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Root [GUIDE] Rooting Your Motorola Triumph.

Hi,

The root using the emulator worked fine, now i'm trying to unroot it with the terminal codes you gave and i get this.

rm failed for -rf, no such file in directory

How can I get the the phone unrooted?
and can i do it using the terminal emulator?
 
jmulvay said:
Hi,

The root using the emulator worked fine, now i'm trying to unroot it with the terminal codes you gave and i get this.

rm failed for -rf, no such file in directory

How can I get the the phone unrooted?
and can i do it using the terminal emulator?
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Did you make sure to run the command as sudo?
 
Yes, i typed sudo and got # prompt. I installed busy box and super user. Didnt tamper with those, they didnt really seem to do much. Also installed clock work mod. N flashed recovery. All worked well. Tried sudo unroot three times doesnt unroot. I deleted super user and busybox.
 
So I am a total newb with this kind of stuff - be gentle!

I tried using the terminal, typed in sudo and got the # prompt; typed the first line and hit enter and got "link failed File exists"

Help?
 
Rooted my Gf's Triumph because she kept getting the low storage warning. Took care of the bloatware now :D
 
jmulvay said:
Hi,

The root using the emulator worked fine, now i'm trying to unroot it with the terminal codes you gave and i get this.

rm failed for -rf, no such file in directory

How can I get the the phone unrooted?
and can i do it using the terminal emulator?
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I'm most likely way late in this but I got bored and decided to play with my phone using a custom kernal for the stock rom.

When issuing the rm command, there is no use for the -rf options. So just use
sudo
rm /system/xbin/su
rm /system/bin/su

the -r option removes directories while removing the files inside of that directory recursively.

the -f option just ignores non-existent files and overrides any confirmation prompts unless the directory is write protected.

So using the -r option, it's looking for the su directory and not finding it, that's why the error is popping up.

I suggest editing the original post to reflect that as to not confuse others.

Just my 2 cents.
 
Somehow I lost root privileges and when I open the terminal emulator and enter sudo, it comes back saying SUDO: COMMAND NOT FOUND. Any ideas how I can fix this.
 
Tjohnson042110 said:
Somehow I lost root privileges and when I open the terminal emulator and enter sudo, it comes back saying SUDO: COMMAND NOT FOUND. Any ideas how I can fix this.
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Scroll down there is a post I created called ROOT Solved. Basically need to install b_randon's stock ROM and reroot with ginger break. Stay away from formating system partition in CWM. That solved all problems for me.
 
I wanna install cwm and cm7 on my Triumph but the usb port on my phone is out,and im using another phone to charge my battery...any workarounds?
 
ccortez831 said:
will this wipe the data on my phone? should i make a backup of all my apps and contacts?
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hey, can you help me with my Triumph Please. I need to be on skype or phone to have someone walk me through this. this is insanse. not one of theese boards or youtube videos are helping me. my MT is rooted, but i cant seem to get cm7 on it. sooooo confused.
 
To unroot using this method:
Open the emulator and type sudo then type this:
Code:
rm -rf /system/bin/su
rm -rf /system/xbin/su

I have tried to do this after successfully rooting in this manner (to delete alog_events file), but am getting an error message:

"rm failed for -rf, No such file or directory"

Now what?
 
lsismor said:
To unroot using this method:
Open the emulator and type sudo then type this:
Code:
rm -rf /system/bin/su
rm -rf /system/xbin/su

I have tried to do this after successfully rooting in this manner (to delete alog_events file), but am getting an error message:

"rm failed for -rf, No such file or directory"

Now what?
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You might need to either make the /system directory writeable or change to root vie 'su'.
 
Only two months later and I'm stumped again.
1. How do I know if my phone is rooted or not?
2. While running Terminal Emulator, inputing "sudo" results in a message stating: "sudo: not found". Okay, so I try "su" which returns the message: "su: not found".
 
How do i do the gingerbreak method. When i press the apk in 3 difrent explorers, it just opens them, and clicking the files within the zip just give me a text file. im confused on how to isntall the apk gbreak file.
 
LinkKokiri83 said:
How do i do the gingerbreak method. When i press the apk in 3 difrent explorers, it just opens them, and clicking the files within the zip just give me a text file. im confused on how to isntall the apk gbreak file.
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It's installed via the app manager. What is the exact name of the file you downloaded? It should be gingerbreak.apk
 
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