Root rom manager not working

["idroid"]

every time i try to do anything with the app it says "an error occurred while attempting to run privileged commands!". i deleted rom manager and reinstalled it just to get the same message. Has anyone had the same problem and what can i do to fix it.

 

[Fadelight]

Stupid question, but... you are rooted, right?

 

["idroid"]

yep and im running cyanogen 5.0.5

 

[shrink57]

You can try the 'fix permissions" option in ROM Manager. Damn, ROM Manager is getting so many new features multiple times a day. Now if they can only get it to work (to be honest, I have been experimenting with it and it is working fine for me but have been reading about so many issues).

 

[Fadelight]

hmm. I haven't seen that one before. Sorry. Hopefully someone else will chime in.

Also, you might want to try the forums over at cyanogen, since they are run by the devs of the app you're having problems with. Just my two cents.

 

["idroid"]

cant try to "fix permissions" because i deleted rom manager so it says to flash clockworkmod recovery which wont work

 

[shrink57]

[quote="idroid";491894]cant try to "fix permissions" because i deleted rom manager so it says to flash clockworkmod recovery which wont work[/quote]

This is why many of us here try to steer people away from a "one size fits all" rooter, downloader, flasher that also cooks breakfast. It is too easy to become dependent on it.

Have you tried to manually flash Clockwork recovery using adb commands or from your terminal emulator?

 

["idroid"]

dont know how to do that, can i use a mac for that

 

[shrink57]

[quote="idroid";491948]dont know how to do that, can i use a mac for that[/quote]


You can do it right on your phone. Downlaod a free "terminal emulator" from the market.

Make sure you have an image of the recovery you want to flash in the root of your sd card.

Open the terminal emulator.

Type:
su (hit enter)

flash_image recovery/sdcard/the_file_you_want_to_flash (hit enter)

That's about it. Even if this doesn't solve the ROM Manager problem these are skills you should practice.

 

["idroid"]

is it possible that i lost root because none of my root apps are working now. how do i get root back

 

[snowman9031]

I also have the same problem. I keep getting the same message. I also rooted my phone but do not see super user anymore! Not even to sure what I am running for flash. I can get into SPRecovery if that helps anyone for a solution to the problem.

 

[shrink57]

I also have the same problem. I keep getting the same message. I also rooted my phone but do not see super user anymore! Not even to sure what I am running for flash. I can get into SPRecovery if that helps anyone for a solution to the problem.

If you can get into recovery restore something that worked for you or load another rom on your sd card and use recovery to install it. Do a data wipe (make that 2 data wipes) first!

 

[snowman9031]

ummmm should I use wipe date/factory reset or wipe cache partition

 

[shrink57]

ummmm should I use wipe date/factory rest or wipe cache partition

Definately wipe data. To be sure, wipe data, format system, format cache, and format boot. Better safe than sorry.

 

[snowman9031]

sweet I am on cyanogenmod 5.0.5.3-droid but i am missing market icon also can not retrieve contacts says unable to to open connections to server!

 

[OMJ]

sweet I am on cyanogenmod 5.0.5.3-droid but i am missing market icon also can not retrieve contacts says unable to to open connections to server!

If you are missing the market you did not choose the Google Apps option when installing it. you can download the gapps zip here

gapps-passion-EPE54B-signed.zip

Put that in the root of your sd card reboot in recovery then install that zip you will have the market back then.

 

[snowman9031]

hate to sound like a noob oh i am how do i do this part!

 

[CRPercodani]

Like he said download that file then put it in your sdcard but not inside of any folders, then open rom manager and choose install rom from sd card and then find that file and hit install. Just don't select ANY of the check boxes when you do it.

 

[OMJ]

Like he said download that file then put it in your sdcard but not inside of any folders, then open rom manager and choose install rom from sd card and then find that file and hit install. Just don't select ANY of the check boxes when you do it.

Since you dont have the market I am guessing you have no rom manager. So you wanna reboot your phone and while it is booting up hold x. That should take you to clockwork recovery. Then go to install zip from sd card. Find the downloaded zip and install

 

[CRPercodani]

Ahhh true I didn't even think about that.....once again DAMN YOU OMJ! For some reason I always picture you being OJ Simpson haha.

 

[snowman9031]

you r correct about not having rom manager! also do not have clock! do i change file name to updat or leave the same. do i delete the existing one! i have sprecovery

 

[CRPercodani]

Hmmm I don't know if it will even work with sprecovery but you can try it by renaming it to update then allowing install update.zip.

 

[OMJ]

you r correct about not having rom manager! also do not have clock! do i change file name to updat or leave the same. do i delete the existing one! i have sprecovery

If you have sp recovery you are going to need to change it to update.zip and install it as that. If you have an existing update.zip you will need to rename or delete it

 

[snowman9031]

pretty sure i know kinda what to do and i believe that I tried that but i will try again, do i use install/sdcard/update.zip(deprecated) one. If that is the case i goes though and then aborts the installation!

 

[OMJ]

pretty sure i know kinda what to do and i believe that I tried that but i will try again, do i use install/sdcard/update.zip(deprecated) one. If that is the case i goes though and then abouts the installation!

install/sdcard/update.zip(deprecated) that is what you are going to want to use. Make sure you are using the gapps file that I linked earlier and it is renamed update.zip that should restore the market and all other google apps.