Originally Posted by oo3

I don't mean to be a dick, but how is this thread any different than http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...php?t=1734005?

I don't mean to be a dick either, but you haven't really posted much info in the thread, there are just place holders for info to follow. The thread title is misleading as I thought someone had figured out how to un-root the device.
It would seem to me that if you are going to post a thread with HOWTO in the title, there should be a HOWTO in here.

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Unrooting is actually pretty simple, basically you need to remove 'su' and clean your system from things like BusyBox (if installed) from /system/bin/ or xbin and remove Superuser.apk.

But I agree that this thread is just no good at this point.

how would you go about removing SU and BusyBox etc, as i need to root my device to back up a faulty unit, then unroot to send it back for replacement. could you explain a bit more?

This thread is now closed:

1st) there is already a sticky thread here with these informations.

2nd) we do not allow "coming soon" threads.

Updated the OP with my tutorials! To start with, I've got rooting, unlocking, and flashing recovery. That should get you guys going. I'll have more soon.

I cant get the root method to work. I have a problem were even though the drivers are installed when i plug it in it says error installing drivers. then in "other Devices" in device manager it pops up with yellow triangle. But in "portable devices" it shows the tablet there. I have tried uninstalling the other devices version and checking drivers on the one located in portable devices and vice versa with no luck. Any suggestions?

So unlocking the bootloader just allows you to install custom ROMS?

And rooting alows you to gain root access but do you need to unlock bootloader before you can root. Or can you just have the rooted kernel only and not bothering unlocking boot loader and staying on stock?

If you want to unlock bootloader and install custom rom do you have to be rooted or I guess custom rom will already included a rooted kernel?

Thanks!

Originally Posted by icanfly77

So unlocking the bootloader just allows you to install custom ROMS?

And rooting alows you to gain root access but do you need to unlock bootloader before you can root. Or can you just have the rooted kernel only and not bothering unlocking boot loader and staying on stock?

If you want to unlock bootloader and install custom rom do you have to be rooted or I guess custom rom will already included a rooted kernel?

Thanks!

The first part is correct. As to the second:
- you don't need to unlock bootloader before rooting, although you need to root to make use of an unlocked bootloader unless you intend to flash recovery through adb (I'm not sure if it works on the Infinity this way)
- you're not rooting the kernel, the kernel remains the same, all Linux/Android kernels have to allow root access, it's just that in stock firmware there is no "su" and rooting pushes it to your /system partition along with installing Superuser.apk (this one goes to data partition, as do other apps)

So basically you need to be rooted and unlocked to install custom ROM, but flashing any ROM or firmware will entirely or partially wipe your /system partition, where "su" is stored (nothing to do with the kernel). So you need to flash recovery from stock rooted ROM (stock firmware) and then most ROMs will have "su" included, so that you won't have to go through rooting process all over again with every ROM.

Hope this answers your doubts.

Originally Posted by icanfly77

So unlocking the bootloader just allows you to install custom ROMS?

And rooting alows you to gain root access but do you need to unlock bootloader before you can root. Or can you just have the rooted kernel only and not bothering unlocking boot loader and staying on stock?

If you want to unlock bootloader and install custom rom do you have to be rooted or I guess custom rom will already included a rooted kernel?

Thanks!

Let me see if I can organize things a bit as I think you might be a bit confused with lingo and operation.

Your system has basically 3 subsystems for you to worry about: Bootloader, Firmware/ROM, Custom Recovery. The Bootloader is the first thing that runs and controls access to the other 2 subsystems. If you want to change either of those subsystems, the bootloader has to allow it. Making the bootloader allow it is called "unlocking". When the bootloader transfers the processing to the Firmware/ROM, you can then run applications. Some applications require access to particular system resources that, by default, they don't have permission to and you don't have the ability to give that permission to them. For you to be able to give them that permission is called "rooting". When you "get root", you can give them this permission they require. This allows the system to do things that it normally couldn't do because resources are now available that weren't before.

So Bootloader controls how the Firmware/ROM and custom recovery work and "Root" controls what types of permissions that the system applications have access to.

Now, re-read what d14b0ll0s said as it is important. Hopefully, this information should get you in the right mindset.

I've run this rooting tool several times and I get zeros in the proper places, indicating that I have root, but after the last reboot, there is no root. What am I doing wrong?
I received the 26 update OTA. Could that be why I can't get root? is there any remedy?