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[Question] about hboot/superuser/custom roms

I have a few noob questions hopefully someone can answer
I rooted using toasts method part 1 and part 2
I have flipz .6 rooted rom and radio 1.39.00.05.31
Do I always have to go into hboot then select recovery every time or is there a direct path to boot into recovery?
Every time I install custom roms will i have to redownload all my apps every time? If so is there a way to easily back up the apps and restore them?
The superuser permissions app is there after rooting what is it used for?
LxMxFxD - the act of "ROOTING" is the act of giving super user. Super users are accounts on a phone or linux/unix device that can do EVERYTHING on the machine. Like the admin on windows. The whole point of rooting a phone is so you can get super user permissoins.
When i select the superuser permissions app i just see a black screen, should it do more than that?
ccapasso - What you are seeing is normal. The SuperUser Permission app is by default blank. However, once you start using apps that require su permission, such as Wireless Tether, it CAN start to have entries in it. I say CAN because you will notice that when you choose the Wireless Tether app, you will get a prompt asking you to allow. If you choose allow, it will continue as always. However, if you choose Always Allow, you will no longer get that prompt. Also, once you choose Always Allow, your SuperUser Permission app will now show a listing in it. If you simply choose Allow instead, you would still have nothing listed in the SuperUser Permission app.
How do I remove the proprietary apps?
you need to be in the recovery
from the cmd window type
Code:
adb shell
mount /dev/block/mtdblock4 /system
cd /system/app
rm amazonmp3.apk
check this post for a list of apps to remove

can anyone help me out with question 1 or 2?

1) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=702214 - here's one way to do it...
2) Try Titanium Backup in the App Store - I tend to like it quite a bit.

oubravs2b said:
1) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=702214 - here's one way to do it...
2) Try Titanium Backup in the App Store - I tend to like it quite a bit.
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thanks!

[Q] superuser permission

I have rooted my evo. I have S-off. I flashed cm7 and everything is working great. The only problem is when I open terminal emulator app. I type in su, and it tells me "superuser permission denied" There is a $ sign on every line also. From what I understand, I should be seeing a # sign. I have also installed BusyBox. Is there anyway to get superuser permission on terminal emulator?

ebnug said:
I have rooted my evo. I have S-off. I flashed cm7 and everything is working great. The only problem is when I open terminal emulator app. I type in su, and it tells me "superuser permission denied" There is a $ sign on every line also. From what I understand, I should be seeing a # sign. I have also installed BusyBox. Is there anyway to get superuser permission on terminal emulator?
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From what i understand, you will have a $ sign until SU permission is granted, then it turns to a #.. Have you tried opening Superuser and seeing if terminal has a green light/dot next to it?

Terminal emulator is not on my allowed list in superuser. I was never prompted to allow permission to terminal. I even uninstalled terminal and downloaded it again from the market and after i opened it, I was not prompted to allow permission from superuser. Is there anyway to add terminal on the allowed list in superuser, because I cant see anyway to add it. Or would there be another reason permission on terminal is denied?

ebnug said:
Terminal emulator is not on my allowed list in superuser. I was never prompted to allow permission to terminal. I even uninstalled terminal and downloaded it again from the market and after i opened it, I was not prompted to allow permission from superuser. Is there anyway to add terminal on the allowed list in superuser, because I cant see anyway to add it. Or would there be another reason permission on terminal is denied?
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Have you tried looking on superuser's log to see if it is even trying to request permission? If not, can you try another terminal program?
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So I downloaded Better emulator pro. And under preferences, I selected "start as root" and was prompted to allow superuser permissions. When I open better emulator I see the # symbol, but when I type in su, it responds: not found. Any suggestions?

EFS Backup

I need to make an EFS backup, never have before and flashed tonnes of roms, lol. But after reading it's probably a good idea.
Currently on CM13.
However, I've run into an issue. I downloaded Terminal Emulator. I enter "su" and it says on a new line: 255|[email protected]:/
So I then tried to enter: dd if=/dev/block/sdf1 of=/sdcard/modemst1.bin bs=512 - and it says permission denied?
Any help? :]

Root access
Are you sure the terminal has root access?
I use a CM13 variant as well and I had to disable and reenable root access from the developer options before any apps were able to get root. After doing that the first time its worked ever since. Even on cm13 you should get a permission prompt when an app requests root.

