yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S II General] Mario1968:
Hi Phil3759, I've updated from superuser elite to supersu from play store and now the su permission are managed by supersu, i wrote this post only to make you notice that now in my S2, in /system/app resides Superuser.apk (superuser elite) and in /data/app resides eu.chainfire.supersu-1.apk (supersu). In the script (from your thread) that remove the root, i've read that the delete sentence is always referred to /system/app/superuser.apk, this way if I try to remove the root, it simply remove superuser elite (already deactivated by supersu), but it never delete supersu. Do you think the script must be updated for this situation?

Thank you for the very explicative posts you write

Mario

PS. Sorry for bad English

Inviato dal mio Galaxy S2 con Tapatalk2®

XWLPF Stock

Siyah 3.4+

Jkay V14.1
[Galaxy S II General] Phil3759:
I did not like to touch the data partition. Apps in /data/app can be uninstalled in stock application manager.
[Galaxy S II General] DTBrum:
Sorry to be a bit thick, but can someone clarify something for me please.

This thread says root/unroot for stock ICS, but from the reading I have done apparently the exploit this uses (ZergRush exploit) was patched in V2.3.6 (working on 2.3.4 and 2.3.5) Given ICS, on my phone at least, is running 4.0.3 I assume this will not work and the only way to root is to flash a new kernel using Odin.

I was hoping to find a way to root ICS without flashing another kernel (avoid update counter/yellow triangle issue)
[Galaxy S II General] atep:
Hi,

this method works only in ics. So if you have ice cream sandwich, it will work for you.

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[Galaxy S II General] Stileth:
If you have ICS then use method 1, no need to flash anything.

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[Galaxy S II General] DTBrum:
Tried it. Worked. Am now rooted. Thank you.
[Galaxy S II General] Phil3759:
This method is proper, not using any exploit
[Galaxy S II General] DTBrum:
I did try to buy you a beer, honest, but got this message.

"This recipient is currently unable to receive money."

Accept my thanks anyway.
[Galaxy S II General] cooladityarai:
Today i tried this method. But it did not worked for me. As i get into cwm the screen starts flickering and if i select apply update from externel storage then it again goes back to reboot now.....:o:confused:
[Galaxy S II General] Stileth:
Don't forget to use touch screen to move inside of the CWM ;)

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[Galaxy S II General] cooladityarai:
Oh thanks.....i was using vol buttons.
[Galaxy S II General] nakti:
How to create and restore a nandroid with this method?

Will CWM install like Unsecure Kernel ?
[Galaxy S II General] Phil3759:
When in cwm, just run your backup /n restore job.

No, kernel is untouched. You also keep stock recovery. On reboot cwm is automatically overwritten by stock kernel
[Galaxy S II General] rickykemp:
Hi guys, just got an update from KIES to XWLPI, and rooting via this method is not working.

please advise, have followed process same as when I was on XWLP7.
[Galaxy S II General] TheCreat:
That doesn't seem right, as I'm also on xwlpi and rooted with this method and had no trouble at all.

Swyped on my Galaxy S2
[Galaxy S II General] Phil3759:
Just look at the updated scripts in my signature
[Galaxy S II General] rickykemp:
did a nandroid restore to go back to LP7, now KIES won't allow me to run the upgrade back to LPI saying does not initialise, reccomendations?
[Galaxy S II General] Phil3759:
Do not use Kies when you flash roms not released for your region
[Galaxy S II General] rickykemp:
well considering that I have only ever updated my phone using KIES, and that the LPI rom came out last night for my network, that isnt the problem.

the process i followed was this:

update to LP7 using KIES, rooted using the .zip.

KIES showed update to LPI last night, ran the update.

used the .zip, but it didnt root, so went back to a nandroid backup of LP7,

tried getting LPI through KIES again, and says that device unable to update firmware through KIES.

