yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Continuum General] Vsoup25:
I figured I'd post in this thread instead of making a new one since it seems to be a similar issue. I rooted my phone ages ago right when I got it using the super one click program. Everything was working fine as far as I could tell, until I had a app on my phone tell me that it wasn't in fact rooted. I assume it was because my phone updated to 2.2.2 by it self one evening causing me to lose root. I checked with a few other apps that used to work fine (Titatium Back being one of them) which also told me my phone wasn't rooted.

I downloaded the newest version of SuperOneClick (2.3.3) and tried to re-root my phone. The program said my phone was already rooted and asked if I wanted to continue. I clicked no and then tried the 'Unroot' option. The program hung up and stopped responding so I did a factory reset and tried again. When I tried to root it again the program still said my phone was rooted and Superuser was still in my app list with no option to uninstall. I went to the market to try and uninstall that way but there wasn't an option either. I tried the un-root option again and SOC still would ended up not responding at a certain point (Installing BusyBox Step 2).

I pulled my battery and just tried to root again, it gets to the point of installing Superuser and freezes. I tried downloading an uninstall root app which didn't even show superuser. I also downloaded root explorer and tried to delete the superuser.apk from the system/apps folder and it failed to DL.

I am at a loss for what to do and would really appreciate any help in getting my phone rooted. I am in USB debugging and never installed any ROMS or anything previously. If there is any other information that would help troubleshooting this please let me know.
[Continuum General] Txwolf1980:
Here's the problem. SOC see's the superuser.apk in your app drawer, so it thinks you are still rooted. You aren't because you no longer have the su.bin (which is the reason none of the apps you have - including the 'unroot' app will work.). The fix for this is easy. When SOC says 'you are already rooted, would you like to root again', or whatever that message is, click yes. The worst thing that will happen is it will overwrite existing files with the same one (Have you ever opened a word document, and when you close it, it asks if you want to save, even though you haven't made any changes? Same thing). In this case, the files you need (su.bin and busybox) AREN'T there. So you don't even overwrite anything.

For the most part, rooting this phone is a pretty failsafe, and innocuous process. You can do it over and over again, and you won't hurt the phone in the slightest.
[Continuum General] Vsoup25:
Are there any other programs to use than SOC? When the dialog window pops up saying my phone is rooted I click yes, it goes through the process until it tries to install SuperUser. Once it get to that point it just freezes and is flagged as not responding by windows. Is there anything I should double check settings wise on my phone other than USB Debugging that could be causing the problem?
[Continuum General] Txwolf1980:
As far as straight rooting programs, soc is the only one I know of that works. You said a factory reset didn't remove superuser from your app drawer? It should have. I spills try a factory reset in recovery, as opposed to the privacy section of settings.

The other option is to flash a pre rooted rom. A little more dangerous, if you don't know what you are doing, but gaurunteed to work. I have a territorial in this section that seems to with for everyone that's tried it. Our, if you want I can meet you in irc tomorrow evening, and we can look at it.
[Continuum General] Vsoup25:
That's why I'm getting frustrated, after two factory resets through the privacy menu superuser is still in my app drawer. I think because it's flagged as a system file it isn't really touched when the phone restores it self. Are there any programs that would give me root folder access through my PC?

I really don't know much about doing anything with these phones, so I'd be a bit apprehensive about flashing new ROMs or anything that could brick my phone if I mess up. How can I reset it through the recovery menu? That at least sounds like something has a low chance of causing any irreparable damage.

I'm not sure if I think I'll be around later this evening, I'm on the east coast and don't think I'll be available until after 9pm.
[Continuum General] Txwolf1980:
To reset in recovery, power down completely. Then hold the vol up, vol down, and power at the same time, until samsung logo comes up. It will color you into stock recovery (3e)

Using volume down to scroll, and camera button to select, choose wipe data/factory reset.

Next, scroll to yes, and select. Not sure if that will work to get rid of super user, but it's worth a shot.

