Hey guys whats going on. Im trying to root my S4 using motochopper on my mac. Every time I do this it says: Superuser already exists. Then it says failure. Now I have the Superuser app but it says the SU Binary must be updated but everytime I click install its telling me there was an error installing superuser. Can somebody help me out here? Do i need to flash the SU in recovery mode(I have the stock recovery mode only). Can somebody please help me out here. This is really annoying me. Thanks, Happy Independence Day!
Yankeetim92 said:
Hey guys whats going on. Im trying to root my S4 using motochopper on my mac. Every time I do this it says: Superuser already exists. Then it says failure. Now I have the Superuser app but it says the SU Binary must be updated but everytime I click install its telling me there was an error installing superuser. Can somebody help me out here? Do i need to flash the SU in recovery mode(I have the stock recovery mode only). Can somebody please help me out here. This is really annoying me. Thanks, Happy Independence Day!
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You should probably Stock Restore with Odin and start over. You most likely missed a step. Did you flash the bootchains?
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Yes I did flash. I flashed the 2259 or something like that I had root then I flashed back to the 566219. Thats where I lost the root.
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Dear all,
I have a problem when i want to flash my SGS2, from Lite'ning ROM V2.1 to V2.2. I used CWM, as described in the other Thread. But i faced a problem, when it's trying to flash. The message :
"can't access to : \system\csc\AVI\system\".
Please tell me, how to fix the problem? Is there any future problem with the phone?
I am newbie and just so curious to flash my phone )
Thanks for your respond!
Switch off your phone and restart it again...Open CWM and make sure that it has "SUPERUSER" rights...if not open SUPERUSER in your app menu and make sure there is a green light near CWM... then i guess it will start updating...
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Switch off your phone and restart it again...Open CWM and make sure that it has "SUPERUSER" rights...if not open SUPERUSER in your app menu and make sure there is a green light near CWM... then i guess it will start updating...
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Hi Noop,
Thanks for your suggestion, i will try it this morning and report it back
a noop said:
Switch off your phone and restart it again...Open CWM and make sure that it has "SUPERUSER" rights...if not open SUPERUSER in your app menu and make sure there is a green light near CWM... then i guess it will start updating...
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As i thought, everything was like u said, but the same message appears.
PLease anyone help me, i would really appreciate it. Is there any problem with my CSC? because it said, "can't access to /system/csc....".
thanks.
varenathan said:
Dear all,
I have a problem when i want to flash my SGS2, from Lite'ning ROM V2.1 to V2.2. I used CWM, as described in the other Thread. But i faced a problem, when it's trying to flash. The message :
"can't access to : \system\csc\AVI\system\".
Please tell me, how to fix the problem? Is there any future problem with the phone?
I am newbie and just so curious to flash my phone )
Thanks for your respond!
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Please anyone, help me. THanks.
varenathan said:
Dear all,
I have a problem when i want to flash my SGS2, from Lite'ning ROM V2.1 to V2.2. I used CWM, as described in the other Thread. But i faced a problem, when it's trying to flash. The message :
"can't access to : \system\csc\AVI\system\".
Please tell me, how to fix the problem? Is there any future problem with the phone?
I am newbie and just so curious to flash my phone )
Thanks for your respond!
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UP!
Please, someone help me. I have tried searching in forum and in other threads, but i haven't found any solution. Even when i enter the CWM Recovery Mode and just wanna reboot, the message's already appeared
"can't access to : \system\csc\AVI\system\"
I would appreciate it your help. Thanks.
Hello everyone,
I've already posted 2 threads here! People have been helping me understand alot of this rooting/recovering and stuff.
But i need your help again. I have a LG P500 with official 2.3.3 update and I want to flash the TWRP on my phone (phone was rooted. I have the superuser app) Im following this tutorial http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1146566 but im stuck at the "su" command!(by stuck i dont mean bricked! I just can go further than that step!)
When i use that command it takes a while and then it says "Permission denied".
Isnt it supposed to ask me for permission? It didnt even show anything to choose if i want to give the permission or not!
If any of you have another way to flash that custom recovery or could help me with this one i would really appreciate your help! (im kinda noob but i heard that ROM manager has a "good" reputation when it comes to bricking phones so ill probably pass all the tutorials that i need to use it!)
PS: i downloaded the TWRP from this site TakamineSubasa gave me (http://lg-p500.zrusit.eu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=7). And also im using Terminal Emulator from the market to write the commands.
Would really appreciate all the help anyone could give me!
Thank you in advance
edit: sorry didnt see that you were using terminal emulator, please go to Superuser app and be sure "Terminal" is listed in the allow list
I dont have any apps listed on the superuser app! And i dont know how to add them!
