How to know how is rooted and how to unroot a used m8?

[Luca Tavaglione]

Hi to all, i bought a used m8, in the bootloader it say locked and s on, but the phone is clearly rooted cause i can get supersu working and root checker say rooted, how can i unroot it and check if is really s on and locked?

Thanks

 

[wizzrah]

Hi to all, i bought a used m8, in the bootloader it say locked and s on, but the phone is clearly rooted cause i can get supersu working and root checker say rooted, how can i unroot it and check if is really s on and locked?

Thanks

SuperSU has an unroot option built in. You can use that to unroot.

 

[Luca Tavaglione]

SuperSU has an unroot option built in. You can use that to unroot.

i tried but root still there

 

[wizzrah]

i tried but root still there

Use ES File Explorer to delete the Superuser files.


Download ES File Explorer from Google Play if needed
Give root access to ES File Explorer
Click on the slash up top.
Navigate to System folder, then “bin” folder, then find “su” file.
Select SU by holding on to it and delete it.
In the same system folder, navigate to the xbin folder and delete the su file.
In the app folder from System folder delete the Superuser.apk file.
Reboot your device.
Device should be unrooted at that point.

 

[Luca Tavaglione]

Use ES File Explorer to delete the Superuser files.


Download ES File Explorer from Google Play if needed
Give root access to ES File Explorer
Click on the slash up top.
Navigate to System folder, then “bin” folder, then find “su” file.
Select SU by holding on to it and delete it.
In the same system folder, navigate to the xbin folder and delete the su file.
In the app folder from System folder delete the Superuser.apk file.
Reboot your device.
Device should be unrooted at that point.

thx, you think it was rooted by perm root with aio tool? and the previous owner forget to remove root after back to s on and locked bootloader?

 

[wizzrah]

thx, you think it was rooted by perm root with aio tool? and the previous owner forget to remove root after back to s on and locked bootloader?

Maybe. It is irrelevant now.

 

[Luca Tavaglione]

Maybe. It is irrelevant now.

so with deleting that files im done and is like stock?

 

[wizzrah]

so with deleting that files im done and is like stock?

Did you reboot after deleting the files? If so, check root checker again.

 

[Luca Tavaglione]

Did you reboot after deleting the files? If so, check root checker again.

if i granted permissions to some apps, after deleting that files it will revoke the permissions or i have to do something else?

sorry if i have so much questions

 

[wizzrah]

if i granted permissions to some apps, after deleting that files it will revoke the permissions or i have to do something else?

sorry if i have so much questions

There's no superuser files so it can't ask for any. Did you check again?

 

[Luca Tavaglione]

There's no superuser files so it can't ask for any. Did you check again?

no i mean the apps that already have permissions granted, after deleting the files will be revoked?

 

[wizzrah]

no i mean the apps that already have permissions granted, after deleting the files will be revoked?

Yes. Let me know if they still say that you're rooted.

 

[Luca Tavaglione]

Yes. Let me know if they still say that you're rooted.

I found only a su file in the xbin folder. No superuser apk or other su files in the other folders. I should check something else?

 

[wizzrah]

I found only a su file in the xbin folder. No superuser apk or other su files in the other folders. I should check something else?

The Superuser apk in the apps folder, not the xbin folder. So it would be

system>app>superuser.apk

 

[Luca Tavaglione]

The Superuser apk in the apps folder, not the xbin folder. So it would be

system>app>superuser.apk

Yes sorry. I checked there but still no superuser.Apk

 

[wizzrah]

Yes sorry. I checked there but still no superuser.Apk

No? Do you still have root access? Does root checker still say you have root access?

 

[Luca Tavaglione]

No? Do you still have root access? Does root checker still say you have root access?

yes is still rooted

 

[Luca Tavaglione]

Just found su and daemonsu deleted and root still there

 

[wizzrah]

Just found su and daemonsu deleted and root still there

After deleting them, did you reboot?

 

[benny3]

I found only a su file in the xbin folder. No superuser apk or other su files in the other folders. I should check something else?

Thats the SU binary in xbin. look in bin there might be a ext folder and you can delete that to