[dreamerman]

Tried a few times on my W450 (MT6582). Failed.

[Zombiehype]

Guys, I hope someone here can help me because I’ve been smashing my head against this for months. I got a galaxy s4 phone mt6589 and I absolutely need to root it because it has half the google services fucked up (can’t update google services, maps, youtube, g+, can’t add proper google account, low internal free space…). Without root it’s just an expensive doorstop.

So I tired every mt6589 method out there (this one-step here,rootwizard, flashing a cwm recovery..) and nothing works. At best, I got the SU app icon but when I fire it up it just says there is no root access.
On few of the tests I discovered that the problem may be that there is no free space in system/xbin for the buisybox to be placed there. My clues are this from the one-click method root:

Code:

[+] success!
sh: /system/xbin/busybox: not found
cp: /system/xbin/su: No suche file or directory
[*] Cleaning up…

and this from another software (mtk droid root):

Code:

[+]success!
sh: /system/xbin/busybox: not found
cp: /system/xbin/su: No space left on device

and finally this is what I get when I try to inspect with the disk usage app (this is how far in detail I can go without a root):

Code:

/system
used 248 Mib of 248 MiB

I looked around on how to get free space on system folder but the only answer everywhere is “get root access and you can do whatever”. But of course I need free space on system to get root access.

Do anyone here have any insight or advice on this? I would be enormously grateful.

thanks

[Richardj]

Try doing a wipe data?factory reset, this will reset the phone to how it was when you first got it.
Next try framaroot, works on most Android phones from China and also works on Samsung and HTC’s.

Framaroot is an .apk and once installed on your phone it roots on the device. You’ll find framaroot on XDA developers.
It only roots the device and doesn’t install a custom recovery, but that can be installed separately if wanted.

[Zombiehype]

Richardj wrote:

Try doing a wipe data?factory reset, this will reset the phone to how it was when you first got it.
Next try framaroot, works on most Android phones from China and also works on Samsung and HTC’s.

ehy thanks for the advice but the hard reset doesnt free any space in system (already tried). And I already tried framaroot as well, and working more or less the same way as other exploits (installing busybox in system) the outcome is the same. more precisely:

Code:

failed 🙁 … Exploit work but installation of superuser and su binary have failed

[Richardj]

How are you doing the wipe data/factory reset? the best way is to go into recovery mode.
Power phone OFF and then using the volume up or volume down keys(it’s normally volume up) and power key, press and hold until phone boots into recovery.

How are you doing the wipe data/factory reset? the best way is to go into recovery mode.
Power phone OFF and then using the volume up or volume down keys(it’s normally volume up) and power key, press and hold until phone boots into recovery.

If you have an external SD Card in the phone, go to menu>settings>applications and tap on any of the apps that are installed and see if you can move them to SD Card, this will help to free up some space and my help with what you are trying to do.

[Zombiehype]

yes I use the recovery to wipe.

I cant move any app to sd since there are only the system ones installed right now. but I don’t think there is any relation between my /system being full (thus no room for busybox) and the space reserved for apps. in fact, in “apps managnent” in settings I have plenty of room in “internal memory” (256 mb free). the /system folder is just unrelAted, I dont think it can be freed up by moving apps to sd.

edit: made a bit of research and I can confirm that internal app memory is in /data, so unrelated to /system, in which it seems there are strictly system apps and some useless crap (eg ringtones and alArms) that I can’t get rid of because of no root access. please tell me if I’m getting this wrong

[Richardj]

Zombiehype wrote:

yes I use the recovery to wipe.

I cant move any app to sd since there are only the system ones installed right now. but I don’t think there is any relation between my /system being full (thus no room for busybox) and the space reserved for apps. in fact, in “apps managnent” in settings I have plenty of room in “internal memory” (256 mb free). the /system folder is just unrelAted, I dont think it can be freed up by moving apps to sd.

edit: made a bit of research and I can confirm that internal app memory is in /data, so unrelated to /system, in which it seems there are strictly system apps and some useless crap (eg ringtones and alArms) that I can’t get rid of because of no root access. please tell me if I’m getting this wrong

The only other thing I can think of would be to re-flash the firmware/ROM. You’ll have to search for it and find out how to flash it, there’s probably some sort of flashing tool or you flash it via recovery.
If I get a few minuets I’ll have a look and see what I can find.

[Richardj]

Richardj wrote:

Zombiehype wrote:

yes I use the recovery to wipe.

I cant move any app to sd since there are only the system ones installed right now. but I don’t think there is any relation between my /system being full (thus no room for busybox) and the space reserved for apps. in fact, in “apps managnent” in settings I have plenty of room in “internal memory” (256 mb free). the /system folder is just unrelAted, I dont think it can be freed up by moving apps to sd.

edit: made a bit of research and I can confirm that internal app memory is in /data, so unrelated to /system, in which it seems there are strictly system apps and some useless crap (eg ringtones and alArms) that I can’t get rid of because of no root access. please tell me if I’m getting this wrong

The only other thing I can think of would be to re-flash the firmware/ROM. You’ll have to search for it and find out how to flash it, there’s probably some sort of flashing tool or you flash it via recovery.
If I get a few minuets I’ll have a look and see what I can find.

Found this, scroll down until you find the rom for your phone. http://www.talkingmobi.com/rom-download/

[mdaniel]

star u9501 failled to root… the script was able to instal the super user ( I see it in app menu ) but phone not rooted and I get that message that it didnt work…

[thebattel2]

Good guide ! I just rooted my cubot one!
~thebattel2

[xzaphodx]

Hi, Just worked fine and dandy on my Star n9599t with the mtk6589t 1.5 quad core.

One strange thing though, when it rebooted the “SU” app was in the drawer, I opened this and it said it needed to update, duly done and then it disappeared from the app drawer. On clicking into the notification it took me to the playstore page for “supersu” which it says is installed, yet oddly that isn’t in the app drawer either

Doesn’t matter really, just an odd quirk.

[Juh Souza]

Hello everyone! I had an Alps n9200 (or JDT N9200) and I tried to root through this tutorial but didn’t word. I just can’t root my phone! At the final of the process, it says that everything worked fine but…when the phone reboot and I’ll go check it…failed.

I just don’t understand. Maybe I need to flash the original rom and try again? (the rom came with antutu instaled and I just can’t uninstall…so I presume the rom isn’t original).

Someone help me?

[hopuschmidt]

Thanks I’ve successfully rooted EZIO I9500

[Richardj]

xzaphodx wrote:

Hi, Just worked fine and dandy on my Star n9599t with the mtk6589t 1.5 quad core.

One strange thing though, when it rebooted the “SU” app was in the drawer, I opened this and it said it needed to update, duly done and then it disappeared from the app drawer. On clicking into the notification it took me to the playstore page for “supersu” which it says is installed, yet oddly that isn’t in the app drawer either

Doesn’t matter really, just an odd quirk.

I think you’ll find it was SU wanting to update the binary files. When it takes you to the play store there is probably an update to the SU app itself.

[cemugur]

Thanks Umit

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