I rooted my phone months ago but suddenly today I noticed when trying to make a backup with Titanium backup, a few weeks after my most recent backup, that the app lost it's root rights. Normally this wouldn't be a problem because when an app needs root access a pop-up display asks you if you want to grant or deny access. But since the pop-up wasn't showing up either I started searching on my phone for the superuser app. All settings seemd correct, also the premission manager which comes default with MIUI rom looked ok.
To keep the story short, I eventually found out that my phone lost it's root rights. Don't know why... perhaps a new kernel I tried the other day but even then it would be weird that my phone has suddenly unrooted.
So I tried rooting my phone again using Odin. I got all the confirmation messages I used to get after the rooting proces has completed so I re-ran Titanium backup. But this time after a few seconds I got a message onscreen that the root rights had been denied! I checked Superuser app and the log area showed me the same but I can't seem to find out why I keep getting this message instead of the regular Grant/Deny root access pop-up box.
I eventually even tried unrooting my phone. Then re-root using Odin including flashing of CWM touch and Superuser app. Still the same problem: every root based app I try (even typing "su" in the terminal) gets a toaster saying root access denied without even an option to grant or deny root access to this app.
What is happing with my SGS3 and how can I get my root access back to working state?
Update super user su mate
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Ausboy 2011 said:
Update super user su mate
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Already tried without any succes. Updated from 3.1 to 3.1.3 which should be the latest version.
Install super user....and try in super su it ill give problm while accessing.......just install and replace with super user latest version
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Have you tried clearing data for the apps that need root access?
Subash036 said:
Install super user....and try in super su it ill give problm while accessing.......just install and replace with super user latest version
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Uhmm, you mean just update superuser to the latest version? I already dead, see this post above.
I also tried installing 'Super SU', when running it said it was unable to update the SU binary.
mikep99 said:
Have you tried clearing data for the apps that need root access?
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Already tried that but didn't solve my problem.
Anyone? Maybe the solution is in the "Unable to update SU binary" message Super SU gave me?
Fidelity88 said:
Anyone? Maybe the solution is in the "Unable to update SU binary" message Super SU gave me?
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Backup data factory reset and root again .
jje
JJEgan said:
Backup data factory reset and root again .
jje
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I would see that as the only solution too. But how do you suppose that I make a backup without a working Titanium Backup?
Try getting an older version of super user and then updating it.
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I have same problem in my tho w7 ..su icon is there but can't access root operations..can't unroot or root using any software any one knows how to flash stock on tho w7?
dladz said:
Try getting an older version of super user and then updating it.
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Try to re-root using CF root
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Fidelity88 said:
I would see that as the only solution too. But how do you suppose that I make a backup without a working Titanium Backup?
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I believe the Carbon backup app from Koush doesn't require root, and there are other ADB backup tools out there, just search.
Play Store link here.
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so i have s-off, root, custom recovery , the works......but y cant i UNINSTALL stupid bloat? i can disable, but not uninstall via an app like my 4gevo ........is me just stupid?
Hummm. Well what have you tried so far???? As in apps??
Locked & Loaded
did you already flash the su zip or a rooted rom?
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Get Root Explorer and use that, or if you're not sure and need to make sure you have root access just download busybox from the market and it will check to see if you have root, that's a fast way to determine if your root access is functioning or not.
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so i have s-off, root, custom recovery , the works......but y cant i UNINSTALL stupid bloat? i can disable, but not uninstall via an app like my 4gevo ........is me just stupid?
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Just install Root Explorer from market..then go to system>app> and click and hold on what u want removed and then click delete(If it says it cant be deleted the click where it says write r/o or write r/w up top i always get them confused..lol..then do it again it then they will delete no problem) I just got rid of a crapload of bloat this way..hope it helps
nice thanx guys, yeah i figured it just wasnt as easy as using system app uninstaller n **** =* lol
and yes im all rooted for shizzle n junk and got paid foreman rate on a construction site to do it , while it rained, ****ING GREAT DAY
i wonder why that is though.......ya know?
for clarification, no app uninstaller for root is working for ne one els then right?
unslav3d said:
i wonder why that is though.......ya know?
for clarification, no app uninstaller for root is working for ne one els then right?
