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[Q] Please help: I think I'm soft-bricked.

Well, okay, technically I'm not actually even totally sure what soft-bricked means, but while I can get to both a fastboot screen and into what appears to be CWM (orange recovery with more options than blue), my phone is hanging on the Google boot screen.
Here's what I did.
I have a rooted Nexus S that was running 2.3.3 stock. The OTA update notification came up today, so I allowed it. But then it seemed to hang for, like, half an hour.
So I pulled the battery and allowed it to reset. Which was fine, no biggie. I still had 2.3.3, but no longer had root. So I flashed the GRI40 superboot. Still fine. But I no longer had an update, and it was still 2.3.3.
So I flashed CWM and went to the 2.3.3 stock image. CWM downloaded said image, didn't seem to have any problems, and I clicked to wipe the cache and dalvik.
And now it won't boot beyond the Google screen. But like I said, I'm on fastboot screen now (unlocked) and seem to still have clockwork. Nothing else, though, and there's nothing on my sd card. I know, I know, the lack of back up is a noob mistake.
Help? I'd really just like to get to stock but rooted 2.3.4.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=947950
Use this i have got the same problem
that solved

prad1po said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=947950
Use this i have got the same problem
that solved
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A couple of the other threads by people with hard bricks (problem today?) mentioned Odin as problematic. It's okay to use?

Also, I have to admit, I see a lot of discussion of Odin in the forums, and have Googled it, but I don't actually know what it is or how to use it.

willentrekin said:
Also, I have to admit, I see a lot of discussion of Odin in the forums, and have Googled it, but I don't actually know what it is or how to use it.
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Odin is the Fkash program from samsung to flash the lhine first time
you have CWM? no need of odin!
reboot into cwm --> mounts & storage --> mount usb
search a the deoxed 2.3.4 rom and download it..
also search the forum for superuser binary to flash
then wipe system and cache
flash zip first the rom then superuser
reboot
have fun

Okay. Almost there, I think.
You're right about CWM. I got it mounted okay, and get a drive on my computer, into which I can copy a zip and then unmount. At which point I get:
Installing {whichever zip I try. So far, I've tried Nandroid Stock 2.3.4_rooted and 2.3.2 GRH78c}
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Installing update...
Installation aborted.
That's as far as I get right now. And I'm not touching anything. I wiped the data and cache. Do I have to further mount/unmount anything?

willentrekin said:
Okay. Almost there, I think.
You're right about CWM. I got it mounted okay, and get a drive on my computer, into which I can copy a zip and then unmount. At which point I get:
Installing {whichever zip I try. So far, I've tried Nandroid Stock 2.3.4_rooted and 2.3.2 GRH78c}
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Installing update...
Installation aborted.
That's as far as I get right now. And I'm not touching anything. I wiped the data and cache. Do I have to further mount/unmount anything?
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wipe system too? :/
do you have the latest recovery?
maybe you have a nandroid backup anywhere?
else download one at the dev section i think are enough backups
copy one to /clockwork/backup/***DATE***
hope that fixes your problem :S
Sent from my Nexus S using XDA App

willentrekin said:
Well, okay, technically I'm not actually even totally sure what soft-bricked means, but while I can get to both a fastboot screen and into what appears to be CWM (orange recovery with more options than blue), my phone is hanging on the Google boot screen.
Here's what I did.
I have a rooted Nexus S that was running 2.3.3 stock. The OTA update notification came up today, so I allowed it. But then it seemed to hang for, like, half an hour.
So I pulled the battery and allowed it to reset. Which was fine, no biggie. I still had 2.3.3, but no longer had root. So I flashed the GRI40 superboot. Still fine. But I no longer had an update, and it was still 2.3.3.
So I flashed CWM and went to the 2.3.3 stock image. CWM downloaded said image, didn't seem to have any problems, and I clicked to wipe the cache and dalvik.
And now it won't boot beyond the Google screen. But like I said, I'm on fastboot screen now (unlocked) and seem to still have clockwork. Nothing else, though, and there's nothing on my sd card. I know, I know, the lack of back up is a noob mistake.
Help? I'd really just like to get to stock but rooted 2.3.4.
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Just download the 2.3.4 (stock rooted) file on here...in the de section...
its a nandroid back up
then just put it in the clockworkdmod/ folder on your phone
reboot into recovery and restore it
viola!
thats what i did to get mine rooted...its way easier than trying to actually root it!
edit: yeah what the post above mine said...lol..didnt see that posted yet!