BAAAM! From xda app! (LG P500! LEGEN.....DARY!)
Mmm thats weird, when you enter "su" command it should prompt permission :S
Try reinstalling Terminal emulator
If that doesnt work, maybe root is screwed.... After you try re-rooting your phone, install Android SDK then do the recovery install within windows command
Oh, and please post which version of stock rom is in your phone... go to settings --> about phone and post that details, and check if its v10a ,b c, etc...
Some letters doesnt like to be rooted the easy way...
PS: If you dont want to install Android SDK also try the second method in the guide i gave you
just download rom manager
then download CWM recovery
after that, reboot into recovery
and flash any recovery zip file that u wan
The first time you use a function that needs root permission, you should automatically get a screen like this: http://fs03.androidpit.info/ass/x66/772466-1281914300690.jpg
After you click allow, you'll be able to use the su function. I suggest you try using other program that asks for root (for example NoFrills CPU Control, or enable root explorer setting in ES File Explorer). If the screen doesn't show up you may want to repeat the rooting process. By the way, did you root the phone before or after official upgrade?
Alternatively, you can try the LGMDP process for unrooted phones: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=15217609&postcount=3
I've heard a lot that using ROM Manager isn't recommended, due to the many reported issues related to it like fastboot, but since I've never tried that I can't vouch for sure.
What I did on my phone was use this "simplified method" to install custom recovery: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=13422938&postcount=91
You'll get an AmonRa v1.2 by following this guide, but after that you can easily flash any recovery you want including TWRP using ciaox's guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1065197
XeactorZ said:
just download rom manager
then download CWM recovery
after that, reboot into recovery
and flash any recovery zip file that u wan
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Hello XeactorZ
I appreciate your help but im not an expert in this (only rooted my phone once and apparantely i did it wrong!) and what i heard is that ROM manager is well known for bricking phones and i dont want to take that risk since i dont really want to be without my phone.
Btw my software version is V20c!
I'll try to install ES File Explorer and enable the root explorer setting to see if i accidently pressed the deny option and now its not allowing me to do anything!
if its the case then ill have to unroot and re-root again right? (used this tutorial: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1200167).
Another thing! when i use the command "su" on the terminal emulator i sometimes get a force close error from the superuser app.
Palmaaa said:
Hello XeactorZ
I appreciate your help but im not an expert in this (only rooted my phone once and apparantely i did it wrong!) and what i heard is that ROM manager is well known for bricking phones and i dont want to take that risk since i dont really want to be without my phone.
Btw my software version is V20c!
I'll try to install ES File Explorer and enable the root explorer setting to see if i accidently pressed the deny option and now its not allowing me to do anything!
if its the case then ill have to unroot and re-root again right? (used this tutorial: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1200167).
Another thing! when i use the command "su" on the terminal emulator i sometimes get a force close error from the superuser app.
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Just go to applications menu and clear data for ES file explorer.
I just tried to enable the root explorer option but, again, superuser app forced closed..
terratrix i only installed ES explorer now, i think that didnt affect anything on the superuser permissions. I'll probably unroot and re-root the phone again today. Cant do it at work but ill try to do it at home.
If you have any ideas i could try, please leave a post! would really appreciate it.
Thank you everyone.
PS: right after i posted this i tried to open the superuser app and now it simply doesnt open. Always force closes!
Palmaaa said:
Hello XeactorZ
I appreciate your help but im not an expert in this (only rooted my phone once and apparantely i did it wrong!) and what i heard is that ROM manager is well known for bricking phones and i dont want to take that risk since i dont really want to be without my phone.
Btw my software version is V20c!
I'll try to install ES File Explorer and enable the root explorer setting to see if i accidently pressed the deny option and now its not allowing me to do anything!
if its the case then ill have to unroot and re-root again right? (used this tutorial: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1200167).
Another thing! when i use the command "su" on the terminal emulator i sometimes get a force close error from the superuser app.
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well but so far i use so many time
my phone didn;t bricked @@
I understand you, but i have no experience in this kind of things and i guide myself basicaly for what i read in this forum!
But thank you very much for the time you spent trying to help!
Palmaaa said:
I understand you, but i have no experience in this kind of things and i guide myself basicaly for what i read in this forum!
But thank you very much for the time you spent trying to help!
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Yeah as i said, ROM Manager has a risk of bricking your phone, so AVOID it...
And as i said, you either re-root your phone, or use the second method in the guide i posted (LGMDP)
Palmaaa said:
I understand you, but i have no experience in this kind of things and i guide myself basicaly for what i read in this forum!
But thank you very much for the time you spent trying to help!
