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hey guys,
bought my samsung captivate two days ago and i love it. from reading all the posts about how rooting is awesome i finally took the plunge and rooted my phone with the one click root program. followed the directions to the teeth, everything went fine. even went as far as downloading clockwork and backing up my rom.
few hours later, im totally blown that i rooted my phone. i realized i threw away my warranty.
is there ANY way to unroot the phone and make it totally stock and make it seem like the phone was never altered? i read some answers of "yeah" and some answers of "once your rooted, you can't get back" (i remember reading about an article about how some android phones like the nexus one, once you root theres no going back period). the program i used had a unroot button but im not sure if that would wipe everything away to factory settings and erase all traces of the root.
i know im effing stupid for not thinking it threw. but hey, its good that i came to my senses before i loaded up an os.
to be clear, my phone is just rooted. nothing else. im not running cognitive rom or anything. its running the stock samsung 2.1.
so can anyone PLEASE PLEASE help me solve this problem?
im a total noob when it comes to android.
it took me 20 minutes doing that one click from reading the directions over and over again lol.
i need some step by step directions for stupid people
okay, so i followed the directions to unroot. the programs that were installed when i rooted seemed to have disappear. to be extra sure, i reformatted my sd card and than factory restored the phone (from settings/privacy). quick question though, after i pressed "factory reset" my phone rebooted and than for a quick second i saw the same screen i saw when i rooted (the black screen with the yellow font? looked like a system command prompt i guess). it came on for a sec and than disappeared and it booted regularly. did that happen because i did a factory reset or did that happen because im still rooted?
wtf is wrong with me. i just want my unrooted captivate back (and my warranty lol)
odin to stock with master clear.
There's a thread under android development something with "stock rom" that should restore your phone back to factory.
If you did all of that then you are definitely back to stock now & theres no way of detecting your phone was rooted. You could of gotten away with just using one click to unroot. Thats all I did when I returned mine after a week because my gps never worked at all. I dont think they even did anything to check if it was rooted or anything. Hows your gps on the new one by the way? Mines still bad but at least it sees some satellites now. My old one had a hardware problem where gps wouldn't do anything at all.
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When you use odin to flash back to stock does that restore the AT&T bloatware as well? Or should I use TiB when I first get the phone to get the bloatware back on?
Thanks,
JOe K.
After trying to exchange my phone for another phone (thinking the GPS is a hardware issue) I had rooted and flashed a custom rom. I reverted back using ODIN master clear and ODIN 2.1 rom (Which puts bloatware and everything on it) and there's no way to detect it. The only time it will truly void your warranty (I believe) if you go into the store with a custom rom or if you go into the store with a bricked phone and they figure out you were modifying your phone.
thanks for the answers guys! why is it that you cant "unroot" a nexus one? i heard they'll always be able to tell if your rooted once you do it.
OK so I followed a youtube video tutorial on rooting,and I think it's the boot.img that messed everything up. It would boot up before but it was stuck on the Google screen, the OS didn't load. So I found a GRH78 or something Nandroid backup and ran that, but the capacative buttons don't work, the screen isn't calibrated correctly and the phone radio isn't correct either. Then I remembered my Nexus S was the newer GT-I9023 GRI54 and I need a GRI54 NANDROID stock backup (which I can't seem to find!)
Guys, what do you suggest I do at this point? I can't revert to stock (I've been trying)
I just got this Nexus S and have been spending hours trying to restore firmwares, finding it online, but now I know I need the GRI54 Android 2.3.3 backup, and if anyone has that I'd be super happy
I really need help
you most likely need the 9023 method of rooting
see the stickied guides
I fixed it. I downloaded a GT-I9023 GRI45 firmware file off of somewhere here (<3 xda forums) it wasn't a nandroid backup, but I used the clockworkmod to install it and surprisingly, it booted up again. (of course, I had the crappy 2.1 installed before so maybe this acted as an 'update' and fixed all the problems, but anyways it works smooth now as it did before )
I knew I could figure it out.
Not to be an ass, but I think there's a lot of difference between bricking a phone and being unable to boot. You've never bricked your phone, since you could still switch ROMs by using the Recovery.
This is a misleading title. Bricking is when you just can't enter not even the bootloader/Recovery.
you are 100% right
unfortunately many people keep getting those 2 terms confused, and use it inappropriately
every body needs to chip in and help newbies learn the correct terminology.
thank you
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Not to be an ass, but I think there's a lot of difference between bricking a phone and being unable to boot. You've never bricked your phone, since you could still switch ROMs by using the Recovery.
This is a misleading title. Bricking is when you just can't enter not even the bootloader/Recovery.