Okay. Followed guidance. Still hanging but maybe getting closer.
I made a backup of the borked system, and then went into the clockwork folder and created a new folder within the backups. I unzipped the 2.3.4root ROM and renamed the folder to almost the same name as the borked system. I then tried to restore that.
I got an MD5 fail? I'm not sure what that means.
Maybe I should replace all the files in the legit-made backup with the files from 2.3.4?

Awesome! I got it! I went and got Axura's 2.3.3 stock/rooted and installed that from the zip. I don't know why the other two aborted, but this one worked. So it looks like I've got rooted stock 2.3.3 again!
I'm not so sure I'm going to try for 2.3.4 now.
Thanks for the help!

lost root privliges after 2.3.6 flash

i flashed EP4P stock, deodexed, debloated and rooted and all was good for a couple of weeks. 2 days ago i was able to use barnacle but i went to use it today and it says i do not have root privliges so i wnet to superuser to check for an update and it says i do not have root. tried restarting phone and thats about it. anyone know why this happened and how i can fix it?

I think the easiest thing to do would be to reflash the rom. Is it an ODIN only flash or do they have a CWM flash posted as well?

nailem said:
i flashed EP4P stock, deodexed, debloated and rooted and all was good for a couple of weeks. 2 days ago i was able to use barnacle but i went to use it today and it says i do not have root privliges so i wnet to superuser to check for an update and it says i do not have root. tried restarting phone and thats about it. anyone know why this happened and how i can fix it?
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http://androidsu.com/superuser/
Flash this in your recovery.

thank you for the quick replies.
i am new to roots and have only used odin twice.
i really hate to reflash with odin only because it is a pain to get everything back to how i want it. but if i have to i will.
i have never user CWM. so i will do some searches for how to unless you can point me in the right direction.
i assume i need to flash the superuser into the recovery with CWM????
i do have superuser that showed up after i flashed 2.3.6 and i tried reinstalling it and still the same thing

nailem said:
thank you for the quick replies.
i am new to roots and have only used odin twice.
i really hate to reflash with odin only because it is a pain to get everything back to how i want it. but if i have to i will.
i have never user CWM. so i will do some searches for how to unless you can point me in the right direction.
i assume i need to flash the superuser into the recovery with CWM????
i do have superuser that showed up after i flashed 2.3.6 and i tried reinstalling it and still the same thing
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you have to use Odin to flash CWM, then immediately boot into CWM after and flash that superuser.zip file... if still nothing download/update it from the market
sent from my Acer Iconia A500 tablet via XDA app

thanks used CWM to flash .zip and it worked

i get an error when trying to flash the .zip file
something about the file is incorrect
i can flash it again and post the exact error if it helps

bibntziu said:
i get an error when trying to flash the .zip file
something about the file is incorrect
i can flash it again and post the exact error if it helps
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it was probably a bad download, redownload and try flashing again

I am completely new to rooting. I tried to use super one click on my charge after it was updated to 2.3.6 and it failed, so from what I understand, one click methods are out for now. I want to root my phone still, so where would I start? And would that method involve me having to do a factory reset? Thank you

How to root your Droid Charge

[Q] How do I install the Revolver ROM?

I searched this forum a bit and I can't find a nice guide. I am currently running rooted .19 on my TF101, B70KAS. Is it as simple as dropping the ROM on my internal SD and letting it update to the latest Revolver release (based on .21)? Or can I do it with booting into recovery mode? This is my first tablet and I have no clowworkmod on my tablet... do I need to flash that somehow? Where's a guide?
thanks!

ninjai117 said:
I searched this forum a bit and I can't find a nice guide. I am currently running rooted .19 on my TF101, B70KAS. Is it as simple as dropping the ROM on my internal SD and letting it update to the latest Revolver release (based on .21)? Or can I do it with booting into recovery mode? This is my first tablet and I have no clowworkmod on my tablet... do I need to flash that somehow? Where's a guide?
thanks!
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Since i am firm believer you need to learn what you are doing i will lay down the basics from there you are on your own.
1) read and study SU access
2) read and study SU access
3) read and study SU access
4) root
5) install clockwork recovery
6)download Revolver
7)verify the MD5SUM
8)boot into recovery
9)do a nandroid back up
10) do a factor reset via CWRI
11) flash the OS you want
12) reboot
13) enjoy

neidlinger said:
Since i am firm believer you need to learn what you are doing i will lay down the basics from there you are on your own.
1) read and study SU access
2) read and study SU access
3) read and study SU access
4) root
5) install clockwork recovery
6)download Revolver
7)verify the MD5SUM
8)boot into recovery
9)do a nandroid back up
10) do a factor reset via CWRI
11) flash the OS you want
12) reboot
13) enjoy
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I am very familiar with CWM, flashing, nandroid backups, etc. I've had a nexus one for a long long time. I just can't find any good stickies on how to install CWM on my tablet, which I assume is my first step, though I find it odd there are no stickies. On the Nexus One forum there are lots! Where can I learn about installing CWM on my tablet with stock (but rooted) .19 FW?