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yes i also know
but every person sure got his / her 1st time
u didn't try forever will won't get the answer
just my opinion
Well using ROM manager will be my last option ill first try too re-root my phone(think that will work) and if that doesnt solve the problem i use the other method TakamineSubasa adviced!
But will only use ROM manager if those 2 methods fail! So wish me good luck
Any ideas or solutions to this problem please post them! Even if i solve my problem other solutions may help anyone else!
Thank you very much!
Palmaaa said:
Well using ROM manager will be my last option ill first try too re-root my phone(think that will work) and if that doesnt solve the problem i use the other method TakamineSubasa adviced!
But will only use ROM manager if those 2 methods fail! So wish me good luck
Any ideas or solutions to this problem please post them! Even if i solve my problem other solutions may help anyone else!
Thank you very much!
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well good luck then
report back result either success or fail
Palmaaa said:
Well using ROM manager will be my last option ill first try too re-root my phone(think that will work) and if that doesnt solve the problem i use the other method TakamineSubasa adviced!
But will only use ROM manager if those 2 methods fail! So wish me good luck
Any ideas or solutions to this problem please post them! Even if i solve my problem other solutions may help anyone else!
Thank you very much!
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No no no, dont you dare! --> http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=837
See, ROM Manager = "Da Brick Maker"... daily bread bricks sponsored by ROM Manager
TakamineSubasa said:
No no no, dont you dare! --> http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=837
See, ROM Manager = "Da Brick Maker"... daily bread bricks sponsored by ROM Manager
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yeah, for those unlucky guys. be warned.
i will still use it though. served me quite well. never failed even once. <knock on wood>
Well i told you guys i would post to tell you how it went!
I managed to "fix" that denied permission problem. What i did was simply update superuser app! And BOOOM! problem fixed.
All went well with the Recovery flashing, I also flashed CM7(had a few scares but managed to fix them [thanks to that im now half asleep at work ]) but after i flashed CM7 and booting into it, i found a problem. My phone doesnt have GSM. I found it wierd that when i booted into it the first time it didnt ask me for my PIN but i didnt even noticed as i was really sleepy. This morning i noticed that i had an "x" next to that GSM scale or w/e you want to call it. And i also dont have my SIM contacts listed.
Im posting this here just to update you guys about how it went but ill do a thread so i try to fix my problem and hopefully it will help someone else!
Thank you guys for all the help you gave!
Hi Dear all,
I have a P-7500 rooted, SU installed, which is now in boot-loop. The reason is - I tried to install font installer and 2 new fonts. It asked whether SU grants access or not. I said yes, and then installation continued and came the display for rebooting. And it went to boot-loop. The samsung logo remains with periodic glow. It was upgraded to 4.0.4 before rooting. I didn't do the rooting, as I didn't know much about it. As I didn't have any record of firmware or ROM, not sure about what it was.
1. How to get the information of the environment before it went to boot-loop.
2. Any tutorial or previous posts to descrive the recovery process.
Please help me, :crying: you are welcome to ask anything to understand the issues involved.
Please help, Thank you.
Rafiq
rafiqmia said:
Hi Dear all,
I have a P-7500 rooted, SU installed, which is now in boot-loop. The reason is - I tried to install font installer and 2 new fonts. It asked whether SU grants access or not. I said yes, and then installation continued and came the display for rebooting. And it went to boot-loop. The samsung logo remains with periodic glow. It was upgraded to 4.0.4 before rooting. I didn't do the rooting, as I didn't know much about it. As I didn't have any record of firmware or ROM, not sure about what it was.
1. How to get the information of the environment before it went to boot-loop.
2. Any tutorial or previous posts to descrive the recovery process.
Please help me, :crying: you are welcome to ask anything to understand the issues involved.
Please help, Thank you.
Rafiq
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a stock rom from samfirmware would fix it, flash it via odin v1.85, you find pinned video guides in the gtab section on how to do this
DefQoN_BE said:
a stock rom from samfirmware would fix it, flash it via odin v1.85, you find pinned video guides in the gtab section on how to do this
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Thanks DefQoN_BE, it's done. First time though, it went fine. Thanks a lot.
rafiqmia said:
Thanks DefQoN_BE, it's done. First time though, it went fine. Thanks a lot.
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no problem
Have some questions coming from a s3 fully rooted.
ok I have root done so far. What are the options with recovery? I see one that's OUDHS? What is this? Can we flash .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2291976
Also I have seen goomanager and twrp? can we do this?
what is loki? as I hear we need this?
what cant we do because we dot have an unlocked bootloader?
So many questions!!!LOL
Paul
Paulb787 said:
Have some questions coming from a s3 fully rooted.
ok I have root done so far. What are the options with recovery? I see one that's OUDHS? What is this? Can we flash .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2291976
Also I have seen goomanager and twrp? can we do this?
what is loki? as I hear we need this?
what cant we do because we dot have an unlocked bootloader?