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Every root app should work except ones that depend on kernel mods (i. e. market version of Wireless Tether). I used Root Explorer and Titanium Backup to take care of my bloat and all went well.
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I used titanium backup to remove the bloatware. Worked perfect
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Yup tb and re worked fine for me as well.
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I still can't get tb working. All other root apps are fine. Flashed toasts Su an still no joy
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Go to the development section and search for Vipermod, that's the best way to uninstall the bloat
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laie1472 said:
Yup tb and re worked fine for me as well.
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I used titanium backup to remove the bloatware but the icons/shorcuts are still there in the app drawer.
DarkManX4lf said:
I used titanium backup to remove the bloatware but the icons/shorcuts are still there in the app drawer.
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Nevermind, I used viperboy scripts and a reboot later and the bloatware is gone from the app drawer as well. I'm not sure if it was viperboy scripts or titanium backup that removed it from the app drawer but a reboot helped.
DarkManX4lf said:
Nevermind, I used viperboy scripts and a reboot later and the bloatware is gone from the app drawer as well. I'm not sure if it was viperboy scripts or titanium backup that removed it from the app drawer but a reboot helped.
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Glad you got it worked out
Locked & Loaded
Running into strange issue.
Have complete root. Using root explorer, root user granted.
When i first go into the program I can set to R/W. However, once R/W is set and then I go into the system folder it goes back to R/O. If I back out to the first page it goes back to R/W.
It's very weird that it'll only stay R/W on some folders and not others.
Any ideas what might cause this?
UPDATE: I uninstalled root explorer and downloaded ES File Explorer. Gave ES root permissions, and hurrayyyy. I can delete the bloatware.
Ok, I had been running miui v1.9.3.0 but it had too many glitches and bugs, so I downgraded to v1.9.2.3 and soon realized that titanium backup no longer works, due to no root access. I've gone into superuser and turned on the superuser permissions, i've tried reflashing, rebooting, using Odin and going back to stock and reflashing... everything! But whenever I use titanium backup, "no root access"! What happened?! Please, someone help...
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remove everything and anything that relates to superuser. use rootexplorer or something and search it, and then remove everything, and then odin.
Then root using superoneclick or something like that.
That may do the trick.
maybe you had like a bad binary or something? idk
Can you tell me the directories to look for?
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N00B_IN_N33D said:
Can you tell me the directories to look for?
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I honestly don't know either, i'd just search the whole phone. Remove anything with superuser on it.
xriderx66 said:
I honestly don't know either, i'd just search the whole phone. Remove anything with superuser on it.
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Grrrr... I still can't find any SU related files and folders and I have a question. Shouldn't using Odin to go back to stock fix this issue? I've repeatedly flashed back to stock in hopes of resolving this issue but none of my attempts worked...
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Grrrr... I still can't find any SU related files and folders and I have a question. Shouldn't using Odin to go back to stock fix this issue? I've repeatedly flashed back to stock in hopes of resolving this issue but none of my attempts worked...
ADDITIONAL INFO: Also, the reason for this issue could be because I tried to update superuser with an app in the market and another bit of info is that although Titanium Backup and some other root apps don't work, SetCPU and a few other root apps do work. So I'm in a vey confusing situation.
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Oh...
Uhm, a question, the stock odin files that you have, are they TOTAL stock? like no root? or is it one of the rooted ones?
Can you go back into the market, go into superuser, and try to uninstall it? or go into settings>applications> and then go into superuser and it should say like undo update or something? Maybe those can fix?
Has titanium backup been allowed superuser before? Has SetCPU been allowed superuser before? If it has been done before, that may be why some work and some don't.
Yes, they should be totally stock. I downloaded them from "s15274n". And also, I'm not sure if you're familiar with MIUI but it has its own version of superuser that comes with it that's different from the one downloaded from the market... So this is a very confusing problem... Also, Titanium did work before and I never had issues until I tried updating the SU bianary and busybox. It seems as if odin isn't cleaning up everything, but I'm not sure... I made a big mistake thinking that the market SU app could update MIUI's SU bianary and now I can't seem to truly start from scratch...
