Help. question about a rooted nexus

[jdtftp1]

I just bought a phone off of Craigslist. It has jellybean on it. No superuser or anything. How can I tell if its rooted? Kernal?

 

[2defmouze]

If there's no superuser or supersu then you most likely are not rooted.

 

[jdtftp1]

Can I still download super user if I'm not rooted or no? It let me download it. I'm just nervous about buying a rooted phone

 

[2defmouze]

Can I still download super user if I'm not rooted or no? It let me download it. I'm just nervous about buying a rooted phone

You should do a factory reset on any phone you buy, especially off craigslist, which will wipe out any lingering root binaries or anything else you would need to worry about.

 

[Jubakuba]

You should do a factory reset on any phone you buy, especially off craigslist, which will wipe out any lingering root binaries or anything else you would need to worry about.

Er...factory reset as in flashing the stock images?
Wiping in recovery will not remove root if it is indeed there.

 

[2defmouze]

Er...factory reset as in flashing the stock images?
Wiping in recovery will not remove root if it is indeed there.

I meant doing a factory reset from the settings, that should certainly take care of it, no? And if OP had a custom recovery then that would be another thing to "fix" obviously..

 

[digitalslacker]

I just bought a phone off of Craigslist. It has jellybean on it. No superuser or anything. How can I tell if its rooted? Kernal?

First, when the phone boots up the lock icon is still locked then you are probably good.
otherwise do a factory reset, then try to install superuser from the market. If it can get root access when you run it then you are rooted.
At that point i'd just factory reset the whole phone. I'd probably do that anyway just to be sure but thats just me being overcautious

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[Jubakuba]

I meant doing a factory reset from the settings, that should certainly take care of it, no? And if OP had a custom recovery then that would be another thing to "fix" obviously..

A factory reset wipes /data/ (which includes our "SDCard" /data/media/ directory).
It doesn't touch /system/ where su is stored.