So many questions!!!LOL
Paul
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I haven't tried the TWRP on GooManager, but others have confirmed that it works. You only have to be rooted.
Loki is used if you want to manually flash the recovery using the adb shell. You would download a "Loki-fied" version of the image, and put it and the Loki_flash program on your phone and run it in an adb shell.
If none of that makes sense, I would stick with the GooManager way.
Yep. Rooted then used goomanager to install twrp, was a breeze. Now just to wait for some nice roms
Sent from my SCH-I545 using xda app-developers app
I installed TWRP using goomanager. worked without any hiccups.
Thanks.. I have twrp running as well .. woop woop!!
another question is ??
Are we going to be able to install kernels? Not having an unlocked bootloader?
Thnx sooo much
Paul
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Froze on Verizon boot logo? any ideas?
Froze on Verizon boot logo? any ideas?
insecure boot>
Yeah mine went in on 2nd attempt as goo manager crashed then it was all cake. Booted into recovery from Goo manager app and did a backup (lol 3gb) and booted right back up into stock rom and all is perfect. Like they said just waiting on ROMs.
Hi, I am Asbaat and this is my first post in this forum. Actually I've heard a lot about this forum and also whenever I had any question about a mobile or a tablet, this site was the best. Ok, the story starts 2 years back when galaxy s3 was just launched and I got my garnet Red phone from France. It was awesome and like everybody knows, after some time, galaxy laggs, stucks, bla bla bla. Same happened with me. I heard that rooting it and installing some files helps speed it up just like jailbreaking an iOS device. I searched some sites and got Odin and a custom recovery (something like that) I followed the instructions carefully and the rooting process started. But the rooting didn't complete properly and the phone turned off and Odin crashed. Now I have supersu and clockwerk(something like that) installed on my mobile but root checker says that the phone is not rooted. They do not uninstall and super su when opened says that binary not installed. when I click ok, the app closes. I am completely helpless and I seek your help so can any technician help me about it. I want to either root it completely or either unroot it completely, Im stuck in the middle. Thanks, I just made my account on this forum so I don't know whether I posted it in the right section. This seemed fine to me. Thanks a lot!
Regards,
Asbaat
Asbaat1 said:
Hi, I am Asbaat and this is my first post in this forum. Actually I've heard a lot about this forum and also whenever I had any question about a mobile or a tablet, this site was the best. Ok, the story starts 2 years back when galaxy s3 was just launched and I got my garnet Red phone from France. It was awesome and like everybody knows, after some time, galaxy laggs, stucks, bla bla bla. Same happened with me. I heard that rooting it and installing some files helps speed it up just like jailbreaking an iOS device. I searched some sites and got Odin and a custom recovery (something like that) I followed the instructions carefully and the rooting process started. But the rooting didn't complete properly and the phone turned off and Odin crashed. Now I have supersu and clockwerk(something like that) installed on my mobile but root checker says that the phone is not rooted. They do not uninstall and super su when opened says that binary not installed. when I click ok, the app closes. I am completely helpless and I seek your help so can any technician help me about it. I want to either root it completely or either unroot it completely, Im stuck in the middle. Thanks, I just made my account on this forum so I don't know whether I posted it in the right section. This seemed fine to me. Thanks a lot!
Regards,
Asbaat
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Flash the zip in recovery from here
http://download.chainfire.eu/636/SuperSU/UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.37.zip
Thanks but
Bro, I'm a complete noob at this, I know how to get it to recovery but i dont know how to do what you are wanting me to do. Give instructions please. Thanks!
Asbaat1 said:
Bro, I'm a complete noob at this, I know how to get it to recovery but i dont know how to do what you are wanting me to do. Give instructions please. Thanks!
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Boot to recovery, go to install zip, navigate to where you downloaded to it. usually sdcard/download and choose it to install. go back to main menu and choose reboot to finish then try reloading super su.
Darke5tShad0w said:
Boot to recovery, go to install zip, navigate to where you downloaded to it. usually sdcard/download and choose it to install. go back to main menu and choose reboot to finish then try reloading super su.
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Thanks I'll try
Omg thank you so much!
HEY BRO! THANK YOU SO MUCH. I OWE YOU A LOT!!!! MMMMUUUUAAAHHHHH!!!! :highfive::highfive::highfive: ok here's what I did as if other people have this problem, they might be able to solve it.
I flashed that super su update thingy you said. It made the supersu problem fine. It downloaded an update, then I uninstalled it and finished the root completely, (This made my device unrooted). Then I again rooted it by a website, used Odin and WOALA! IT WORKED! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! MAN!!!!!!!