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Hef1105

Hef1105

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So I was a jack*ss and let my brother's friend use my phone then I crashed out of exhaustion from an insane day. Hours later I wake up and take my phone back. Everything was completely different. I pretty much couldn't use it for anything but texts and calls.

I found out by taking it in that it had been rooted. Slowly I learned how to use my phone again, operate on cyanogenmod, some of the perks and other things I knew nothing about. But the thing is, as I learned more I realized it definitely isn't rooted properly or completely. (I'm far from a pro but I'm trying to get closer to it) so

*I did several root checker apps some said I was rooted some said I wasn't

* None of my apps can gain root access. If the option is available, I try and no go.

* None of the super use apps I've tried will work.

*I can see and do somethings I wouldn't be able to if the phone wasn't rooted.

I have es task manager and file explorer so I can see residual files that would come from rooting so I'm confused. What's my phones real root status? Can I wipe the old improper root job, and residual apks/files so I can root it correctly?
 
If you have a CM rom installed, root is managed by the rom. You have to enable Developer Options in Settings then select option for root access, usually Apps and ADB.
To get to Developer Options, go to Settings- About phone and scroll down to the build number. Tap on the build number 7or 8 times then Developer Options will be enabled and you can access through Settings- About phone.
You can also download latest SuperSU update zip and flash in custom recovery if you prefer old school method.
 
Thank you!

Jfalls63 said:
If you have a CM rom installed, root is managed by the rom. You have to enable Developer Options in Settings then select option for root access, usually Apps and ADB.
To get to Developer Options, go to Settings- About phone and scroll down to the build number. Tap on the build number 7or 8 times then Developer Options will be enabled and you can access through Settings- About phone.
You can also download latest SuperSU update zip and flash in custom recovery if you prefer old school method.
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Thank you so much! Lol I've actually been working on it for a couple days now. I definitely have a lot to learn still. So much info and routes to take. I almost had it (at least I thought) by using cyan delta. But a io exception came up so I researched that and I'm so confused lol. But it wouldn't do it just by rebooting in recovery.
 
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Jfalls63 said:
Just installed Slim6 on my N9. They manage root the same way. Flashed SuperSU update zip since I already have Pro.
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I tried so hard to do that but it said if you see this screen or window for longer than five mins then manually reboot
 
Hef1105 said:
Thank you!

Thank you so much! Lol I've actually been working on it for a couple days now. I definitely have a lot to learn still. So much info and routes to take. I almost had it (at least I thought) by using cyan delta. But a io exception came up so I researched that and I'm so confused lol. But it wouldn't do it just by rebooting in recovery.
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I have to credit @Heights713 for pointing it out to me last year.
Hef1105 said:
I tried so hard to do that but it said if you see this screen or window for longer than five mins then manually reboot
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Did you get it to install? Normal to see that message.
 
Still working on it. I just did a wipe in twrp. Enabled root access app and adb. Still having issues. Does it matter if the cyanogenmod version I have is a nightly? It's the latest version available for my device. When you say flash the latest Su version in recovery would twrp work for that? I'm gonna re-read both articles you guys posted. Is using a ROM installer a bad idea?
 
Well with cyanogenmod I thought root access was gained by enabling it in developer settings. Did I miss something? And somehow I'm operating on CM 11 nightly when I downloaded the latest snapshot version I can see that version in my es file explorer but dunno how to get rid of the nightly. Maybe I'm not flashing correctly. How exactly am I supposed to flash in recovery. I do have twrp and I thought I was using it correctly but maybe not
 
First select wipe and do as I stated above, back out to home screen and select install, at the bottom it will have "select storage" make sure you choose the right one. Pick the ROM, select add another zip, select GApps package, select add another zip, select SuperSU zip, swipe to install. When finished wipe davlik cache, then reboot. If you are having trouble navigating your file system...... then you should practice. The best way to understand your device is to understand the file system.
 
So I definitely did something wrong. I think it was the GApps. Because all my apps are gone including all Google apps but says they are all installed when I look up online and I related files in file explorer. What should I do? After installing the current version of CyanogenMod can I delete the last one i had and everything related to it? How? I have duplicate files some three identical.
 
Ugh OK I feel like an idiot I don't understand why I'm struggling so much on this one. Is there a safe way to just wipe everything and start over?

I got this message from debugging report.
jfltevl-user 4.2.2 JDQ39 I337MVLUAMDJ release-keys

My Samsung is usually jftlecan.

Also when I wiped everything except internal and external I may have clicked to many boxes. I got this error message.
mkdosfs error= 1

Sorry for being annoying apparently I wasn't as ready as I thought.

Please tell me there's a way to fix this.
The for your time
 
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