JoshAulder said:
Are you sure the terminal has root access?
I use a CM13 variant as well and I had to disable and reenable root access from the developer options before any apps were able to get root. After doing that the first time its worked ever since. Even on cm13 you should get a permission prompt when an app requests root.
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Uh, 'su' is apparently supposed to give the terminal root access, apparently? lol
Sorta new to this.

ritchiedrama said:
Uh, 'su' is apparently supposed to give the terminal root access, apparently? lol
Sorta new to this.
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When running the terminal app for the first time, entering su does not instantly grant it root access, but instead makes the app request access. If it has never been given you will get a prompt over the screen asking if you want to give the app root access. If you are not getting this prompt, then do this:
Go to developer options in settings
Tap on root access
Set it to disabled
Tap again and select Apps (or apps and adb)
Then run the terminal again and enter su

JoshAulder said:
When running the terminal app for the first time, entering su does not instantly grant it root access, but instead makes the app request access. If it has never been given you will get a prompt over the screen asking if you want to give the app root access. If you are not getting this prompt, then do this:
Go to developer options in settings
Tap on root access
Set it to disabled
Tap again and select Apps (or apps and adb)
Then run the terminal again and enter su
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Thannks, where are these files once I did this?
It says internal storage but I don't see them.
edit: I see them on my phone but not on my PC when I plug my phone in, weird, lol.

ritchiedrama said:
Thannks, where are these files once I did this?
It says internal storage but I don't see them.
edit: I see them on my phone but not on my PC when I plug my phone in, weird, lol.
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It should come to /storage/emulated/0
Aka the main internal storage folder which includes things like the downloads and pictures folders. The file should be called modemst1.bin
Hope this helps
Edit: I have no idea why it doesn't show when you plug in your phone. Maybe the file is set to be hidden and you dont have show hidden files and folders enabled on your pc? In any case I just backed mine to my google drive

JoshAulder said:
When running the terminal app for the first time, entering su does not instantly grant it root access, but instead makes the app request access. If it has never been given you will get a prompt over the screen asking if you want to give the app root access. If you are not getting this prompt, then do this:
Go to developer options in settings
Tap on root access
Set it to disabled
Tap again and select Apps (or apps and adb)
Then run the terminal again and enter su
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JoshAulder said:
It should come to /storage/emulated/0
Aka the main internal storage folder which includes things like the downloads and pictures folders. The file should be called modemst1.bin
Hope this helps
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I found them on my phone, not my pc.
They were 2mb each and I emailed them to myself and uploaded them to my dropbox, so all good? I can delete them now from my phone?

ritchiedrama said:
I found them on my phone, not my pc.
They were 2mb each and I emailed them to myself and uploaded them to my dropbox, so all good? I can delete them now from my phone?
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Yep, the terminal only made a copy of the files, so as long as you can get them back when you need them they're safe to delete

Superuser binary files not installed (root)

Ok so Ive been trying to complete root on this Pixel 3 XL.
I rooted with Magisk.
Now, some root checker apps say my phone is rooted, and some don't.
Also, one of the root checker apps tells me the "Superuser App is installed" and "Root User Account: Success". However the same app gives me an error on stage 2 - "Superuser Binary Files: Not Installed"
Lastly, when I open up a terminal emulator on my Pixel 3 XL, it shows a "$" as the directory instead of "#". I can run the "su" command and the terminal will go to the root directory, but when I close the terminal and open another one, I'm right back at "$".
Will gettting the superuser binary files installed fix the above?
How do I get the Superuser binary files installed?

When have you ever automatically had superuser rights in a terminal? You have to run su in each session to gain that right. It sounds like you are rooted. What is not working?