I think i will just get the stock from checkfus and then use ODIN to install it after a factory reset.
[Galaxy S II General] jimh:
Galaxy Tab 10.1

Is it possible to use this method on a galaxy Tab 10.1 now that ICS is out?
[Galaxy S II General] Phil3759:
If you have a cwm image, then yes, give it a try. But I strongly advise you to use the updated scripts, see link in my signature
[Galaxy S II General] jimh:
I have only managed to download the CWM recovery as an img file.

How do I get this into a zip format?
[Galaxy S II General] tomashokenberi:
Does this metod works with I9100G too?
[Galaxy S II General] Rachmat3:
* Superuser.apk, SU & Busybox binary updated to latest version.
[Galaxy S II General] timberwolf60:
The download link(cwm via stock recovery) in first page and copy to ext SD card. Fellow the instruction by op.

Send via my GT I9100 using Tapatalk2, 1st ROM RR 2.6.1, 2nd ROM RR JB V3.0.1 with Siyah kernel 3.5.2.
[Galaxy S II General] slugger09:
So I have a problem, tried with 2.3.4 and it didn't work so upgraded to ICS, Installed CWM.ZIP fine, it reboots into CWM, however when I press down to select the Busybox it returns to the top of the menu, I can't select anything.
[Galaxy S II General] atep:
It's a touch recovery. Make sure you are using the screen in clockworkmod, not volume up + down.

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[Galaxy S II General] slugger09:
Thanks mate, Thats fixed it, all working great :good:
[Galaxy S II General] Sp1tfire:
Worked fine for Vodafone ICS firmware LPD. Thanks.
[Galaxy S II General] assailantsky:
Can't get update

I used this method to root my stock AU vodafone gs2, but now I can't seem to install firmware updates via FOTA. Everytime after downloading the new firmware, the device reboots and goes into recovery mode, then the update bar goes to 1/5 across the screen and then just reboots again. Then upon restart, I get the message saying update failed, need to take to Service centre etc.

I've read that CWM prevents firmware upgrades, could this be the problem in my case? If so, how do I resolve this problem? Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy S II General] mrcreativity:
AFAIK, CWM is only temporary and shouldn't interfere with an update.
[Galaxy S II General] ahuja:
Flashing Temporary CWM and the emmc Brickbug

Hello all,

I'd classify myself as a well-read noob:D

Been reading up on the emmc Brickbug issue. Also discovered that my firmware is 0x19, which is the bad Mcoy:(

Anyway, I have used temporary CWM to flash the _JKay_ framework and have also wiped cache. The phone's Okay though. Am planning now to root through the temporary CWM method listed in the first post here.

What are my risks in doing so? Should I wait for a solution from mighty samsung? I know I could use the CFRoot-Odin method to achieve root.

Also, if anything were to have happened by my flashing, I should have seen some symptoms, right? Its been a week now, and all is well:fingers-crossed:
[Galaxy S II General] kopitalk:
You should stop using temporary CWM.zip to flash anything else, because it is just too risky. You wouldn't know if the script of the mod you're trying to flash is betraying you some day :p You can still use it to root BUT don't use any wipe function.

Just remember, once you're rooted, you are still on a STOCK kernel, which is NOT safe to wipe.
[Galaxy S II General] Sp1tfire:
Remove root and you will be able to update via FOTA. Root is preventing your phone from installing the firmware update.
[Galaxy S II General] assailantsky:
Thanks for the quick reply, I know that was the case. Just wondering if this is an unique problem to my phone.

Have your phone done a FOTA firmware update since rooting using this method? I want to eliminate this method from my list of potential culprits.

---------- Post added at 04:49 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:26 PM ----------

Cheers for that, I had already tried that. But I'll repeat the removal steps again just to be sure. Will report back.
[Galaxy S II General] assailantsky:
Just tried again, no dice. I've previously modified the build.prop to disable camera sound, I've removed the extra line and still can't install. The blue bar stops around 25 -30% progress during reboot...
[Galaxy S II General] LemmingUK:
First time I have ever rooted a phone. Easy and panic free with no side effects (yellow triangle) on stock 4.0.4

Sent from my GT-I9100
[Galaxy S II General] Pungaa:
Wow this was easy !

