]
[ro.allow.mock.location]: [0]
[ro.baseband]: [unknown]
[ro.board.platform]: [tegra]
[ro.bootloader]: [0x00000008]
[ro.bootmode]: [unknown]
[ro.build.characteristics]: [tablet]
[ro.build.date.utc]: [1333987721]
[ro.build.date]: [Tue Apr 10 01:08:41 JST 2012]
[ro.build.description]: [SYS_001-user 4.0.3 TISU0077 120410002 release-keys]
[ro.build.display.id]: [TISU0077]
[ro.build.fingerprint]: [Sony/SYS_001/nbx03:4.0.3/TISU0077/120410002:user/relea
e-keys]
[ro.build.host]: [build9]
[ro.build.id]: [TISU0077]
[ro.build.product]: [nbx03]
[ro.build.tags]: [release-keys]
[ro.build.type]: [user]
[ro.build.user]: [integ-build]
[ro.build.version.codename]: [REL]
[ro.build.version.incremental]: [120410002]
[ro.build.version.release]: [4.0.3]
[ro.build.version.sdk]: [15]
[ro.camera.sound.forced]: [0]
[ro.carrier]: [unknown]
[ro.com.google.clientidbase]: [android-sony]
[ro.com.google.gmsversion]: [4.0.3_r0]
[ro.config.alarm_alert]: [Alarm_Classic.ogg]
[ro.config.notification_sound]: [OnTheHunt.ogg]
[ro.crypto.fs_flags]: [0x00000406]
[ro.crypto.fs_mnt_point]: [/data]
[ro.crypto.fs_real_blkdev]: [/dev/block/mmcblk0p10]
[ro.crypto.fs_type]: [ext4]
[ro.crypto.state]: [unsupported]
[ro.crypto.tmpfs_options]: [size=128m,mode=0771,uid=1000,gid=1000]
[ro.debuggable]: [0]
[ro.device.bluetooth.bdaddr]: [F0BF97D3B57E]
[ro.device.sensor.accel.offset.x]: [0]
[ro.device.sensor.accel.offset.y]: [0]
[ro.device.sensor.accel.offset.z]: [0]
[ro.device.sensor.gyro.offset.x]: [0]
[ro.device.sensor.gyro.offset.y]: [0]
[ro.device.sensor.gyro.offset.z]: [0]
[ro.device.sensor.mag.b0.x]: [306]
[ro.device.sensor.mag.b0.y]: [195]
[ro.device.sensor.mag.b0.z]: [-919]
[ro.device.sensor.mag.calib.x]: [1.0]
[ro.device.sensor.mag.calib.y]: [1.0]
[ro.device.sensor.mag.calib.z]: [1.0]
[ro.device.sensor.mag.offset.x]: [287]
[ro.device.sensor.mag.offset.y]: [288]
[ro.device.sensor.mag.offset.z]: [310]
[ro.ethernet.autoEnable]: [yes]
[ro.ethernet.interface]: [eth0]
[ro.factorytest]: [0]
[ro.hardware]: [nbx03]
[ro.opengles.version]: [131072]
[ro.product.board]: [nbx03]
[ro.product.brand]: [Sony]
[ro.product.cpu.abi2]: [armeabi]
[ro.product.cpu.abi]: [armeabi-v7a]
[ro.product.device]: [nbx03]
[ro.product.locale.language]: [en]
[ro.product.locale.region]: [US]
[ro.product.manufacturer]: [Sony]
[ro.product.model]: [Sony Tablet S]
[ro.product.name]: [SYS_001]
[ro.pss.gamepad.buttonmeaning]: [cross-enter]
[ro.revision]: [0]
[ro.runtime.firstboot]: [1337613865480]
[ro.secure]: [1]
[ro.serialno]: [275501730009232]
[ro.setupwizard.mode]: [DISABLED]
[ro.sony.build.id]: [TISU0017700]
[ro.sony.build.incremental]: [111104048]
[ro.sony.dlna.dtcp_pext]: [0]
[ro.sony.network.wwan]: [0]
[ro.sony.serialno]: [27550173 0009232]
[ro.sony.sku.base]: [nbx03_001]
[ro.sony.sku.country]: [US]
[ro.sony.sku.detailed]: [27550100]
[ro.sony.sku.version]: [27550100_18]
[ro.sony.sound.enabled]: [true]
[ro.sony.update.category_id]: [ST002]
[ro.sony.update.server]: [info.update.sony.net]
[ro.sony.update.service_id]: [nbx03_001]
[ro.sony.volume_limit]: [0]
[ro.sony.wan.ipv6.enable]: [false]
[ro.sony.wifisleep]: [0]
[ro.sony.wm.atrac]: [0]
[ro.sony.wm.clearphase_path]: [SGPT1_001.LPS]
[ro.sony.wm.xloud_path]: [SGPT1_001.XLD]
[ro.tether.denied]: [true]
[ro.wifi.channels]: []
[sys.boot_completed]: [1]
[sys.sony.compat]: [true]
[sys.usb.config]: [mtp,adb]
[sys.usb.state]: [mtp,adb]
[system_init.startsurfaceflinger]: [0]
[vold.post_fs_data_done]: [1]
[wifi.interface]: [wlan0]
[windowsmgr.max_events_per_sec]: [120]
[wlan.driver.status]: [ok]
[email protected]:/ $

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condi said:
tell me whats the state of your device?
type:
Code:
adb shell "getprop" > props.txt
and attach file here
br
condi
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The important values like incremental (120410002) and sku_base (nbx03_001) are the same as jgzhang's... i've got some additional entries though... the one that sounds most interesting is:
Code:
[ro.com.google.mcc_fallback]: [262]
I also have different [ro.sony.sku.detailed] & [ro.sony.sku.version] values...
thx for your effort everyone!