Unable to root - One (M9) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hey guys,
For some reason, I seem to be unable to get my root to "stick". Managed to unlock and flash TWRP perfectly, and it's all working fine. But some reason reason, when I flash SuperSU and reboot. It seems to have not "stuck".....?
I get an error from the SuperSU app that no SU binary is installed?
Any ideas or help?
Thanks!

TWRP doesn't write to system partiton, yet, I guess. Wait for TWRP update.
Are you S-ON or S-OFF ?

DroidShift79 said:
TWRP doesn't write to system partiton, yet, I guess. Wait for TWRP update.
Are you S-ON or S-OFF ?
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S-ON. Didn't see the need to mess too much. But ahhh. Would have thought it would have gave some sort of error!
Thanks for the reply

dannyb2100 said:
Hey guys,
For some reason, I seem to be unable to get my root to "stick". Managed to unlock and flash TWRP perfectly, and it's all working fine. But some reason reason, when I flash SuperSU and reboot. It seems to have not "stuck".....?
I get an error from the SuperSU app that no SU binary is installed?
Any ideas or help?
Thanks!
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Use TWRP 2.8.5.0 instead of TWRP 2.8.6.0

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[Q] [IMPORTANT] Is there any way I can root htc one m8 Lolipop 5.0?

Someone if you know and tested it, can I root my htc one m8 device having the new firmware updated 5.0.1 lolipop??
Please anwser and if there is a way please send a link
THANKS A LOTTT!!
It's exactly the same as before.
Look for how do I root here,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2711073
You unlock bootloader. Flash a custom recovery... I suggest twrp. It will ask you when you exit if you want to root. Say yes.
Boot into android, install supersu if it or superuser aren't there already. (from play store)
Or just flash recovery . Install a rom , likely rooted already.
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Darth said:
It's exactly the same as before.
Look for how do I root here,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2711073
You unlock bootloader. Flash a custom recovery... I suggest twrp. It will ask you when you exit if you want to root. Say yes.
Boot into android, install supersu if it or superuser aren't there already. (from play store)
Or just flash recovery . Install a room, likely rooted already.
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thanks for that but when I did it in my phone it says su binary out of date! what can I do now?
Can you explain everything you did, beginning to end. And exactly when/where you get that message?
I had already TWRP in my phone so I download your files. Opened the recovery and I did from there (install). When it finished rebooted the device and after that when i did a root check it said root access not properly install or sometihing
Koukosftw said:
I had already TWRP in my phone so I download your files. Opened the recovery and I did from there (install). When it finished rebooted the device and after that when i did a root check it said root access not properly install or sometihing
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Open the SuperSU app, and it will prompt you to install the binaries. Select yes, of course.
i did that too nothing happened :/
xunholyx said:
Open the SuperSU app, and it will prompt you to install the binaries. Select yes, of course.
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This ^^^^
If it asks to update with a "normal" and "twrp/cwm" option... Try normal first. The other option if that doesn't work.
Darth said:
This ^^^^
If it asks to update with a "normal" and "twrp/cwm" option... Try normal first. The other option if that doesn't work.
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I tried the normal it didnt work, how I do the second, I pressed it but nothing happened!
I don't think you have twrp installed anymore, or not properly. You've flashed it with fastboot, since updating to lollipop? How did you update to lollipop?
Normal, I never had root before. Upgraded my phone to 5.0 and then i tried to root it
Rooted fine here with normal method. Just had to update super su.
OK, can you please walk us through exactly what steps to Root you took. From the beginning. And we'll see what happened.
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i havent been able to find the option to disable fast boot so i havent even tried yet but if anyone has let me know
chinkyarmour said:
i havent been able to find the option to disable fast boot so i havent even tried yet but if anyone has let me know
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Settings > Power > Fast boot
xunholyx said:
Settings > Power > Fast boot
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its not in lollipop
but i did it just now and rooted anyway
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuHFcGvUjwA
followed this method again no problem
chinkyarmour said:
its not in lollipop
but i did it just now and rooted anyway
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuHFcGvUjwA
followed this method again no problem
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They must have taken the option out. It didn't boot any faster for me anyways. Not since 4.4.2
chinkyarmour said:
its not in lollipop
but i did it just now and rooted anyway
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuHFcGvUjwA
followed this method again no problem
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SO GUYS, ITS ME THAT I CREATED THIS THREAD! PROBLEM SOLVED. I ALREADY HAD TWRP AND DOWNLOADED THE Update-supersu file from the above youtube video (links) and I did it with recovery mode. I DONT KNOW BUT THE PREVIOUS supersu I installed couldnt update the su binary. This one did it. PROBLEM SOLVED AND I ROOTED MY 5.0.1 LOLIPOP DEVICE.
THANKS GUYS FOR EVERYTHING REALLY HELPFUL!!!

