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My device: Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 - 16GB
I'm pretty much very new to modding and everything but I did the rooting from this link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1831152 I used the first method and once I rebooted my device it was freezing and every few seconds it would say "Unfortunately, S Note has stopped working". I restarted my device and the same thing kept happening. Next, I tried using the second method of rooting but nothing seemed to be working still, so I did a factory reset. Everything seems fine now but I think I just want to unroot eveything altogether. Is that possible?
Luiza12340 said:
My device: Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 - 16GB
I'm pretty much very new to modding and everything but I did the rooting from this link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1831152 I used the first method and once I rebooted my device it was freezing and every few seconds it would say "Unfortunately, S Note has stopped working". I restarted my device and the same thing kept happening. Next, I tried using the second method of rooting but nothing seemed to be working still, so I did a factory reset. Everything seems fine now but I think I just want to unroot eveything altogether. Is that possible?
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Flash a stock Rom with Odin and don't root.
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If everything's working fine now and it's rooted why do you want to get rid of root?
Also, as you used ODIN to flash cf-root you will need to run the triangle-away app to reset the flash counter before flashing a stock rom otherwise your flash counter will be more than the "0" it's supposed to be and you may have trouble if you need to return under warranty...
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If everything's working fine now and it's rooted why do you want to get rid of root?
Also, as you used ODIN to flash cf-root you will need to run the triangle-away app to reset the flash counter before flashing a stock rom otherwise your flash counter will be more than the "0" it's supposed to be and you may have trouble if you need to return under warranty...
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Well I'd actually would just want to get rid of the clockworkmod root because it increases binary count and doesn't let updates through, as least thats what I read.
You need to use triangle away to reset the flash counter. You can flash the stock recovery after to get stock recovery back but you won't be able to flash a new custom rom using this. You will retain root access though if you want to use TB or change system files....
If you have the cf-root though you can flash when the devs release the update.
You can also go to sammobile and download the update too to flash through ODIN though you will loose root after doing so and will have to have reset the flash counter 1st anyway...
I used the same method to root that you mentioned as the first try. What did after that was to download mobile odin (can be purchased on the play store) download my original firmware from sammobile. Use mobile odin to flash my original firmware, injecting rooting by using everroot in mobile odin.
So I end up on my original firmware rooted. No need to triangle away since still on stock recovery.
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Yes but what you don't seem to understand is that the 1st flash you did into CWM raised the flash counter by 1.... If you return under warranty you may be refused and have to pay for it to be repaired fully...
Go into download mode to check, hold volume down and power together, when the samsung logo appears release the power button. When prompted press up volume and you should see if the flash counter reads 0 or 1... Hold down power button until tab turns off to get out of download mode...
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Yes but what you don't seem to understand is that the 1st flash you did into CWM raised the flash counter by 1.... If you return under warranty you may be refused and have to pay for it to be repaired fully...
Go into download mode to check, hold volume down and power together, when the samsung logo appears release the power button. When prompted press up volume and you should see if the flash counter reads 0 or 1... Hold down power button until tab turns off to get out of download mode...
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Didn't realise he had used the cwm method to root. If that is the case, it may be in your best interest to reset the flash counter.
I used the pre injected stock firmware, so was no need for cwm.
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I also have a question about that, if I have used clockworkrecovery to root my device and want to update it with ota ,but keep root. How to do that the easiest way ?
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fischerben said:
I also have a question about that, if I have used clockworkrecovery to root my device and want to update it with ota ,but keep root. How to do that the easiest way ?
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You can flash OTA through mobile odin, and still can keep root.
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You can flash OTA through mobile odin, and still can keep root.
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Thanks, what zip do I have to flash can you paste a link. and when there is an update and I update it are the root removed then?
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Hello all,
I recently rooted my Galaxy S3 only to have my Mic fail on me 2 weeks later... Very dissatisfied with my Samsung about that - even though I am loving the phone. Anyways, back to the issue. Verizon has agreed to send me a replacement and I have to send them mine back. The problem is that I know that if I send them a rooted phone they will not honor the warranty, and I am having a very hard time flashing the Verizon Stock rom.
