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instead of chasing newbies and directing them individually with 3 people giving 3 pieces of advice i though id make a thread explaining 2e/3e what it means, and how to get around the e: signature verification error all in one place.
First, the 2.1 stock rom had 2e recovery. this recovery accepted flashable .zip files as long as they were named "update.zip" . this recovery mode was easy to use to flash roms, kernels, root, modems, cwm recovery, themes ect...
many of the tutorials on this board were written when 2e recovery was still the standard. and many members restore to stock jf6 2.1 and use the same files they have been using the whole time. this creates confusion with newcomers who read old articles for rooting and other mods.
3e recovery is standard in froyo 2.2. it only accept digitally signed update.zip files and forces a full user data wipes after any flash. if you have stock froyo you have 3e recovery! you can not install root or CWM via update.zip with this recovery mode without mods like the old tutorials for 2.1 tell you. but there are solutions to this, and we will cover these below..
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what to do?
there are several options, the quickest for you will be based on your end goals
you can either mod 3e or replace it. it can be replaced by flashing a kernel containing cwm in odin or in sgs kernel flasher.
1 if you wish to stay stock but rooted with the ability to flash from recovery the quickest way is: root and mod recovery. either one can be done first depending on which methods you use to mod recovery.
2 for the obsessive compulsive there is this option: flash back to 2.1 with 2e recovery, then you can install new rom, root, cwm, ect... via the update.zip method without issue. Many users consider flashing to stock, a cleaner rom install, but now as most full rom zips do a wipe on install (erasing the stock), this is no longer true.
3 flash cwm enabled kernel via odin, having cwm built into a kernel bypasses 3e. and is your fastest route to custom rom flashing.
4 for those who want a stock 2.2 rom but a modded kernel can root via rageagainstthecage then install sgs kernel flasher or galaxy tuner from the market and flash a kernel containing cwm. this isnt gone over because it is self explanatory
there are many other variations, but these are the ones that made most sense to me
ROOT:
there are 2 methods to root.
1st (old) root method is via update.zip in stock or cwm recovery. this can only work in 2e or after 3e is modified. this was made for 2e recovery. directions are in the thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=725555&highlight=root
2nd method is to root via rageagainstthecage. this can easily be done with superoneclickroot (automatic) and if that fails there are tutorials on how to do it manually.
superoneclick can be found in the thread below. Make sure 'superuser' app gets installed on phone, if root is successful but no app is present you can download the superuser app from the market.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=803682
if the superoneclick fails here are detailed instructions to manually root via rage against the cage:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=827544
FIXING 3e:
method 1 (automatic)
you can fix 3e via batch script on a windows pc. look at post 3 below from TRusselo. This method works with and without being rooted first, root can also be achieveved later by either method listed above.
url for download is below: remember to disable you antivirus/anitmalware software
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/19201431/Files/3e_fix-Unzip-ClickInstall.zip
Method 2 (manual)
First root your device via 'superonclick' [directions are above], then copy the fixed file over the old one via ADB, terminal emulator or a root file explorer. I prefer root explorer but there are free apps that can do it. most free apps will require you to mount the system as r/w in terminal emulator first.
the fix file and detailed directions to Manually fix 3e are found in the thread below
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=909213
at this point you are ready to install cwm recovery via update.zip or rom manager and flash whatever you wish.
FLASHING TO STOCK AND USING 2e: ( obsessive compulsive )
this is not how i do it by the way. but some people like to flash the phone and flash to stock to restore original files and wipe as much data as possible before flashing a rom. in my opinion it is not needed 90% of the time but some roms are weird, and may require original stock files and dont force wipe on install. i may flash to stock if i run into trouble occasionally.
use odin3 one-click downloader 1.0 to flash to 2.1 stock. if you have a 1007 or 1008 (found under the battery) check to see if the phone has working 3 button combo, if not use the 3-button fix with odin3 flashing utility version 1.3+ . If you have rogers and dont want the AT&T to be the splash screen there is a rogers version here. once the 3buttons are fixed avoid flashing with a one-click installer. flashing bootloaders is risky, not that risky but why do it if you dont have to?
Odin3 One-Click Downloader
[optional, removes all data, even wipes internal sdcard] once on the stock rom with debugging enabled you can preform a master clear with the oneclick installer. it does a factory format of the entire sdcard. oneclick is found in this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=731989
sbl.bin 3-button fixes can be found in these threads:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=812434&highlight=3button+fix
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=818439
if you need one of ^these^ you will also need to use adb or a jig to get into download mode. there is likely an explanation in each thread somewhere in the replies, also the adb commands are outlined in the "safe" jf6 odin thread above. if you avoid odin oneclick you will only need 3-button fix once.
rogers roms are here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=979133
now you can use update.zip files in stock recovery.
