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Root ERROR: adb could not be granted root access via local.prop method

CRANFK

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Dec 21, 2011
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Hi.

I just got my new Bionic a couple of months ago and am trying to root it. I followed the directions on Petes site, I got the right version, but I am getting this error:
ERROR: adb could not be granted root access via local.prop method

I have searched the forums but can not find an answer to this. Some help would be greatly appreciated as I am drowning in my own ignorance here.

My version is 2.3.4
 
I ran the Dhacker option 3. This is what I got
*
* Type 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, or 7 and then press ENTER: 3
********************************************************************************
* *
* DROID BIONIC 43V3R Root *
* *
********************************************************************************
*
* Please be sure to TURN ON USB debugging Settings - Applications - Development
* and set USB Mode to Charge Only
*
* READY TO 43V3R ROOT YOUR DROID BIONIC WHEN YOU ARE!
Press any key to continue . . .
* Installing 43V3R Root...
93 KB/s (1501 bytes in 0.015s)
su: not found
su: not found
su: not found

* All done! Your phone should now be 43V3R rooted!
* Why don't you check out Shift[3]R? You're ready to flash it now

WHen i Try to do anything else it says waiting and for me to load up some drivers, I went to the link and loaded the drivers and nothing is happening.

I am very much an I.T guys nightmare I know, but man I wish I could figure this out.
None of the one click stuff seems to be working, my phone is set to debug and charge only, I can not imagine how I am messing all of this up.

The su: not found i listed above does not look right to me, If anyone can help me here I would really, really appreciate it.
 
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I downloaded all of the files including the sdk but got lost at this step

You need to have he Android SDK installed to use this manual method. Go to Android SDK | Android Developers to grab the appropriate SDK for your OS.

"Once installed, if you add the path to \android-sdk\platform-tools to your OSs PATH statement then you can run the commands without having to actually change to that directory. Otherwise, after installing, you'll need to first change to the directory \android-sdk\platform-tools before performing these steps."

That part is a little bit past me. I have no idea what to do here. I tired adding the path in the prompt to no avail.
 
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I downloaded all of the files including the sdk but got lost at this step

You need to have he Android SDK installed to use this manual method. Go to Android SDK | Android Developers to grab the appropriate SDK for your OS.

"Once installed, if you add the path to \android-sdk\platform-tools to your OSs PATH statement then you can run the commands without having to actually change to that directory. Otherwise, after installing, you'll need to first change to the directory \android-sdk\platform-tools before performing these steps."

That part is a little bit past me. I have no idea what to do here. I tired adding the path in the prompt to no avail.

Did you install the SDK? If so it's telling you where to find the adb file etc...
 
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I did install sdk, I just dont understand what it is telling me to do or how to "Once installed, if you add the path to \android-sdk\platform-tools to your OSs PATH statement then you can run the commands without having to actually change to that directory. Otherwise, after installing, you'll need to first change to the directory \android-sdk\platform-tools before performing these steps."

Thanks for trying to walk my untech noob-droid mind through this Amageus!
 
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What directory did you install the SDK? You're most likely going to have to go to c:\program files\android-sdk\platform-tools or c:\program files(x86)\android-sdk\platform-tools. I really don't know since I don't know where you installed the sdk. It could be c:\android-sdk\platform-tools too...
 
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STOP!

The path you provided is for the JAVA FX SDK, not the Android SDK. That is not the SDK you want to be using - it has very little to do with Android. Did you download the SDK package from the Android Developer Website and install it or extract it?

Now, on to explain the other stuff I wrote. I'm sorry for being obtuse, I should have included it in the original discussion, and you can bet your bottom dollar that all of this will be edited into that post as well.

Once you've got your Android SDK installed / extracted, there are two ways you go about using the tools.

  • The easiest, for those not using the tools often, is to simply open cmd prompt, navigate to the Android SDK folder (installers will see it at either C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk for Windows x64 users or C:\Program Files\Android\android-sdk for Windows x86 users), then go to the subdirectory platform-tools, and then run your commands, like so:

    Android SDK 1.JPG
  • The other method involves adding the path (the full directory of that particular location) to an environment variable in Windows called the Path statement. This basically means that you can just open a cmd prompt anywhere and use the adb command without having to change the directory every time.

