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Yea Yea, I know the most common question, yet I don't see anything for the newest version (3.26.651.6)
I am not looking for any special Rom, just a standard Root.. A one click would be great, but whatever you guys recommend would be awesome!
THANKS!!
fastfed said:
Yea Yea, I know the most common question, yet I don't see anything for the newest version (3.26.651.6)
I am not looking for any special Rom, just a standard Root.. A one click would be great, but whatever you guys recommend would be awesome!
THANKS!!
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First, 3.26 is not the newest version. The current OTA is 3.29.
Second, Look at unrEVOked to root both 3.26 and 3.29.
Edit: I just searched. http://ip208-100-42-21.static.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=787304
Just followed all that exactly, I have NO idea if it worked or not.. It went to the boot screen twice on mine and only once on the video and the video also showed it going into a dos type of screen "loading" things (on the phone)
MINE DIDNT DO ANY OF THAT..
This is nuts! How am I to tell if it is installed or not? The instructions dont tell you at all how to check!!
fastfed said:
Just followed all that exactly, I have NO idea if it worked or not.. It went to the boot screen twice on mine and only once on the video and the video also showed it going into a dos type of screen "loading" things (on the phone)
MINE DIDNT DO ANY OF THAT..
This is nuts! How am I to tell if it is installed or not? The instructions dont tell you at all how to check!!
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Restart the phone into boot loader. (Volume down + power.)
Does it say S-Off in the first line?
Yes? Then you should load into Clockwork by selecting recovery.
Also is super user app installed?
If yes to both, you should be rooted.
The dos screen was probably adb, just to show it was rooted.
If you open the tools folder with adb in it and type "adb shell" it should show a $ if its rooted and a # if it is not.
If you type "su" your phone should then show a superuser request, which also means you're rooted with super user access.
(I clicked though the videos but didn't see any dos screens. :-/)
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learn how to use the search feature on this site, and read the instructions 3times before trying to do something you are not familiar with on your new phone. Rushing into things will only cause you problems...
if you show S-off in the bootloader menu then you have done the root correctly.
Goodluck.
do a search for "One Click How to Root the EVO with Unrevoked 3.21" by djR3Z
i just rooted my evo yesterday using the instructions in his post. it's the easiest and quickest method i've found. hope this helps.
Yea I rushed a little for sure..
But Im coming from a CE phone and very familiar with it..
Here is the problem... and I notice with many many other people to.
I wound up doing the 1 click rooting, but it took some digging and searching to figure out I needed an additional program, (SU)
It doesn't mention on almost every tutorial that you need to get a file managing program and the SU program.
Sure it teaches you how to root properly, but to actually benefit from the root you need the other files.
Well, in anycase, Im happy got what I wanted and what I wanted to work, works flawlessly
Thanks guys!
Unrevoked installed SU for me.
You can also get a flashable zip from the forums here.
And super user is also on the market.
Oh, btw...
Congrats!
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Thanx to blackprince310 that posted a tutorial video on youtube on how to perm root your g2..so now there's a video for all of us.. Subscribe to his youtube channel.......http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tU9zn_BEth4
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I spent a whole day learning ADB before I felt comfortable enough to go through and root my G2 lol. Wish I had seen this vid would have been a great help but I can send it to my friends who haven't taken the plunge yet.
Thanks for the heads up.
Xionas said:
I spent a whole day learning ADB before I felt comfortable enough to go through and root my G2 lol. Wish I had seen this vid would have been a great help but I can send it to my friends who haven't taken the plunge yet.
Thanks for the heads up.
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Dude that was time well spent.
ADB is essential to android all together, there may be one click root options and other quick fix packages but if your seriouse with android you need to know ADB.
+1 for adb knowledge.
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Yeah adb is very usefull. Spending time to learn the commands will help you greatly in the future and also save you a lot of time.
[G2/HTC Vision]
aad4321 said:
Thank you for the video, i followed it what i thought was exactly. everything seemed to work fine, rebooted into recovery, it did say s-off but ever app i open says that the phones not rooted. any ideas?
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aparently this is happening to several people. hope its an easy fix...
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YAY I FIXED IT. THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I DID.
1. reboot
2. Open and run visionary (with set system r/w after root) checked.
3. After root is complete, click root again (should say already rooted)
4. Open Terminal and sype "su" then enter
5. Type "sync" and wait about a min
6. POWER OFF THE PHONE the right way by holding down the power.
7. After reboot it should work! YAY!!
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I fixed it as well but I did differently.. maybe it will help those still having trouble.. THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I DID.
