@stifilz
I ****ed up. Badly.
A few months ago, I got an AT&T Sony Tablet P (SGPT211US/S) which I tried to root, and somewhat succeeded. KingRoot seemed to work fine, except that I couldn't actually open the damn app (it would close right after launching it). Nothing else seemed to work (I tried flashing TWRP, CWM, SuperSU and Magisk via recovery but they all gave me an error), until I found KingRoot and that sort of worked. Because I didn't have much time on my hands when I got it, I called it a day after that. Now that I do have more time, I decided to look into it a bit more (namely getting a higher firmware version) and found out about that S.onyTablet.S All in One tool, the FLASHER and some other stuff and decided to unroot the tablet and get as close to stock as possible.
Nothing really seemed to work. After just bashing myself against various commands on the various tools (neither "root" or "unroot" or any flashing option worked in the AiO tool and the FLASHER just closed itself whatever I did) and getting fed up by getting errors whenever I tried to flash anything through recovery, I decided to install a root uninstaller app and removed KingRoot with it, then I got the SuperSU app from the Play Store. That in its turn stated that the SU binary was occupied, so I decided to do a factory reset through the recovery menu. Which resulted in the tablet getting stuck in a screen with a looping AT&T logo. After that, I just can't get anywhere. I get errors whever I try to flash any updates or anything else.
I hope I can do something to eventually fix it. Preferably running Android 4.0.
So here's my recovery log, which I hope is useful to someone.
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Today someone asked me to help him. He said when he tried to root, it told him he was already rooted and when he tried to unroot, it said he wasnt rooted. Also 8 failed boot factory reset showed no changes except would result in hang from nook Zergy. I offered my services because I was in town. This is how I got his device working and what I went through. Maybe this will help you.
Story: This guy got his nook tablet from craigs list and it still had all the previous owners information on it. So, not knowing any better, they just went to the menu and used the factory reset option on a rooted device. This caused a wipe, but there were problems. All the personal info was gone, but when trying to reroot with nook zergy, either the script froze or said it was already rooted. After doing the 8 failed reboots- the same happened. Over the next few days I am going to try and video tape this and see if I can recreate it and show you all step by step how to fix it.
Symptoms:
Nook zergy script failing half way or saying already rooted even though there are no root apps or SU after full wipe
What I tried: I tried 8 failed boot reset to fix and it would not completely wipe the root, for some reason, something was still there telling the zergy script that it was still rooted, or would allow initial script to run and freeze
What worked: So, since something still thinks it is rooted and I cant use the unroot app unless there is a super user app to gain permission, the only solution was to download the super user apk, sideload it and then sideload and run the unroot script. After this is done, the unroot script can then get superuser permissions to fully unroot the tablet so the scripts can fully run again. This worked Flawlessly
I hope this helps you, I am going to try to replicate this and shoot a video of it over the next few days.
This Also Seemed to Work...
My root went through fine, but after the root my "n" buttom quit working and
I wound up in almost exactly the same place as above. I got out of it by:
1) Downloaded the "acclaim_update.zip" image found in the thread about Nook 1.4.0 from SDCard above, putting that on an SDCard and the rebooting to run and load it. When it first rebooted, the "n" worked but as is typical with Android
there were "leftovers" (files, etc.) still left from the previous installs.
2) So I went in to Settings and ran the "Erase and Deregister" option which seemed to clean out the leftovers and leave everything where it should have
been.
Hope this helps someone else.
Rev
albertwertz said:
What worked: So, since something still thinks it is rooted and I cant use the unroot app unless there is a super user app to gain permission, the only solution was to download the super user apk, sideload it and then sideload and run the unroot script. After this is done, the unroot script can then get superuser permissions to fully unroot the tablet so the scripts can fully run again. This worked Flawlessly
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This fix worked for me as well.
I had my tablet rooted and when the ota got pushed out it broke my root. So I went back to 1.4.0 and re-rooted. But the script died halfway through and had the same symptoms listed above. Not fully rooted, but not fully unrooted either.
I had to sideload the superuser app and then unroot. Then start the root process all over again.
Unroot NT but it stops in the registration
I unroot the tablet with the file acclaim, but when i go to the registration come out the error"sorry we're having trouble setting up your nook.please shutdown the device and try again".I try hard reset more times but nothing.Can i by-pass the registration or root the device at start?
andrea89 said:
I unroot the tablet with the file acclaim, but when i go to the registration come out the error"sorry we're having trouble setting up your nook.please shutdown the device and try again".I try hard reset more times but nothing.Can i by-pass the registration or root the device at start?
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Albert Wertz posted a video showing how but I'm not allowed to post outside links yet. Go to youtube and search for this video: sAASnHPn4PM
albertwertz said:
Today someone asked me to help him. He said when he tried to root, it told him he was already rooted and when he tried to unroot, it said he wasnt rooted. Also 8 failed boot factory reset showed no changes except would result in hang from nook Zergy. I offered my services because I was in town. This is how I got his device working and what I went through. Maybe this will help you.
