What would happen if I update my phone while i am rooted? I want to unroot my phone but I don't want my phone to go back to the factory settings. What should I do?
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If i update my phone to the new HTC software version 4.54.651.1, will it mess up anything on my rooted phone? Rooted only apps or functionality or anything??
Assuming you don't have any custom rom installed, I think all it will do is unroot you and you'll just have to re-root your phone again. I could be wrong though.
Hello!
How do I unroot my phone back to normal stock firmware. The way it was before i rooted it, so no that no one will notice that my phone is rooted?
My phone needs to be fixed and i can't get that if my phone is rooted because of the warrenty.
I have a Samsung galaxy s 2
2.3.5
Thanks in advance.
Can I do a factory reset on a rooted/unlocked phone? I want to give this phone to someone, and get the Galaxy S4, but they want to keep it rooted/unlocked still.
Second question is if I decide not to go through with that, and give it to my wife or something, can she still receive OTA updates on a rooted/unlocked phone? I have not flashed any custom ROMs or kernels or anything, it is still stock.
Thanks!
For the first question, yes you can do factory reset on rooted phone. Regarding OTA updates, check the below thread for having the latest OTA updates on rooted phone :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1964502
Hello, I have a Verizon SM-P905V that I rooted and I'm now wondering about going back to stock in order to upgrade software.
When I rooted my tablet, I used an app called "Uninstall" to uninstall SDM and Knox and all the other bloatware rather than Titanium Backup and now I cannot restore these (lesson learned!) and if I try going to the "Software Update" tab in my settings it just crashes.
So my question is: If I do a data factory reset will these apps be restored? I don't care if it unroots my device. I'd prefer it be unrooted since I'll probably trade it in here in a couple months.
If it doesn't root however, does anyone know the process for unrooting this device and can link me to the method they used?
Thank you!
TwiggieSmalls said:
Hello, I have a Verizon SM-P905V that I rooted and I'm now wondering about going back to stock in order to upgrade software....
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What version is your cuurent firmware?
Cherrs,
Russ
If you lose your phone or it gets stolen;
With rooted phone, a person can install a new rom and use it right?
W/out root, your phone can be bricked permanently if someone tries to factory reset? Via google or samsung account. Also, you can't use odin to install any ROMs?
Or has the security on the newest android phones like s7 now have better security even when a phone is rooted?
I'm on a verge of trying to decide if I should root my S7 or not.
2545 said:
If you lose your phone or it gets stolen;
With rooted phone, a person can install a new rom and use it right?
W/out root, your phone can be bricked permanently if someone tries to factory reset? Via google or samsung account. Also, you can't use odin to install any ROMs?
Or has the security on the newest android phones like s7 now have better security even when a phone is rooted?
I'm on a verge of trying to decide if I should root my S7 or not.
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1. He can either way wipe data. Root or no root. The question is can he skip the factory reset protection. There are ways to skip it. But this again has nothing to do with root on the phone.
2. There is currently no permanent brick. There are blog posts which suggests something like this would come in new android versions.