If that direct with, let new knits, and I'll walk you through flashing a custom recovery, then a deodexed rom, if you'd like.
[Continuum General] Vsoup25:
I tried the wipe from the recovery menu to no luck, superuser is still in my app drawer. I'll probably have time tomorrow afternoon to jump on IRC. I really appreciate all your help so far, thank you.
[Continuum General] Txwolf1980:
I'll be around. Just pm me, when you know what time you will be on
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kdmaster:
So I've been trying to install this thing for the past two hours now and I've been running into a lot of trouble. I'm using a branded Rogers Xperia Arc and it seems like the bootloader is locked and I don't know how to unlock it. I've tried searching around on the forums but I haven't been able to debrand my phone or unlock the bootloader. Can someone help me out, I would really appreciate it.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Flo95:
Contact Jinx13 ;)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] the_game_master:
I stumbled over this review comparison after looking at that ridiculous cnet prizefight video.

http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer...ad-vs-asus-transformer-prime-head-head-review
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] JayRBytheway:
that was a good article. After seeing the cnet review I was expecting to see the iPad come out as the winner even though the prime won the individual categories....

They did leave out one detail that I think is important though. The ability to connect to my nas drive with android. Very valuable feature to me.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] demandarin:
Article made all valid comparisons. Prime has too many tricks up its sleeve for ipad2 ;)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] PolishPoet:
Apple = Lemmings
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Uberchu:
That article was completely pointless. The iPad 3 is about to come out. Any idiot knows that the Prime blows away the iPad 2 in specs.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] ala380:
Hey everyone,

I just picked up a G2x the other day and I'm really liking it. I'm coming from the Galaxy S 4g. I am really impressed with and encouraged by the progress and development. I'm having a great time playing around with the various rom. Anyway I just wanted to say hello and give a shout out to the devs for their amazing work :)
[T-Mobile LG G2x] moeahmad1995:
Welcome and enjoy the g2x. Had this phone since launch and never had any problems.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] mt3g:
I'm noticing a lot more new comers to the g2x its nice lol, wondering why though... besides the fact that they are super cheap.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] castro08:
Well I'm making the switch because it was the cheapest off contract dual core phone and it was stock Android
[T-Mobile LG G2x] moeahmad1995:
I was thinking the same thing because of the price, regardless it is still good that more people are making the switch. And I like all the positive threads for now instead of the multiple bad threads
[T-Mobile LG G2x] RueTheDay:
I've had my G2X since they first came out last April. I really like it. At first I got the random reboots probably once every two days, but the OTA update largely fixed that. Now I might get a random reboot or screen freeze once every couple of weeks if I haven't rebooted myself. Other than that the phone is perfect.

I also have an original Asus Transformer that uses the same Tegra 2 chip (but with 1 GB RAM instead of 512 MB). I just updated that to ICS and it runs as fast or faster than it did with Honeycomb. I'm sure in a few months people are going to be saying you need a quad core phone running at 1.5-2.0 GHz with 2 GB of RAM and 64GB of storage, but in reality you don't. It's not like my G1 which barely had enough power and space for Android 1.0 let alone any updates - any dual core phone out there will have enough hardware to run ICS, Jelly Bean, and whatever comes after that just as well as they ran FroYo or GB when they were original.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] SefEXE:
Welcome!

Enjoy the phone! We do have some great devs! :D
[T-Mobile LG G2x] moeahmad1995:
Nice to meet someone from the beginning, and also I completely agree with ur statement. As for the op, did u find out which rom is the most stable for you? Please try hellfire which is based off cm7, i believe 2.0 is the latest version right now.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] info[]box1:
Welcome and make yourself at home. I'm also new and havnt regretted it yet. Love the phone and I'm still learning the community.

-Sent from my EGB_CM7_LG-P999 using xda premium
[T-Mobile LG G2x] buttchip:
I just picked up my GX2 today and so far I am very happy. I am switching from sprint to tmo. I sold my NS4G for $200 and bought a new GX2 for $200 all on craigslist. With my NS4G I was running Peter Alfono' 4.0.3 bugless beast rom. It was flawless. Tomorrow I will be bring my sim card and activatingmy phone. After that it's onto rooting and an ics rom. Who can suggest the best ics rom?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] IRASadPanda:
Lol, a free with contract dual core phone that can beat a Galaxy S2 if you have the right ROM/kernel combo....