Story: This guy got his nook tablet from craigs list and it still had all the previous owners information on it. So, not knowing any better, they just went to the menu and used the factory reset option on a rooted device. This caused a wipe, but there were problems. All the personal info was gone, but when trying to reroot with nook zergy, either the script froze or said it was already rooted. After doing the 8 failed reboots- the same happened. Over the next few days I am going to try and video tape this and see if I can recreate it and show you all step by step how to fix it.
Symptoms:
Nook zergy script failing half way or saying already rooted even though there are no root apps or SU after full wipe
What I tried: I tried 8 failed boot reset to fix and it would not completely wipe the root, for some reason, something was still there telling the zergy script that it was still rooted, or would allow initial script to run and freeze
What worked: So, since something still thinks it is rooted and I cant use the unroot app unless there is a super user app to gain permission, the only solution was to download the super user apk, sideload it and then sideload and run the unroot script. After this is done, the unroot script can then get superuser permissions to fully unroot the tablet so the scripts can fully run again. This worked Flawlessly
I hope this helps you, I am going to try to replicate this and shoot a video of it over the next few days.
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Hi Albert
sorry to be bothering you , but i know your prolly the only one that can help me with this problem i have with my nook tablet
im replying to your reply :
so regarding this , im in need of your help here , same thing happend to me , didnt have superuser and was not fully rooted or not fully unrooted , but i did as you said i sideloaded superuser and unroot off this therd you posted and still the same probleam eco worked problem , what am i doing wrong ... the superuser doesnt seem to pop up when i run unroot ... how can i make superuser work properly ?
hope to can help
- Erik
Hopefully Albert has the answer for you. He's a clever one.
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I recently got s-off, updated from 1.15 to 2.06, installed abp and also flashed a no ads zip file for good measure because some ads would still get through. Everything was going great until the phone randomly froze. I held down the power button and rebooted into recovery and cleared my cache and dalvik cache, thinking that may have been the problem. Upon rebooting after that, I come to find out I've lost my root access. This is so weird. I am still s-off and have the 2222222 confirmation shown when I am in the bootloader, I still have super user installed, but when I run an app that needs root, such as adaway, it says I don't have root. I downloaded root checker and it confirmed that I didn't have root. I don't understand how this could have happened. Is there anyway to regain root? I have been having the worst luck with this phone :\
terrorist96 said:
I recently got s-off, updated from 1.15 to 2.06, installed abp and also flashed a no ads zip file for good measure because some ads would still get through. Everything was going great until the phone randomly froze. I held down the power button and rebooted into recovery and cleared my cache and dalvik cache, thinking that may have been the problem. Upon rebooting after that, I come to find out I've lost my root access. This is so weird. I am still s-off and have the 2222222 confirmation shown when I am in the bootloader, I still have super user installed, but when I run an app that needs root, such as adaway, it says I don't have root. I downloaded root checker and it confirmed that I didn't have root. I don't understand how this could have happened. Is there anyway to regain root? I have been having the worst luck with this phone :\
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Send me a PM if you want me to help you out. You need to install a custom recovery and use that to install a rooted rom and kernel. It can be a stock rooted rom. Or mostly stock however you want to do it, I'll help you set it up and teach you some things along the way.
I can teach you all kinds of things via team viewer, it wont take long and it's a necessity for having a rooted phone in my opinion. I know it can be frustrating and over whelming but it will get better I promise.
Oh and also you don't need to worry about losing s off. It's at a much lower level than anything you've mentioned touching. So it will always be there regardless because you definitely don't want to be messing with hboots or s off type stuff.
Hey, I PMed you.
Try uninstalling superuser and installing either supersu or the other superuser.
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I can't uninstall my Superuser unless I use Titanium Backup. I tried installing SuperSU (while still having my original Superuser installed) and the SuperSU said that "There is no SU binary installed"
terrorist96 said:
I can't uninstall my Superuser unless I use Titanium Backup. I tried installing SuperSU (while still having my original Superuser installed) and the SuperSU said that "There is no SU binary installed"
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I got your PM. I'll pick your brain about the ideal setup for your needs and how you use the DNA via gtalk. Then we'll make a plan of attack and you can update the thread with your solutions opinions etc.
As long as your opinion of me is good. Otherwise, it's prohibited. I have a green title and seniority rules
HTC EVO CyanogenMod Cant use BEATS AUDIO
CharliesTheMan said:
Send me a PM if you want me to help you out. You need to install a custom recovery and use that to install a rooted rom and kernel. It can be a stock rooted rom. Or mostly stock however you want to do it, I'll help you set it up and teach you some things along the way.
I can teach you all kinds of things via team viewer, it wont take long and it's a necessity for having a rooted phone in my opinion. I know it can be frustrating and over whelming but it will get better I promise.
Oh and also you don't need to worry about losing s off. It's at a much lower level than anything you've mentioned touching. So it will always be there regardless because you definitely don't want to be messing with hboots or s off type stuff.
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I need help with rooting my HTC EVO to stock or CyanogenMod. With CyanogenMod my phone will not play audio/BEATS or will not open
PLAYSTORE.
How to get root back after subsequent apps are denied root?
