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Root Rooting my S4

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PeterMacDonald

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I have a SGH-i337M
(Canadian) Telus
S4
4.4.2

I turned on developer options and Debugging on. Connected to laptop (Win7). I've updated the Samsung USB drivers for Android Mobile phones and I downloaded motochopper. I "Run" motochopper and followed all the steps. The phone rebooted and "Superuser" icon appeared. I assumed it's rooted. So when I go into Superuser, it wants me to update the Superuser binary. It won't let me install or recovery install. I then downloaded Titanium Backup and it wont let me aquire root privileges and to check if my ROM has been rooted.

Now what? Do I try and root it again with motochopper?
 
The Superuser app is just an app run by the su binary. Since there's probably still no way to root S4 4.4.2, all tht happens when you run a rooting app is that Superuser gets installed (you can do that with any unrooted phone - it's just an app), but the phone doesn't get rooted (basically it doesn't get the su binary installed because there's no way to get temporary root and you have to be rooted to install su).
 
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