More users you say? Absurd.

---------- Post added at 10:55 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:52 PM ----------

NO, please god no, if you are looking to find out the real performance of this phone use a GB Rom.

ICS Roms aren't finished for this phone yet, expect them to be finished soon though.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] buttchip:
I am so new I called my phone a GX2, duuuuu.....anyways, gonna try Eaglesblood 2.3.7 tomorrow for my first rom. No since going with an ics rom if it's not as good as what I had with my ns4g. Reading about EB2.3.7 it sounds really good.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] moeahmad1995:
EB was the first rom I have ever flashed in my life, it is an amazing rom and donicq is an amazing developer. Hellfire is an amazing alternative to eagles blood with many add ons as well. Welcome to the g2x community and I hope your phone doesn't have any problems
[T-Mobile LG G2x] info[]box1:
Haha I brokered the exact same deal. Sold my NS4G (single core 1000mhz) for $200 and brought my G2x (dual core 1000mhz) for $200. = Win

EaglesBlood GB Rom was my 1st flash as well.

Yeah ICS was more developed ( by a few months )on the NS4G.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] ala380:
I've been using the EB 2.3.7 rom for a couple of days now and I really like it. I am going to try HellFire for a couple of days as well to see which one I like better. What I have seen so far they are both great. Even played around with EB ICS and I liked it a lot. Since I don't, necessarily, need video recording, and I can watch videos with software decoding ICS could potentially be daily use for me but we shall see. Either way I am having a lot of fun playing around!
[T-Mobile LG G2x] mt3g:
And this ladies and gentlemen is a model of an awesome forum member lol, reads and knows what's up before asking!
[T-Mobile LG G2x] DsturbD:
new to the G2x as well, waiting for it to arrive at this very minute! cant wait! got it free through t-mobile, but had to add a line, no biggie, its worth it (i hope!)
[T-Mobile LG G2x] d12unk13astard:
+1

Couldn't have said it better!
[T-Mobile LG G2x] dmj2012:
Glad to see more new people here, especially with such a positive vibe. I've had this phone since a few weeks after it came out and have had a great experience with it. I joined xda a handful of months ago when I decided I wanted to root and ROM, and right around the time I joined there was a lot of negativity going around. There were a lot of people who joined xda after ICS came out with an attitude that LG, T-mobile or the devs owed them something. It was hard being a newcomer on the forum when so many newcomers were joining and being disrespectful to the devs and the old-timers and to the community in general.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] godwheel:
I just got this phone as well.

I really like it (specially love the way the power key feels). I'm a bit disappointed that the latest "official" software update seems to be 2.3.3, not 2.3.7.

I'm also hating the APN bug since I'm on Simple Mobile and the phone keeps switching back and forth. Though there was an app recommendation on the forums that should hopefully fix the issue.

:D

For $300 off-contract the LG G2X can't be beat.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] info[]box1:
You won't regret it. G2x is more than hanging with today's big wigs. My lil brother has two 2 GSII (sprint & tmobile) the T-Mobile variant is a animal with specs and my G2X was definitely holding its own against it, in most cases I said G2x surpassed it.

My only beef is accessories I can't find another holster & case set beside seidioonline version. I'm just waiting on a 20% off email and I'll ahead and buy it.

Edit: small typo
[T-Mobile LG G2x] ala380:
I'm glad that I could come here and bring some positive vibes. I definitely do NOT regret getting this phone. I did my research before getting it and I was well aware of the problems with the stock rom but knew that I could easily rectify that by using a custom rom :)

I used EB 2.3.7 for a few days and really liked it. This morning I decided to try out HellFire Phoenix 2.0 for a few days to see how that is. I've been impressed with all of the roms that I've tried so far including the ICS roms. Yes ICS is incomplete but you know the issues before flashing than you can appreciate what the roms have to offer at this stage.