Worked like a charm, no yellow triangle, CWM recovery and root in a jiff.

Awesome work !

Sendt fra min GT-I9100 med Tapatalk2
[Galaxy S II General] Sayo1337:
Hey guys,

I've used this method to root and it worked perfectly! Now my Samaung SII has a new firmware to install and fails as it is still rooted. I tried the uninstall method and when I try and run the SU-uninstaller through CWM it gets an error saying its not verified is there a place where all the updated files are? as I obtained the files ages ago.
[Galaxy S II General] Phil3759:
Look at the link in my signature, it is all updated and you can even unroot/root from stock recovery, no cwm needed

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=28178105
[Galaxy S II General] ceffastteo:
Sucessful with ICS. How about same for Jelly Bean

Hi. I wonder whether you are producing the same applications to be used for Jelly Bean as well .
[Galaxy S II General] Sayo1337:
Great Works Perfectly!

+1 Thanks matey, The latest file worked like a charm. Its unrooted, had to do the software update thorough Kies on the PC. I'm now updated to 4.04 and then re-rooted by the latest files on your other thread. Everything is working 100% Thanks again for the quick reply! :good: :victory:
[Galaxy S II General] paul.c:
My experience

I've flashed CWM recovery and as soon as I pressed any button it restarted so I couldn't do anything with it. I've downloaded the touch version of the recovery and flashed the rooting script successfully.
[Galaxy S II General] Poroto:
can i use this method if i do not have an SD card ? i just use my GT I9100 with the internal memory that came when i first bought it.
[Galaxy S II General] mmnawab:
Can I root Sony Xperia S having Android 4.0.4 with this method.
[Galaxy S II General] Stileth:
If you have stock kernel with stock recovery then no.

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[Galaxy S II General] kmetek:
so this is only temporary clockworld recovery right? for new rom, like CM9/CM10 i need this clockworld recovery?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1118693
[Galaxy S II General] ceffastteo:
Galaxy Tab 2 7''

So Sorry. This safe method could not be apply for Galaxy Tab 2 as this device does not have Home button.
[Galaxy S II General] dvdlesher:
@ceffastteo: Dude, do you realize you are looking at SGS2 forum section, not Tab 2?
[Galaxy S II General] Phil3759:
You can boot into recovery for Galaxy Tab 2 using the Vol Up + Power

Give it a try and look at the link in my signature:

- You get CWM6 temporary now

- You can root without even CWM, just fom stock recovery on some phones (give a try, you will get signature error and no harm done if your recovery is secured)

Link:

- http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1746794

CWM6 temporary:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1840223
[Galaxy S II General] atep:
Yes, this is just temporary recovery. The only difference between temporary and permanent recovery is you have to flash temp one every time you want to use it.

Personally I used this temp recovery to flash cm9 without any issues.

So if you don't mind flashing temp recovery every time you can use it.

Hope this helps.

PS: Don't forget to make a nandroid backup before flashing :)

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[Galaxy S II General] mmnawab:
awaiting a responce
[Galaxy S II General] Stileth:
Feel free to try it. This is SGS2 forum not xperia.
[Galaxy S II General] shantanuparadkar:
i was trying to root my SGS2 using this method but i never found file CWM.zip file in the "apply updates from external storage" options. i tried to moving it to sdcard (main folder), creating a folder in sdcard and by moving it to folder android under sdcard (which is visible in those options) but couldn't find CWM.zip file. i use volume up + home key + power button to go to recovery mode.

plz help me regarding that
[Galaxy S II General] Stileth:
Did you put it into external SD card? Also you don't need CWM, just download the root SuperSU zip file.

