are we allowed to talk about rooting?

paradisiac · 30 May 2012 at 11:05

just wondered if this was a no no on these forums as i have a few questions.

Locke · 30 May 2012 at 11:07

Of course we are.

What would you like to know?

Reza86 · 30 May 2012 at 11:07

As far as I know we can, what would you like to know?

paradisiac · 30 May 2012 at 11:11

i have an i5800 (galaxy apollo) i have used superoneclick root, which says it worked, but i get a cp : write error when it tried to install busybox, so although i have superuser no apps that require rooting work.

ChocolateStarfishRammer · 30 May 2012 at 11:20

I genuinely thought this was about rooting women.

Leaving Disappointed.

Orcvader · 30 May 2012 at 11:28

Might've not been rooted properly. Did you reboot after the rooting? Unroot it with the superoneclick, then try rooting again?

Locke · 30 May 2012 at 11:31

Reboot and try again possibly.

How are you trying to install Busybox?

Try installing Titanium Backup (free) and then hit the Problems button to see what it says.

paradisiac · 30 May 2012 at 11:44

Locke said:
Reboot and try again possibly.

How are you trying to install Busybox?

Try installing Titanium Backup (free) and then hit the Problems button to see what it says.

i downloaded busybox (not sure if it was the right one) from google play and it just fails on installation.

have tried rebooting several times, even factory reset the phone and tried again, still the same.

when i launch titanium backup it says 'unable to obtain root privilages'

hit the problems button and get :
first please ensure that you have rooted your phone.
if you need more info look at wiki
if it hanges hit preferences and set app processing to auto
you can also upgrade superuser if needed

paradisiac · 30 May 2012 at 12:00

right i upgraded superuser, still no further forward. downloaded a different busybox, which say 'your device is rooted' hit install, it downloaded the files fine, but now its just not doing anything other than the little circle spinning at the top and the ads changing

paradisiac · 30 May 2012 at 12:09

ok restarted phone, then when launching busybox i get ask if i want to grant it superuser rights, i allow. it then fails install and says try a different version, so i did, and it does the same

Locke · 30 May 2012 at 12:41

Tried rooting again?

What does it say when you try to unroot?

paradisiac · 30 May 2012 at 12:43

it say unroot successful i think. have tried different superoneclick versions but still the same. so factory reset phone, but now its mega slow

and wont connect to superoneclick. so now im doing all the phone (samsung) updates and see if that helps.

Locke · 30 May 2012 at 12:43

Do you have USB debugging on?

paradisiac · 30 May 2012 at 12:44

Locke said:
Do you have USB debugging on?

yeh debugging was on when rooting.

Grrrrr · 30 May 2012 at 12:52

Is it network branded? Have a look here

androidforums.com/apollo-3-all-things-root/169395-rooting-galaxy-apollo.html

paradisiac · 30 May 2012 at 12:59

Grrrrr said:
Is it network branded? Have a look here

androidforums.com/apollo-3-all-things-root/169395-rooting-galaxy-apollo.html

its been unlocked to any network. no logos on phone case or in the software.

paradisiac · 30 May 2012 at 15:38

ok sorted it. i deleted the thinkdroid app from the system folder as i wont use it. that free'd up 5MB which then meant when i rooted the phone it installed busybox at the same time. restarted phone and titan backup works fine now

so now im all rooted, what apps do people recommend, im new to android (if you hadnt guessed by my lack of getting root to work

)

Locke · 30 May 2012 at 17:06

AdAway, Titianium Backup, ClockSync, DroidSheep, LCD Density Modder, Sixaxis Controller - ROOT specific apps that are quite nice.

You should take a look at the top paid apps and top free apps on the Play Store to get a gauge at other awesome apps.

AirDroid is pretty hot.

paradisiac · 30 May 2012 at 17:30

ok kool. just installed go launcher ex to customise phone and has confused me already lol

chiggz · 30 May 2012 at 17:52

I don't know much about your phone but what OS are you running. I believe 4.0.4 requires a newer version of Superuser. I'd try find it but its difficult over my phone...