This is a feature, I assume, as MIUI will soon be preinstalled on phones (MI-One). All you need to do is go into the Super User app after flashing MIUI, hit menu -> settings (I think) and check to enable root.
No ODIN, no reflash, just that. It's not just the Vibrant, and I think it's the new norm for MIUI.
That's the thing though, I've already turned on superuser in it's settings. I'm not sure what to do...
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Then that's just weird. Try reverting a few weeks? I understand the last 2-3 weeks has been pretty bad.
uninstall Titanium Backup and Reinstall Via Market. Titanium can bug out when you restore it via backup or when you try using it after a OS update
also verify your Superuser App (the one thats preinstalled in Miui) Has both "Manage Permissions, and Root Permissions" Enabled
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uninstall Titanium Backup and Reinstall Via Market. Titanium can bug out when you restore it via backup or when you try using it after a OS update
also verify your Superuser App (the one thats preinstalled in Miui) Has both "Manage Permissions, and Root Permissions" Enabled
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he prob. Forgot to enable root permissions.
Actually, I did have root permissions enabled. But when I restored titanium and other root apps with miui's built in backup/restore utility I guess it just made them glitchy. Uninstalling and reinstalling all the apps that need root solved the problem. Thanks "boystuff"!
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OTA Rootkeeper restored my root. woo hoo
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UPEngineer said:
OTA Rootkeeper restored my root. woo hoo
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Yep. Same here. Worked perfectly.
EDIT: Sadly, touch emulation in Sixaxis Controller is broken.
so I should root and install this before i update when mine comes?
Although Titanium said something about being rooted but the su binary needed some access changed.. It said successful
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UPEngineer said:
Although Titanium said something about being rooted but the su binary needed some access changed.. It said successful
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Force SU to try updating again a couple times. Sometimes it can take 2 or 3 tries to go.
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Force SU to try updating again a couple times. Sometimes it can take 2 or 3 tries to go.
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It worked the first time. Can't remember exactly what it said. I think it changed the uid or gid to 0 instead of 1000 something if I recall.
Rebooted after if updated the su like it said and works like a champ!
This
And when you say "restores" you mean post ICS?
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This
And when you say "restores" you mean post ICS?
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Yeah, post ICS. I saved root prior to ICS update. I guess the updated didn't format the system partition.
After ICS, ran rootkeeper and it installed root perfectly.
Thanks. I just downloaded it, ran it, appeared to "save" it, now I guess when I finally get ICS - I am on West Coast - I will open it and run it and restore root after ICS.
Can anyone post there su backup from rootkeeper and we can try to see if it will restore if we never saved, im so upset i didnt know about rootkeeper before i installed ics (((
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franky_402 said:
Can anyone post there su backup from rootkeeper and we can try to see if it will restore if we never saved, im so upset i didnt know about rootkeeper before i installed ics (((
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Sadly, it's not that simple. OTA Rootkeeper relies on being able to copy the su binary somewhere on the system and keep the special permissions intact. The permissions have to be set originally while running as root, which is why it requires a root exploit to get it set up in the first place. If you just tried copying a downloaded file on there, it wouldn't work.
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Sadly, it's not that simple. OTA Rootkeeper relies on being able to copy the su binary somewhere on the system and keep the special permissions intact. The permissions have to be set originally while running as root, which is why it requires a root exploit to get it set up in the first place. If you just tried copying a downloaded file on there, it wouldn't work.
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Gotcha, well that sucks!
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https://market.android.com/details?id=org.projectvoodoo.otarootkeeper
is that the one you guys are using to maintain root?
BongoBong said:
https://market.android.com/details?id=org.projectvoodoo.otarootkeeper
is that the one you guys are using to maintain root?
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That is it indeed.
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That is it indeed.
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many thanks, i'll give it a try once Canada gets some ICS love
Has anyone tried to run a root app that request/requires super user permission, after re-installing root after ICS update?