REPLACING 3e WITH CWM:
if you intend to flash a custom rom it will be rooted so there is no need to root. instead you can fast forward to replacing 3e recovery by odin flashing a kernel, for this i use speedmod kernel. which kernel you use is irrelevant because it is only temporary. instructions for odin are all over but in the case of flashing a kernel there is no need for any pit file or repartitioning. make sure repartition is not selected, place the kernel in the pda slot, it must be in ".tar" format. put the phone in download mode and press start. this takes no more than 3 seconds and is what i use most often.
thanks to
trusselo
designgears
icezar
clshortfuse
harcore
and anyone i forgot in the long list of threads i referred to
if any of these threads help you thank or donate to the op!
thanks again to TRusselo helping me clean this up.
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This must be stickied
Thanks for writting this up OP!
TRusselos 3e fix (clean)
there is another method i modded here it is (the child friendly version)
it is a batch script. no root needed!!!! - (disable antivirus for 5 minutes.)
unzip on pc
click the install.bat
follow on screen instructions!
here's the link!
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/19201431/Files/3e_fix-Unzip-ClickInstall.zip
Congradu-****ingla-tions!!!!
Now that was easy.
TRusselo said:
TRusselos 3e fix (clean)
there is another method i modded here it is (the child freindly version)
it is a batch script. no root needed!!!! - (disable antivirus for 5 minutes.)
unzip on pc
click the install.bat
follow on screen instructions!
heres the link!
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/19201431/Files/3e_fix-Unzip-ClickInstall.zip
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ill add to op. thank you!
bump
new details in the op.
thank you mods for the sticky! i will try to edit it and clean it up a bit more in the near future.
thank you TRusselo for the reference to the mods and bwolf56 for suggesting that it should be stickied!
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thank you mods for the sticky! i will try to edit it and clean it up a bit more in the near future.
thank you TRusselo for the reference to the mods and bwolf56 for suggesting that it should be stickied!
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Least I could do, your thread is gold to us Less people to which we have to answer the same question about signature failed on froyo 2.2
holy son of a hoar,i just flashed my first rom,many many thanks to everyone here for the great tit-orials,ff 3.0! GPS fixed,super fast,now this is what a cappy was made for i
very helpful, added to bookmarks.
Thank you so much! I have been searching for this all night! I did not want to use Odin, but I will try one of the other methods suggested here.. many thanks!
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I tried TRusselo's easy method, and it did not work for me. I followed the instructions. I get "system cannot find specified path". I disabled my anti virus as well. Any suggestions are welcomed... thanks again..
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I tried TRusselo's easy method, and it did not work for me. I followed the instructions. I get "system cannot find specified path". I disabled my anti virus as well. Any suggestions are welcomed... thanks again..
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did you root before you tried manually? you will need superoneclickroot if not. make sure you properly change the file system to read write. are you using adb? or working from the phone?
if all else fail you can swap kernels right from the phone in sgskernel flasher(after you have root that is), just download a kernel that is built off kb1 and has cwm baked in
I was working from the phone, without adb because I didn't see that in the OP. I am rooted with superoneclick root already...Where can I find the sgskernel? (I really should have payed closer attention in those programming classes). I apologize for the newbie questions...I have had my Cappy awhile just decided to start modding it.
EDIT: I have the sgs kernel flasher... it dawned on me to check the market.
Dani897 thanks a MILLION! I have it figured out! I am now running Phoenix Ultimate! I am so excited...I truly appreciate it. I am going back to see if you have a donate button to donate to you!
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Dani897 thanks a MILLION! I have it figured out! I am now running Phoenix Ultimate! I am so excited...I truly appreciate it. I am going back to see if you have a donate button to donate to you!
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i dont take money as i dont develope. notice the whole threas is just a collection of links to other threads. i just know where to find the stuff because i have been around here for a while
I see now, thanks again..
I wish this was here when i needed it last week! or i probably just didnt see it... took me forever to find a sloution but i found it! I used sgs kernel and flashed speed mod. fixed it perfectly
I tried doing the child friendly version,it did not work for me, all went through except temp root,i am rooted,and it wouldnt let new try again what am I doing wrong need help desperately
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I haven't tried this yet but expect it's exactly my issue since my phone is only a few weeks old. The update.zip file gave that exact error and I had to use SuperOneClick to root my phone.