1) The first problem I had was I had Visionary 11 AND 12 (+plus) installed and both were set to root on boot. This was just a left over quirk from after doing the perm root since I just assumed it had to be set to root on boot, and after installing Vis12 I forgot to uninstall Vis11. Apparently Vis12 doesn't overwrite Vis11 so having both apps root on boot was a bad thing.
2) So I deleted both visionary apps (When they tried to root on boot I backed out of them and just uninstalled them)
3) Then I rebooted and was still not permrooted (although S was off)!
4) Sooo I reinstalled Visionary 12(+Plus)... and checked root on boot AND the r/w partition setting. Then rebooted..
5) With the lone visionary now installed and working solo it rebooted and ran on root and I was rooted..
So now i"m like, ok.. it rooted with visionary, but I don't want visionary in order to root...
6) So I uninstalled visionary 12 (for the second time) and rebooted and now the root stuck.
I think that visionary 12 needs to run after the first reboot with those two settings checked... run on boot and the partition setting. After that happens once I think it makes the root stick.. or at least it did for me.
I had same issue with S-off but no root. I did the manual method and got S-off but root never stuck. I tried the manual method again and again but when I rebooted the apps would say root access could not be gained. What ended up working was I went into Visionary 12 and pushed the temp root button. Once I had temp root I then pushed the perm root button. It did it's thing and rebooted. Once it rebooted I had root that stuck. Don't know if this will help anyone having this issue but it was the only thing that worked for me. As a side note, it was like seeing an old childhood friend when I flashed Cyanogens bacon bits.
How are you guys downloading visionary, now that its been pulled from the market?
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How are you guys downloading visionary, now that its been pulled from the market?
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Download here.
visonary r13 is here. [post #133]
apollostees said:
Dude that was time well spent.
ADB is essential to android all together, there may be one click root options and other quick fix packages but if your seriouse with android you need to know ADB.
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Yea gotta say I don't regret a single minute of searching reading and learning. I just wish I could have had the root and THEN learned how to use ADB simply because I'm an impatient chump at times. Learning how to use it seemed to open up my eyes to things though now I have a better grasp on everything I found confusing when I first came back to browsing the Android forums.
thanks this video was great worked perfect
shibby80 said:
thanks this video was great worked perfect
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shibby, what version of visionary are you using? i cant download r11.
I downloaded r13..followed the video did exactly what he said..it did not work but I simply went back into visionary temp rooted my phone than I pressed perm root and it worked..r13 gives you diffr choices..it has a button for temp or perm rooting..now to download bacon bits and overclock
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shibby, what version of visionary are you using? i cant download r11.
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i used r11 i believe you have to download on your pc then transfer to your phone it wouldn't work when i downloaded it with the phone
Thanks.
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Thanks.
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i sent you a pm
I am just curious: if I do this perm root with S-OFF, but keep the stock ROM for the time being, will that prevent potential future OTA's from T-Mobile, potential upgrades to next versions of Android?
Now, I understand that all those "updates" will also be available via these forums but I'm just a tad concerned that all the custom ROM's might have bugs that would prevent everyday features...
I appreciate stuff like overclocking and tethering/hotspot hacks, but I'm more of a "set it and forget it" kinda guy - most likely I won't have time to constantly test new ROM's and report bugs, wait for fixes, etc.
Just wondering if you have any suggestions?
P.S. Although I am not VERY technical with Android I was able to follow instructions around here to reflash stock ROM, but I was in the "emergency" mode - it was "do it or die" situation made me pretty nervous and I hope not to have to do that constantly
I did everything in the video...and I have s-off and the superuser app every reboot...but root won't stick....and yeah..I've tried temp and perm root with visionary r12 and 13....should I start all over again?
Get r13...it gives you an option to temp root or perm root..click on temp root first than click on perm root..let see if that works
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android602 said:
Get r13...it gives you an option to temp root or perm root..click on temp root first than click on perm root..let see if that works
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i've tried that with all versions ..even with r14 which was just released...i dont wanna flash clockworld recovery because thats making some phones stuck at the htc screen
Hi, I'm sorta a noob with rooting so bare with me. First, what version of visionary should I use to root my device? Will it work after the ota update? What are the chances of visionary bricking my phone or doing anything that would make my phone unusable? Will it put SU on my phone? And now for the main question, how will I get cyanogen on my g2? Thanks for any help!