More specifically, and to see if I am doing anything wrong.. I used ODIN to flash a custom rooted rom onto my phone which worked perfectly, and now I am once again trying to use ODIN in order to flash the stock rom which I downloaded from goo.im - the file that I am using is HOME_I535VRALF2_I535VZWALF2_618049_REV09_user_low_ship.tar.md5
Simple steps - reboot into downloading mode -> check auto-reboot and reset time on ODIN and choose the file above under PDA. All works fine, the phone reboots and I get a PASS, and yet my phone is stuck on the Verizon 4G loading intro. I think that's what they call a soft brick.
The first time this happened, I flashed a different rom and the phone loaded properly but it had the open lock symbol under Samsung which I think means that it was unlocked.. Either way, it was not the unrooted and official stock rom which is what I need on my phone in order to keep my warranty. The file that DOES work is COMBINATION_I535VRBLJ1_I535VZWBLJ1_381038_REV09_user_low_ship(NO_WIPE).tar.md5
I have followed the above steps over and over again and I always get the same result - stock doesn't work, the other one does.
Any ideas? What could the issue be?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1762709
Personally I would try the files found in section 5 of this thread.
According to Droidstyles guide before his recent edits, if it freezes on the boot logo after a successful Odin factory flash then you're supposed to pull the battery, boot into recovery, and do a factory reset. Try that.
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According to Droidstyles guide before his recent edits, if it freezes on the boot logo after a successful Odin factory flash then you're supposed to pull the battery, boot into recovery, and do a factory reset. Try that.
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Yes this works, also had this happen to me, and to boot to recovery just hold home+volume up+power button. It should work.
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You should probably factory reset after flashing, for you don't want to be running a buggy phone.
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Use a full wipe version and this would not happen...part of the reason why i removed nowipe versions such as f2. But yes as slimsnoop said, data wipe /factory reset will fix that.
So I bought the s3 Verizon it was rooted and switched to cricket pre paid before my friend sold it to me he tried to root back to Verizon but of course he failed, is there anyway to get the phone completelyback to stock even though he switched providers cuz the phone is stuck on the activating part I'm no noobe at rooting just don't know much bout this phone
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FhtmChandley85 said:
is there anyway to get the phone completelyback to stock even though he switched providers cuz the phone is stuck on the activating part I'm no noobe at rooting just don't know much bout this phone
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Follow section 5 of Droidstyle's (the guy above you) guide. Click the link in his signature. I'm not sure about how this handles modified network configuration though, that's not something I remotely know anything about.
I thought there was a way to bypass the activation screen? On older phones, you could tap the four corners of the screen or something like that? Anyone ever heard that before?
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Has any one perhaps used this app
Essentially ist an app that allows you to back up and restore your root access therefore allowing you to take updates over the air and then afterwards allowing to restore your root. I saw a couple videos on you tube but they were all dated months ago I was wondering if any one had any comments or feedback based on there own experience using this tool cause in theory it sounds pretty awesome
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I used it with the most recent jb update on two vzw gs3s. It works as promised. Just make sure your bootloader is still unlocked after the update.
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Firealoha said:
I used it with the most recent jb update on two vzw gs3s. It works as promised. Just make sure your bootloader is still unlocked after the update.
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is there any chance you could list the steps you did involving ota rootkeeper....i still have ics 4.0.4, stock rooted unlocked. didnt take the jb update cause i didnt want to lose everything....thanks
Both times I used it I was running CM10 stable and CWM touch 6.0.2.3. I then did a full wipe, restored my stock back up, downloaded voodoo and hit "protect root", and then accepted the OTA. It was that easy.
The first phone I carelessly forgot to re-unlock my bootloader using ez-unlock and when I rebooted I got the dreaded triangle. Learned my lesson with the second one. I remember something about having to answer some ?'s during the reboot process about keeping my custom recovery, but I don't remember exactly what they were. The answers were pretty obvious.