After I try this I might get brave enough to load a new fancy rom but we shall see. I'm in no hurry.
I have rooted my charge on ED1. I dont have CWM or anything installed. I am wanting to update to EE4 and reroot it. I have been reading but finding different answers. My question is can I just take the OTA update and then reroot the charge?
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I have rooted my charge on ED1. I dont have CWM or anything installed. I am wanting to update to EE4 and reroot it. I have been reading but finding different answers. My question is can I just take the OTA update and then reroot the charge?
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What I did was use ODIN and flash the full ED2, accept the OTA and then root once on EE4.
ED2
Is ED2 the update before the EE4 update? Also thank you for your quick responce.
dhemke17
I cant find the ED2 update that you would use with oden. I found the ED2 update zip file that you would use with cwm. Could you please point me in the right direction for the download for the ED2 that you would use with oden.
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I cant find the ED2 update that you would use with oden. I found the ED2 update zip file that you would use with cwm. Could you please point me in the right direction for the download for the ED2 that you would use with oden.
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Easiest way possible.
Go Here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1096657
Download the first rom (THE ONE WITH THE BURNING DOWNLOAD)
This is ED2 to be flashed using ODIN.
Use the second download of the rom. ( THE ONE WITH THE SPINNING FLOPPY DISK. NOT THE BURNING DOWNLOAD)
The second version is EE4 to be flashed with CWM.
Pull battery, plug OEM Cable into phone. Hold Vol Dn button and plug into PC. Replace battery. Open ODIN3. You will see a yellow box show up on your Odin showing you are connected and in Download mode.
Using the AlteredBeast download you just grabbed.
Click PDA. Browse to the .tar file. click ok (MAKE SURE YOU ARE ON PDA)
click start and let ODIN do it's thing.
Should get Passed 6:30 (or something around there) when done.
From here you have CWM+ROOT+VOODOO
Now you can flash any "FROYO" rom you want.
I would suggest staying away from the Gingerbread Roms from now as we are still testing them.
i am in a similar position. i have rooted ed1 and wanted ee4. i do not want a custom rom. why is it suggested to go ed1 to ed2 then ee4. can i just do ee4 ota and then root. my only problem is that i see no root for ee4 listed in the sticky thread. i currently don't want lagfix or voodoo just stock rooted ee4. the rooted ee4 thread listed in the sticky is old and has bad links
drewcam88
I am in the same boat you are in. I am still looking. If I find anything I will let you know. My thunderbolt was easier to root then this. lol
I honestly don't understand why you all are having such a hard time with this.
If you want a rooted stock rom. sorry the closest you will get is the EE4 Debloated 4.2.1 rom. If you follow the instructions i gave you, then you can flash the EE4 Debloated rom from within CWM.
Part of the rooting process is having CWM. If you don't want voodoo, then you have other options that you can find by searching from the main page "CWM UPDATE".
Hope this helps.
Sorry for the confusion. But I have been able to root the last stock roms of previous phones so I didn't understand why a custom is needed. I now understand that there seems to be no root for the stock ee4 rom. So you are saying just flash the custom ee4 rom and be done with it? Does doing the OTA for ee4 remove root?
Yes sir. The OTA pushes will return your phone to unrooted stock. Basically like using ODIN to flash the stock.
Just follow this guide
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1122657
As long as you follow it word for word(which is very easy as it's noob-proofed) you will have absolutely no trouble. Just get your phone to stock EE4 by accepting the OTA download and follow the guide, you'll be rooted and lagfixed(if you want to lagfix, but why wouldnt you?!)in about 30minutes.
so i don't seem to have root. i got cwr, kernel, and Rom installed but no apps have root. superuser was installed with Rom. now what???
drewcam888 said:
so i don't seem to have root. i got cwr, kernel, and Rom installed but no apps have root. superuser was installed with Rom. now what???
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Then you are rooted. I'm not exactly sure what you thought was going to happen. You can now dl apps that are reserved for rooted phones. Regular apps do no need superuser to run. The apps will tell you in the description if it needs the superuser rights or not.
If you want to test it out the simple way.
Download Android Terminal Emulator.
at the "$" prompts type in : su (lowercase letters as linux is case sensitive)
if your prompt changes to "#" Then you are rooted.
dude I was not rooted. all root apps would not run. I tried a new kernel and that fixed the issue
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1172182
Boosh.
