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Root *SOLVED* Lost root???!!

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socal6107

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*SOLVED* so i was playing aroung on my phone and somehow lost root and soft bricked my phone... no problem. did the return to stock in the forums here and went to re-root my phone and all i am getting is errors and symbols. and somehow i have no service or wifi to get superuser on the phone before rooting or check for root after rooting. is there another way to root other than the "one click root"? i am pretty comfortable with odin and some command prompts, but would need extremely detailed how to if in command prompts. thank you in advance
 
Do you have cwm Installed? If so wipe everything install the flashable cwm zip for stock... then try to root... also when doing anything with you phone and computer always use the back USB ports on your tower... the front ones can sometimes disrupt the feed and make the connection weak...
 
As long as you didnt format, or overwrite your system partition, you'll most likely still have the su binary in /system/xbin/
Check that out first.
If thats the case, then its as simple as installing superuser.apk and rebooting.
 
Spikebob21 said:
Do you have cwm Installed? If so wipe everything install the flashable cwm zip for stock... then try to root... also when doing anything with you phone and computer always use the back USB ports on your tower... the front ones can sometimes disrupt the feed and make the connection weak...
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i do have cwm installed. and where can i get a flashable zip for stock? and i was using the front ports on the computer lol.
 
socal6107 said:
i do have cwm installed. and where can i get a flashable zip for stock? and i was using the front ports on the computer lol.
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I've never had an issue with using the front ports on a PC, and I've been developing for years.. As long as they're clean (dust free) they're as good as the back ports.

There should be a thread in this sub forum with a link to an admire stock ROM (Im using a vitality, so I'd be no help there)
*edit: http://androidforums.com/admire-all...m-backup-samsung-admire-2-3-4-stock-eh02.html

If you dont have the su binary present in your /system/xbin folder, then you can manually root the phone (provided you have a working system image/rom loaded).
You'll need the su binary, and superuser.apk.

Boot to CWM (assuming you have that flashed)
Mount /system and /sdcard
Then navigate to your adb directory (assuming you have not put adb in your system path) and drop the su binary and superuser.apk there
Then open up a command prompt, navigate to your adb directory, then:

Code: 
adb push su /sdcard/
adb push superuser.apk /sdcard/
adb shell
mount -o remount rw /system
cat /sdcard/su > /system/xbin/su
cat /sdcard/superuser.apk > /system/app/superuser.apk
chmod 4755 /system/xbin/su
chmod 0755 /system/app/superuser.apk
mount -o remount ro /system
reboot

You can install superuser.apk to /system/app or /data/app, your choice really.
Hope that helps.
 
The one click root folder has a su apk just drag it to ur phone.. and install it update it via play store and then update the binary...

As to the front ports... mine give me a hard time just use the back ports to issolate the problem...:p
 
sorry for the newb questions but i have no idea how to "drag the superuser.apk to my phone" or install it without using google play. and like i metioned above i have no mobile connection or wifi... please elaborate lol
 
socal6107 said:
sorry for the newb questions but i have no idea how to "drag the superuser.apk to my phone" or install it without using google play. and like i metioned above i have no mobile connection or wifi... please elaborate lol
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extract the one click root zip to your computer.
connect your phone to USB
enable usb hard drive mode
drag and drop superuser.apk to your phones sdcard
turn off usb hard drive mode
disconnect usb
install superuser.apk from your phones sdcard.
 
Bah, dont mention it. Nub. :D
At least you asked first in detail before going rogue on your phone and possibly bricking it (like I've seen all too many ppl do before).

Cheers m8.
 
i have bricked my phone too many times to count lol. but i can only work on my phone while im at work (i work for metro pcs lol) so its a bit of a pain but im buying a laptop soon and going to try dabbling into creating ROMs and apps and such. thank you for your help dude
 
LOL your welcome and like mentioned above.. good thing you asked us :) hey and what's the big idea I don't get a thanks?? Lmao just kidding.. any others questions just ask me.. cheers
 
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