Also, I just tried ez unlock now and it says device status unknown. After the update I remember getting that msg too for some reason. I just locked the bootloader and then unlocked it for good measure, making sure to get the "your bootloader has been successfully unlocked“ msg.
Good luck and lmk how it turns out
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So flash or return to stock rooted ics in my case download the app hit protect root and then it says temporary un root then go through the notions of the update and then after it reboots just double check that the boot loader is unlock wit ez unlock before attempting to flash custom roms correct???
Ps after you or I unlocked my boot loader it too says device status unknown so much like you I lock it and then unlock it to be sure
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MIKEYSAKZ said:
So flash or return to stock rooted ics in my case download the app hit protect root and then it says temporary un root then go through the notions of the update and then after it reboots just double check that the boot loader is unlock wit ez unlock before attempting to flash custom roms correct???
Ps after you or I unlocked my boot loader it too says device status unknown so much like you I lock it and then unlock it to be sure
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Sorry was to busy watching the Super bowl and didnt have acces to a computer on my last post. Hopefully this is a little easier to follow.
1) Return to stock rooted/unlocked ics (in my case it was the backup I made of my phone straight out of the box)
2) Download the app and when you run it, it should have all but one of the boxes checked (you'll see what I mean when you open the app). Click on "protect root" and the final box should now be checked (indicating that a protected su copy is available)
3) I did not select temp unroot as an option, so I cannot attest to what selecting this will do. Once I selected "protect root", I went and initiated the OTA download. I did this with two gsIII's following the above sequence and had zero problems (well, except for forgetting to re-unclock my bootloader).
4) After the phone has downloaded the update it will ask you if you want to allow CWM (or whatever your recovery is) to install the unsigned.zip - select YES and answer YES to keeping root.
5) Once the phone is done booting up go into ezunlock and re-unlock your bootloader before booting into recovery or rebooting the device.
I think most people will agree that this is kind of a waste of time as their are a number of debloated Stock JB ROMS on this forum that you can flash without having to go through all the hassle of doing all this. I chose to do it as more of a learning tool. This is my first Samsung device having owned and rooted/S-Off''ed two previous HTC devices. I am by no means an expert, but this community has been so helpful to me over the last few years,that I figured it's about time I started spreading the Aloha. Good Luck!
So after seeing KitKat in action, I hunted down an Android phone eligible for a KitKat ROM. I traded my iPhone for a Verizon Samsung Galaxy S3 (i535) I got it rooted and CWM on it just fine, and the boot loader unlocked. (or so I thought) Went into recovery and did all the steps to install the ROM, got it installed, along with G-Apps and rebooted. My phone came to a screen saying
"system software not authorized by Verizon wireless has been found on your phone. Please turn off your phone and go to the nearest Verizon Wireless store for help."
As far as I can tell, the boot loader was not successfully unlocked. So, it's back to stock ROM via Odin, right? :laugh:
NO! All the guides I find say to download an app to reset the binary counter. How do I do that if I have no OS to boot to?
Any Ideas? Did my enticement for KitKat get the best of me?
You shouldn't need triangle away to Odin back to stock. Triangle away would be for if you were trying to take your phone back to Verizon or Samsung for warranty work and didn't want them to know it was previously rooted.
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You shouldn't need triangle away to Odin back to stock. Triangle away would be for if you were trying to take your phone back to Verizon or Samsung for warranty work and didn't want them to know it was previously rooted.
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O, thanks for clearing that up. So what's my next step to getting it back to a working phone?
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O, thanks for clearing that up. So what's my next step to getting it back to a working phone?
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Follow the instructions in section 5 of this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1762709. This will get you back to stock and unrooted. Then you will have to do the root unlock processs again.
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Follow the instructions in section 5 of this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1762709. This will get you back to stock and unrooted. Then you will have to do the root unlock processs again.