Long story short...I'm loving my G2x so far :)
[T-Mobile LG G2x] jcbofkc:
The Seidio case and holster work great. Picked one up a couple weeks ago. High quality. Had my first drop from about 6 feet onto concrete. My heart leapt into my chest. I figured it was it was at least going be scratched, but to my amazement, the case and phone still look like new.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] info[]box1:
Yeah they're great. I used it on my Evo
[T-Mobile LG G2x] noobletsausecakebbq:
G2x 4 life negro!
[T-Mobile LG G2x] DsturbD:
thanks, so far so good.
[Focus General] Pacagnan:
I do an update on my SAMSUNG I917 FOCUS v 1.3 and probably used a rom that was not his. In short, now when I try to connect the phone flashes the logo of Samsung and will not start. I've tried flash plus it hardly leaves begin the process.

What do you recommend?
[Focus General] EnderPsp:
There was a similar thread, but I didn't see a solution there. You could try flashing a stock rom.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] jermaine151:
After some hours of learning the Asus blob system, I have finally got the latest OTA packaged properly.

Thanks to the Virtuous Team for their updater-script that I started with.

If you download this, please click "thanks" for the chances I took on bricking my device to make this for us.

Disclaimer: I am not responsible for any damage caused to your device due to flashing this.

That said, I am writing this post on my prime which is running this firmware and working well.

This ROM is completely stock 9.4.2.15 except for:

Rooted

Insecure Boot.img (Allows the system to be mounted writable)

ADB debugging enabled (Allows running logcat if needed)

Instructions

Make sure your Prime is unlocked and you have CWM installed (see this thread for help and a handy tool to do that)

Shut down the prime

Hold both the Power-button and the Volume-down button until the splash screen appears and some white text in the left top corner is visible

Release both buttons and press the Volume-up button

The device now boots into your CWM recovery

Make a backup of your current ROM

Inside CWM select "wipe data/factory reset" (Optional but highly recommended)

Then flash the rom zip as usual

Then flash the Accounts & Sync fix zip as usual

Download

9.4.2.15 Full Rom

MD5: e1af5c2386fcf972b238a94fac291cad
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] jermaine151:
Reserved for me...
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Entree:
Wow, this is great! Thanks for your hard work. : )
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] gerald410:
This is excellent, Great Job!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] youngnex:
is this deoxed, zipalined by any chance?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] jermaine151:
You're welcome!

Thanks!

No. The only changes from stock are listed in the OP.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] 05GT:
Thanks simply for your effort. Still running the Virtuous ROM, but glad this has been made available.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Deathbyfugu:
I share the same situation and feelings. Thanks for working on this. Does your file manage to flash the latest kernel as well?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] jermaine151:
Yes it does.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] iconoclastnet:
First of all, thank you for packaging this for the rest of us!

I am curious about one thing.

I realize that "wipe data" has become the catch-all cure for custom rom issues, but why is this a required step for what's essentially a stock rom when the locked bootloader version doesn't need to wipe data?

I'm not complaining, I'm just wondering why this is a required step (instead of an "if you have problems try wiping data" step)?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] jermaine151:
I say that to limit issues. You can try it without wiping and then wipe if you have problems. I flashed it over 11.1 and it worked but it seems to run better when installed fresh so I'm re-setting up my apps.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Deathbyfugu:
Certainly an easy way to update the kernel, but based on the ways the Prime seems to manage to get bricked even after the user follows instructions to a T I am worried that including the kernel may cause you and the users a big headache if things go awry.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] jermaine151:
I've tested it a couple of times on mine. I removed the recovery and bootloader blobs from it so it just basically puts the boot.img in the staging partition and installs it on reboot just like CWM or any other blob. I doubt that anyone could brick with this since it's only touching the boot partition.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Diamondback:
Hey,

once we got some successful kernel flash reports, do you mind if I take a look at your updater-script for the kernel thing?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] jermaine151:
No, I don't mind at all.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Deathbyfugu:
Collaboration for the win!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Diamondback:
Ah, that is an excellent idea :)

Calling dd via busybox should work :)

It just seems the in-built CWM functions for flashing stuff doesn't work at all for the kernel blob.

