Tried upgradeing my Titanium Backup to Pro & now it says I don't have root?!?

[Jer]

I don't understand what the problem is. I've used Titanium Backup for a year and a half now w/o a single problem. Today I decide to buy the Pro version so I go to the market and click to buy it. I wait for it to download and install and them I launch the regular version again (this is what I did on my wife's phone and it worked) and when I do I get an error that says the device isn't rooted. I'm running MikFroyo v4.1 so I know it is. I click the problems button and it says I need to install a clean version of Busy Box so I do this. Doesn't fix it. I then click the button to update the Superuser and it does this... nothing still. What is going on here? Makes me not want to buy a pro app that's for sure.

 

[nerdslogic]

I would just uninstall the app and reinstall it. Maybe run a fix permissions if the uninstall reinstall doesn't fix it.

 

[Jer]

I would just uninstall the app and reinstall it. Maybe run a fix permissions if the uninstall reinstall doesn't fix it.

Thanks for posting. Before posting here I uninstalled, rebooted, reinstalled & rebooted. No dice. How do I run a fix permissions?

 

[nerdslogic]

Hmm.....that I don't really know. I know in Liberty it's in the toolbox, Droid 2 Overclock has it in extra's....but I don't know where your ROM would have it or if there is an app for you.

Sorry....don't know enough about Evo's to help.

 

[Jer]

Hmm.. I'm leaning towards the fact that I may have lost root access. Can I simply run Unrevoke3 again to root it and leave my ROM and theme intact or do I have to start all over again?

Another thing I noticed is the my backups are much fewer than what I had expected.I made one backup after rooting and clearing the data/cache so I would have a stock ROM to flash if I ever needed too. Then I flashed MikFroyo and backed it up. I then flashed a green theme and backed it up. Lastly I decided I liked the blue theme better, flashed that (w/o wiping which is probably where I lost root) and then made a backup of what would likely be my final setup to revert back to. I then used ES File Explorer to navigate to my Backups folder to rename them so I would know what was what. Much to my surprise there are two of them and I'm not sure which is which. I expected to see twice as many backups so I'm not sure what's going on there but I hope one is a stock ROM.

 

[nerdslogic]

Install root checker from the market and find out if you have root.

 

[Jer]

Install root checker from the market and find out if you have root.

Yep, looks like I lost root somehow.

"Detailed Results:
Root Access is not properly configured or was not granted.

Standard su binary Location:
lrwxrwxrwx root root 2011-04-30
00:02 su -> /system/bin/su

Alternate su binary location:
/sbin/su: Permission denied

SU binary not found in the system declared PATH"

I tried to type what was on my screen. So, does this indicate anything unusual to worry about or just lost root access? Can I just run Unrevoked3 again to gain root access w/o changing my ROM/theme or do I have to start completely over again?

 

[nerdslogic]

Yeah looks like you lost root. I would try the unrevoked again and if it doesn't work SBF and start over.

 

[Jer]

Yeah looks like you lost root. I would try the unrevoked again and if it doesn't work SBF and start over.

I decided to just take a chance in the dark and it worked fine. It took a couple tries and I had to take my USB type from charge only to mount as disk drivebut oince I did that it worked just as easy as it did the first time.