Rooting on Lollipop HTC M8

Hi,
I recently updated my phone to Lollipop. I am looking to root it. This will be the first time that I will be rooting my phone. I have unlocked the bootloader but when it comes to updating my phone to install TWRP I get the message "Download complete. We will now attempt to reboot into TWRP and install SuperSU. If this app just closed, try rebooting into TWRP manually". I click continue but nothing happens. I am also unsure how to manually update this? Please help I'm a noob to this stuff.
Thanks
muzza1986 said:
Hi,
I recently updated my phone to Lollipop. I am looking to root it. This will be the first time that I will be rooting my phone. I have unlocked the bootloader but when it comes to updating my phone to install TWRP I get the message "Download complete. We will now attempt to reboot into TWRP and install SuperSU. If this app just closed, try rebooting into TWRP manually". I click continue but nothing happens. I am also unsure how to manually update this? Please help I'm a noob to this stuff.
Thanks
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Go to TWRP manually and install supersu.
Choose install and scroll all the way down and choose supersu.zip
I've managed to update the app but when in supersu I am now getting the error message saying, "There is no SU Binary installed, and supersu cannot install it. This is problem! If you just upgraded to android 5.0, you need to manually re-root". Does this mean I have to downgrade to kit kat?
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muzza1986 said:
I've managed to update the app but when in supersu I am now getting the error message saying, "There is no SU Binary installed, and supersu cannot install it. This is problem! If you just upgraded to android 5.0, you need to manually re-root". Does this mean I have to downgrade to kit kat?
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No, it just means you need to get a flashable SuperSU zip, put it on the phone, and flash with TWRP.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1538053
redpoint73 said:
No, it just means you need to get a flashable SuperSU zip, put it on the phone, and flash with TWRP.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1538053
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Having the same issue here. Flashed UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.80.zip but it says there's no binary. Enabled dev mode and root in CM12.1. Any ideas?
EDIT: Solved by installing the latest v2.46.
Palavilli said:
Having the same issue here. Flashed UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.80.zip but it says there's no binary. Enabled dev mode and root in CM12.1. Any ideas?
EDIT: Solved by installing the latest v2.46.
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As you've discovered, v1.80 is very obsolete. Lollipop requires the latest version. I don't think a working root for LP was implemented in CuperSU until around v2.43 or thereabouts.

