Root Latest OTA did you loose root?

dubbsix · Mar 10, 2013

Using OTA Rootkeeper, I temp unrooted, took the OTA that was just released and now I lost root. I still have the SU binary install, but when i click on it, it seems its execution is being blocked. Anyone else loose Root?

Bugly · Mar 10, 2013

is this for your Droid DNA, or for a RAZR?
If for a RAZR, there is a thread below that will link to RAZRblade (my 'puter is not wanting to play "copy and paste" right now, don't know why....)

dubbsix · Mar 10, 2013

Bugly said:
is this for your Droid DNA, or for a RAZR?
If for a RAZR, there is a thread below that will link to RAZRblade (my 'puter is not wanting to play "copy and paste" right now, don't know why....)

This is for my xt912 razr. I saw a few other folks that had the same problem but it doesnt appear to be wide spread. Im gonna RSD back to ICS and go through the motions again. Not my primary phone so i dont really care if it doesnt work... just like having root on all my phones for tethering.

dubbsix · Mar 10, 2013

dubbsix said:
This is for my xt912 razr. I saw a few other folks that had the same problem but it doesnt appear to be wide spread. Im gonna RSD back to ICS and go through the motions again. Not my primary phone so i dont really care if it doesnt work... just like having root on all my phones for tethering.

Well i guess that didnt work. Im getting a fail from rsd when trying to write boot to the device:

C:\DroidRazrUtility>moto-fastboot.exe flash boot boot.img
sending 'boot' (8192 KB)... OKAY [ 0.783s]
writing 'boot'... INFOPreflash validation failure
FAILED (remote: )

Admack · Mar 10, 2013

The bootloader is locked which means you can't get the ics kernel back. As suggested above use the razrblade utility to root jelly bean. But at this point you may need matt's jelly bean unbrick utility or droid razr utility 1.90

dubbsix · Mar 10, 2013

Admack said:
The bootloader is locked which means you can't get the ics kernel back. As suggested above use the razrblade utility to root jelly bean. But at this point you may need matt's jelly bean unbrick utility

Yea im in dire straights here lol. Flash ICS system file but stuck on the JB hboot. I'll go look for that unbrick utility.

Admack · Mar 10, 2013

Go for the droid razr utility instead since the unbrick utility is for the xmas eve jb leak. It'll probably still work but to be sure use this..

DROID RAZR Utility 1.90 -- Windows + Mac + Linux (All In One&#33

- DroidRzr.com

dubbsix · Mar 10, 2013

Thanks I'll give this a shot. Not paying attention and DU 1.7 got me in this mess lmao.

Bugly · Mar 10, 2013

yeah, always check the build on utilities. Of course, that never happens to me //sarcasm//

dubbsix · Mar 11, 2013

Thanks for the help. Got the phone back up and running. The saving grace was still having the full zip of the xmas miracle.

dubbsix · Mar 11, 2013

Hmm phones, back up but cant get root... I get the following:

[*] Cleaning up...
/system/bin/sh: su: not found
[*] Rebooting...
error: protocol fault (no status)
[*] Exploit complete!
[*] Press any key to exit.

mahers · Mar 11, 2013

Odd. I temp unrooted with VooDoo and rerooted after the install to JB. Still rooted and working beautifully!

bamaredwingsfan · Mar 12, 2013

Backed up root with voodoo, an unrooted, downloaded the update, and then the install failed. Don't understand why, the phone is bone stock.

taghag · Mar 12, 2013

Well......I goofed. Remembered to unfreeze apps, hide the root but failed to remember to place the downloaded update on the SD card. I ran it instead so I lost root. I have done an FDR. My question is can I root again? I see JB is rooted, just want to make sure I don't do something else wrong again.

Bugly · Mar 13, 2013

Yup, just use the RAZRBlade root, works well, even if it is weird...

taghag · Mar 14, 2013

Bugly said:
Yup, just use the RAZRBlade root, works well, even if it is weird...

Well it isn't working. I get the "adb is not recognized as an internal or external command" message. Been trying to research what I need to do. Have read I need to remove what is left of the old root (don't know how) and/or install adb on the computer. I bought Titanium, I wanna use it

Grey1001 · Mar 14, 2013

Check this post

Knight Rider said:
Another thing you can do is edit the system's path environment variable. By doing this you can use adb from anywhere and you needn't navigate to C:\ADB (or wherever you stored it).

Do this by right-clicking on computer -> properties -> advanced system settings -> advanced -> environment variables. In system variables click 'Path' and then click edit. Add ";C:\ADB" (without quotes) to the end of the variable value.

from this thread http://androidforums.com/micromax-a56/603700-tutorial-how-set-up-adb.html

I had to do the environment edit so it would see it correctly and complete the connection. ( this was back on my OG Droid. )

I found the info elsewhere, but I don't know where now ...

Bugly · Mar 14, 2013

taghag said:
Well it isn't working. I get the "adb is not recognized as an internal or external command" message. Been trying to research what I need to do. Have read I need to remove what is left of the old root (don't know how) and/or install adb on the computer. I bought Titanium, I wanna use it

Dumb question; do you have the latest Moto drivers installed on your computer? If so, this should work. I'm not sure why it wouldn't, unless there is some setting that's not right. Usually this goes right the first try. It has to be something that was overlooked (of course, that never happens to me....lol).
Keep trying, it has to come around for you eventually

taghag · Mar 14, 2013

That didn't work either. About ready to throw in the towel

taghag · Mar 14, 2013

Bugly said:
Dumb question; do you have the latest Moto drivers installed on your computer? If so, this should work. I'm not sure why it wouldn't, unless there is some setting that's not right. Usually this goes right the first try. It has to be something that was overlooked (of course, that never happens to me....lol).
Keep trying, it has to come around for you eventually

I went to their site, downloaded the Motorola Device Manager, that said it was fine. Went into the computer, devices, checked for drivers, said I was up to date.

Bugly · Mar 14, 2013

Wow, this is a tough one. You opened RAZRBlade, had your phone plugged in and turned on.
you pressed enter or whatever it said, followed the prompts to open smart actions when it said to do that, and went through the weird stuff it tells you to do in smart actions.
(trying to remember what I did when I did it...)
It rebooted and went through all that, or no?
Where did the process stop?
Any messages from either the phone or computer at that point?

taghag · Mar 14, 2013

It never reboots. This is what I see:

Bugly · Mar 14, 2013

That's nutty as a squirrel turd.
You should be getting through this. I may have to pass you off to someone that has more expertise in the ADB bridge issues like the one you're having.
Can you try running this program in "compatibility mode" for windows XP? Sometimes the windows version (like windows 7, or Vista) will mess with these batch files.

taghag · Mar 14, 2013

I am on Windows 8.

Glad that I am not crazy, this is driving me nuts! I have so many open pages on the computer trying to figure this out!

Grey1001 · Mar 14, 2013

still looks like a path/environment problem.

1 Answer

If you go to your android-sdk/tools folder I think you'll find a message :
The adb tool has moved to platform-tools/
If you don't see this directory in your SDK, launch the SDK and AVD Manager (execute the android tool) and install "Android SDK Platform-tools"

Please also update your PATH environment variable to include the platform-tools/ directory, so you can execute adb from any location.

So you should also add C:/android-sdk/platform-tools to you environment path. Also after you modify the PATH variable make sure that you start a new CommandPrompt window.

android - adb is not recognized as internal or external command on windows - Stack Overflow

good luck

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