Sent from my Droid Charge running Humble 1.4
hey all, currently have a g2x rooted with cm7, and i've been looking to unroot;
just to make sure i dont do anything stupid, i wanna run this through with you guys:
first i would flash the stock 2.3.3 ota rom for g2x
then use the http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1056847 (one click nv flasher) to get back to lg stock recovery by clicking 'flash stock recovery' (do i need to dl anything extra for this?)
then im done, correct? if i boot up, ill get all the stock rom and apps and bloatware and etc back right?
thanks!
edit: how do i know which version of clockwork mod i have installed? im not sure if i did the external sd support or not...
You've gone back to a stock ROM, you've gone back to the stock recovery, but you haven't actually unrooted.
Whichever method you used to root, you should be able to use that same method to unroot.
UPDATE:
I was originally under the assumption that your 2.3.3. ROM was rooted. If it is stock you should be fine.
sorry for bump, but i read in tga_gunmans post that ppl should flash a rooted 2.3.3 rom and use superoneclick to unroot...would my method work too?
No your way would not work because the stock OTA by xboarder is rooted. Do what tga_gunman said. Flash the rom, use my unroot zip in CWM (deletes root files) and then flash the stock recovery. Busybox will still be on the phone but nobody should be looking for that.
Unroot zip: http://www.mediafire.com/?2vr7cmgg7qcdn14
Easiest way to confirm if your not rooted would be to install Superuser from the market. It'll tell you if the phone's not rooted.
There is an app on the market called Root Checker which is free. It will tell you if you are rooted or not.
A little extra help for me?
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No your way would not work because the stock OTA by xboarder is rooted. Do what tga_gunman said. Flash the rom, use my unroot zip in CWM (deletes root files) and then flash the stock recovery. Busybox will still be on the phone but nobody should be looking for that.
Unroot zip:
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Thanks for your help jboxer. Forgive my noob-like understanding of rooting/unrooting terminology. Hopefully you'll be able to understand what I did.
Last night I went ahead with the unrooting process on my G2X which was running Gingerbread & CM7 following this youtube video (can't post link due to noobiness: watch?v=ryGIv8KQVIE), the order that this guy goes in is:
1. Wiping all cache/user data/formatting in CWM recovery
2. Restore to a barebones stock data in CWM recovery
3. Flash to go back to Stock using OneClickRecovery
4. SuperOneClick to unroot phone
What I ended up doing was restoring my phone to the backup that I created on my sd card when first rooting my phone rather than download that zip file in the video description which is a completely fresh start.
However, whenever I flashed to go back to stock using OneClickRecovery, it gave me that total barebones fresh start where I had to completely set up my Android from the first start screen and I lost my backup. Also, when I go to unroot the phone with that zip file, I don't know how to 'install from zip' after I've lost CWM Recovery menu. So, I flashed back to CWM so I could recover my backup from my SD Card again and install the 'unroot.zip' that you linked and it ran alright and I restarted, but I still had 'SuperUser' in my App drawer telling me that I was still rooted.
I ended up calling it good last night after spending two hours on it. I left my phone rooted, with CWM recovery still on my phone, but I at least I had my backup Gingerbread image with no CM7 mod. So, my phone is functional, but I would like to complete this process of unrooting completely.
Could you perhaps give a little guidance and clarity to what I'm missing or not understanding? I'd love to unroot/flash back to stock recovery/remove all evidence of rooting AND keep my recovered backup that I have before I even started rooting my phone.
Thank you so much for all your help, everybody.
Okay, so my phone came with this build number already, KJ2, it's a sidekick 4g, and i successfully rooted it, but i wanted to install custom roms and other kernels to improve performance.
From what I understand, you need to have cwm to flash custom roms, I think. Well thing is, i can't even flash cwm. The phone already came with recovery 3e, which cannot install unsigned packages or whatever... and i see the only way to downgrade to 2e from what i've searched, is using that CF-root zip file, but well, there's no such file for KJ2.
I have wasted 2 whole days just trying to do this and trust me, i have searched, and i know how annoying it can be for noobs to be posting questions here, but sorry, i really have searched all over the place and i'm making no progress. I can't even get past flashing a custom recovery in order to flash other kernels and roms.
Is there any possible way to do what i'm trying to do?
since is rooted go to krylon360 dev thread and download the update and the recovery thingy then go to youtube and type sidekikc 4g all in one and it should be there and download and only hit the batch file
i did that, but it just boots to the normal recovery, not the clockworkmod. also if i pretty reinstall packages, having already replaced the recovery file and put the update.zip in the sd card, it tells me signature not verified, and the installation fails. also everytime i'm in recovery mode, at the bottom it says manual mode, and it says appling multi-csc, installing multi-csc, and it's just there, literally forever, nothing happens.
