Root Problem with Admire

engineer_d2

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I have a Samsung Admire sch-r720. My carrier is Metro-PCS. I rooted this phone, but something went wrong I think.

I installed the indulge drivers
I put the phone in USB Debugging Mode
I used the Admire Root Windows easy one-click root (run.bat)
But when I try to run apps requiring root, I get "you do not have root permissions".

When attempting to root, I get several "permission denied" and operation not permitted errors.

It appears that I do not have write permissions on the device.

Here is a snapshot of how my root attempts went.

error: unknown host service
"[*] Triggering core dump..."
[1] Segmentation fault app_process /dev...
cannot create /data/local.prop: permission denied
"[*] Rebooting phone. It may buzz a lot and loop on boot. Don't panic."
remount failed: Operation not permitted
failed to copy 'su' to '/system/xbin/su': Read-only file system
Unable to chmod /system/xbin/su: No such file or directory
link failed Read-only file system
"[*] Installing Superuser.apk. If this hangs, just cancel it with Ctrl+C after a
few seconds,"
"[*] and you'll be finished rooting your phone. Reboot and enjoy."
1156 KB/s (196521 bytes in 0.166s)
Error: Could not access the Package Manager. Is the system running?
"[*] Persistence complete, enjoy your rooted phone!"
Press any key to exit the script.


If I attempt to use adb.exe to access the phone, I can see the device, I can explore around it (Thus drivers are working fine) but I do not have SU permissions. When I try to SU, it is denied, and NO I don't get any "allow SU" pop up on my phone, it just instantly denies me.

C:\Install\Admire Root>adb devices
* daemon not running. starting it now *
* daemon started successfully *
List of devices attached
R720d7a6a373 device



As you can see, it sees the R720 Device

I can browse the device:

C:\Install\Samsung Kies\Admire Root>adb shell ls -l
drwxrwx--x system system 2013-03-08 15:04 preinstall
dr-x------ root root 2013-03-08 15:04 config
drwxrwx--- system cache 2013-03-08 15:08 cache
drwxrwx--x system system 2013-03-08 15:04 persist
lrwxrwxrwx root root 2013-03-08 15:04 sdcard -> /mnt/sdcard
drwxr-xr-x root root 2013-03-08 15:04 acct
drwxrwxr-x root system 2013-03-08 15:04 mnt
lrwxrwxrwx root root 2013-03-08 15:04 vendor -> /system/vendor
lrwxrwxrwx root root 2013-03-08 15:04 d -> /sys/kernel/debug
lrwxrwxrwx root root 2013-03-08 15:04 etc -> /system/etc
-rw-r--r-- root root 6939 1969-12-31 19:00 ueventd.rc
-rw-r--r-- root root 0 1969-12-31 19:00 ueventd.goldfish.rc
drwxr-xr-x root root 2013-03-08 15:04 system
drwxr-xr-x root root 2013-03-08 15:04 sys
drwxr-x--- root root 1969-12-31 19:00 sbin
dr-xr-xr-x root root 1969-12-31 19:00 proc
drwxr-xr-x root root 1969-12-31 19:00 lib
-rwxr-x--- root root 27427 1969-12-31 19:00 init.rc
-rwxr-x--- root root 7082 1969-12-31 19:00 init.qcom.sh
-rwxr-x--- root root 8673 1969-12-31 19:00 init.qcom.rc
-rwxr-x--- root root 6631 1969-12-31 19:00 init.qcom.post_boot.sh
-rwxr-x--- root root 1677 1969-12-31 19:00 init.goldfish.rc
-rwxr-x--- root root 94316 1969-12-31 19:00 init
-rw-r--r-- root root 118 1969-12-31 19:00 default.prop
drwxrwx--x system system 2013-03-08 15:04 data
-rw-r--r-- root root 22740 1969-12-31 19:00 SCH-R720_ROOTING.rle
-rw-r--r-- root root 14464 1969-12-31 19:00 SCH-R720.rle
drwx------ root root 2012-06-17 22:17 root
drwxr-xr-x root root 2013-03-08 15:05 dev



If I try to change any permissions, etc, I get denied with:

C:\Install\Admire Root>adb shell chmod 577 system
Unable to chmod system: Read-only file system


I can not SU on the device:

C:\Install\Admire Root>adb shell su
su: permission denied


I am not a complete Noob, but this is my first and only android device. I am comfortable with Linux command line stuff, and seem to have a pretty good grasp on the adb shell.

I seem to be stuck here though.

Any suggestions?
 
Its WAY easier to just put it in download mode and use Odin to flash cwmr, then install a pre rooted rom(I suggest ctmod)...all the good stuff for admire is over at android forums...get the cwmr image/Odin/ops files there...extract them from zip to desktop, run Odin as admin, for ops select schR720.ops, uncheck one package on left, then click on PDA button and put the cwm.tar file here(ignore image error message) then with USB all ready plugged in computer, take battery out of phone, after 10 seconds put back in, hold camera button down firmly while plugging in microusb into phone, after few seconds will pop up yellow warning...press volume up to continue, when phone says downloading click start in Odin and let it do its thing(make sure yellow com box shows up in top left square, if not ur phone isn't recognised reinstall drivers)...then it will reboot...turn off phone then hold volume down and power and home keys down at same time til u see Samsung pop up and let go...if done right cwmr will boot up...then get the zip for cwmr 6.0.3.0 and install by selecting install zip from SD card...then just find zip of from u want n install same way...you're now rooted

I should take a bath in tomato juice cuz I always smell like skunk
 

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