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Looks like I've managed to act and look like a fool...
I tried to root my Nexus S with Superboot, unaware that it was version-specific (I should have known that ). To make a long story short, I tried to root my phone with Superboot which is written for android 2.3.3, while I'm running 2.3.4.
The phone can get to fastboot/recovery, but won't boot. I googled to find how revert to a stock 2.3.3 or 2.3.4, but somehow did not find what I was looking for.
Phone was vanilla, I hadn't installed anything specific on it besides twitter, FB, etc.
From a powered-off phone, how would I manage to revert to a clean phone ?
Thanks for your help, people.
-- Jeff
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All the solutions I've seen required CWM or similar, and a rooted phone. Since my problems started because I wanted to root my NS, I figured that I was out of luck for a while, and a non-working phone was out of question.
I went at my retailer and managed to get a new phone free of charge I *****-footed around the fact I was installing an unsupported (by the carrier) update/app, the clerk wasn't very familiar with the NS so it went well with them and they gave me a new phone
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As the title says, I have the Samsung Galaxy SII Sprint's variation. I rooted my phone when it was on the version before Gingerbread EL29. I used the SuperOneClick method to root my phone and after doing that, 'Superuser' was installed on my phone. Everything was going fine until I accidentally updated my phone to Gingerbread 2.3.6 EL29 via Sprint's over-the-air update. I know it sounds dumb from me but I really knew that if I updated my phone I could mess up my root privileges, but that pop up update was showing up each 5 minutes, that in one of them I accidentally pressed 'install'. Now I have tried to unroot my phone with SuperOneClick but 'Superuser' is still there and when I access an app that requires root privileges like 'Wireless Tether' it says that my phone is not rooted. I also tried to do a factory reset and root again with 'SuperOneClick' but it freezes up (I guess it's because 'Superuser' is still there?) I was also thinking on installing a rooted rom but I don't know if I can install custom roms (I don't know if I have CWM and if it will mess up because I'm not rooted?..) Right now I just want to get the latest rooted stable release possible.. Sorry for extending myself but I wanted to give all the important details as possible as I am new in handling root phones and also in this forum. I will appreciate any help, thanks!
-James E.
Btw you might want to ask in the epic forums. You will get slot more help. I would use sfhub el29 oneclick
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follow the online tutorial guide below by qbking77...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7pWjmKCsoc
Thank you PakAttack1994! I watched the video and even though it didn't work at the first time, I was able to ask him my questions and he was able to answer them. If you want to see with the problems that I went through and his replies are on the video comments. I'm the user 'jamesssssss'
lol np, I just pointed you in the right direction. qbking77 deserves a whole heap of credit over me.
I purchased a Galaxy Exhilarate last weekend. This phone was just released by AT&T a few days before that. After playing around with the phone, and doing some reading, I can admit, they've done a decent job. Of course, it comes with all the standard "bloat" that all the phones have, but it also has a few nice things too.
For one, reading using the Barnes & Noble Nook App is not bad, esp. since I own a Nook. To read the same books I'm reading on my nook, just tell the nook app the same account you use for your nook, and all your purchased content (including games) will be available. Of course, my Nook is hacked with Android, and I can do far more than just read books on it. Anyway, I'm off topic here.
After toying around with the phone, I decided it was time to delve deeper into it, and look at rooting it. I did a quick search, and, well, there's NOTHING out there on how to root it!
I also wasn't sure how to get into the Android Restore mode.
After looking into it, I figured it out on my own
1) Power down the phone
2) Push & hold both the UP and DOWN volume buttons and then push and hold the Power button.
3) "Samsung" will come up, and then disappear. AS SOON as it disappears, release all the buttons
The phone will now boot into the Android System Recovery mode.
As I'm just getting started, I'll post more when I get to that point!
To play around (if you just happen to own this phone), you should read the entire post. You can also go straight to my guide on how to root using a workaround I developed with Shaggypenquin and j3r3goss. Here's the link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=29566997
If you are an XDA Admin, would like to see this get it's own forum with the other Samsung phones! Thanks!
Rooting the Galaxy Exhilarate
Hello , I'm new to the forum , but I also purchased the Samsung Galaxy Exhilarate recently. I'm sad to say that although you SHOULD be able to "root the phone using a standard technique for Android 2.3.3 to 2.3.7 Gingerbread" , I cannot. I follow the procedure for rooting Androids 2.3.3 to 2.3.7 Gingerbread (using the attached file that you provided), and it gave me a message stating "E:failed to verify whole-file signature. (new line) E:signature verification failed". I'm a noob when it comes to Androids to know what this message means, however I'm hoping you can provide me with some much needed assistance
P.S. I've tried to research around, very thoroughly in my opinion, so this is a last resort of sorts haha
-Thank you in advance!