ninjai117 said:
I am very familiar with CWM, flashing, nandroid backups, etc. I've had a nexus one for a long long time. I just can't find any good stickies on how to install CWM on my tablet, which I assume is my first step, though I find it odd there are no stickies. On the Nexus One forum there are lots! Where can I learn about installing CWM on my tablet with stock (but rooted) .19 FW?
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Search for RecoveryInstaller in the Themes and Apps section.
One click CWM installer, don't get any easier than that.

I had the Same issue coming from the nexus s. the tricky bit is that rom manager does not support the transformer. I've got a galaxy tab 10.1 as well and flashing over a custom recovery was easy as pie.
anyway, what you have to do is this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1213723
(http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1093818)
then you need to install an app (i use reboot2recovery) from the marketplace to get into the custom recovery. i've tried quickboot or rom manager but all it does it take me to a black screen or reboot the device. reboot2recovery will actually drop you into clockworkmod recovery. from there, do your nandroid backup. you'll need an SD card in your transformer for it to actually go ahead with the backup.
aside: from my reading, the backup should backup to internal storage with that modded clockwork. i've never been able to get it to work though. anyway, just use an SD card for now so you can get through the difficult stuff.
so at this point uve done the following:
installed clockwordmod using the first 2 links and installed the reboot2recovery APK to get into recovery.
now you have an SD card in your transformer and you are doing a nandroid backup.
once completed, put the 200+mb revolver rom on the root of your SD card. you may also want to put another kernel. i use the one recommended by revolver.
now just wipe the cache, data, etc as usual. now flash the rom, reboot the system when completed. plug in your gmail account, wifi password etc. and then reinstall the reboot2recovery apk. now reboot to recovery and then flash the kernel. reboot and ure good to go. install revolver parts to allow for additional tweaking and OTA updating.
i got my transformer from bestbuy this thanksgiving and went to revolver 3.9.5 immediately. last night i actually flashed revolver 3.11 right over it. not a single problem.
edit: reading the above post, i remember that my FIRST recovery installation was using that one-click tool and, as was said, it works flawlessly. you still need the reboot2recovery though. and recoveryinstaller WILL NOT install the modified for internal storage version of clockwork. i'm thinking maybe i just havent tried backing up since updating to the internal storage version, which is why i think i've "never gotten it to work"

baseballfanz said:
Search for RecoveryInstaller in the Themes and Apps section.
One click CWM installer, don't get any easier than that.
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Awesome, I had tried it earlier and it didn't do anything. Then I realized that my superuser app was FCing, however I could still use adb shell and su just fine! After I realized there was an update for the superuser app, I installed it. Everything is perfect now.

kramer987 said:
I had the Same issue coming from the nexus s. the tricky bit is that rom manager does not support the transformer. I've got a galaxy tab 10.1 as well and flashing over a custom recovery was easy as pie.
anyway, what you have to do is this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1213723
(http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1093818)
then you need to install an app (i use reboot2recovery) from the marketplace to get into the custom recovery. i've tried quickboot or rom manager but all it does it take me to a black screen or reboot the device. reboot2recovery will actually drop you into clockworkmod recovery. from there, do your nandroid backup. you'll need an SD card in your transformer for it to actually go ahead with the backup.
aside: from my reading, the backup should backup to internal storage with that modded clockwork. i've never been able to get it to work though. anyway, just use an SD card for now so you can get through the difficult stuff.
so at this point uve done the following:
installed clockwordmod using the first 2 links and installed the reboot2recovery APK to get into recovery.
now you have an SD card in your transformer and you are doing a nandroid backup.
once completed, put the 200+mb revolver rom on the root of your SD card. you may also want to put another kernel. i use the one recommended by revolver.
now just wipe the cache, data, etc as usual. now flash the rom, reboot the system when completed. plug in your gmail account, wifi password etc. and then reinstall the reboot2recovery apk. now reboot to recovery and then flash the kernel. reboot and ure good to go. install revolver parts to allow for additional tweaking and OTA updating.
i got my transformer from bestbuy this thanksgiving and went to revolver 3.9.5 immediately. last night i actually flashed revolver 3.11 right over it. not a single problem.
edit: reading the above post, i remember that my FIRST recovery installation was using that one-click tool and, as was said, it works flawlessly. you still need the reboot2recovery though. and recoveryinstaller WILL NOT install the modified for internal storage version of clockwork. i'm thinking maybe i just havent tried backing up since updating to the internal storage version, which is why i think i've "never gotten it to work"
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none of those gives a step by step (im noob )
i just dont know what "Reboot into recovery using "adb reboot recovery" " means
im already rooted and i cant get to the CWM recovery because i cant see the install from zip, backup current rom or wipe data , nor those options

