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SuperUser - Not Prompting

For some reason SuperUser is not prompting when trying to apply settings to AutoKiller.
- Running Fresh 2.1.2.
- Complete Wipe.
- Dalvik Wipe.
- I've reflashed.
- USB Debugging is on.
Any tips/tricks for why Superuser is not prompting for apps needing root/superuser permissions?
Thanks!
Jerry

Did you chmod the /su folders?
I can't post urls yet but here's a thread that I used.
/showthread.php?t=521580
adb shell chmod 4775 /system/xbin/su
adb shell chmod 4775 /system/bin/su

EDIT: NVM I really need to actually read the posts instead of just the titles.

IJonnyQuestI said:
Did you chmod the /su folders?
I can't post urls yet but here's a thread that I used.
/showthread.php?t=521580
adb shell chmod 4775 /system/xbin/su
adb shell chmod 4775 /system/bin/su
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Bingo.
Thank you. That worked for my autokiller settings!!!

jkryspinjr said:
Bingo.
Thank you. That worked for my autokiller settings!!!
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Same here. Must have forgotten to chmod the xbin directory.

How do I do system dump for Nexus S

I'll be picking up an NS first thing Thursday morning. If someone tells me how to do a system dump I will do it right after getting the phone. Spread the love.

irishrally said:
I'll be picking up an NS first thing Thursday morning. If someone tells me how to do a system dump I will do it right after getting the phone. Spread the love.
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If I get the phone i will dump it and make rom thats prerooted with busybox. If I dont then here is the commands to dump system.
1 root your phone
2 install busybox to /system/xbin
3 enter these commands from terminal
4 su
5 cd /sdcard
6 chmod 777 /system/xbin/busybox
7 /system/xbin/busybox tar czvf dump.tar /system

Nice one irish, hope you can release it soon

Nice one, let us know. Your be helping alot of people out!

shep211 said:
If I get the phone i will dump it and make rom thats prerooted with busybox. If I dont then here is the commands to dump system.
1 root your phone
2 install busybox to /system/xbin
3 enter these commands from terminal
4 su
5 cd /sdcard
6 chmod 777 /system/xbin/busybox
7 /system/xbin/busybox tar czvf dump.tar /system
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Why not adb pull /system/ ?

Anderdroid said:
Why not adb pull /system/ ?
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To save u the step of packaging the dump for distribution later

Daneshm90 said:
To save u the step of packaging the dump for distribution later
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Yeah but you can adb pull without rooting ?

[VIDEO] How to Root the Amazon Kindle Fire HD Tablet

Major thanks to Sparkym3 for coming up with this exploit, and to Justin Case & Hashcode for helping do this on my tablet today.
Here are the files that you need:
http://www.reverendkyle.com/download/Superuser-3.1.3-arm-signed.zip
http://www.reverendkyle.com/download/Kindle_Fire_HD_ADB_Drivers.zip
Be sure to install ADB on your computer first!
http://www.reverendkyle.com/index.php/articles/130-how-to-install-adb-for-android-in-windows
The commands:
adb shell
rm -r /data/local/tmp
ln -s /data/ /data/local/tmp
exit
adb reboot
adb shell
echo 'ro.kernel.qemu=1' > /data/local.prop
exit
abd reboot
adb shell mount -o remount,rw /system
adb push su /system/xbin/su
adb shell
chown 0.0 /system/xbin/su
chmod 06755 /system/xbin/su
rm /data/local.prop
exit
adb reboot
adb install Superuser.apk
The original instructions can be found here:
http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/09/17/amazon-kindle-fire-hd-7-already-rooted-heres-how-to-do-it/

lol, a whole 3 days, what took everyone so long?
Sent from my One X

I want to say don't release it until the 9 inch version comes out and we can root that too. Don't give amazon the details to patch it.