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[Galaxy S II General] shantanuparadkar:
No, I put in "sdcard", I should put it in external sdcard?

CWM not required? How come? I mean as per procedure given this should be followed right?
[Galaxy S II General] Stileth:
Please read again properly method 1. No CWM required for i9100 and yes to external SD card.

Refer to guide in my signature. It's updated version of this thread.

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[Galaxy S II General] tibrocks:
how can I access recovery if i am STOCK?
[Galaxy S II General] Siberian Tiger:
Power off your phone.

Then press and hold power button-volume up-home button. ;)
[Galaxy S II General] joeym11:
I just got back to stock and then attempted to root this method, worked before, but this time after I flashed cwm, I would be in that recovery, then when i scroll down, up or not at all,

after about 3 seconds, it would freeze and restart cwm... no matter what. Like I would scroll down once, it would freeze and restart. or if I tried waiting it out to see if it didn,t it did. It would kinda have to do this about 20 times before it let me install busy box. And then I reboot phone and it wouldn't have SU. I don't even have root.

Also should note that after I press reboot, it would have 2 lines of E:Can't Open /cache/recovery/log and 2 more of the same but /last_log. It's hard to explain how it does it or when but please someone help:P

I think the problem is that when I go to install busybox, it would take me clicking install from internal sd card to access my external sd card stuff... I think it's the fact that my internal and external sd cards change places in that cwm
[Galaxy S II General] Stileth:
Use touch screen to navigate inside CWM not your volume buttons. Also check 1st guide in my signature for updates scripts.
[Galaxy S II General] NallePhu:
I tried rooting but in recovery mode i got in red "e: failed to mount /sdcard".

What to do???
[Galaxy S II General] Stileth:
Check 1st guide in my signature for updated version of this method.

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[Galaxy S II General] shantanuparadkar:
I rooted my phone with the updated method of this thread,now I have installed metamorph app it said instal busybox so I did that (installed it from market), but even after installing its saying the same thing.

When I open busy box app it says "to access the advanced features of smart install, touch the above arrow". M new to it therefore want to confirm before doing anything unknown.
[Galaxy S II General] NallePhu:
I checked your guide but did not see anything about why I get mount error.

I did 'Boot into stock recovery (volume up+home+power), and select "apply update from external storage".' but gets mount error.
[Galaxy S II General] shaunnicho:
I had this problem too, I formatted my external sd card and it fixed the problem. Hope this helps :)
[Galaxy S II General] kevinsmbuk:
Ok so I have followed the method down to a T, using the download links in the very 1st post, all up and running, downloaded a program to check root and it says im not rooted.

Status: NOT ROOTED

SUPERUSER (V3.1.3) /SYSTEM/APP/SUPERUSER.APK

BUSYBOX /SYSTEM/XBIN/BUSYBOX

SU NOT FOUND

SUDO NOT FOUND

I noticed another file popped up from the OP after the 1st post, SU-Installer-signed.zip, I used SU-Busybox-Installer.zip.

Should I go back through the process again and after CWM use SU-Installer-signed.zip???
[Galaxy S II General] kevinsmbuk:
Just so all the newbies like me know, I went back into CWM in recovery mode and selected the signed installer zip file and now I have root access! now I havent got a clue what I am going to do with it!
[Galaxy S II General] karier13:
Root

I know this is the SGS2 forum and I have read thru. I have a SGS3 but no computer. I only have an Iconia Tablet. Would this work on my sprint sgs3? Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy S II General] Phil3759:
Sadly no. Stock recovery on the s3 is locked. You need to flash a cwm image through odin first
[Galaxy S II General] karier13:
Root

Thanks for the quick reply. I figured that would be the answer. Oh well love my phone anyway. Maybe some day I will get to a computer I can use.
[Galaxy S II General] akhil17kr:
rite nw i m on stock ics...

can i root/unroot as described by u using cwm 6 touch given by

by phil3759

from

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1840223

????
[Galaxy S II General] galaxys2s:
same question.... :/

but now i m on stock gingerbread..

