Android 4.3 rooted?

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  1. eric

    eric New Member

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    Hey guys.
    I'm having problems with the new 4.3 image. I installed a root checker, and it says the device isn't rooted. I've then proceeded to manually copy the su file to the /bin directory on the system partition and chmod to 4755. I've also installed the supersu.apk and I can see it shows up and runs. Still though, no root permissions.

    Anybody else having root issues?

    Thanks

    Eric
     
  2. punk45rock

    punk45rock Member

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    Me too, anyone got a fix?
     
  3. eric

    eric New Member

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    I got it. I had to manually do it, but it seems to be working.
    First download the zip from here
    Mount the SD card and find the /system partition (should be partition number 5).
    You need to copy some files from the zip file. Those files are
    Code:
    arm/su
    common/99SuperSUDaemon
    common/install-recovery.sh
    common/Superuser.apk
    This is an excerpt from the file used to install root via a recovery console, which we don't have.
    "$BIN/su" is the arm/su binary file from the zip. Also don't copy directly to /system, copy to the subfolders on the SD card.
    Code:
    mkdir /system/bin/.ext
    cp $BIN/su /system/xbin/daemonsu
    cp $BIN/su /system/xbin/su
    cp $BIN/su /system/bin/.ext/.su
    cp $COM/Superuser.apk /system/app/Superuser.apk
    cp $COM/install-recovery.sh /system/etc/install-recovery.sh
    cp $COM/99SuperSUDaemon /system/etc/init.d/99SuperSUDaemon
    echo 1 > /system/etc/.installed_su_daemon
    
    After that is done, you need to set permissions
    Code:
    chmod 0777 /system/bin/.ext
    chmod 06755 /system/bin/.ext/.su
    chmod 06755 /system/xbin/su
    chmod 0755 /system/xbin/daemonsu
    chmod 0755 /system/etc/install-recovery.sh
    chmod 0755 /system/etc/init.d/99SuperSUDaemon
    chmod 0644 /system/etc/.installed_su_daemon
    chmod 0644 /system/app/Superuser.apk
    
    After all that is done, open the SuperSU program. It should work without any complaints. You can also install the Android Root Checker to verify access.
     
  4. andcmp

    andcmp New Member

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    That's cool eric, I'll give it a try later. Could anyone confirm it's working?
     
  5. cbaillot

    cbaillot New Member

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    Hi,
    I'd like to try but my competence aren't that great. Is there any possibility to do a more detailed version ? that would be great.
    thanks anyway
     
  6. eric

    eric New Member

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    I'll see if I get time to whip up a script to do it from within a linux machine. It will have to be Linux, because we need access to the Ext4 file system.
     
  7. ekirei

    ekirei Administrator

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    I confirm that this root procedure is working!!!

    Great job eric ;) ;) ... Thanks
     
  8. idorel77

    idorel77 Member

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    Hello ,
    can smebody make this more detailed ?
    how to connect, mount, copy....

    i try it but without success.

    Thank you.
     
  9. idorel77

    idorel77 Member

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    Somebody can tell me, where i have to use this command?

    Linux?

    ????
     

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