I think an alternate launcher would satisy lots of people without having to root.

supernoman said:
I want to say don't release it until the 9 inch version comes out and we can root that too. Don't give amazon the details to patch it.
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I'm not sure when it will be released. I just wanted to tell all of the nay sayers to DEAL WITH IT.

reverendkjr said:
I'm not sure when it will be released. I just wanted to tell all of the nay sayers to DEAL WITH IT.
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just tried adb shell and it says error finding device. any suggestions? how do i go into "developers" mode with the kindle fire hd?

http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/09/17/amazon-kindle-fire-hd-7-already-rooted-heres-how-to-do-it/
Sent from my SPH-L710 using xda premium

How complicated and how long of a process is this?
I'm not tech savvy but if not too difficult, I'll give it to a friend to attempt after I buy the Fire HD tomorrow!

Just tried and finally got to the adb shell portion but when I try to rm /data/local/tmp it gives me the following:
rm /data/local/tmp
rm failed for /data/local/tmp, Is a directory
so afterwards I tried just doing a ln -s /data/ /data/local/tmp and it says "link failed File exists" ... What am I doing wrong?

Just about to report that thee was a working root. Good guide
Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 2

tenchichrono said:
just tried adb shell and it says error finding device. any suggestions? how do i go into "developers" mode with the kindle fire hd?
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I have the same trouble... any ideas would be greatly appreciated!
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tenchichrono said:
Just tried and finally got to the adb shell portion but when I try to rm /data/local/tmp it gives me the following:
rm /data/local/tmp
rm failed for /data/local/tmp, Is a directory
so afterwards I tried just doing a ln -s /data/ /data/local/tmp and it says "link failed File exists" ... What am I doing wrong?
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I got the drivers installed to fix my previous problem but now I have this problem above

tenchichrono said:
Just tried and finally got to the adb shell portion but when I try to rm /data/local/tmp it gives me the following:
rm /data/local/tmp
rm failed for /data/local/tmp, Is a directory
so afterwards I tried just doing a ln -s /data/ /data/local/tmp and it says "link failed File exists" ... What am I doing wrong?
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The command should be "rm -r /data/local/tmp"
It removes the directory and its contents.

reverendkjr said:
I'm not sure when it will be released. I just wanted to tell all of the nay sayers to DEAL WITH IT.
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I'm pretty sure rooting is not the problem everyone is concerned about. Flashing a different ROM will be the tricky part without a working custom recovery.

soupmagnet said:
I'm pretty sure rooting is not the problem everyone is concerned about. Flashing a different ROM will be the tricky part without a working custom recovery.
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It's being worked on.

reverendkjr said:
It's being worked on.
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Hey reverend, a little off topic, but could you post a video of root? I'll subscribe
Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 2

ncvikingx97 said:
Hey reverend, a little off topic, but could you post a video of root? I'll subscribe
Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 2
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It's funny that you should ask for that. I'm working on a video of it right now. :angel:

Cool. Sub
Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 2

Success!! Thanks for posting these instructions
Also, for verification purposes, I was able to successfully install ROM TOOLBOX pro and after several reboots the 'rebooter' shortcut works...

Now this is exciting! This should really get the ball rolling on the whole development for this device

So how about the Play store? Any ideas how to get it on?

[MOD][CM7] ICS Style Phone.apk

Visit original thread here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=35701424
Credit to: bhupatib
I've changed size to 256x250, and update theme a bit during dialing/connected/hanging up color.
Tested with HTC Desire with CM7.2-20121222.0052-Desire by FuZZ_
Installation step:
adb remount
adb push Phone.apk /system/app/Phone.apk
adb shell chmod 644 /system/app/Phone.apk
adb shell chown root:root /system/app/Phone.apk
adb reboot

HI
baszu said:
Visit original thread here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=35701424
Credit to: bhupatib
I've changed size to 256x250, and update theme a bit during dialing/connected/hanging up color.
Tested with HTC Desire with CM7.2-20121222.0052-Desire by FuZZ_
Installation step:
adb remount
adb push Phone.apk /system/app/Phone.apk
adb shell chmod 644 /system/app/Phone.apk
adb shell chown root:root /system/app/Phone.apk
adb reboot
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Bro any idea how to do this for dual sim??