1st have to update to ics
[Galaxy S II General] akhil17kr:
any one clear my doubt fast please..

because i have no internet connection after 1 hour

now i m in my friend's house :p
[Galaxy S II General] Nabeel_n85:
I am on ICS 4.0.3 XXLPJ. I flashed it on Galaxy i9100 using ODIN but my phone is still not rooted yet. I wanted to root it but I cant seem to do it using your method as well. It just gives me an error "can't mount SD card." What to do now ?? Please advise.
[Galaxy S II General] mars83:
Well I had problems with CWM that Rachmat gave link to. When I booted to it, it was blinking and I was unable to install SU. I have SGS2 from June 2012 with latest update and sane chip.

1. I downloaded cwm-touch-6.0.1.2-i9100.zip from http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1840223

2. Do the rest of steps from first post :P

Should work for ICS people (4.0.4)
[Galaxy S II General] ealax:
You are right, and I think this thread should be mentioned in the very first post, since it contains more methods and links to different files that can be used

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1746794
[Galaxy S II General] jeffteo:
Just updated to official 4.0.4 ROM and this still work like a charm.
[Galaxy S II General] SignalX:
i know this is for ICS firmware,

can i use this for rooting Gingerbread 2.3.3 firmware?

because my USB port is broken and maybe this will be ONLY way me to root my phone and then using mobile odin
[Galaxy S II General] greenemperor:
After receiving my restored (bugbricked) device from Samsung service I rooted it again in five minutes,awesome and simple method!
[Galaxy S II General] webjunky:
you can update to 4.0.3 via kies air and root your phone after
[Galaxy S II General] admartian:
Pretty much any insecure or custom/rooted kernel, if I'm not mistaken.

I'm sure you could flash the kernel (of your choice) via CWM app (within the OS) or in recovery (after flashing the CWM.zip file).

I haven't found (I'm sure these are out there though) a 'permanent' kernel that looks exactly like the one within the CWM.zip recovery.
[Galaxy S II General] sahibunlimited:
But why is ur name Galaxy s2?
[Galaxy S II General] Galaxy s2:
Because i have one

Why???
[Galaxy S II General] mesnati:
I didn't find this info ... but if i root ICS LPH with post 1 method are there problems with mounting secure storage like it is with method: CF-Root-SGS2_XX_OXA_LPH-v5.2-CWM5 ?

Thanks
[Galaxy S II General] kenkiller:
Ummm...wouldn't that defeat the purpose of this whole method itself? You still lose the secure sd storage kernel usage.
[Galaxy S II General] flavianoxxl:
hy

tnx man.work fine on xxlph
[Galaxy S II General] alias_neo:
I think his point is that he wants a boot image with the touch recovery kernel.

Kinda like any of the other recovery kernel but with touch recovery instead.
[Galaxy S II General] kenkiller:
Hmmm....Then that would not be answering my question. :)

So in summary, this method gives you root and a secure kernel. Only downside is that u have to go a few more steps to reach custom recovery.

Or is there a way to retain all the above and still boot into custom recovery direct?
[Galaxy S II General] musafir84:
Eureka!

Behold! I now have persistent root and custom recovery without using my pc at all! All from my phone! :cool: :D
[Galaxy S II General] angelossssss:
Didnt work for me.

Stock XWLA4.

