unrooted by itself

GJSmith · 11-27-2011, 09:41 PM

Not sure if I was supposed to unroot before doing the update the other day. Everything seemed to go well except I did lose some books side loaded into Kobo
Tonight I went to use ConnectBot and I had read only. SO went looking for Superuser and it was gone. Tried rooting the device and it fails.
"not sure what happened either the exploit failed or the reboot failed....."

any ideas how I should proceded?

hpulley · 11-27-2011, 09:51 PM

Install gingerbreak again?

hieronymos · 11-27-2011, 10:30 PM

Enable USB debugging again?

Jesslynne · 11-27-2011, 11:08 PM

Yeah, when I updated I forgot to unroot. I had reroot when the update was finished using Gingerbread, and uninstall all the apps that had been reinstalled with the update.

GJSmith · 11-28-2011, 07:44 AM

rebooted, enabled USB, reinstalled Gingerbreak, rebooted.
Did some Googling and saw some posts where people were saying GingerBreak stopped working(other devices) claimed Android developers had patched something.

I did notice that when running GingerBreak it unmounts my internal SD card and it is not remounted. I did not notice this the first time I rooted.
Is that normal?

Haesslich · 11-28-2011, 09:06 AM

Yes, that's normal.

I'm guessing you didn't unroot before updating? And did you uninstall Gingerbreak, then reboot and reinstall it, then reroot?

hieronymos · 11-28-2011, 09:25 AM

It's not important to unroot at all - most of the time, OTA updates simply replace the whole system folder (and both Kobo updates did that).
GJSmith, did you get jefftheworlds version of Gingerbreak (sticky thread, post 2)? Works here. Kobo devs didn't patch anything in regard to this.

GJSmith · 11-28-2011, 10:49 AM

OK then so did the reboot after uninstall as I had not tried that before and this time when reinstalled it rooted. Thanks!

By the way why would it need to be unrooted to install an update?

hieronymos · 11-28-2011, 10:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GJSmith

why would it need to be unrooted to install an update?

It doesn't :-) It's a myth coming from iOS.

Haesslich · 11-28-2011, 08:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hieronymos

It doesn't :-) It's a myth coming from iOS.

It may not be necessary, but I like to reduce the number of variables that come around when doing firmware upgrades when they happen, especially coming off of some... difficult Android firmware upgrades. I didn't have the problems personally, but I've seen the so-called bricks need a lot of work to restore, including custom-building jig cables.

11-27-2011, 09:41 PM	#1
GJSmith Connoisseur Posts: 87 Karma: 2000 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Barry's Bay Ontario Canada Device: Kobo Vox	unrooted by itself Not sure if I was supposed to unroot before doing the update the other day. Everything seemed to go well except I did lose some books side loaded into Kobo Tonight I went to use ConnectBot and I had read only. SO went looking for Superuser and it was gone. Tried rooting the device and it fails. "not sure what happened either the exploit failed or the reboot failed....." any ideas how I should proceded?

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11-27-2011, 09:51 PM	#2
hpulley Addict Posts: 288 Karma: 29760 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Ontario, Canada Device: Kobo Vox, Playbook32	Install gingerbreak again?

11-27-2011, 10:30 PM	#3
hieronymos Groupie Posts: 186 Karma: 45172 Join Date: Nov 2011 Device: Kobo Vox	Enable USB debugging again?

11-27-2011, 11:08 PM	#4
Jesslynne Zealot Posts: 141 Karma: 126 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Manitoba, Canada Device: Kobo Vox, Kobo Mini	Yeah, when I updated I forgot to unroot. I had reroot when the update was finished using Gingerbread, and uninstall all the apps that had been reinstalled with the update.

11-28-2011, 07:44 AM	#5
GJSmith Connoisseur Posts: 87 Karma: 2000 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Barry's Bay Ontario Canada Device: Kobo Vox	rebooted, enabled USB, reinstalled Gingerbreak, rebooted. Did some Googling and saw some posts where people were saying GingerBreak stopped working(other devices) claimed Android developers had patched something. I did notice that when running GingerBreak it unmounts my internal SD card and it is not remounted. I did not notice this the first time I rooted. Is that normal?

11-28-2011, 09:06 AM	#6
Haesslich Fanatic Posts: 544 Karma: 1138182 Join Date: Sep 2009 Device: Kobo Touch,Glo,Mini,Aura/HD/One,H20, Sony PRS-300/600, Kindle 3-PW	Yes, that's normal. I'm guessing you didn't unroot before updating? And did you uninstall Gingerbreak, then reboot and reinstall it, then reroot?

11-28-2011, 09:25 AM	#7
hieronymos Groupie Posts: 186 Karma: 45172 Join Date: Nov 2011 Device: Kobo Vox	It's not important to unroot at all - most of the time, OTA updates simply replace the whole system folder (and both Kobo updates did that). GJSmith, did you get jefftheworlds version of Gingerbreak (sticky thread, post 2)? Works here. Kobo devs didn't patch anything in regard to this.

11-28-2011, 10:49 AM	#8
GJSmith Connoisseur Posts: 87 Karma: 2000 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Barry's Bay Ontario Canada Device: Kobo Vox	OK then so did the reboot after uninstall as I had not tried that before and this time when reinstalled it rooted. Thanks! By the way why would it need to be unrooted to install an update?

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