Chirtagh said:
Bro any idea how to do this for dual sim??
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Sorry, I don't know how to.
By the way, I assume you are asking this for different device. Not HTC Desire, because this model is one sim.
If yours also CM7, I guess you may try decompile and compare all the layout xmls and resources and try adapt with yours.

will it work on oxygen or only cm7?

aliensk said:
will it work on oxygen or only cm7?
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Try it and see. Just make sure your don't delete your old phone.apk (rename it to phone.apk.bak). That way if it doesn't work you can easily delete the new one and remove the .bak from the original.
Sent from my HTC Desire using xda app-developers app

Guide for Bluetooth Setup for [Win32/64][Dual Boot] Tubuntu for X3maniac Thread

I'm pleased to tell everyone Bluetooth finally works!!! I can't take any credit other than putting together the instructions to get it working and digging all over the interwebs so have a look below!!!!!!!:
Also note, this may work on other Linux setups using the Transformer and possibly other devices using similar instructions and files.
OP for Tubutnu by x3maniac
1. Go to this site and download the gz file. This contains a few missing files we need and it's compile for ARMHF. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1476835
2. Extract the contents of the gz to /usr/sbin
3. Go to this site. Copy the code in the box and make a new file called bsp-tf101. Save the file to /etc/init.d. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=21388706&postcount=1456
4. In Android (or mount the Android file system if it isn't already) copy the file /data/misc/bluetooth/bcm4329.hcd to /lib/firmware. If the file with CAPITAL letters exists like this already in /lib/firmware: BCM4329.hcd you are to delete it or CUT it from that directory (many XDA posts say to get rid of that file. We want to use the lower case file.
5. In Android (or mount the Android file system if it isn't already) copy the file /data/misc/bluetooth/mac.txt to /lib/firmware/brcm.
6. Now, edit /etc/init.d/bsp-tf101. Go to the line that starts with /usr/sbin/brcm_patchram_plus and REMOVE --bd_addr and whatever MAC address is in the file. We are doing this because when you run the service, the MAC will be read from /lib/firmware/brcm/mac.txt.
7. In terminal type "service bsp-tf101 start" NO QUOTES.
8. After the terminal says Done Setting Line Discipline, open your Bluetooth Manager application from Preferences in Lubuntu.
9. Happy scanning and pairing! I successfully connected my GS3 and saw other devices nearby.
Addendum for Bluetooth in Raring
1. Create a file called "tfbatch" or whatever name you want, it does not matter. Save it in your home directory for the moment. Edit your file with nano /home/username/tfbatch with the following lines in it below.
#! /bin/sh​rfkill unblock 0​/usr/sbin/brcm_patchram_plus --enable_hci --baudrate 3000000 --patchram /lib/firmware/bcm4329.hcd /dev/ttyHS2​chmod /dev/nv* /dev/tegra_*​exit​
2. Now copy "tfbatch" or whatever you named it to /usr/bin. You can do (without quotes) "cp /home/username/tfbatch /usr/bin"
3. sudo nano /etc/rc.local
4. Type tfbatch in this file before the line that says exit 0. I'm not sure if you need a space in between tfbatch and exit 0 but put one there just in case.
5. If you haven't done so already, from terminal do the following for these files:
sudo chmod 777 /usr/bin/tfbatch​sudo chmod 777 /lib/firmware/bcm4329.hcd​sudo chmod 777 /usr/sbin/brcm_patchram_plus​sudo chmod 777 /usr/sbin/brcm_patchram_plus.c​
6. Please note, I understand the security risks of 777 for these files but if you are worried then you must choose something different. Maybe 644 but I don't know for sure. We are doing 777 for some files becacuse of permission denied errors. If you find a better method I'll update my post.
7. Reboot and Profit. (I was perfectly able to use PAN for Bluetooth tethering without installing anything extra using Raring and GNOME-CORE. However, I did not get Bluetooth headsets to work yet so if someone else wants to help out then that's great too.

Hi!
First of all thank you, that worked perfectly for me.
I just had to chmod bcm4329.hcd and brcm_patchram_plus's files.
For those who have the same "problem" just type this once you placed all the files in good folders.
Code:
sudo chmod 777 /lib/firmware/bcm4329.hcd
Code:
sudo chmod 777 /etc/init.d/bsp-tf101
And do the same for all files you extracted from brcm.tar.gz
Not sure if chmod all of these files is useful but that's what I've done and it worked.
Hope it'll help.