Over the last year, this has happened several times while having different custom roms installed. It happened several times with my Galaxy S4 and S5, and recently with my Galaxy Tab S 10.5. I have not lost root on my Nexus 7 (2013). The common denominator appears to be the Samsung devices.
Through SuperSu, I have removed root, rebooted, and installed root again with CF-Root which has not given me root access.
The only way I have been able to recover to date is to do a factory rest. It is interesting to note that I would have thought that the factory rest would take me back to the Samsung rom but in the last two time that I did this on either device, I ended up with the custom rom that I just had but without root or custom recovery.
To go back to a Samsung rom, I would think that if I started the device in download mode and did a flash with odin.
But rather than go through this, is there a reason why this happens and/or is there a way to avoid it?
Lastly, is there a true way of getting root back once it stops granting root?
cyaclone said:
How to get root back after subsequent apps are denied root?
Over the last year, this has happened several times while having different custom roms installed. It happened several times with my Galaxy S4 and S5, and recently with my Galaxy Tab S 10.5. I have not lost root on my Nexus 7 (2013). The common denominator appears to be the Samsung devices.
Through SuperSu, I have removed root, rebooted, and installed root again with CF-Root which has not given me root access.
The only way I have been able to recover to date is to do a factory rest. It is interesting to note that I would have thought that the factory rest would take me back to the Samsung rom but in the last two time that I did this on either device, I ended up with the custom rom that I just had but without root or custom recovery.
To go back to a Samsung rom, I would think that if I started the device in download mode and did a flash with odin.
But rather than go through this, is there a reason why this happens and/or is there a way to avoid it?
Lastly, is there a true way of getting root back once it stops granting root?
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Best to post such things in your device specific forum.
This forum is for the Droid DNA.
However, gaining root is as simple as downloading the latest SuperSu zip and flashing it in recovery.
Very simple to do on any rom.
hey,
so my mum just bought a desire 601. Before, I had given her my old rooted phone with all my customizations that she has now grown accustomed to, so she wants me to root her new phone and make it look exactly the same.
When she gave it to me to root earlier today, it was brand new. I unlocked the bootloader, and flashed the custom recovery (I went with Philz), but I can't seem to get root. I flashed the latest 2.40 from chainfire's site, but I keep getting the "No binary installed" error. The zip always flashes successfully. Root checker says I have no root.
I just want to keep the ROM stock since its my mom's phone. I showed her insertcoin running on my M7, but she likes sense 5.5, and insertcoin only provides sense 6. So I just want to root the stock ROM and move on.
EDIT: hey, is there an RUU anywhere for this phone? because I can't seem to backup with either philz or twrp, just says cant mount cache and system partitions... wanna be extra careful not to mess anything up
EDIT: Been messing with this all day, no response from anyone here on XDA, went ahead and installed insertcoin. Failed. tried again. success. no idea why. STILL don't have root. Tried superSU and superUser with full wipes. WTF. help?
EDIT: well, thanks for your help XDA, but I managed to finally get it. found some obscure program for windows called Kingo root, and it worked first run. I never looked at windows utilities, always just rooted manually, but whatever, its done now.
I'm new to the forum. I've been lurking here for the past couple of weeks trying to piece together a way to root my SCH i545 running 5.0.1 with the pl1 update so that I might get to the point of running a custom nougat rom. Yesterday I started trying to figure out how to get a custom rom loaded on it, but got nowhere. I've never done anything like this before.
So, today I came across this thread. https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4-verizon/general/update-1545vrsgpl1-t3537781 which linked me to the stang5litre rom. I thought I'd see if I could get that running. I downloaded kingoroot and got it rooted, confirmed by root checker. Then I downloaded SuperSU and tried to load it. I used Titanium Backup to remove the superuser, but when I tried to install the SuperSU it said that KNOX was interfering with the install. After some reading, uninstalled the KNOX using Titanium Backup and tried installing the SuperSU again. This time I got an error that said I needed to reboot. On rebooting, the phone makes it as far as the red Verizon screen and sticks.
It will still boot into the Recovery and Download modes. Can someone please tell me how to proceed from here?
Your best option is to start over by re-flashing it with stock PL1.
Then be careful during the superuser replacement process, that's when things went wrong basically breaking the system bootup.
Try using something like Super SUme to replace King with SSU.
I used Wugfresh' root installer before and it worked like a charm. You can't get any OTA's with it though. Since I wanted Android 7, I wanted to unroot, install the OTA and reroot using Wugfresh' client. I already did this before when I wanted to upgrade to Android 6. Then everything went well and I was done in an hour.
This time however, I'm stuck. When it needed to reboot after succesfully installing Android 7.1.1, I got set to the No Command screen. After some googling I found out that you had to go to the bootloader first, and then go to Recovery. I got that far, but now I have no clue on what to do.
Rebooting from there doesn't work (obviously). It seems logical to me that I have to install TWRP, but the zip file is not there anymore to install it. Is there a way to still get this zip file on my phone while in recovery mode, and is this the solution to my problem? I also found the format option in TWRP. Does that get rid of all the TWRP stuff and bring me back to complete stock, so I can go back to rooting everything again? I'd be happy to do so, since right now I'm sitting with nothing but a dead Android.
Thank you so much for your help in advance!