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and or use the casual all in one tool and follow root, and flash insecure aboot then download Rom manager from google play and install latest CWM
I just had my s3 replaced under warranty. The new one, I used casual to root/unlock, etc. Worked great! I think I let casual install everything then flashed CM from recovery.
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O, thanks for clearing that up. So what's my next step to getting it back to a working phone?
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Not sure what you are trying to achieve, but once you get it back to functional and rooted, I would recommend you try out some of the wonderful custom TouchWIz ROMs on the forum here. They have most of if not more features than are in Kit Kat and there are no fully functional Kit Kat ROMSs for the S3 yet. Plus thse ROMs are stable and all your Samsung features will work properly . MORA, Hyperdrive, Synergy, and Jelly "beans" are good examples of excellent ROMs.
So I figured out what went wrong, and I'm still kicking myself for how stupid of problem it was. The reason Odin didn't want to work was because I was using the front USB ports on my system, which are not USB 2.0... I spent 6 hours trying to figure it out. So I hooked it up to a rear USB port, flashed it back to stock ROM, redid the Root, unlocked bootloader (which I didn't do in the first place) and now I'm getting Cyanogenmod on it.
Thanks everyone for the help! I hope anyone else who comes across this who where in the same boat I was can figure it out.
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So after seeing KitKat in action, I hunted down an Android phone eligible for a KitKat ROM. I traded my iPhone for a Verizon Samsung Galaxy S3 (i535) I got it rooted and CWM on it just fine, and the boot loader unlocked. (or so I thought) Went into recovery and did all the steps to install the ROM, got it installed, along with G-Apps and rebooted. My phone came to a screen saying
"system software not authorized by Verizon wireless has been found on your phone. Please turn off your phone and go to the nearest Verizon Wireless store for help."
As far as I can tell, the boot loader was not successfully unlocked. So, it's back to stock ROM via Odin, right? :laugh:
NO! All the guides I find say to download an app to reset the binary counter. How do I do that if I have no OS to boot to?
Any Ideas? Did my enticement for KitKat get the best of me?
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i know you say you are ROOT but why dont you check using ROOT CHECKER download it from the play store its gonna tell you if you are root or not. im using sspencer10 KITKAT 4.4 CM11 and is running pretty smooth why don't you try it out just download the .zip reboot into RECOVERY i preffer you use TWRP (last version) go to whipe>advanced wipe and clear, Dalvik Cache>System>Data>Cache (optional i alwayz check mark Internal storage looking for space and alwayz make a clean flash same as Format Data) make sure you backup everything first using Titatinium Backup go back, then go to Install search for your .zip file on ur SDCard or Internal Storage first select the ROM ADD MORE FILE and add the GAPPS click REBOOT SYSTEM AND ENJOY YOUR NEW KITKAT 4.4 CM11 ON YOUR SGS3.
Don't be scared of Kit Kat! Once u get ur issues figured out and get 4.4 up and running you will see its all worth it!
Hello, I am still learning about custom ROM's, boot loader, etc, so I apologize if my question sounds like a noob one. I have the S III and I have put a custom ROM, boot loader, Kernal, (and radio?). I want to put my phone back to a stock ROM and everything else as I want to sell it on ebay or somewhere else. Can anyone point me to where I can find the stock ROM's and other items to bring back my phone to its "Original" state (or whatever state it would be in if it were to receive the Verizon OTA updates?)
Thanks for your help!
download this image http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23134718111254196 and flash with Odin. After flash once it boot up make sure you disable OTA update. If you have the latest 4.3 stock rom it's harder to sell on ebay. If you want pure stock once boot up just turn off wifi and 4g.
Thank You! One last question where do you disable OTA updates?
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Thank You! One last question where do you disable OTA updates?
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If you want to sell it as pure stock, just disable wifi, turn off the phone then remove the sim card, now you can sell the phone as stock. If you disable OTA then the phone is not 100% pure stock since you need to modify couple system files and root the phone.