U got to use the fake flash by sdduvick on that thread
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well i have a new problem. i used odin and switched the firmware to KD1, but the recovery is STILL 3e, not letting me do anything. how can you downgrade 3e to 2e?
Im not the best with this but did you repartition? Would that fix the recovery problem if so?
you mean repartition on odin when flashing the firmware? yeah i did that, and the recovery mode is still 3e, which will never let me move on. oh well...i see not many people know about this problem, i'm just one of the unlucky ones
In order to downgrade your recovery, you will need to use Krylon360's modded recovery.
Use my script from this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=15831175&postcount=124
double click on the .bat after enabling debugging on your phone (Settings>Applications>Development>Enable USB Debugging), it will set up recovery and reboot you into recovery, you'll need to press "Reinstall packages" to get into CWM.
his link doesn't work
So i did something stupid right after rooting my Relay. I deleted basic stock files that are necessary for the phone to function properly. I was able to copy them from my current phone (rooted T-Mobile G2/Desire Z) onto an SD card and in turn push them back onto my Relay. My problem is that I still get error messages constantly after boot up and the simplest tasks can take hours (not to mention I can't use phone, contacts, messaging). I have seen all over the web (and XDA) about unrooting the phone and retuning it to stock. I was thinking that I could unroot, then reroot my Relay and that will solve my problem.
I was all set to unroot when I encountered yet another issue. Samsung-updates.com and sammobile both direct you to download the firmware files from hotfile. Hotfile has been shut down due to copyright infringement. Where I can find the stock firmware files now that hotfile has been shut down?
Please help me as I anxiously await using my new phone without the extra bloatware!
Thank you,
RockinRita
RockinRita said:
I was all set to unroot when I encountered yet another issue. Samsung-updates.com and sammobile both direct you to download the firmware files from hotfile. Hotfile has been shut down due to copyright infringement. Where I can find the stock firmware files now that hotfile has been shut down?
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Would Samsung's Kies software be able to restore it to stock, or is it too far gone for Kies to work?
Bobby Tables said:
Would Samsung's Kies software be able to restore it to stock, or is it too far gone for Kies to work?
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Without the stock files wouldn't Kies be pointless?
The easiest way I've found to completely revert to stock, is to get a CWM flashable version of the unmodified stock rom (From the straight system image, not an update.zip reformated image) and a CWM flashable version of the stock recovery. Flash those in. If you want to reset your flash counter, make certain to also flash a su binary of some form (I personally prefer SuperSU, since it's so easy to clear out, run triangle away, then uninstall your su app properly.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=48581775&postcount=6
I've just put up recovery and system flashables of Stock JB.
Pushing on a Relay
RockinRita said:
So i did something stupid right after rooting my Relay. I deleted basic stock files that are necessary for the phone to function properly. I was able to copy them from my current phone (rooted T-Mobile G2/Desire Z) onto an SD card and in turn push them back onto my Relay.
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I did a very similar thing to my Relay and I can only get it boot off of the SD card. I am curious how you performed the push. I assumed that you
used adb push, but how?
Thanks,
Lou
scopedial said:
I did a very similar thing to my Relay and I can only get it boot off of the SD card. I am curious how you performed the push. I assumed that you used adb push, but how?
Thanks,
Lou
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I copied the files from my rooted HTC Desire Z/ T-Mobile G2 to a spare SD card I have and then I inserted that card into my Relay and started it up. It took me a few hours to get passed all the error messages that constantly pop up. And then I went into my files, external SD and moved the files over to the system folder on the Relay. After several reboots, the error messages still are coming up which I why I need to unroot it and reroot it.
Magamo said:
The easiest way I've found to completely revert to stock, is to get a CWM flashable version of the unmodified stock rom (From the straight system image, not an update.zip reformated image) and a CWM flashable version of the stock recovery. Flash those in. If you want to reset your flash counter, make certain to also flash a su binary of some form (I personally prefer SuperSU, since it's so easy to clear out, run triangle away, then uninstall your su app properly.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=48581775&postcount=6
I've just put up recovery and system flashables of Stock JB.
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You may have just saved me, Magamo! Thank you for saving them to Drive! Once I get on my old slow Dell laptop (i'm on my Chromebook now- which unfortunately doesn't support most things) I'll try to flash your files and update you here since I cannot comment on your post as I have not posted enough myself.