Have to flash SU systemless

It seems there would be a problem in flashing normal downloaded SU and have to go through the long process of flashing systemless SU after which have to upgrade it.
Is it normal for you guys too?
How come 1+3 bricks after installing normal SU?
b.t.w. personal note: thanks to one of the oneplus rep that was in the euro tour in Rome the TWRP recovery fix worked (sorry forgot your name ). Really appreciate the chat and help out!
No, i downloaded normal su (SuperSU) and then flashed it through TWRP. I don't know which su you are using, but there are loads of us who have installed SuperSU without an issue.
nemexs said:
It seems there would be a problem in flashing normal downloaded SU and have to go through the long process of flashing systemless SU after which have to upgrade it.
Is it normal for you guys too?
How come 1+3 bricks after installing normal SU?
b.t.w. personal note: thanks to one of the oneplus rep that was in the euro tour in Rome the TWRP recovery fix worked (sorry forgot your name ). Really appreciate the chat and help out!
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You may have the wrong flashable, flashing supersu on the OP3 for me is very quick and painless. Make sure you have the latest from chainfire's website v2.76 at the time of me posting this. : http://download.chainfire.eu/supersu-stable
PS: regular supersu is both systemless and "normal" root it makes a decision during installation determining whether your device can support normal root and if not then it does a systemless boot.img patch.
StykerB said:
You may have the wrong flashable, flashing supersu on the OP3 for me is very quick and painless. Make sure you have the latest from chainfire's website v2.76 at the time of me posting this. : http://download.chainfire.eu/supersu-stable
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You beat me to pointing him to it. If I can add, there's a dedicated SuperSU thread to seek help if SuperSU causes an issue:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1538053
Highly unlikely but just in case. If you are not sure, there are sufficient number of toolkits out there that can simplify the job for you.
@tropicanapure @StykerB
Have tried them the only way I can flash SU is downloading @ahmed_radaideh 's oneplus3 toolkit and then flashing his SU. Tried the normal version and the problem seems to be present (brick), yes chainfire's su. If I don't want to do full wipe I'd have wipe system and just reflash stock and then systemless su
nemexs said:
@tropicanapure @StykerB
Have tried them the only way I can flash SU is downloading @ahmed_radaideh 's oneplus3 toolkit and then flashing his SU. Tried the normal version and the problem seems to be present (brick), yes chainfire's su. If I don't want to do full wipe I'd have wipe system and just reflash stock and then systemless su
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Then you may want to check the process y you are using for this.
If I can ask what exactly are you trying to fix? Do you already have SuperSU installed? And you are trying to move to systemless?
Or are you unable to install SuperSU itself? If yes, then you may want to post to the SuperSU thread too.
tropicanapure said:
Then you may want to check the process y you are using for this.
If I can ask what exactly are you trying to fix? Do you already have SuperSU installed? And you are trying to move to systemless?
Or are you unable to install SuperSU itself? If yes, then you may want to post to the SuperSU thread too.
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I had no problem in installing it systemless, however just wanted to see if everyone else had to go through the same process. It seems not, now I'm trying to find out how come I can't install normally.
nemexs said:
I had no problem in installing it systemless, however just wanted to see if everyone else had to go through the same process. It seems not, now I'm trying to find out how come I can't install normally.
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You still haven't mentioned the process you use[emoji6]
The process most commonly used via TWRP is to download the zip from the link above and flash it. That's all there is to it.
tropicanapure said:
You still haven't mentioned the process you use[emoji6]
The process most commonly used via TWRP is to download the zip from the link above and flash it. That's all there is to it.
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my bad, yes I use twrp method 3.0.2 the most recent one, flash stock rom and then flash su
nemexs said:
my bad, yes I use twrp method 3.0.2 the most recent one, flash stock rom and then flash su
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Assuming your bootloader is already unlocked beforehand, the straight answer to your question is yes, that's how most of us do it.
No problem with flashing SU whatsoever,
and i rather not to use any toolkit to flash either recovery or anything,
fastboot for recovery and recovery for anything else,
Simple, straight and safe
otonieru said:
No problem with flashing SU whatsoever,
and i rather not to use any toolkit to flash either recovery or anything,
fastboot for recovery and recovery for anything else,
Simple, straight and safe
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doesn't work for me.