147keul said:
Hi!
First of all thank you, that worked perfectly for me.
I just had to chmod bcm4329.hcd and brcm_patchram_plus's files.
For those who have the same "problem" just type this once you placed all the files in good folders.
Code:
sudo chmod 777 /lib/firmware/bcm4329.hcd
Code:
sudo chmod 777 /etc/init.d/bsp-tf101
And do the same for all files you extracted from brcm.tar.gz
Not sure if chmod all of these files is useful but that's what I've done and it worked.
Hope it'll help.
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I have been problems getting this to work on Raring 13.04 build from X3. Are you using Raring by chance or one of the other versions by X3?

I've not been using yet Raring method, I used the one click method with 2.6.36 kernel.
Gonna take a look in a few with raring, I'll tell you if I manage to make it work.

147keul said:
I've not been using yet Raring method, I used the one click method with 2.6.36 kernel.
Gonna take a look in a few with raring, I'll tell you if I manage to make it work.
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I got it to work a little bit ago and tethering for Bluetooth internet. Good call with chmod it worked like a champ. Thanks!

When using your Bluetooth tethering, you can also use Conky to display the IP address. You can edit the file by sudo nano /etc/conky/conky.conf. Go to the line that is displaying ${addr wlan0}. Copy that whole line below and replace wlan0 with bnep0. Bnep0 is the adapter interface that has the BT tether IP address.

Has anyone seen this? Ubuntu Developer Preview for Galaxy Nexus, Nexus 4 Arrives Feb. 21
"Our platform supports a wide range of screen sizes and resolutions. Developers who have experience bringing up phone environments will find it relatively easy to port Ubuntu to current handsets"
"For developers, contributors and partners, there is now a coherent experience that warrants attention. The cleanest, most stylish mobile interface around."
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I don't have the files starting from step 4 (folder is empty). I'm guessing it's because I installed another ROM (EOS JB MR1 4.2 from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2063406). Would anyone happen to know where else I can obtain the files needed starting from step 4? Thanks!

Treizy said:
I don't have the files starting from step 4 (folder is empty). I'm guessing it's because I installed another ROM (EOS JB MR1 4.2 from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2063406). Would anyone happen to know where else I can obtain the files needed starting from step 4? Thanks!
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Search android from terminal:
Find / | grep bcm4329.hcd
If you get nothing I'll try to upload later.

TomTcom said:
Search android from terminal:
Find / | grep bcm4329.hcd
If you get nothing I'll try to upload later.
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Thanks! Found that file in /system/etc/firmware.
I wasn't able to find the mac.txt file but I know my bluetooth mac address. Is that the only thing that I need to include in that file?

Treizy said:
Thanks! Found that file in /system/etc/firmware.
I wasn't able to find the mac.txt file but I know my bluetooth mac address. Is that the only thing that I need to include in that file?
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Yes, that's the only thing you need to put in. Strange you can't find needed files in right places, have you tried with a "root explorer"? Try to download it, and normally you should find mac.txt.

Trying this again with the raring build and still running into problems.
When I try to start the service, i get the following error:
Code:
$ sudo service bsp-tf101 start
* Starting Bluetooth Support Deamon...
* Setting correct permissions on nvtegra device nodes...
/etc/init.d/bsp-tf101: 23: /etc/init.d/bsp-tf101: /usr/sbin/brcm_patchram_plus: Permission denied
I did run the following commands before hand:
sudo apt-get install rfkill (I didn't have this installed before and it was giving an error)
sudo chmod 777 /lib/firmware/bcm4329.hcd
sudo chmod 777 /etc/init.d/bsp-tf101
sudo chmod -R 777 /usr/sbin/brcm_patchram_plus
Any idea why it still says permission denied?
Thanks!