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As far as i know visionary is not gonna brick your phone ,in regard to changing your rom you also need to s/off your phone, and to do that you need to setup ADB on your computer i suggest you read this posts first ,you will find all the answers you are after
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=857390
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=855764
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=835777
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=532719
After you root and s-off your phone you need to setup rom manager so you will get clockworkmod recovery and you can boot in to that and flash a new rom or kernel through there.
and i am not sure about the question you had about the update.
yes you will get su after rooting.
Hwoarang747 said:
Hi, I'm sorta a noob with rooting so bare with me. First, what version of visionary should I use to root my device? Will it work after the ota update? What are the chances of visionary bricking my phone or doing anything that would make my phone unusable? Will it put SU on my phone? And now for the main question, how will I get cyanogen on my g2? Thanks for any help!
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Ok, first there are already many threads on this subject, so next time you should try a search first,
for example: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=850141
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=882546
Next the following links will help walk you thru rooting your phone using visionary r14. I have not had any problems with it, many people have rooted this way. If something goes wrong it is usually operator error. This method is for after the OTA. All needed files and links are in the video instructions.
Visionary has bricked phones before when not properly used, the videos show how to use it properly, use all the same settings in the videos.
This is the visionary method, but works perfectly when done correctly..
No adb needed.
Follow the videos to a "T", remove visionary and superusers from you phone if you already have them installed from a previous temp root before following the videos, start fresh, follow the videos starting with temp root then onto perm root then onto flashing a rom. Do everything just like the videos start to finish and you should have no problems.
Temp root first:
http://theunlockr.com/2010/10/20/how-to-root-the-t-mobile-g2-htc-vision-visionary-method/
Then perm root
http://theunlockr.com/2010/11/30/how-to-gain-permanent-root-and-s-off-on-the-t-mobile-g2-htc-vision/
Then flash a rom
http://theunlockr.com/2010/11/30/how-to-load-a-custom-rom-on-the-t-mobile-g2-htc-vision/
Remember don't assume you know how to temp root properly, follow all three videos start to finish and you should have no problems
Also the video "Load a custom rom" will give you a link to flash your first rom. There are a couple of choices to choose from.
Good Luck.
Editlease see post #32 in this thread for a testimony from someone who just followed the videos and rooted his phone.
Thanks soooo much!!! I have another question, how will I be able to get gingerbread after rooting? Or should I wait? Do I need to wipe my phhone? And what if I just want vanilla android with su and cyanogen?
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Hwoarang747 said:
Thanks soooo much!!! I have another question, how will I be able to get gingerbread after rooting? Or should I wait? Do I need to wipe my phhone? And what if I just want vanilla android with su and cyanogen?
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Everyones still waiting on gingerbread, but it looks like Cyanogen is in the lead for releasing it.
Any time you flash a new rom you need to wipe data/cache in recovery. Updates to the same rom a wipe is not needed.
As far as what you want in a rom, my suggestion is to start flashing diffrent roms and give them a try. I thought I didnt like sense but I am currently running a sense rom (Virtuous). So you dont know till you try.
1) Don't use Visionary. People have had brick after brick when using it. Use the rage method.
2) There's a beta version of CM7.0.0 out. The devs are still working out the bugs in it.
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blackknightavalon said:
1) Don't use Visionary. People have had brick after brick when using it. Use the rage method.
2) There's a beta version of CM7.0.0 out. The devs are still working out the bugs in it.
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1)Show me one brick from someone following the videos I posted and Ill take the links down. Yes a lot of people have bricked using visionary, but thats because they assumed they knew what they were doing when in fact they did not. Visionary causes bricks when not properly used, the videos shows how to use it properly. You must follow all the steps from start to finish including the temp root settings they use in the videos.
2)and yes there is a beta version of gingerbread out CM7 but Cyanogen did not officially release this version, and there are so many bugs in it I hardly think a noob needs to flash CM 7.0.0.
What exactly its the range method?
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Hwoarang747 said:
What exactly its the range method?
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Its Rage method and heres a link to the thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=834228&highlight=rage
I recommend you read this thread and make informed desicions, if you know how to use ADB, then this is another method. But if you dont the method I posted above is your other option, it doesn't require the use of ADB.
As far as ADB goes this is something I highly recommend learning, but we all know some people just dont get it. It took me a lot of reading and watching videos to understand ADB. Now that I know how to use ADB its pretty simple, but I remember when I first started with rooting ADB was like reading greek. But I really cant stress enough the importance of learning ADB.
Hahah sorry, i was using swype. And yeah, so what do you recomend, cause i really dont wanna brick my phone for its fairly new.
