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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] howetechnical:
Just chiming in with what worked for me.

I followed the instructions from Mod Edit: links to vRoot or Kingo are currently not allowed on XDA

but after moving root_de_la_vega to my internal SDCARD folder, then freezing the chinese superuser app, nothing that needed root perms worked. Problem was those had nothing to request root permission from since the superuser app was frozen. I still have yet to get SuperSU to actually work, won't update binaries either, but I was able to get everything else working by unfreezing the superuser app and then opening root apps (BusyBox, SuperSU, RootExplorer, TitaniumBackup, etc etc). I would then of course accept permissions hand-off to those apps, then freeze superuser app again. Keep in mind you'll lose root on reboot if you don't accept root permissions on BusyBox.

Doesn't matter the order that you accept permissions in, just unfreeze the chinese superuser app, accept permissions in whatever apps need it, then freeze again.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] -Lawless:
Ok just to be sure, you unzipped the file first right?

then you moved the file and folder (2 items) from that zip to the internal phone.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Tydye:
*This is what my terminal gives me after I input all the commands.

u0_a170@jfltevzw:/ $ su

root@jfltevzw:/ # mount -o rw,remount/system

mount -o rw,remount/system

Usage: mount [-r] [-w] [-o options] [-t type] device directory

1|root@jfltevzw:/ # rm /system/bin/su

rm /system/bin/su

root@jfltevzw:/ # rm /system/xbin/su

rm /system/xbin/su

rm failed for /system/xbin/su, No such file or directory

255|root@jfltevzw:/ #

255|root@jfltevzw:/ # cd /mnt/sdcard/

cd /mnt/sdcard/

root@jfltevzw:/mnt/sdcard # sh root_de_la_vega.sh

sh root_de_la_vega.sh

/system/bin/cp: /system/xbin/VZW_SUCKS: No such file or directory

/system/bin/cp: /system/xbin/daemonsu: No such file or directory

/system/bin/cp: /system/xbin/su: No such file or directory

/system/bin/cp: /system/xbin/busybox: No such file or directory

Unable to chown /system/xbin/busybox: No such file or directory

Unable to chmod /system/xbin/busybox: No such file or directory

root_de_la_vega.sh[25]: /system/xbin/busybox: not found

Unable to chown /system/xbin/su: No such file or directory

Unable to chmod /system/xbin/su: No such file or directory

Unable to chown /system/xbin/VZW_SUCKS: No such file or directory

Unable to chmod /system/xbin/VZW_SUCKS: No such file or directory

Unable to chown /system/xbin/daemonsu: No such file or directory

Unable to chmod /system/xbin/daemonsu: No such file or directory

10|root@jfltevzw:/mnt/sdcard #

Just to be sure - I did extract the zip and I placed both the "root_files" folder and the root_de_la_vega.sh file in what I believe is the internal folder of my device. (I'm using root browser and I hit the up folder until i can't go up any further.) This space (what i believe is the root of my phone) include folders like acct, cache, config, data, firmware, mnt, root, sdcard, storage, sys, system, ect. So just to be clear I put both of those files in the same directory as the files I just explained.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] super_f:
I had no intention of insulting you or anybody else in this forum. When I said that it should be confirmed I meant by the moderators of the forum and when I said that it will go public I meant that the direct links of the program can be stated here.

There are many people out there that pass by this method worrying about malware when they read the moderator's statement at the beginning, that's why I asked for confirmation from the devs.

I respect you and everybody else who made the first step to try this on your phones and give the rest of us feedback.

As for me, I'm waiting patiently for the weekend so I can give this a shot cause I'm still on 4.2.2 and I have to flash 4.3 first!

One last question, is this working for the GT-I9505 or is it only for the Verizon one?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] -Lawless:
It seems to my you are missing the folder XBIN but I'm not familiar to your errors myself.

Need someone else to chime in for that. sorry

I was directing my answer to howetechnical specifically.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] killajoe:
Pray for me dev God's. my friend is getting a replacement verizon S4 and agreed to swap S4s if his comes with mdk. I know is unlikely but hey you never know.

Sent From The Future
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Tydye:
I'm following the instructions from rageroms - their identical to the ones pasted into this board.