jesesystem said:
none of those gives a step by step (im noob )
i just dont know what "Reboot into recovery using "adb reboot recovery" " means
im already rooted and i cant get to the CWM recovery because i cant see the install from zip, backup current rom or wipe data , nor those options
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It mean open your command prompt in your computer fire up the ADB server and type
Code:
adb reboot recovery
Why why not download the reboot recovery app from the market?
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.transformer.recovery
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using Tapatalk

jesesystem said:
none of those gives a step by step (im noob )
i just dont know what "Reboot into recovery using "adb reboot recovery" " means
im already rooted and i cant get to the CWM recovery because i cant see the install from zip, backup current rom or wipe data , nor those options
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Have you installed CWM recovery?
Rooting alone does not install CWM recovery.

jesesystem said:
none of those gives a step by step (im noob )
i just dont know what "Reboot into recovery using "adb reboot recovery" " means
im already rooted and i cant get to the CWM recovery because i cant see the install from zip, backup current rom or wipe data , nor those options
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Search for RecoveryInstaller in the Themes and Apps section.
One click CWM installer, don't get any easier than that.

thank you guyz i just needed to install cwm recovery, its just that those steps are not on any step by step , i can access now in to cwm recovery

Once in recovery it cant mount sd

SGS Dutchie said:
Once in recovery it cant mount sd
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You have a micro sd card insert into the slot?

baseballfanz said:
You have a micro sd card insert into the slot?
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Nope,thought it was the internal sd just like is shown in file explorer.

SGS Dutchie said:
Nope,thought it was the internal sd just like is shown in file explorer.
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CWM only work with external card for now
Removable/MicroSD

baseballfanz said:
CWM only work with external card for now
Removable/MicroSD
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Ah, I must go and search for one then.

baseballfanz said:
CWM only work with external card for now
Removable/MicroSD
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Thx man, you really helped me out today. First with my root/cwm problem and now with this rom.
You really are a great help. Thx again!

I had root on GB, followed the new directions of gettting root on ICS, having a probl

Ok sorry if this has been coverd but Iv been looking and I cant find anything. I followed one of directions on how to root the phone again and went into odin and tried flashing the cwm recovery but when I click it, it comes back FAIL, then its stuck and wont let me do anything, Then I have to go into odin again and reflash my firmware cause it bricks the phone. What can I be doing wrong or is it because there stuff on the phone still from my present root when I had GB

geterdone18 said:
Ok sorry if this has been coverd but Iv been looking and I cant find anything. I followed one of directions on how to root the phone again and went into odin and tried flashing the cwm recovery but when I click it, it comes back FAIL, then its stuck and wont let me do anything, Then I have to go into odin again and reflash my firmware cause it bricks the phone. What can I be doing wrong or is it because there stuff on the phone still from my present root when I had GB
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Post this in Q&A
Just trying to save you some abuse

thankyou but Im trying to delete it but wont let me for some reason

I would double check that the file downloaded correctly... And make sure you are mounting the file in pda when using Oden
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727R running SKY-ICS 4.2F3-7

Lil troll. Lol

Try this bro
Flash phone with CWM use this one
Clockworkmod Touch 5.8.1.3 Odin tar http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1566613
Then wipe data/factory reset, format- system, data and cache, and clear the partition and dalvik caches, do that to all of them 3 times each, using touch cwm.
Then odin ICS download it from here http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/
(make sure only Auto Reboot is checked nothing else)
Once the phone loads go through the setup then leave it alone, let it sit for about 20min then flash back the CWM. Then download Superuser from here and put it on the root of your SD card then flash it in CWM if it fails just keep doing it until it works, it worked the second time for me.
Once superuser is installed install busybox from the market and everything will work.
This method worked perfect for me. The key is to wait about 20min after you flashed ICS before you do anything else.
Hope this helps you.

[Q] Unrooting problem

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?

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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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!