DaveeG: I too have run into the issue you are talking about. I haven't had time to try to figure out the workaround yet. Check back in early July... Maybe I'll figure something out, or someone else will, and they'll post here.
BlackWolf
Alright , thanks. Somebody help me pleasee ,
anyway you could do a system dump? If so, I could probably get a solution for everyone.
Excuse my ignorance , but what exactly do you mean by a system dump? sounds like a reset of some kind,
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anyway you could do a system dump? If so, I could probably get a solution for everyone.
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gicuenitro: I'll see if I can get one done. It may be a few days. Next week I start vacation, so I plan to spend a day just messing around w/ this.
You cant apply unofficial updates through the stock recovery as it will check to see if it is signed by samsung. Either patch the recovery or find another way to root.
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It would be alot easier to get around the e-signature if CWM Recovery Was Flashed to the phone. I will be looking for the CWM Recovery Version That will best suit this situation. I used CWM Recovery to flash Custom ROMS to my SGH-i717 (AT&T Galaxy Note) As Soon as i Find that version I will post it. be patient Rome wasnt built in a day and i would hate for your phone to become one expensive paper weight lol:good:
androiddeveloper89 said:
It would be alot easier to get around the e-signature if CWM Recovery Was Flashed to the phone. I will be looking for the CWM Recovery Version That will best suit this situation. I used CWM Recovery to flash Custom ROMS to my SGH-i717 (AT&T Galaxy Note) As Soon as i Find that version I will post it. be patient Rome wasnt built in a day and i would hate for your phone to become one expensive paper weight lol:good:
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I have used CWM before. I look forward to your solution. I think the Exhilarate is similar to another AT&T phone that may already be rooted, but I don't know if one phone's hack/root will apply to another, similar phone.
Anyone else have any suggestions?
Made several unsuccessful attempts to root this device with SuperOneClick v2.3.3 and DooMLoRD_v4_ROOT for Skyrocket (i727). On a side note, rebooting restores all uninstalled at&t bloatware.
I got one of these by chance and was wondering if anyone has tried Odin to push cwm? Has anyone found anything on this? I can help....just need to know where to start.
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Flash a kernel with a patched recovery then install the su files from the recovery.
That's how antsm did it for the galaxy ace 2, try give him a message and see if he'll whip up a quick kernel for you. I would give it a go but I don't have a Linux machine right now. Remember to ask him politely though.
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da9b16
I haven't tried yet. This is my first Sammy phone so I've just been reading rooting guides for similar phones.
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If someone could get a system dump I would greatly appreciate it. I somehow manage to screw up the stock recovery and now my capacitive buttons only respond once or twice after booting and then they appear to lock up. Attempted to do a full restore through Kies with no success. Chatted with samsung and they say at this time there is no way to do a full reinstall.
Still unable to root/sysdump
Ok, been trying to get root access and/or do a system dump on the phone.
So far, no luck.
However, I have been able to get the phone to dump its system properties...
Here they are (hopefully, this can be used as a start?):
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I used the ADB to get shell access to the phone. When I type the command "su dd if=/dev/block/stl6 of=/sdcard/factoryfs.rfs" I get "su: permission denied".
So, assuming "su" is superuser, how do I get that if my phone isn't rooted???
Thanks for any help you can give.
V/R
BlackWolf
ODIN Mode
da9b16 said:
I got one of these by chance and was wondering if anyone has tried Odin to push cwm? Has anyone found anything on this? I can help....just need to know where to start.
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Ok, I've got my phone to boot into "ODIN Mode". I downloaded ODIN3 1.85. I've opened it up. Not sure I want to push something to the phone just yet (sure as hell don't want to brick it). ...
Suggestions...?
Black-wolf said:
Ok, I've got my phone to boot into "ODIN Mode". I downloaded ODIN3 1.85. I've opened it up. Not sure I want to push something to the phone just yet (sure as hell don't want to brick it). ...
Suggestions...?
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I pushed the skyrocket cwm and my phone did not like it. I think cwm is actually trying to come up but it's ugly and not usable. The phone still boots but the capacitive buttons are locking up. I have since pushed the s3 stock att recovery and the s3 cwm with no success. I'm using my htc aria because the phone is mostly useless without the buttons. I'm up to custom binary flash count 3 now. I will probably get a chance to play more this weekend but i just started a 5 wk probability and statistics class and a history class that are eating all my time during the week.
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Almost there... maybe... I think...
