Tasker is not asking for root. Have SuperSU installed and phone is rooted (Nexus5, 4.4.2, stock, rooted)

[Adheesh Bhagat]

Hello!

Loving tasker, recommend it everywhere i go ;) (Thanks, Pent!) 

I've been trying to enable root access on it though, but tasker neither asks for root permission, and any root action that it tries is denied by superSU. (Tasker has been denied superuser for an interactive ...) Tasker also does not show up on SuperSU's list of apps. 

I read that tasker works closer with superuser, however superuser hasn't been updated in a long time and from what I understand, on newer devices, SuperSU is a better option. (i'm running a nexus 5 4.4.2, stock, rooted, xposed, gravitybox)

(Yes, I've read the previous posts about this and haven't been able to get it working, hence I ask again) 

In the FAQ's, I found this:

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Tasker requires two things before root functionality is enabled:

1. the su program must be in your path
2. one of the following must be found:
• a superuser package
• the word modversion somewhere in the file /system/build.prop

If root is not being detected on your device but you are sure that root can be used by Tasker, you can therefore probably fix that by adding a line like:

# modversion this line enables Tasker root support

to the top of the file /system/build.prop.

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I have edited build.prop to include the line mentioned above, but am still unable to use root. What does the first condition mean? How do I include it 'in my path'? Can someone guide me? 

Is there something else I should be doing? 

Any help is much appreciated. 

[Pent]

I've been trying to enable root access on it though, but tasker neither asks for root permission, and any root action that it tries is denied by superSU.

If you get the 'denied' message, then Tasker has tried a root action and SuperSU has denied it. Nothing Tasker can do about that.
There is no explicit 'ask for root' protocol, apps try to run root stuff, then superSU should ask you whether to grant.

Pent

[Adheesh Bhagat]

Oh wow. I finally managed to make it work.

For the others who may have similar problems, heres what I did.

1) Have tasker, superSU installed.

2) edit build.prop file to include "# modversion this line enables Tasker root support" as the first line (without the "")

3) restart phone

4) launch tasker and create a task to delete any random file, and check 'use root'.

5) run the task. SuperSU should now ask whether to give tasker root access! 

6) .....

7) Profit. 

[Sean M]

A late reply but thanks. Just had this problem and your solution worked for me.

[Christian Weiss]

Same here. Until now, I used the direct-purchase version and root was available. But now I changed to the play store version (beta) - tasker suddenly claims my device is not rooted.

[Christian Weiss]

Did not work for me.

[Stipe]

Neither for me, still getting: "Error: your device doesn't appear to be rooted".

[tboooe]

Same here. I use Run Shell command to turn on and off gps. This used to work fine but it seems one of the beta versions broke this functionality. Please fix. I am rooted on Mate 9.

[João Dias]

What version of the beta is everyone using here? Thanks!

On Sun, Apr 15, 2018 at 3:17 PM, tboooe <tbo...@gmail.com> wrote:

Same here.  I use Run Shell command to turn on and off gps.  This used to work fine but it seems one of the beta versions broke this functionality.  Please fix.  I am rooted on Mate 9.

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[tboooe]

5.1.6b.bf

On Monday, April 16, 2018 at 5:56:38 AM UTC-7, joaomgcd wrote:

What version of the beta is everyone using here? Thanks!

On Sun, Apr 15, 2018 at 3:17 PM, tboooe <tbo...@gmail.com> wrote:

Same here.  I use Run Shell command to turn on and off gps.  This used to work fine but it seems one of the beta versions broke this functionality.  Please fix.  I am rooted on Mate 9.

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[João Dias]

Thanks, I'll try changing something for the next version and see if that works.

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[Stipe]

I'm currently running 5.1.6b.bf too on Android 5.1.1.

Dne ponedeljek, 16. april 2018 14.56.38 UTC+2 je oseba joaomgcd napisala:

What version of the beta is everyone using here? Thanks!

On Sun, Apr 15, 2018 at 3:17 PM, tboooe <tbo...@gmail.com> wrote:

Same here.  I use Run Shell command to turn on and off gps.  This used to work fine but it seems one of the beta versions broke this functionality.  Please fix.  I am rooted on Mate 9.

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[Andrew L]

This solution worked for me. Thank you. I have Kingo root, but didn’t run into any issues. I realize this is a zombie thread, but it helped me out and it’s nice to have confirmation of a working solution.