Oh, and another thing, if i root with visionary or rage, that only gives me root access. But if i flash a rom then i will also have cyanogen? And i was reading, since i wanna oc, whats this kernel stuff? Please forgive my noobish ways
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Hahah sorry, i was using swype. And yeah, so what do you recomend, cause i really dont wanna brick my phone for its fairly new.
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I used the videos to root my G2, there have been a lot of bricks using Visionary but I have yet to see anyone say they followed the videos to the "T" and it bricked there phone. As for the Rage method, there have been almost no reports of bricks from this method, but I have seen a few bootloops (stuck on the HTC screen). It requires using ADB, so if your ok with ADB use the Rage method, if not, you'll have to weigh the risks based on your own ability. My suggestion, watch the videos, all of them and if its something within your skill range go for it.
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Oh, and another thing, if i root with visionary or rage, that only gives me root access. But if i flash a rom then i will also have cyanogen? And i was reading, since i wanna oc, whats this kernel stuff? Please forgive my noobish ways
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Ok, get rooted first then you can worry about kernels, I believe Cyanogen 6.1.1 already comes with an overclocked kernel up to 1.42GHz. So all you have to do is flash CM 6.1.1 his latest release, then down load a cpu controlling app from the market like setcpu(which I use) or cputuner(free) and set the parameters you want your cpu to run at.
Thanks, but a boot loop is fixable right?
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It usualy is you can boot in to recovery and wipe and flash another kernal or rom. Just have a look at the links that I posted ,you will get all the answers.
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Hwoarang747 said:
Thanks, but a boot loop is fixable right?
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Not always hopefully if this happens you have gotten far enough along to put a recovery on your phone, or sometime you can stock recovery factory reset but if those options arn't there guess what you would have to have AndriodSDk installed on your computer with ADB, but you would have to do everything in fastboot mode which is giving commands from your computer to you phone. So it wouldn't be adb because you have to be booted into Andriod to use it, it would be fastboot and run commands similar to ADB, so for this purpose you would have to know how to use ADB. And even then no guarantees. So if you are looking for a guarantee you wont brick your phone there are none, and I wont give you one, these methods have been proven to work if you follow them exactly, mess up and you have a brick.
I know most people dont have $500+ laying around and I know I dont but for me the rewards far outweighed the risk. I just got a pm from another member that followed the videos and guess what he is rooted, he did it today. I asked him to post in this thread with his success story, so hopefully he will.
Here is a quote from him from my PM "it worked! i got so frustrated with adb, i gave it a shot and success!"
Edit: He just posted success his user name is robot_agenda and his post is #32 in this thread.
wait so what did he give a shot? the gfree method?
Hwoarang747 said:
wait so what did he give a shot? the gfree method?
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He rooted his phone with visionary following the videos I posted.
and also, have you heard of the issue with visionary where the phone boots into recovery when being charged?
Hwoarang747 said:
and also, have you heard of the issue with visionary where the phone boots into recovery when being charged?
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That has nothing to do with visionary, thats has to do with ClockworkMod recovery, if your phone is powered off and you plug it in to charge it boots into recovery, if you want root you have to deal with this issue untill they fix the bug in clockworkmod recovery. Also the phone shuts off fine unless its pluged in. Everyone with a htc vision phone who is rooted has this issue. as for me I charge my phone while it on so it doesn't bother me.
heres a link to the problem:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=884516
Alright, so I got my G2 and I used visionary + for temproot. Then I was like yeah that's simple so I tried a permaroot and it froze up on me and rebooted now it will not reboot past the HTC logo screen. I have googled a lot and I can't really come up with anything so I was wondering if this would have to be my last shot. I'm not really familiar with this phone so I don't knjow what to do but anyone know how to fix it? I don't have a custom recovery or rom.... Idk what do... Please help, thanks
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Alright, so I got my G2 and I used visionary + for temproot. Then I was like yeah that's simple so I tried a permaroot and it froze up on me and rebooted now it will not reboot past the HTC logo screen. I have googled a lot and I can't really come up with anything so I was wondering if this would have to be my last shot. I'm not really familiar with this phone so I don't knjow what to do but anyone know how to fix it? I don't have a custom recovery or rom.... Idk what do... Please help, thanks
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You shoudnt have used Visionary . it is well known that it could mess up your phone.
The bad news is since you dont have a costum recovery or eng hboot ,yes you have bricked your phone, but the good news is, now you can fix it by installing the new shipped gingerbread.
but it is not rooted yet ,so you wont be able to root after that,but hey, its better than a bricked phone right?
so download the zip from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1074391
Do I use adb or hboot to do the update img thing? or recovery?