They say its ok not to have the xbin folder because it's supposed to get deleted anyway.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] :
You can disable apps that are system apps, but you cannot uninstall them.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] HK91_G3:
Honestly, I like the Chinese app. I use it more than I ever used SuperSU.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Tada10:
So all the smart gurus here have no Chinese friends here who can translate all the Vroot writing? I asked a friend at work but she is Korean and said it's different...lol

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S4
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jwendt79:
I have noticed one thing weird. I rooted with vroot and froze the chinese super user. ..got supersu installed and everything works as it should...except when I go into TB and try to uninstall Chinese superuser. ..I get error saying apk not found. However I use root explorer and go to system/app ... it is there and I can delete it. Then went back to TB to uninstall some of the bloat and I get the error saying apk not found on every system app i try to uninstall, but it will uninstall apps I've downloaded...just not system apps. Anyone notice this? Gonna try removing TB and reinstalling but wanted to see if anyone else is getting this message.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Merdinh:
You have to make sure the steps are followed exactly as written, based on the issues you are explaining, it does not seem that you have deleted the old binaries successfully. Make sure you did step 8 and 9 properly with the exact wording I put with the spaces, and if no space then also make sure you put no space in your command, easies way is just copy mine and past into command if your using adb.

Also people having issues with not being able to get SU permission after freezing is you must follow the step in the Terminal emulator first which is step number 5.

For those of you that have not had success just run the vroot app again and make sure root works before you start my steps.

Here they are again

After you succesfull root with vroot follow these steps

1. you will need titanium backup installed on your phone.

2.go into titanium backup, click backup/restore

3. scroll down until you reach all of the knox apps and click on each individual knox app and freeze it

4. download

http://www.megafileupload.com/en/file/467618/root-de-la-vega-zip-zip.html and then unzip the folder and add root files folder and the .sh file to the root of your phone and not your sd card.

5. go into terminal emulator and type SU, if you get a # then your good, if it asks for root permission grant it.

6.one you have # showing or no error comes up in terminal emulator press the home button and go back into Titanium backup then back/restore and scroll down to superuser should have blue shield, and freeze it.

7.now go into terminal emulator and type mount -o rw,remount /system hit enter

8. now type rm /system/bin/su hit enter

9. now type rm /system/xbin/su hit enter

10. now type cd /mnt/sdcard/ hit enter

11. now type sh root_de_la_vega.sh and hit enter

12. now type reboot.

once your phone reboots you should be root with supersu, launch titanium backup to test.

let me know if you run into issues.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jwendt79:
Edit....If I go into batch uninstall it will let me delete them...just not on the backup/restore screen.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Tydye:
I am doing everything you're saying to a tee. All the commands now go through perfectly. However, once I reboot, I lose my root. I practically have to start over at this point. what am I doing wrong?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Merdinh:
Once you complete the vroot app and you phone restarts, open terminal emulator, and just type SU as a command, and wait a little bit then should popup a root access request, and once you approve you should see a # rite in the command line.

Does it make it to this point?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Tydye:
Yea I get that far. I was going to copy and paste my terminal log but now that i type in the rm commands (rm /system/bin/su, /system/xbin/su) it says the rm failed because it is a read-only file system.... whats going on?

Once again i really appreciate all the fast feedback, you guys are all great, and thanks a ton for the help
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jwendt79:
Did u perform step 7 where you mount the system as rw? If so I don't know what to tell u...those steps worked for me the first time
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Tydye:
Yes I did, i actually had all these steps working a second ago...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] rslu2:
you need a space between the t in remount and the /
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Tydye:
its all about the commands...

I finally got SuperSU!

Thanks you so much Merdinh, jwendt79, rslu2!!!

I was putting the commands in the wrong way this whole time! sometimes it was wrong one way, and other times it was wrong the other way.

Thank you all for clarifying where all the spaces went, its kinda hard to tell on my little laptop here. I really appreciate it guys thanks so much.

Now what do you guys think is the best way to get the Chinese superuser off this is?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jwendt79:
Glad you got it! Congrats
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Merdinh:
Great glad you got it working.

To completly remove chinese superuse simply go into titanium backup and then backup/restore, and scroll down all the way to superuser and make sure its the one that has the blue icon and not supersu, and just click on it and then delete.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] TopGun F14:
Help

So i had it working last night but deleted the chines superuser app with titanium back up so i tried rerooting it but it wont give me the app in my ap drawer. and wont grant me access to Titanium back up
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] qudwis:
So.. this will get me root for 4.3 official. Thank you.

But I just want to confirm that we have no recoveries of any kind, right?

So no roming?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Merdinh:
That's correct, soon hopefully.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Praetor1an:
verified

first post! rooting mj7 brought me here, and am verifying this method works! thank you all :good:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] :
VRoot SuperUser.apk

VRoot Cleanup Tool - Easily replace VRoot with SuperSU

From your Windows PC

​

OK everyone, here's the deal. I did the VRoot today on my phone and it worked great. The problem is that it can be tricky to get the old Chinese Superuser app and SU binaries updated to SuperSU. As a result I decided to take the Root De La Vega tool and rewrite it for Windows. What this means is that you can now clean up the Chines Super User app and completely install SuperSU with a single click, from your Windows PC.

