Root Rooting GT-S5839i says E: cant mount /sdcard

[James L]

Download the app directly to the phone then open and run the app. Don't save it to the SD or use it in recovery. Try it without updating the app first. If need be update it as it will change from root master to Iroot. running the app on my developer edition Moto X 5.1 just for kicks.

 

[Benjamin2102]

Ok I downloaded the file to the SD card but installed from within the Android OS so I don't think that's a problem. Didn't try to install it from recovery mode.

I hit cancel when asked to update so I'm running the app on the phone now. It looks Chinese.

Options are:
- ROOT Privileges
- App Permission
- Sustem Clean
- Optimize
"No ROOT privileges" is displayed at the top with a green button underneath displaying "click"

 

[James L]

Press "click" and it will run. It will let you know if it worked.

 

[Benjamin2102]

Tapped "click" then it displayed "Getting ROOT. Please wait..."

then displayed

"Failure to get ROOT"
Green button turned blue with "Guide" displayed in button.

 

[James L]

Update the app, you may need to uninstall then reinstall it. If you had a PC it might have been easier as not too many auto root tools work on a Mac at least not without messing with Wine etc.

 

[James L]

If it fails i will get online tomorrow, well today now lol and we will win! It's 2:26 am and if my better half sees me awake when she gets up for work in 2 and a a half hours she will be pissed lol.
I will be watching my emails via my phone to see if t worked. Fingers crossed.

If not there are still viable options left. I did see different Cwm recoveries and that maybe the answer. If need be to make things go faster i can connect remotely to your Mac and use the chat on my website. Then i can copy and paste the live chat to the forum.

 

[Benjamin2102]

Ok, I am given the option of updating to 2.2.6 which would be iRoot. I try to and then it downloads it to 100% then when I try to install it tells me I am going to overwrite another app which is obv. ROOT Master. When I accept and tap install it runs for a sec and then just quite and says "application not installed". I can only tap the "Done" button here at which point I'm back in the app lists.

We can try this later. Thanks v.much for your help. Live chat and remote connect might be better option.

Get some rest haha we'll sort this out later!

 

[James L]

Any progress?

 

[Benjamin2102]

Hi James,

Haven't made any more progress since ROOT Master. I'm unable to update to iROOT, there's a problem with updating which causes the app to to fail the iROOT installation every time. I'm going to try and dl + run another Root app from https://play.google.com/store/search?q=iROOT&hl=en_GB. I don't have PC in the house either so couldn't try to do from a different OS.

Any more suggestions would be appreciated.

 

[James L]

Let me upload this root file, real quick.

 

[James L]

http://www.mediafire.com/download/sygxr0wa11m64ax/a_root.zip

Crazy day today on my website, it's just me on the site for now so i was going as fast as possible to get everyone done.

Put it on the SD or internal storage then boot Cwm and install it.

 

[Benjamin2102]

I saw the website it looks great. I'll be sure to share and recommend via social media when this is done.

Will try that file now with same method as before with Cwm.

 

[Benjamin2102]

Once again, it seemed to work. Displayed after installing from Cwm:

SuperSU v1.93
Unmounting SYSTEM and DATA...

Rooting Comlete. Enjoy!
Install from sdcard complete.

I'm still not root however, can't move apps to SD and ROOT Master is still showing "failure to get ROOT" when run.

 

[James L]

Uninstall root master. If you had a Windows PC i would say reflash the firmware and start fresh. let me look at Wine for Mac it's been quite awhile since i have used Wine. Then you could run Windows exe files. That may be your best bet.

What does SuperSU say if you still have it installed?
Just a thought do you have bootcamp?

 

[James L]

Another solution would be to flash a rom as they are pre rooted.

 

[Benjamin2102]

Root Master is uninstalled.

SuperSU can't be opened. Running the app just displays a error message: "There is no SU binary installed, and SuperSU cannot install it. This is a problem!"

I don't have boot camp.

I am not able to download apps via Google Play now for some reason. It says the download will begine shortly but then never starts downloading to the phone. Do you know why this might be? Wi-Fi and BT are both on.

 

[James L]

You probably need to uninstall any apps we have tried. Then use a file explorer to remove any files that may have been left behind by the apps. Sounds like the storage is full.
I did find a updated Iroot app.

http://www.iroot.com/iroot-apk

 

[James L]

https://www.codeweavers.com/compatibility

This might work, never tried it but it has a free trial

 

[Benjamin2102]

I've removed unwanted apps now + cleaned out other files.

Internal phone mem is 190MB with 64MB free. Seems like i shouldn't be an issue but it still isn't allowing downloads for apps when as it was yesterday.

The iROOT is taking forever to dl. Website was flagged as suspicious. It's gonna take about 6mins to dl 5 MB :S.

 

[Benjamin2102]

I have crossover now. I'll try to get it to work with a the Android iROOT for Windows dl.

 

[James L]

Try root genius as well. The Iroot download as far as the app took a bit for me as well but i did it from my phone.
As far as the site being flagged suspicious i have no idea. I don't use antivirus on my PC's or phone... Never have as most of the files i have would be flagged and removed.

On a side note let me know how crossover does, seems interesting.
I no longer own a Mac as i gave it away.

 

[Benjamin2102]

CrossOver installed ok but when I run it with the windows version and try to connect to the phone via usb using it, it just continues to attempt to connect (10 mins now with no connection). CrossOver seems to work fine so this might be worth exploring.

iRoot.apk for Android download currently at 64%.

Will try root genius as well.

I'm getting the feeling that there is a larger problem at work here, one that can't be solved by downloading apss or running updates through recovery mode. Is it common for these phones to be this stubborn?

 

[Benjamin2102]

iRoot.apk finished dl and I installed on phone via phone. Attempted to root but it failed.

 

[James L]

Ok for crossovers since it's running a windows version install Samsung Kies to get the device detected. Kies for Windows.

 

[Benjamin2102]

The windows version Kies install gets all the way to the end before error message occurs. Tried twice now, same result.