Swiftks said:
Has anyone tried to run a root app that request/requires super user permission, after re-installing root after ICS update?
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Yep, Root explorer and titanium work just fine.
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Has anyone tried to run a root app that request/requires super user permission, after re-installing root after ICS update?
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Yep. Root Explorer, Titanium Backup, Sixaxis Controller. Root seems to be working fine after restoring with OTA Rootkeeper. Root Explorer is able to remount the file system, TiBu is able to backup and restore apps, and Sixaxis Controller is able to connect to my PS3 controller (although touch emulation is broken, as I mentioned).
now that I have ota rootkeeper???? Hi everyone.
Hello everyone!
This is my first post here; however, I am new to this tooting phones experience, and learning alot from this site. I have rooted my HTC thunderbolt properly and is working well; I also installed OTA rootkeeper and seems to work ok, the question I have is this: Now that I have OTA rootkeeper installed in my phone can I accept firmware updates from verizon without loosing my root??? Also, do I need to use ROM manager, and Titanium for backups????
Any help will be appreciated!
Thanks,
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Hello everyone!
This is my first post here; however, I am new to this tooting phones experience, and learning alot from this site. I have rooted my HTC thunderbolt properly and is working well; I also installed OTA rootkeeper and seems to work ok, the question I have is this: Now that I have OTA rootkeeper installed in my phone can I accept firmware updates from verizon without loosing my root??? Also, do I need to use ROM manager, and Titanium for backups????
Any help will be appreciated!
Thanks,
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I'd recommend posting this question in the Q&A section of the Thunderbolt area of XDA, as they would be more familiar with your situation, and should be able to help you. Here it is: http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1103
Welcome to XDA though!
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So I have the HTC Evo 4G LTE and i upgraded to the 3.16 update. Ran QBKING77's root and unlock method and everything worked great, my question is, i was using the phone and ran my backup of titanium and after i did that it said that i lost root access, so i did the twrp recovery (2.4.1) and reset the phone to right after the unlock, i deleted the titanium backup i had and downloaded all my apps and settings again manually, If i use Root checker basic (one with a white background and hashtag with a green checkmark) it says i have root access, if i use Root Checker (with blue android) it says i do not, if i try to use titanium backup it says i do not have root, but every other root program i have works fine and says i have root access, ROM Toolbox Pro works just fine...how do i get Titanium Backup to work???
edit- this is the error i get with titanium backup: sorry, i could not acquire root privileges. This application will *not* work! Please verify that your ROM is rooted, and try again. This attempt was made using the "/system/xbin/su" command
What rom are you on?? Also you can try to update your su app from within the app or flash the su zip found here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1538053
to see if it will resolve the issue. Also what version of titanium backup are you using? You should have the option to hit the problems button and download a reliable version of busy box from within the titanium backup app. If not and your running a stock rom then download busybox from the play store, install latest ver and see if it helps.
#Root-Hack_Mod*Always=LTE
laie1472 said:
What rom are you on?? Also you can try to update your su app from within the app or flash the su zip found here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1538053
to see if it will resolve the issue. Also what version of titanium backup are you using?
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Using the stock ROM, didn't flash anything, Using TB Version 6.01, and SuperuserSU Pro.
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Using the stock ROM, didn't flash anything, Using TB Version 6.01, and SuperuserSU Pro.
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Have you checked if Super SU is granting titanium backup root access?
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Download busybox from the play store, run the app and get latest ver of busy box, clear data on tb, reboot, and see if you still get the error. If so try flashing the su zip from the link. If that's a no go I'd recommend backing up your data via other apps, making a nand & flashing a stock rooted rom.
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Have you checked if Super SU is granting titanium backup root access?
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It says it has access, says grant, but now the root checker basic i was using says i do not have access, restarting to see if i can change it, when i start SuperuserSU, it say i need to update the binaries and when i hit ok, it says installing and then operation failed and starts the program. As well, anything that has been granted access, a little black popup shell shows at the bottom of the screen real quick saying that super setcpu has been granted root access for the interactive shell?
I have tried two versions of busybox, busybox free which tells me there was a problem opening a shell with root access and then closes and i tried busybox installer which says device is rooted but when i hit install it says that instillation failed.