Thanks, once confirmed, I'll add it to my ROM too :)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] jermaine151:
Thanks! Yeah, I had a hard time trying the old methods to flash the kernel. This method seems to work well. I'm anxious for feedback from people that have installed it.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] jermaine151:
If you have flashed this, please post and confirm that it installed the ROM and kernel fine for you.

Thanks!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] hollywould:
Flashed no problem without wiping, and Kernel installed no problem too. Works great, thanks a lot.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] theeggman:
I am up and running on this ROM without wiping.

Thanks for getting this out.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] manso1102:
Just flashed it here is my screenshot. Everything great so far :) only wiped caches

-Transformer Prime-
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] airbillion:
Flashed fine for me too, Thanks. However, under settings...accounts & sync always causes settings to FC. Any ideas why this would happen? I wiped in CWM before I flashed so it is a fresh install.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] manso1102:
Just noticed that too. I did not perform full wipe however but it looks like it doesn't matter since you're having the same problem.

-Transformer Prime-
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] jermaine151:
Thanks for the replies guys! I bet I know why the FC is happening. I removed the PC sync app. I'll test pushing it to my tablet and then make a patch zip to fix it.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] airbillion:
Thanks. That makes sense....looking forward to the patch.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] jermaine151:
Verified that was the issue. Patch is posted in the OP. It's a very small download. Flash in CWM and no need to wipe anything.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] manso1102:
Just so you guys know this theme is working with this build.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1442441

-Transformer Prime-
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] jermaine151:
That looks nice! I'm surprised that the theme works since this rom isn't deodexed. Thanks for the info.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Keion:
tibu can't access su. What's the problem?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] manso1102:
I was surprised too. But it does seem to work perfectly. Here is a screenie of the blacked out notification area which looks awesome compared to stock.

-Transformer Prime-
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] hollywould:
Flashed the patch, and now my Prime is stuck in the boot animation. Don't know what to do. Tried rebooting by holding the power button, but it doesn't help.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] jermaine151:
Ok. I'll check the patch and take the link down temporarily. To get out of your loop, hold down the power button until it reboots. As soon as it vibrates for the reboot, hold the Volume down button until the white text comes up. Then hit Volume up to go into recovery. You can flash the rom again from there.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] manso1102:
try opening super user and giving it access through there.

-Transformer Prime-
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] jermaine151:
I just looked through the patch again and I can't see any way that it would cause you a loop. Is it possible that you flashed the wrong zip?

EDIT: I just tried flashing the patch, even though I already manually installed the files. It looped me too. :( I got out of the loop the same way I told you to. I'll figure out what the heck the problem is and fix it.

Sorry.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] jermaine151:
Did you wipe? I did and TiBu worked perfectly.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Keion:
Yes I wiped everything. TiBu asks me to reinstall su permissions but when I tried to flash the su zip through recovery, it says:

E: Error in /sdcard/Download/*Su package.zip

I'm going to try reflashing the rom.

Edit: TiBu is working but some others are not. I will try reflashing AGAIN and see if that helps.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] jermaine151:
Ok. Let me know.

Everyone: Do NOT flash the patch for Accounts & Sync if you haven't already. I'm just going to add the files back into the rom, flash to test it and re-upload the whole thing. I have no clue why extracting 2 files to /system/app is causing an issue when I've done this hundreds of times. I'll update when it's uploaded which will probably take a while on my slow connection.

If you flashed the patch and are bootlooping, do this to get out of it:

Hold down the power button until it reboots.

As soon as it vibrates for the reboot, hold the Volume down button until the white text comes up.

Then hit Volume up to go into recovery. You can flash the rom again from there.

EDIT: Just verified that reflashing the rom resolves the loop. Uploading now.