Thank you for your help
RaizaKins said:
Do I use adb or hboot to do the update img thing? or recovery?
Thank you for your help
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You dont need to use ADB for this, download the PC10IMG.ZIP put it on the root
of your sd card ,insert the sd card in you phone again, press the volume down button and turn you phone on, while still holding the volume down button ,this will
put your phone into bootloader ,from there your phone should detect the file and will start flashing it automatically ,(it could take a while to finish)
good luck ,let us know how it went.
Edit: forgot to tell you this, you need to rename the file to PC10IMG.zip .
Alrighty then, Raizakins is my gf's username, but I had gotten it done. Everything works perfectly I really appreciate the help, I don't know what I would have done I think I spent hours googling stuff but none of it worked I install adb and everything but it didn't work so this did and I am thankful. I only had the phone for a day too lol
I'm kind of glad it doesn't have root yet for 2.3. I don't think I will be doing that again I got scared enough haha. But again, thank you
Glad you fixed your issue. But did you miss the stickied thread in the General subforum warning against using Visionary, or just choose to ignore it? Not trying to be snippy or anything. Just trying to understand the thought process, as there still seem to be plenty of people choosing Visionary. Despite warnings otherwise which have been going around as far back as maybe December or January.
Well, I got my G2 Tuesday and I didn't know what I was really doing, my buddy at work told me to use Visionary so I had no clue that it was buggy like that he didn't warn me. That's about it lol.... But as of now, I have no further plans on attempting to root again. And yeah, I saw the stickie and read it while all this was going on and was like "Aw crap".
Edit: I think somehow the temproot and permaroot collided and screwed me over haha!
Hi there, I have been looking everywhere on rooting my HTC desire A8181, mostly here with you guys, very helpful, took me 2 days to really get it done. This my first android, after losing my iphone, but can't say i'm disapointed as Apple are getting to tight now with the updates.
So... I have s-off, pvt2000, recovery is the 4ext, i'm running AOKP jellybean 4.2.2. I also tried the Cyanogenmod but found it was a bit slow so reverted back to AOKP, each time i have done a full wipe off everything.
SuperSu is installed i have ran the a2sd script via Terminal, went fine. and tapped build number 7 times.
My question is with the results in Root checker pro, i think i'm missing something, most of the results are good but its with the /sbin/su result being denied and system/bin/su aswell. i have made screenshoots to explain more.
This is my first ever post on something like this so, i hope i have given enough info, I have looked alot but can't find this particular problem anywhere else on the net. I am also thinking, theres nothing wrong, that i'm trying to much, i'm obsessive like this LOL.
Thanks in advance, hope you guys can explain whats going on here.
Matthew
Jonesy88 said:
Hi there, I have been looking everywhere on rooting my HTC desire A8181, mostly here with you guys, very helpful, took me 2 days to really get it done. This my first android, after losing my iphone, but can't say i'm disapointed as Apple are getting to tight now with the updates.
So... I have s-off, pvt2000, recovery is the 4ext, i'm running AOKP jellybean 4.2.2. I also tried the Cyanogenmod but found it was a bit slow so reverted back to AOKP, each time i have done a full wipe off everything.
SuperSu is installed i have ran the a2sd script via Terminal, went fine. and tapped build number 7 times.
My question is with the results in Root checker pro, i think i'm missing something, most of the results are good but its with the /sbin/su result being denied and system/bin/su aswell. i have made screenshoots to explain more.
This is my first ever post on something like this so, i hope i have given enough info, I have looked alot but can't find this particular problem anywhere else on the net. I am also thinking, theres nothing wrong, that i'm trying to much, i'm obsessive like this LOL.
Thanks in advance, hope you guys can explain whats going on here.
Matthew
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Download an app that requires root permission, install it and if SU pops up asking to grant superuser then all is fine. Never mind those useless root check apps. I once tried one, i was s-off, rooted, custom rom, custom hboot and the app said i wasnt rooted haha they a load of @#%# one will tell u ur rooted then the other will say ur not. all customs roms will (should) be rooted so dont worry
All's good!
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Download an app that requires root permission, install it and if SU pops up asking to grant superuser then all is fine. Never mind those useless root check apps. I once tried one, i was s-off, rooted, custom rom, custom hboot and the app said i wasnt rooted haha they a load of @#%# one will tell u ur rooted then the other will say ur not. all customs roms will (should) be rooted so dont worry
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Hiya, yep it all works fine, apps work ok. in fact i was just being obsessive and was looking around for nothing LOL, i have seen 2 rooted android 2day and both were the same. Thank you though for having a look.
Matthew