Root quick question...weird

[chefjellynow]

hi first time poster, i rooted the evo4g with unrevoked, it worked well for 1 day and now wireless tether says phone is not rooted. It was rooted and working good for 24 hours now ...not everything is working properly its just not rooted...any ideas?

thaks

 

[akazabam]

Welcome to the forums . Between the time it worked and now, did you install anything different or flash anything from recovery or hboot? Have you done anything difference since the time it worked? Let's check a few things:

1) With the phone booted up, go to your app drawer, and find an app called superuser. Assuming it exists, open it up. You'll see a list of allowed app and a list of denied apps. Do you see wifi tether in either list?

2) Install the terminal emulator from the market if you don't already have it. Open it up, and type "su" without quotes, then enter. Does the prompt change from $ to #, or do you get a permission denied error?

3) Turn the phone off, then turn it back on while pressing and holding volume down. That will take you to hboot. Do you see S-ON or S-OFF. This is not entirely dependent on your ROM being rooted, but it'll tell us if unrevoked worked properly.

Let's start with that. There are a few other things to check as well.

 

[chefjellynow]

i didnt install any rom or anything yet... all i did yesterday was unrevoked, then add the wifi tether. no roms or themes..

i will check the rest

 

[chefjellynow]

thank you for the help, all resolved

 

[akazabam]

Great . What was the problem?

 

[9to5cynic]

I would guess the superuser permissions, but that's pure speculation.

 

[akazabam]

That's my guess too, but I'd like to know for sure, anyway.