Treizy said:
Trying this again with the raring build and still running into problems.
When I try to start the service, i get the following error:
Code:
$ sudo service bsp-tf101 start
* Starting Bluetooth Support Deamon...
* Setting correct permissions on nvtegra device nodes...
/etc/init.d/bsp-tf101: 23: /etc/init.d/bsp-tf101: /usr/sbin/brcm_patchram_plus: Permission denied
I did run the following commands before hand:
sudo apt-get install rfkill (I didn't have this installed before and it was giving an error)
sudo chmod 777 /lib/firmware/bcm4329.hcd
sudo chmod 777 /etc/init.d/bsp-tf101
sudo chmod -R 777 /usr/sbin/brcm_patchram_plus
Any idea why it still says permission denied?
Thanks!
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Try also chmod 777 the brcm_patchram_plus.c file as well.
Also, I need to update my guide. I don't run it as a service but rather a batch file launched from rc.local so everything is executed as root. I'll have to update the guide to include Raring. So that could be part of the problem as well.

TomTcom said:
Try also chmod 777 the brcm_patchram_plus.c file as well.
Also, I need to update my guide. I don't run it as a service but rather a batch file launched from rc.local so everything is executed as root. I'll have to update the guide to include Raring. So that could be part of the problem as well.
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So if I add these commands to the rc.local file in /etc it should work?
Code:
sudo chmod 777 /lib/firmware/bcm4329.hcd
sudo chmod 777 /etc/init.d/bsp-tf101
sudo chmod -R 777 /usr/sbin/brcm_patchram_plus
sudo service bsp-tf101 start
Or do I need to do something else?

Treizy said:
So if I add these commands to the rc.local file in /etc it should work?
Code:
sudo chmod 777 /lib/firmware/bcm4329.hcd
sudo chmod 777 /etc/init.d/bsp-tf101
sudo chmod -R 777 /usr/sbin/brcm_patchram_plus
sudo service bsp-tf101 start
Or do I need to do something else?
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No don't do that. I'll try and post what you need to do later tonight.

Treizy said:
So if I add these commands to the rc.local file in /etc it should work?
Code:
sudo chmod 777 /lib/firmware/bcm4329.hcd
sudo chmod 777 /etc/init.d/bsp-tf101
sudo chmod -R 777 /usr/sbin/brcm_patchram_plus
sudo service bsp-tf101 start
Or do I need to do something else?
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I have updated my guide. See the OP for the Addendum for Raring installation. The file you create will be ran before the GUI loads with root permissions from rc.local.
Let me know if this worked.

TomTcom said:
I have updated my guide. See the OP for the Addendum for Raring installation. The file you create will be ran before the GUI loads with root permissions from rc.local.
Let me know if this worked.
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Nope
When I try to turn bluetooth on, nothing happens. It will switch back to off when i close the settings popup.

Treizy said:
Nope
When I try to turn bluetooth on, nothing happens. It will switch back to off when i close the settings popup.
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Hmmm...if you followed the guide you shouldn't have to turn it on. The batch is executed on boot from RC.local. Try and give me some more details.

TomTcom said:
Hmmm...if you followed the guide you shouldn't have to turn it on. The batch is executed on boot from RC.local. Try and give me some more details.
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Maybe I messed up. For step 1, the files you are asking us to download are the ones in post #10 correct (brcm.tar.gz)? Also, I don't have this mac.txt file anywhere so I created my own and just put my mac address in it (hopefully the correct one). Lastly, i dont have this file for this step:
sudo chmod 777 /usr/sbin/brcm_patchram_plus.c
but instead i have it in this location:
/usr/sbin/brcm_patchram_plus/brcm_patchram_plus.c

Treizy said:
Maybe I messed up. For step 1, the files you are asking us to download are the ones in post #10 correct (brcm.tar.gz)? Also, I don't have this mac.txt file anywhere so I created my own and just put my mac address in it (hopefully the correct one). Lastly, i dont have this file for this step:
sudo chmod 777 /usr/sbin/brcm_patchram_plus.c
but instead i have it in this location:
/usr/sbin/brcm_patchram_plus/brcm_patchram_plus.c
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I think you might have files in the wrong location, there should be no brcm_patchram_plus directory. Try to extract the zip again and make sure they are all in /usr/sbin only.
If you didn't have mac.txt from Android, you can just make it like you did and make sure it is in /lib/firmware/brcm.