    There are 2 different methods to accomplish this and multiple reasons to pick one or the other.
    1. If you use a computer with multiple users, or you do not have administrative rights on your computer, then you can add the path statement to your user variables found as follows:

      Note: Only your login will have this path statement, and only when you when you log in, no one else will, and it does not require root..er, administrative privileges to add.

      • Open Control Panel --> User Accounts and Family Safety --> User Accounts

        Android SDK 2.JPG
      • Click on Change my environment variables (left margin) (highlighted in yellow) to get the next dialog box:

        Android SDK 3.JPG
      • Under User variables for {your user name} Press the New button (highlighted in yellow) to get the next dialog box:

        Android SDK 4.JPG
      • In Variable name type in
        Code:
        Path
        and in Variable value type in (you can copy here and paste there to make it easy):

        Code:
        C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools;
    2. If you are the only user on your computer, or you have administrative privileges on the computer and want to make this a global addition to all users (so that ANY user that logs in can open a cmd prompt anywhere and run adb commands) then you add to the existing path statement under System variables:

      Note: ALL users on this computer in this OS will have this path statement and will be able to run adb and other Android SDK commands from any command prompt. Use with care.

      • Open Control Panel --> System and Security --> System or Shortcut key Windows Key + Pause / break

        Android SDK 5.JPG
      • Click Advanced System Settings (highlighted in yellow) to get to the next dialog box:

        Android SDK 6.JPG
      • Click the Environment variables button (highlighted in yellow) to get the next box:

        Android SDK 7.JPG
      • Under System variables scroll down to Path and the click the Edit button to get the next dialog box:

        Android SDK 8.JPG
      • In the Variable value field, click anywhere, and then hit the END key on your keyboard to go to the end of the long path value - you will probably see it does not end in a semicolon, so first add a semicolon (;), then add the following (you can copy here and paste there to make it easy):

        Code:
        C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools;
      • It should now look something like this:

        Android SDK 9.JPG

        Now your system variable is set up.

HTH
 
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I have this error:
ERROR: adb could not be granted root access via local.prop method

I've searched all over the internet trying to find a solution but none of them work! I tried petes one click thing, and R3l3as3d. please help me find an actual solution for petes tool other then just recommending other root tools!

Droid Bionic:
Version: 5.5.893
Gingerbread 2.3.4
 
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Can you tell us a bit more than just saying you tried all these tools? The reason I ask is two-fold:

1) many of these tools have more than one option

2) I'm actually working with crpeck to do a whole new toolset to easily root and revert phones to 5.5.893, with and without root. Your experiences may come in handy when planning on ow to make the files work so that you (and future users that run into the same issue as you have) will be spared this pain....
 
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Hi.

I just got my new Bionic a couple of months ago and am trying to root it. I followed the directions on Petes site, I got the right version, but I am getting this error:
ERROR: adb could not be granted root access via local.prop method

I have searched the forums but can not find an answer to this. Some help would be greatly appreciated as I am drowning in my own ignorance here.

My version is 2.3.4


CRANFK, I had the exact same problem...After searching on many other sites, I found this link. It worked perfectly the first time I tried! Good luck!

Manually Root w/ Zerg after 893 OTA - xda-developers
 
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So I have a Droid 2 and I tried using Pete's Motorola Root Tools and its not working. The phone reboots and everything but the root won't go through if I could get some help please. I wanted to root my phone so I could tether for school purposes. Thanks

Here is some info about my phone

System Version: 4.5.621.A955. Verizon.en.US
Model Number: DROID 2
Android Version: 2.3.4
Baseband version: BP_C_01.09.15P
 
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So I have a Droid 2 and I tried using Pete's Motorola Root Tools and its not working. The phone reboots and everything but the root won't go through if I could get some help please. I wanted to root my phone so I could tether for school purposes. Thanks

Here is some info about my phone

System Version: 4.5.621.A955. Verizon.en.US
Model Number: DROID 2
Android Version: 2.3.4
Baseband version: BP_C_01.09.15P

this is the bionic forum so you might want to ask over in the droid 2 forum but you could skip the rooting and download foxfi which works without rooting. foxfi
 
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