The files included in this tool are still hard work and brains of [MENTION=2348906]designgears[/MENTION] & [MENTION=631273]Chainfire[/MENTION]. I just rewrote the script itself to work from a Windows computer via a batch file.

How to use:

I started a new thread for my tool here, with the newest version of the tool: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=47449193#post47449193

** You will want to make sure that USB debugging is on (which it should be from VROOT) and that VRoot is closed when you run this. **

Also note I only have one phone to test with, and it worked great on the one I have. Please let me know if you have any other issues and I will try my best to help. Also, as always, not responsible for problems . <3

Edit: I just got asked via PM if this is to be run after freezing VRoot, etc. So I wanted to add here in case anyone else wondered. With this tool you do not need to freeze VRoot, delete any files, etc. My script will literally take care of everything for you. So, run VRoot and the phone will reboot. You can immediately close VRoot on your computer and run this to completely replace VRoot with SuperSU, and remove VRoot files.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] wonger007:
any way to be able to access the settings.db to add and sort the different toggles?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] super_f:
Just to be clear!! Do I copy the root de la vega files into the phone's root loacation OR the internal sdcard (/sdcard/)???? Please reply because I'm translating the instructions in greek for another forum and need to be very precise!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] matt1733:
copy the files in root de la vega to the root of your internal memory not your sd card good luck!:laugh:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] :
Wow...

I am completely puzzled... I wrote this tool to prevent questions like this... ^^
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] matt1733:
Great job hopefully this will make some peoples lives easier!:)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] atharwaqas:
Toggles

I am presuming you are looking for WiFiHotspot toggle right?? If so then you are in luck. But if you want to access the settings.db i think it is not allowing you to access the db.

To put up the hotspot toggle do to this link and see the instruction. It also talks about how to access the settings.db but the issue is some people are able to access it some are not and so do I. Looking for someone to help on that.

But anyways here is the link, to have hotspot toggle back but make sure you are rooted.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2512981

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Really, so what you are saying that you can not uninstall the Chinese superuser app. Even with TB?? It has to remain frozen in time??

Just for clarification.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jhogan11:
Do we need to keep the Knox apk's froze after this root method is complete? Thanks.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] fattyjian:
Question! ><

will this work on any s4 with 4.3?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] :
No, I didn't do a very good job of putting it in context... Sorry. You can't uninstall system apps from the play store, which if I remember right, was the context of that question I replied to. You can uninstall pretty much anything you want with root and titanium backup, root explorer, adb, etc. That make better sense?

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It's up to you... I don't freeze or touch the Knox apps. This might be a good time to explain the Knox app, vs. SE Linux, etc. So, here goes...

Knox is an app/platform that Samsung created to try and capture the Blackberry market. Basically the Knox apps are tools to setup and create somewhat of a multiple personality for your phone. You can basically have a "work profile" and a "home profile". This is commonly confused with SE Kernel that Samsung has set to enforcing in 4.3. Samsung did set the kernel to enforcing in 4.3 to protect the integrity of their Knox application, but Knox the SE Kernel modules are not the same thing. Make sense so far?

So, freezing or not freezing the Knox apps have no real bearing on rooting the device as the Knox apps are for configuring the Knox volume on the device, and have nothing to do with the restrictive kernel settings.

So, short answer - the Knox apps have nothing to do with root.

Yes, this was literally written for users running the S4 with 4.3 who used VRoot to achieve root, and want to update to SuperSU.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] atharwaqas:
Awesome

Makes prefect sense, i was a bit unsure about the Knox and SE Linux, but u just cleared the doubt.. so i think all good here.

So now here is the big question, if i uninstall the Chinese Super User, would it break my root or does anything which is kinda disruptive to root?? I probably think it might now, but has someone given it a try.

From my experience what happened yesterday was I achieved root and did the procedure to replace the Super User. But after all that has been done, i by chance unfroze the frozen Chinese SU in TB, and it broke my root.

Had to again re-root and now the Chinese SU is frozen in TB. Should it be safe to completely uninstall it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] :
Ok, so are you still using the Chinese root superuser and su, or did you successfully go through the process to update to SuperSU? If you have already updated to SuperSU then you can safely uninstall the Chinese superuser apk without an issue.

If you are still using the Chinese version and want to get rid of it and go to SuperSU then you need to use the tool I wrote here: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=47405358&postcount=288

I literally wrote this to make it very easy for people to get SuperSU and remove the Chinese root tool, without all of the trouble of doing it manually.

Hope this helps!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Bfitz26:
so tried rooting haven't done it yet.. however not even possible at this time the chinese app or whatever it is can't seem to find my phone i get a phone with a red x in the program assuming it is drivers (i don't know chinese) tried installing kies maybe it would help me with drivers no go anyone have this issue or any ideas?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] atharwaqas:
Settings DB via SQLite

This surely helps, now the second part which i have not been able to get any answer about still yet.