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I pushed the skyrocket cwm and my phone did not like it. I think cwm is actually trying to come up but it's ugly and not usable. The phone still boots but the capacitive buttons are locking up. I have since pushed the s3 stock att recovery and the s3 cwm with no success. I'm using my htc aria because the phone is mostly useless without the buttons. I'm up to custom binary flash count 3 now. I will probably get a chance to play more this weekend but i just started a 5 wk probability and statistics class and a history class that are eating all my time during the week.
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I think you may have gone the wrong way about this - however, I am working on a manual root for the phone - and I think I may have something soon!
If/when I get rooted, I'll make sure I post the original img so you can at least recover your phone back to stock.
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BlackWolf
I was originally trying to root to be able to install cwn through rom manager, but since that didn'tr work I was trying to push CWM thru Odin so I could do a a nadroid and then try to flash superuser and busybox through cwm. I admit I don't know much about it.This is only my second android phone and the first time I've had a backup if I mess something up
Ok so i'm am extremely new to this cell phone world. Long story short.. bought a Sprint white Samsung galaxy s3 which is upgraded to jelly bean 4.4.2 from a personal buyer.. Called sprint, her balance is outstanding and they have put the phones IMED number on the "bad esn" list. needless to say i couldn't put the phone on any carrier or sprint carrier til the balance was paid off.
So i did what anyone without a clue would do and i googled a way around it, and i got the "how to root/flash your Samsung galaxy s3 phone" Followed the instructions word for word.
Downloaded Odin
Downloaded team recovery and did NOT unzip the file.
- Put the Team Recovery Folder in my Phones internal memory
Download CMW file
- Put in the Odin slot for PA
Everything went according to plan. odio said it passed, i successfully flashed it, and i got to the boot loader and was able to install the team recovery. Phone rebooted.
The phone now had Superuser on it. clicked on it and a notice came up "unfortunately Superuser has stopped working"
So googled the problem and someone said to download "Root checker basic." Which came up with the error "Sorry! this device does not have proper root access."
So again i googled.. and go "download SuperSU" so i did... and got the message "There is no SU binary installed, and SuperSU cannot install it. This is a problem! ---If you just upgraded to android 4.3, you need to manually re-root consult the relevant forums for your device."
Sooo now i'm stuck.. because all i really want from this phone is: Pictures, Videos, Download game apps, Calling, Text, Web and WiFi.. not really interested in all the fancy ROM hacks. so far i have 5/7 the only problem is i don't have calling or text simply because i cant figure out how to put a Service carrier on my phone? do i buy a time card and enter the serial code in? do i call the straight talk company? Or did the root fail and i will never be able to put a cell phone carrier on the phone? at this point my knowledge about phone shows.. which is small. I have been reading for days. Yes i am getting to a point where i am comfortable with rooting.. but at this point i want to avoid a "brick" as much as possible.. and have no idea how to "re-root" a device that is already "rooted" without the fear of a "brick". So if anyone out there knows how to help please let me know. thanks so much
minyuni said:
Ok so i'm am extremely new to this cell phone world. Long story short.. bought a Sprint white Samsung galaxy s3 which is upgraded to jelly bean 4.4.2 from a personal buyer.. Called sprint, her balance is outstanding and they have put the phones IMED number on the "bad esn" list. needless to say i couldn't put the phone on any carrier or sprint carrier til the balance was paid off.
So i did what anyone without a clue would do and i googled a way around it, and i got the "how to root/flash your Samsung galaxy s3 phone" Followed the instructions word for word.
Downloaded Odin
Downloaded team recovery and did NOT unzip the file.
- Put the Team Recovery Folder in my Phones internal memory
Download CMW file
- Put in the Odin slot for PA
Everything went according to plan. odio said it passed, i successfully flashed it, and i got to the boot loader and was able to install the team recovery. Phone rebooted.
The phone now had Superuser on it. clicked on it and a notice came up "unfortunately Superuser has stopped working"
So googled the problem and someone said to download "Root checker basic." Which came up with the error "Sorry! this device does not have proper root access."
So again i googled.. and go "download SuperSU" so i did... and got the message "There is no SU binary installed, and SuperSU cannot install it. This is a problem! ---If you just upgraded to android 4.3, you need to manually re-root consult the relevant forums for your device."