Im on the stock rom from the 3.16 update, everything i have read is that i would not be able to flash a rom because of compatibility issues and i the 3.16RUU is not available for download anywhere..and just FYI, still fairly new to rooting, but learning!
Thanks
Thanks 72, I flashed the SU Update 1.04 from your link and its working perfect now, good to go...take care. Hopefully it stays rooted!
tonyevo52 said:
Thanks 72, I flashed the SU Update 1.04 from your link and its working perfect now, good to go...take care. Hopefully it stays rooted!
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No prob glad it worked out for you. Also have you read cap's post here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2126626&page=4
Relating to flashing roms for those in your situation?? Check it out, definitely worth it.
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My wife and I both have rooted L9 and used that script in /etc which freezes all the T-Mobile apps.
She was able to do the ota update but my phone shows dead android when I try it.
Any idea how I can get my upgrade to work?
The biggest difference I can think of between our phones is that I'm using link2sd and she's not.
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I was in the same boat this morning until I
downloaded the JB kdz file with link in http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=43646179&postcount=276
flashed my phone with instruction in http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2085344
szczys said:
My wife and I both have rooted L9 and used that script in /etc which freezes all the T-Mobile apps.
She was able to do the ota update but my phone shows dead android when I try it.
Any idea how I can get my upgrade to work?
The biggest difference I can think of between our phones is that I'm using link2sd and she's not.
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Dude link2sd is your problem. Unlink apps and uninstall link2sd. Remember to uninstall busybox as well. Anything that modified the build.prop or system. Install voodoo ota rootkeeper and protect your root. Good luck!
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szczys said:
My wife and I both have rooted L9 and used that script in /etc which freezes all the T-Mobile apps.
She was able to do the ota update but my phone shows dead android when I try it.
Any idea how I can get my upgrade to work?
The biggest difference I can think of between our phones is that I'm using link2sd and she's not.
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Unfreeze the T-Mobile apps that you froze. Then uninstall link2sd... Try updating now and give me results.. And the only .apk that should be frozen is lookout security and LGsetupwizard.
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geeshiet said:
Unfreeze the T-Mobile apps that you froze. Then uninstall link2sd... Try updating now and give me results.. And the only .apk that should be frozen is lookout security and LGsetupwizard.
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No Dice, still getting dead android:
Unlinked all apps and unistalled Link2sd
Uninstalled Busybox
Unfroze everything except the two apks mentioned
I did use the Mass Storage script from this thread. It was installed via CWM. Could that be causing the problem? If so, what should I do to fix it?
Now I've gone and made a mess.
I didn't uninstall BusyBox, I only uninstalled the BusyBox installer APK. Now I can't reinstall that package to use it to remove the actual busybox binary. When I try to install Stericson's BusyBox installer from google play store I get "error downloading" RPC:S-5:AEC-0
Any idea where I should go from here?
szczys said:
Now I've gone and made a mess.
I didn't uninstall BusyBox, I only uninstalled the BusyBox installer APK. Now I can't reinstall that package to use it to remove the actual busybox binary. When I try to install Stericson's BusyBox installer from google play store I get "error downloading" RPC:S-5:AEC-0
Any idea where I should go from here?
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Download a nandroid backup and you will have no worries. But you should make your own stock backup before doing any mods sui you won't have this problem again.
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Download a nandroid backup and you will have no worries. But you should make your own stock backup before doing any mods sui you won't have this problem again.
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Thanks, I'm all set now.
Here's what I did:
Installed a rooted V20D nandroid from the sticky thread
Installed BusyBox
Used Voodoo Rootkeeper to preserve root
Installed the OTA upgrade (clear data for Google Services Framework then check for update in the settings menu to force this)
Upgraded SuperSU binary
Restored Root (I might have done this before the SuperSU binary upgrade)
Let the phone fully update itself
Reboot into CWM
Make an initial backup
Wipe all data and cache
Make a clean backup for the next time this happens (per Nathan's advice)
Restore the initial backup
Perfect glad I could help.
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