Error message about the package signature.
[Galaxy S II General] tsinc:
Perfect. Thanks! This way I flashed and tested many ROMS (CWM) and finally returned to mine (Nandroid) without even rooting (which works fine in ICS btw). A signed CWM that runs from 3e was a clever idea! :cool:
[Galaxy S II General] zviki:
I can`t get it. Are you really stupid or is your post just a joke?
[Galaxy S II General] tastas12:
what do you mean?

and what is ICS

I have the same XLA4 2.3.6 from original phone bought from amazon without simlock

so what is wrong with that XLA4 stock rom?
[Galaxy S II General] Rachmat3:
ICS = Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0.x

for 2.3.6 you can try other method like SuperOneClick.

good luck.
[Galaxy S II General] punkthemonk:
Thanks mate. Works just great.
[Galaxy S II General] kurtis.pullin:
This is just what I was looking for. Works perfectly :) Thank you so much :)
[Galaxy S II General] kraz_zay:
this is the best way to root ICS. and it REALLY WORKS....GREAT.!!!!

ONLY THING, THE PROCEDURE SHOULD BE ELABORATE MORE....

i didnt get it first..... until i read someone said that the CWM is touch screen so

dont use the button.

So may be Rachmat3, u should include that @ the first page....

U CAN GO ALONG WAY....

BEST BOUT THIS METHOD....

1. COUNTER STAYS ZERO

2. THERE IS NO YELLOW TRIANGLE

3. NO NEED TO INSTALL CUSTOM/COOK ICS( CAN USE ON STOCK)

and who knows maybe more......GOOD JOB...AND MILLION THANKS

oh yes.... should tell how to BOOT to RECOVERY MODE too.......
[Galaxy S II General] nintendolinky:
So by using your method i have managed to go from LPH rooted with cwm recovery partially installed, while in that recovery i installed neak kernel and rebooted to recovery, i then restored my Gingerbread nandroid backup and no dont have the yellow triangle, but have custom kernel and custom gingerbread rom, thanks alot.
[Galaxy S II General] heathenlife:
Works on LPJ too

Works on the new LPJ firmware too..
[Galaxy S II General] ionut.micu:
I can confirm that it works on latest LPQ
[Galaxy S II General] Christiancs1969:
Thanks

s2 RR 3.0.6 siyah 4.1.4 simple soft
[Galaxy S II General] fgoyti:
I have been successful rooting with this temporary CWM. Every time I reboot, it goes back to stock (as expected).

My questions are:

1) I want to permanently install Siyah 3.5.2

---> Can I use the temporary method outlined in this thread -> reboot to stock -> install temp CWM -> then flash the Siyah kernel from my temporary CWM?

OR

Do I have to use Odin if I want a permanent Siyah kernel?

2) Assuming I can use the temp CWM to install Siyah as above, will I now have a permanent CWM recovery instead of the stock recovery?

Thanks in advance!!

---------- Post added at 08:12 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:37 PM ----------

I got impatient and tried it.... SUCCESS!! Thought I would share my results in case others are curious.

I now have Siyah 3.5.2 permanently installed WITH CWM Recovery 5.5.0.4 :D

And I'm still on the Stock Rom (this might change soon tho :D)

I did not use Odin at all. I used the temp method for CWM.... then installed from sd card to install the Siyah kernel zip file. And it worked :)
[Galaxy S II General] Osyx:
Does this work at an sgs3?:) (4.0.4, with downloaded cwm for sgs3)
[Galaxy S II General] Christiancs1969:
I don't think so:eek:

s2 RR 3.0.6 siyah 4.1.5simple soft blue 1.1
[Galaxy S II General] toonarmy4life:
Is there a updated temp cwm?
[Galaxy S II General] Osyx:
Is there any temp CWM for sgs3 too?

Yeah yeah I know it's not really the right thread:P
[Galaxy S II General] Dioktis:
Hi Christiancs1969!

Thx for the nice guide.

I would like to unroot my phone. Currently I am on JB type ROM (see my signature). Will the unrooting steps provided by you work for me as well?

Regards,
[Galaxy S II General] arkadius41:
Hi guys, Im in trouble now, actually on stock UHLPS now and trying to root device with the method in first page, but when I get into stock recovery it doesn't see any zip files to flash,just empty folders. I don't understand how could it be possible. Any help?