Sooo now i'm stuck.. because all i really want from this phone is: Pictures, Videos, Download game apps, Calling, Text, Web and WiFi.. not really interested in all the fancy ROM hacks. so far i have 5/7 the only problem is i don't have calling or text simply because i cant figure out how to put a Service carrier on my phone? do i buy a time card and enter the serial code in? do i call the straight talk company? Or did the root fail and i will never be able to put a cell phone carrier on the phone? at this point my knowledge about phone shows.. which is small. I have been reading for days. Yes i am getting to a point where i am comfortable with rooting.. but at this point i want to avoid a "brick" as much as possible.. and have no idea how to "re-root" a device that is already "rooted" without the fear of a "brick". So if anyone out there knows how to help please let me know. thanks so much
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You can try to reroot your phone using Kingo Tool. Talking about IMEI problems, Chimera Tool will definitely help you.
varespuuotsas said:
You can try to reroot your phone using Kingo Tool. Talking about IMEI problems, Chimera Tool will definitely help you.
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Do i have to un-root my phone in order to use the kingo tool to root it again? or can you root a phone thats already been rooted?... and honestly the phone works perfect really, i mean yea i do have the errors but everything is running smoothly. except my knowledge of getting phone service on there.. :/ like straight talk or boost mobile. im just not sure how too :/
minyuni said:
Do i have to un-root my phone in order to use the kingo tool to root it again? or can you root a phone thats already been rooted?... and honestly the phone works perfect really, i mean yea i do have the errors but everything is running smoothly. except my knowledge of getting phone service on there.. :/ like straight talk or boost mobile. im just not sure how too :/
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You can unroot your phone with Kingo and then root it again. BUT... rooting will not solve the problem of getting phone service. If I understood right, your IMEI is in black list and you can't call or send SMS, so to solve the problem you should change your IMEI, which is illegal. Chimera tool can do that, but if you will change your IMEI, then it'll be probably good idea to use one of your old phone's IMEI that is not in use, so it will not match with any other phones IMEI that are in use. Dial *#06# to see your IMEI.
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You can unroot your phone with Kingo and then root it again. BUT... rooting will not solve the problem of getting phone service. If I understood right, your IMEI is in black list and you can't call or send SMS, so to solve the problem you should change your IMEI, which is illegal. Chimera tool can do that, but if you will change your IMEI, then it'll be probably good idea to use one of your old phone's IMEI that is not in use, so it will not match with any other phones IMEI that are in use. Dial *#06# to see your IMEI.
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So i read that the bill they were going to pass for making imei changing illegal didn't get passed. idk if i want to take the chance. how would one get caught if they did change their imei... and how would they go about arresting me...
minyuni said:
So i read that the bill they were going to pass for making imei changing illegal didn't get passed. idk if i want to take the chance. how would one get caught if they did change their imei... and how would they go about arresting me...
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Well I'm not sure, but I think that it can be identified if two exactly the same IMEIs are in use. If you will use your old phone's IMEI that is not in use, then it SHOULD be okay. I can tell you that I know a guy, who bought a phone and his IMEI went suddenly to black list. So he changed his IMEI which he took from his old phone and now it is okay and he has not been caught, even though he was a bit scared. You can be sure that there is no other exactly the same IMEI, if you take it from your old phone, but don't use your old phone anymore.
Do you know what version of supersu you tried? Had the same issue flashing cwm_supersu_v0.94.zip
Used update_supersu_v1.94.zip, went through the whole update binaries thing and it worked like a charm.
(version names may not be exact)
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Do you know what version of supersu you tried? Had the same issue flashing cwm_supersu_v0.94.zip
Used update_supersu_v1.94.zip, went through the whole update binaries thing and it worked like a charm.
(version names may not be exact)
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These are the files i updated. i kept them in a folder.
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Well I'm not sure, but I think that it can be identified if two exactly the same IMEIs are in use. If you will use your old phone's IMEI that is not in use, then it SHOULD be okay. I can tell you that I know a guy, who bought a phone and his IMEI went suddenly to black list. So he changed his IMEI which he took from his old phone and now it is okay and he has not been caught, even though he was a bit scared. You can be sure that there is no other exactly the same IMEI, if you take it from your old phone, but don't use your old phone anymore.
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do you think it would be better if i just called sprint and begged them to unlock the blacklisted phone? lol i know its a long shot but i dont really want to do anything illegal
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These are the files i updated. i kept them in a folder.
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I would try flashing this from custom recovery
http://download.chainfire.eu/396/SuperSU
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minyuni said:
do you think it would be better if i just called sprint and begged them to unlock the blacklisted phone? lol i know its a long shot but i dont really want to do anything illegal
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If I understood right, you already called sprint once and they know that you bought the phone. You can try to call them and discuss your situation, but I doubt that they will unlock the phone if they don't get the bill payed - still worth a try, because they know you have the phone. But if they want you to pay instead of someone else who should pay, then I would not agree to that.
Just in case, find their homepage, if it exists, where you should have an opportunity to check if your IMEI is indeed in blacklist.