I'm about to finally temp-root for the first time. Everything is ready. But how can I cleanly unroot the phone? My phone is under insurance and 1-year warranty, and I'm only gonna be removing bloatware.
I think all you have to do is reboot and remove the apps.
Reboot your phone.
What do i have to remove? Or should i not remove anything at all? Will I still be covered by warranty after i unroot?
Remove superuser.apk and busybox.apk if you have them installed, reboot abd you are done
And yes, after that you are still covered by warranty.
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How do i know if they're installed or not? Just want to be safe.
You'll see apps like superuser in your app drawer. You can see an extensive list of apps installed by going to Manage applications in your settings. Just make sure those things are uninstalled. That doesn't matter though because if you ever send your phone in, just do a factory reset, and everything will be back to normal.
livingnorth said:
I'm about to finally temp-root for the first time. Everything is ready. But how can I cleanly unroot the phone? My phone is under insurance and 1-year warranty, and I'm only gonna be removing bloatware.
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Dude.....it's temp root, meaning temporary. As people explained it will go away after a reboot. If you really need to send it in and are paranoid about 'traces', simply do a factory reset.
**Just to be clear, until S-OFF is achieved we are really not removing anything, just disabling it.
You can't remove bloatware with temp-root, as we currently don't have proper system access. You can only disable them.
As for how you get rid of temp root: Go read the posts regarding temp-root, then you might understand...
Do temp root than do temp perm root and run the batch file and it will remove bloatware. If u want it to go back to normal just reboot
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Follow this link on how-to. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=829662
I can confirm that this mod works for the MyTouch 4G. I've tested it, and was able to remove some of my unwanted apps.
Yes, I can reboot my phone, and the apps will not appear again.
Please read the warning as you will no longer recieve OTA's once you do the MOD.
I am in no way responsible for any damage done to your phone.
Instead of force removing I put them on freeze. Will that stop OTA as well?
myTouch4G (Glacier)
HeavyComponent said:
Instead of force removing I put them on freeze. Will that stop OTA as well?
myTouch4G (Glacier)
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Running Visionary will prevent root period until you remove it. If you remove apps then you have to go back to stock by way of fastboot. If you freeze, then just restore what was frozen and remove visionary. Then you should be good.
Ok but my question wasn't answered. Let's say I don't restore the apps and I keep visionary with my phone rooted. Will I still get the OTA?
myTouch4G (Glacier)
How would this work with a full reboot (no fastboot)? No writes or deletes can be done on the system partition. Unless, Titanium is freezing the app, in which case the app wouldn't even appear in the app drawer. It's still there however. Have you checked with Root Explorer to determine whether they exist in /system/app after reboot (fastboot off)?
HeavyComponent said:
Ok but my question wasn't answered. Let's say I don't restore the apps and I keep visionary with my phone rooted. Will I still get the OTA?
myTouch4G (Glacier)
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He said it blocks otas, you won't need them since that's the point of being rooted....You can get rooted otas from devs here, which is what xda has done for years.
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Ace42 said:
He said it blocks otas, you won't need them since that's the point of being rooted....You can get rooted otas from devs here, which is what xda has done for years.
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He said "force removing" will block OTA. I'm talking about just "freezing" them. I understand being rooted will get rooted OTAs from the devs and that's faster then actually waiting.
floepie said:
How would this work with a full reboot (no fastboot)? No writes or deletes can be done on the system partition. Unless, Titanium is freezing the app, in which case the app wouldn't even appear in the app drawer. It's still there however. Have you checked with Root Explorer to determine whether they exist in /system/app after reboot (fastboot off)?
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I removed VISIONary, Fastboot off, did a full reboot, checked /system/app and can tell you that I no longer have the apps tha have been removed in my phone.
OK, thanks for the reply. How does even make sense in light of the fact that any changes to /system are only reflected in the cache, and NOT to the system partition on NAND locked devices?
I have another question. After force removing the unwanted apps. Does the space that was being used by the apps return to the device?
myTouch4G (Glacier)
HeavyComponent said:
I have another question. After force removing the unwanted apps. Does the space that was being used by the apps return to the device?
myTouch4G (Glacier)
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The bloatware apps exist on the /system partition. Your installed user apps go to the /data partition, so the answer is no.
Oh ok cool. Thanks for the fast reply.
myTouch4G (Glacier)
Ace42 said:
He said it blocks otas, you won't need them since that's the point of being rooted....You can get rooted otas from devs here, which is what xda has done for years.
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Perhaps you missed the point that both G2 and MT4G are both write-protected so the only chance of getting OTA for those handsets (at least for now) is official T-mo update.
borodin1 said:
Perhaps you missed the point that both G2 and MT4G are both write-protected so the only chance of getting OTA for those handsets (at least for now) is official T-mo update.
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I'm sure he means AFTER perm root is found (if it is), not currently.