I tried the Sqlite to access the settings.db, but I get a "unable to open database file..code 14" msg. any ideas? Why is this happening. I am on rooted 4.3. Was not happening before the 4.3 update.

Now that i have root still unable to access the settings.db via SQLite. Also i have Knox frozen so its not Knox which is messing.

Can someone shed some light no this issue.

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It simply means you dont have the latest drivers install. Install Kies, as it will install the latest drivers for the phone to communicate and then you can do the rooting.

Also make sure.. USB Debugging is also on in the phone.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Bfitz26:
did u read above i said i installed kies i also enabled usb debugging tried samsung universal drivers hmm ill try removing usb extention on desktop maybe that will make the difference and also a pc restart..
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] rslu2:
I deleted the Chinese SU after verifying I had successfully completed this process. No issues.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Bfitz26:
thanks man did a restart and it solved the issues strange were good now to remove chinese su and english su...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] enigmagnetic:
Question

As far as I can tell the daemon has an open listener:

unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 6885 /dev/com.mgyun.shua.su.daemon/server

Is this valid?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] :
Yea, sounds like drivers.. :(

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You are correct that it listens, but not for outside connections. Its the Daemon. Either way, I just updated my script to remove it. I forgot about that file when I wrote it. Plus it was late! :) Sorry...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] beez1717:
I'm still not %100 sure that vroot is totally safe but u could be wrong. Besides, the tool isn't going to be of use to me on my Mac so I'll wait a little longer to root.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] atharwaqas:
Script

Is the Script uploaded to the same location as before.. or have you uploaded it somewhere else. please update the link.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] :
I did update the link. The link in my OP is the newest.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] robn77:
Still hanging on removing the Chinese SU

I have gone through this many many times today and still no luck.

I have opened a terminal window and run through all of the code manually and the process hangs on these lines

adb shell "su -c 'rm /dev/com.mgyun.shua.su'"

It never comes back so I can go to the rest

adb shell "su -c 'rm /dev/com.mgyun.shua.su.daemon'"

adb shell "su -c 'rm -rf /dev/com.mgyun.shua.su'"

adb shell "su -c 'rm -rf /dev/com.mgyun.shua.su.daemon'"
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] :
These are all part of the cleanup task, so by the time you get here you should already be updated to SuperSU. Have you rebooted and checked to see if you have SuperSU?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] robn77:
Yes that is what I thought, but at the point I reboot or even check root after the moves happen, it says that I am no longer rooted.

I have redone the process several times today.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] infamous215:
I just want to say Thanks to the people that shut me down a few weeks ago when I had posted that I successfully rooted and switched super user app and everything was working fine! http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2510658

Sent from my SCH-I545 using Xparent Cyan Tapatalk 2
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] :
Why? It worked fine... No reason to be happy about that.

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Just wondering, has anyone used my tool successfully yet?

- Angie
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] infamous215:
Who is talking about being happy! People had nothing but negative things to say instead of being interested until a well known person on here mentions it.

Sent from my SCH-I545 using Xparent Cyan Tapatalk 2
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] -Lawless:
That is correct. Until it is checked out and verified, I can't blame the admins one bit for being cautious.

Did you run any checks at all or just "wing" it? I didn't see anything but winging it and telling everyone it worked just fine.

Who would you trust more? Someone you know or someone that you just met?

You can't blame people for being uneasy about this. Heck I'm still a little uneasy about it but I decided to do it knowing the possible ramifications.

Dude, you can't even read the instructions in the program!

People come to this site because they have a certain amount of trust in what they read and learn here.

If it's questionable, then it needs to be investigated before telling everyone it's safe just because you did it.

It may have been your post that spurred others to look into it, if so thanks.

I also thank the admins for being cautious to protect people from doing something stupid.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] tech_head:
Yep I agree, people come here looking for good advise.

The good advise is stay put and not got to MJ7 and only if you are desperate use an off list tool.

I don't trust software that modifies my computer and phone, where the developer won't let me see what is going on.

This is the same reason I don't flash zips.

I pull them apart and look at the commands then and only then will I flash a zip through recovery.

There are enough n00bs around here soft bricking phones, deleting bloat and then complaining they can't take an OTA, etc...

We don't need them doing something like rooting with an off list tool the crying to have someone fix both their computer *AND* phone.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Kchitown1977:
Haven't used root method yet wanted to know does wallet mod work with this root method TIA
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] ComputerBro2:
vroot works

Vroot did work for me my phone was completely stock but its completely in Chinese and im not shore how to fix it any solutions will be very much appreciated thanks much
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Sir_Eagle:
Rooted with vroot, ran your script, rebooted, phones has root and SuperSU but the binaries won't update.