recovery is not seandroid enforcing

I keep having this problem. I just tried both KINGROOT and CF-AUTO ROOT.
After doing this whole process through ODIN. I then try to flash the latest TWRP from their website : dl.twrp.me/jfltetmo/twrp-3.2.0-0-jfltetmo.img.tar.html
Then after that finishes, I try to boot into recovery and it gives me the message: recovery is not seandroid enforcing and just sits there.
I have a tmobile s4.
and I also checked if I am indeed rooted by using an app from the play store to check root and it shows Im rooted.
Any help would be great.
Root isn't needed to flash a twrp.
Tried flashing the latest stock rom and twrp without rooting the phone?
audit13 said:
Root isn't needed to flash a twrp.
Tried flashing the latest stock rom and twrp without rooting the phone?
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Yup didn't work after trying it all the only thing that did work was SkipSoft Unified Android Toolkit and it was the easiest thing I ever used.
Krappa420 said:
Yup didn't work after trying it all the only thing that did work was SkipSoft Unified Android Toolkit and it was the easiest thing I ever used.
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I have the exact problem, can you kindly explain in details how you went about it? I already downloaded SkipSoft.
Same issues here, buddy.
I tried to work on solving it out for approximately 8 hours and still no sign of success. Tried to reflash stock OS back on the phone via ODIN and it went successful. Tried CF-Auto-root file and it went through successful. But when it only came to the TWRP file, it went successful onto flashing on ODIN's side, but now something is interfering with the boot up process onto TWRP now. Hopefully there's a alternative towards this issue, since i've been wanting to reflash a Nougat OS onto the device.
Edit: I give credit to @Krappa420 for the mention of "SkipSoft Unified Android Toolkit" because i just installed the program on my laptop now and it went successful. But since i already had other materials pre-installed, some others with ODIN and ADB installed can just download this TWRP version here: https://dl.twrp.me/jfltexx/twrp-2.7.0.0-jfltexx.img.html
Edit #2: Seems that the TWRP version is too old to flash some of the newer OS's, such as nougat itself. Will find a way to update TWRP without breaking the boot up process, like the past attempts
Edit #3: After fiddling with TWRP versions 2.7.0.0 and up, i managed to get it capped up to 3.1.1 any future versions will most likely not work, so you're capped at 3.1.1 Here's the link for flashing it with ODIN: https://dl.twrp.me/jfltexx/twrp-3.1.1-0-jfltexx.img.tar.html
So you twrp 3.1.1 and it will work right
I having the same issue
Thank you
so do i need to install cf-auto root first or the twrp 3.11
what are the steps to install
Thank you for helping a disabled veteran
timj3371 said:
so do i need to install cf-auto root first or the twrp 3.11
what are the steps to install
Thank you for helping a disabled veteran
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It wouldn't really matter what order you're using.
You can use CF-Auto-Root to root it for you while you have stock recovery still, and after you can flash to TWRP and use a custom recovery afterwards
Or you can flash TWRP first and flash a SuperSU zip file afterwards and it'll give you root while maintaining to have TWRP installed.
But to sum it up, it wouldn't matter what order you choose. Help yourself
Trwp
What version of twrp I need to use
Thank you
timj3371 said:
What version of twrp I need to use
Thank you
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TWRP version 3.1.1
Thank you for the help I have lineage installed. Wow so fast. How ever when trying to root it I get a error says binary occupied. If I uninstall I get no root available. How do I install root ? Thank you so much
A disabled veteran
timj3371 said:
Thank you for the help I have lineage installed. Wow so fast. How ever when trying to root it I get a error says binary occupied. If I uninstall I get no root available. How do I install root ? Thank you so much
A disabled veteran
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Before anything, try to install the SuperSU app over on the play store, if it says you're not rooted, you may have to restart the whole process within TWRP and reflash the SuperSU Zip file.
Thank you
Says the binary is occupied in su
Where do I find su zip
Should I use the chain fire auto zip
Thanks
timj3371 said:
Says the binary is occupied in su
Where do I find su zip
Should I use the chain fire auto zip
Thanks
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Try this one: https://download.chainfire.eu/696/supersu/
If it keeps on persisting, I'll have to find another way
I tried that file and it just sits in booting. I left it be then reinstated the ROM. Still no root its OK tight not to have root
Thank you
timj3371 said:
I tried that file and it just sits in booting. I left it be then reinstated the ROM. Still no root its OK tight not to have root
Thank you
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Yeah try to re-flash the ROM again but this time flash magisk through TWRP since SuperSU is being trippy on your S4
Thank you for the help
Dummy me I found out from reading other forums you have to go in to tools and enable root after going in to recovery and flash the root file in the extra section.
Every thing works
Thank you so much
Disabled veteran

Erntering recovery but not opeing TWRP

Hello, please could you help me. Ive spent days on this and now I'm stuck.
I'm trying to root my htc one m8. I originally needed to do this to let recovery software find missing pictures, however I've lost that because I had to unlock the bootloader which I understand wipes any previous files.
However npw I've started I may as well finish.
Bootloader is unlocked.
Superuser is installed on phone but says needs binary update?
Flashed twrp img file and it said it was okay. Deleted cache.
When I try to boot into recovery it says "entering recovery" but after a minute it just resets and loada up as normal.
Please could you help me as to where i have gone wrong.
Root checker says not rooted.
Thank you. I have searched for thia but can't seem to find anything on it sorry.
Feebleme said:
Bootloader is unlocked.
Superuser is installed on phone but says needs binary update?
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Sequence doesn't make sense. You installed superuser how? You need TWRP to install SU/SuperSU.
Also, you need a lot more info, for us to properly help.
What OS number does it say in bootloader?
What version TWRP did you try?
What SuperSU version number did you use? SuperSU (or alternately Magisk) is standard (not SU).

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