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I used Titanium to freeze some apps (hate faves popping up all the time). After doing a full reboot, they were still frozen. I could not find a few like Yahoo mail, which keeps on popping up.
It seem that available memory went up as a result - over 1gb rather then just under.
I think I will stay with this rather then forced removal through the terminal emulator.
I am considering temp rooting my phone so that I can remove/freeze some bloatware, but I am not certain how it will work. Given that temp root goes away if you reboot, will the frozen/removed apps be unfrozen/reloaded it time I restart my phone? Does it make a difference if I use Titanium Backup to do this or is there another method that makes the freezing/removing permanent? I am not ready to fully root and S-OFF my phone since I am already on my second unit and I need to make sure I wont be sending this one back as well.
I want to remove bloatware as well.
Freezing the app sticks after a reboot
xnifex said:
Freezing the app sticks after a reboot
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So anything you have done requiring root will stay that way (in this case freezing apps) after you lose root when you reboot?
xnifex said:
Freezing the app sticks after a reboot
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Are you sure about that with temp root and s-on? Irc, you need to write to something to freeze apps and have them stick.
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Everything I froze stayed that way after a reboot: lookout, mobitv, contact sync, & all the other Tmobile crap
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Everything I froze stayed that way after a reboot: lookout, mobitv, contact sync, & all the other Tmobile crap
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And are you using temp root or permanent root?
Hello,
How are you?
So, I have my new sensation. So far, I'm pretty happy with the phone.
The only thing is that it came with some apps I don't want but can't remove.
Said apps like vodafone music, 360 shop, Tetris trial, dice, etc...
I would really like to clear my phone of said apps.
I don't want to install custom ROM however.
I am more than happy with the stock and would like to be able to receive future official Ota updates.
I read that titanium backup can remove said apps.
My question is of it removes them completely?
Also. for it to work, I read it needs the phone to be rooted.
So, does rooting my sensation, prevent Ota updates?
If I just root the phone and keep everything else stock will I be able to use titanium backup and still receive Ota official updates?
Please help me out.
Thank you.
Cheers!
With Titanium Backup you can remove apps, or use a Startup Manager" to prevent apps from start.
If you gain root acces you will not be able to receive OTA upgrades/updates anymore.
jkolner said:
With Titanium Backup you can remove apps, or use a Startup Manager" to prevent apps from start.
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If I use the startup manager, will the apps still be on the app tray?
Cheers!
JJnJ said:
If you gain root acces you will not be able to receive OTA upgrades/updates anymore.
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Bummer...
Will this happen even on stock recovery?
Cheers!
Yeah, I would recommend rooting and flashing a custom rom that's basically stock but it's just been slightly improved. That way it's nice and clean, and updated.
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Yeah, I would recommend rooting and flashing a custom rom that's basically stock but it's just been slightly improved. That way it's nice and clean, and updated.
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What would be a rom like that?
Thanks!
Cheers
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1360519
That's TMX SS 4G. Frankly, it's one of the smoothest roms I've ever used and there aren't any visual changes or anything like that. The photos are really bright for some reason, but the rom is perfect.
you really dont have to flash a custom rom if you dont want too,
you can simply gain s-off, super CID, and root and still stay with your stock rom if you wanted, and still be able to remove all the bloatware you want
but as anyone once you gain root and s-off and start looking at the Dev threads you see lot a goodies you want to try and use
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you really dont have to flash a custom rom if you dont want too,
you can simply gain s-off, super CID, and root and still stay with your stock rom if you wanted, and still be able to remove all the bloatware you want
but as anyone once you gain root and s-off and start looking at the Dev threads you see lot a goodies you want to try and use
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Now I'm confused...
If I gain root access, can I get it free of all the bloatware, and keep everything else stock...
I also saw a few guides here, but I am also co fused with the information overload.
Can i root the phone and install a sensation xe room with 1.5ghz CPU and everything else stock?
Cheers!
If you gain root..you can just keep the ROM as is..and use Titanium Backup to freeze or delete any of the bloatwares you don't want. Freezing is probably best so you won't mess anything up. If you don't like the ROM at all...then you can flash the custom one. I pretty much just froze the programs all along, until recently when trying to check out the ICS. Back up a Nandroid of your unchanged ROM, and you can always go back to it.
Freezing your apps does not remove them.
The easiest way to remove while wanting to stay STOCK, is to simply root your phone...install Root Explorer from the Market...delete the apk files from /system/app and /data/app that you do not want...then unroot.
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Freezing your apps does not remove them.
The easiest way to remove while wanting to stay STOCK, is to simply root your phone...install Root Explorer from the Market...delete the apk files from /system/app and /data/app that you do not want...then unroot.
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Now this sounds good...
Are there any guides for this on sea?
There are so many threads on android development, I don't know wich to follow...
Cheers!
gdourado said:
Now this sounds good...
Are there any guides for this on sea?