Stock ROM Restore Method I Used
Magamo said:
The easiest way I've found to completely revert to stock, is to get a CWM flashable version of the unmodified stock rom (From the straight system image, not an update.zip reformated image) and a CWM flashable version of the stock recovery. Flash those in. If you want to reset your flash counter, make certain to also flash a su binary of some form (I personally prefer SuperSU, since it's so easy to clear out, run triangle away, then uninstall your su app properly.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=48581775&postcount=6
I've just put up recovery and system flashables of Stock JB.
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You could also use Odin to flash a md5 sum of T699UVBMC5_HOME using the download mode of the Relay. Place in PDA, and tick off the Auto Reboot and F. Reset Time and hit start. Make sure you have the drivers required to do this. I think they're included with Kies. In my case, I used CWM to format /system, then I used download mode. However, I had to reset my device. AND CWM (plus root access) was erased after the stock restore. I didn't miss an important detail, did I?
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You could also use Odin to flash a md5 sum of T699UVBMC5_HOME using the download mode of the Relay. Place in PDA, and tick off the Auto Reboot and F. Reset Time and hit start. Make sure you have the drivers required to do this. I think they're included with Kies. In my case, I used CWM to format /system, then I used download mode. However, I had to reset my device. AND CWM (plus root access) was erased after the stock restore. I didn't miss an important detail, did I?
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I'll be honest, you've got me on this one. I've never used ODIN, and am not well versed in its use. But yes, this is sounds like a more technical way of doing it without the CWM flashables I've mentioned. -- Impossible in some situations. For example, my fiancee's phone's USB port has died for all purposes other than charging, So if I'm to send it in for a warranty repair, I'll have to use the method I posted.
Confused here
Magamo said:
The easiest way I've found to completely revert to stock, is to get a CWM flashable version of the unmodified stock rom (From the straight system image, not an update.zip reformated image) and a CWM flashable version of the stock recovery. Flash those in. If you want to reset your flash counter, make certain to also flash a su binary of some form (I personally prefer SuperSU, since it's so easy to clear out, run triangle away, then uninstall your su app properly.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=48581775&postcount=6
I've just put up recovery and system flashables of Stock JB.
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Magamo,
I'm sorry, but I'm still totally confused here. Not sure how to flash the files in. I downloaded Kies and both of the zip files from your post. Successfully updated the firmware and my error messages are gone, but I don't have CWM on it. I extracted your files, but now what? I'm not very technologically inclined so this is all Greek to me.
furboom1240 said:
You could also use Odin to flash a md5 sum of T699UVBMC5_HOME using the download mode of the Relay. Place in PDA, and tick off the Auto Reboot and F. Reset Time and hit start. Make sure you have the drivers required to do this. I think they're included with Kies. In my case, I used CWM to format /system, then I used download mode. However, I had to reset my device. AND CWM (plus root access) was erased after the stock restore. I didn't miss an important detail, did I?
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furboom,
What is T699UVBMC5_HOME? How do I get the md5 sum of it? How do I use CWM to format /system? How do I get to stock restore? Again, I'm sorry for asking so many questions, i just have no clue what I'm doing here.
Thanks,
Rockin Rita
RockinRita said:
Magamo,
I'm sorry, but I'm still totally confused here. Not sure how to flash the files in. I downloaded Kies and both of the zip files from your post. Successfully updated the firmware and my error messages are gone, but I don't have CWM on it. I extracted your files, but now what? I'm not very technologically inclined so this is all Greek to me.
furboom,
What is T699UVBMC5_HOME? How do I get the md5 sum of it? How do I use CWM to format /system? How do I get to stock restore? Again, I'm sorry for asking so many questions, i just have no clue what I'm doing here.
Thanks,
Rockin Rita
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If you don't have CWM, or some other custom recovery running on this, how did you get root in the first place? The easiest way to get root is to use heimdall or ODIN to flash CWM or another custom recovery, then flash Superuser or SuperSU using your new custom recovery.
The .zip files I linked are only meant to be flashed through recovery. Not Kies, not ODIN, not any other method.
Got it!!
With the help of this site (http://www.celldekho.com/how-to-unroot-samsung-galaxy-s-relay-4g/) and the file it linked to on rapidshare, along with your tip Magamo, I was able to unroot my Relay successfully. I'll reroot it later when I have the time and make sure not to delete important files LOL Thanks so much for the help!