Sorry, I was uneducated on the terminal issue. Just made sense to me that if I had root then I wouldn't need to type a cmd in terminal to get to it.
One thing that isn't working is stage 2 of Root Checker Basic Verify Root function. It tells me that the superuser binary files aren't installed. Not exactly sure what that means or if it even means anything, tbh.

Also when I try to run ROM Manager it tells me I still need to root my phone because Superuser was not found at system/bin/su or system/xbin/su.

But what are you trying to do, that requires root, that doesn't work? If you are getting superuser request and able to respond you should be fine. Now I could be wrong here, BUT... The way the partition table is set up now, on top of all the other different things for Android 10, may mess with certain 'root checkers' I mean it sounds like you HAVE root, but certain apps fail to recognize it. But if it's just checking it what's the problem?
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Like I tried to install busy box and was unable to for the pretty much the same reason as your rom manager. It said their was no room in that directory for it.

OK so I installed an updated version of Root Checker and also SuperSU validator and they are both testing fine now.
I think the older version of Root Checker that I was using was programmed to search for the binary associated with the superuser app I used to use for root management a few years ago?

Same problem

Can't Remove System Apps (even with root priviledges)

I recently rooted my moto G fast (boost) but I'm unable to debloat. Even with root I still can't seem to figure out how to successfully remove system apps from the following folders: /product/app, /product/priv-app, /system_root/system/app, or /system_root/system/priv-app. I've tried running chmod 755 to no avail. The ability to debloat is the main reason I always root so if I can't do that then I don't really see any point in having root at all. I like to be able to freely add or remove apps from the priviledged apps folder. This is far from my first rodeo but I'm not a professional by any means; I still have quite a bit to learn, so correct me if I'm wrong but I'm assuming its because selinux is set to enforcing so I've been scouring the internet looking for a way to set it to permissive and so far nothing has worked. I tried running "su setenforce 0" in both termux and the twrp terminal but neither were successful. I'm also assuming this is the reason I've been unable to install busybox to xbin. I got it to install fine in sbin but I have a couple apps which require it to be in xbin in order to function properly. Any and all advice would be greatly appreciated

Use a third party app in play store to remove system apps.
I recommend this: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jumobile.manager.systemapp&hl=en_US&gl=US

mrsiri said:
Use a third party app in play store to remove system apps.
I recommend this: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jumobile.manager.systemapp&hl=en_US&gl=US
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I have been using third party apps. I have SD Maid pro and even that can't remove anything that's in system apps or priv system apps.

What about deleting the files with Root explorer (file manager with root access) ? you can find it on the play store
Otherwise try using adb commands:
adb shell
pm uninstall --user 0 com.useless.piece.of.trash

mrsiri said:
What about deleting the files with Root explorer (file manager with root access) ? you can find it on the play store
Otherwise try using adb commands:
adb shell
pm uninstall --user 0 com.useless.piece.of.trash
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Did it work?

mrsiri said:
Did it work?
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Haven't gotten a chance to try ADB just yet. Ive tried using a couple different root file explorers with no luck (I assume due to either selinux or not having BusyBox in xbin) but last night I was somehow able to drunkenly set selinux to permissive and fix the busybox issue (unfortunately I can't recall how lol) so I'm gonna try again with a root uninstaller after work. I realize my efforts are largely pointless since this phone performs perfectly even with the bloat. I pretty much just do this on principal cuz I like knowing I have total control of my device.

AMShiech said:
Haven't gotten a chance to try ADB just yet. Ive tried using a couple different root file explorers with no luck (I assume due to either selinux or not having BusyBox in xbin) but last night I was somehow able to drunkenly set selinux to permissive and fix the busybox issue (unfortunately I can't recall how lol) so I'm gonna try again with a root uninstaller after work. I realize my efforts are largely pointless since this phone performs perfectly even with the bloat. I pretty much just do this on principal cuz I like knowing I have total control of my device.
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Try the ADB method, I used it once and successfully deleted phone app for trying the pixel 2 method of clearing verizon gray OEM unlock toggle on my G6 Plus, although it didn't help in the end...