There are so many threads on android development, I don't know wich to follow...
Cheers!
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Just follow this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1192300
It will probably take you about an hour to complete, depending on how experienced you are, but you do not need to complete the SuperCID portion since you are not flashing anything.
Step 5 will tell you how to revert everything once you have deleted your APKs.
FOLLOW EVERYTHING CLOSELY!!!
BTW...is there a reason you do not want to stay rooted?
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gdourado said:
Now this sounds good...
Are there any guides for this on sea?
There are so many threads on android development, I don't know wich to follow...
Cheers!
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Also, you can try the Temp-Root method here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1149998
This bypasses alot of steps, but provides temporary root, it might allow you to delete the APKs with Root Explorer, haven't tried, but I see no reason why it shouldn't.
Another option for me would be to root the phone and install a custom rom.
The thing is there are so many roms, I don't know which to use.
I would like a sensation xe rom, as stock as possible and bloatware free.
With the CPU at 1.5.
What's the best rom for that?
Cheers!
I think as long as you keep stock recovery you can still get ota updates.
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If you gain root acces you will not be able to receive OTA upgrades/updates anymore.
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NOT TRUE. If you are rooted, you can still get OTA. I know, I did it to my N1. It's just that it might not update if you have a custom recovery. and IF you update with an OTA, it will most probably unroot the device.
Well if you really want to stay stock, that's not a problem. Just follow the guides out there to S-OFF and root, they're very straight forward. After that, use Titanium Backup to remove them from your phone - there's really no need to freeze bloatware, you'd really only want to freeze actual system applications just in case, but I don't think removing Amazon MP3 from your phone will cause an OS crash.
Things like Facebook, Twitter, Amazon Kindle, etc etc can be safely removed from the system permanently.
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Well if you really want to stay stock, that's not a problem. Just follow the guides out there to S-OFF and root, they're very straight forward. After that, use Titanium Backup to remove them from your phone - there's really no need to freeze bloatware, you'd really only want to freeze actual system applications just in case, but I don't think removing Amazon MP3 from your phone will cause an OS crash.
Things like Facebook, Twitter, Amazon Kindle, etc etc can be safely removed from the system permanently.
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So, should I follow the s-off and root guide? Or do the permanent root?
Can you point me to the correct guide?
Thanks.
Been reading some more...
What if I debrand my sensation.
S-off, cid to HTC_001
And then install a stock ruu.
That would do it right?
No vodafone bloatware and Ota updates, right?
Does stock ruu come with Simms trial, Tetris trial?
Cheers!
Hey.
My phone: Htc One X is rooted, and a software update just arrived, if i update, will i loose the root?
Or will it in worst chase get bricked?
I regulary update over the air.
Will this remove the root? and must i unlock bootloader and all that stuff i messed with over again if i need to root again?
I wouldn't do that if I were you, you could loss root and have to start all over, and maybe brick your phone, I would wait and see if a dev for this phone could make the update into a Rom, that would be the safe way to go
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Ok, but if i want to unroot, and i manage to unroot it, would it then be able to update? or will it then brick?
Cause i like to have my devices up to date.
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Ok, but if i want to unroot, and i manage to unroot it, would it then be able to update? or will it then brick?
Cause i like to have my devices up to date.
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Then you should be fine
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Ok, what is the most simple way to unroot?
Is it just to delete SU folders and root folders? or must i do alot of CMD flashing?
Superone click, or flash a ruu wich is a completly stock Rom with stock recovery
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So wait...let me get this straight. You got a $600 phone and decided to root it. You had no clue what you can and can't do with root up to and including an update. And you rooted your phone without knowing how to get back to stock. I am guessing you don't know how to get back to stock because you used a one click root method. WTF would you root $600 phone for if you had no clue what you were doing, and obviously incapable of reading how to reverse what you have done? This is the problem with one click root methods. You get no understanding of the Android system at all. Can I ask, what was the reason you decided to root??
i did not use oneclickroot, but the tool that xda has as an all in one tool for one x.
I rooted to get the fraps smiliar app screencast but it does not have support for tegra 3...
So yes, if i get it back to its original state, i will not attend any more root anymore.
So please, help me get it back to stock painless
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-hSF9oPgfY
Ok, so to get it back to the state when i got the phone and to be able to update painlessly, i have to flash it with a backup stock ROM?
Bump.
thinking of using the non-bootloader root method.
if i do this, is there an easy way to go back to non-root? i'm slightly paranoid about getting my warranty flagged if i ever bring my expensive new phone into a sprint store to be serviced. like some kind of factory reset, or an app?
thanks
bonus: is there a bricking risk with the rooting process like there is for flashing an image?
You should be able to simply remove the su binary to "go back". Various root applications can do that for you or you could manually delete the binary yourself.
As far as risk of bricking from this I would say No. Never heard of it happening but anything could be possible I guess.
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