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[Q] Unrooting to stock?

I'm a a noob, and I just don't know where to look to unroot my phone. After rooting my phone which took me a while. I couldn't receive any calls. So I want to go back to stock. is there any step by step instructions written clearly or a video that could help me please. *best answer gets a prize. I really need the help.

There's nothing S-OFF can do to interfere with reception. What ROM are you running? Have you tried others? Try the stock rooted ROM here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=16118438#post16118438
It is completely stock except for the busybox and su addons.
If that doesn't work, then you may have dmaged hardware and will need to exchange (if under warranty) or send off for repair. If so, flash it completely back to stock S-ON with this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1208507

Thank you for Responding! I'm using Cyanogen7 I think. But I may have to send my phone back to AT&T.

i really wish everyone would understand what root really is. it breaks my heart to see so many misguided and uninformed people.
root=system access to the ROM
'unrooting' is simply removing that access.
if you are on CM7, you cannot simply unroot. you need to flash a stock RUU and turn s-on if you are returning it....
also, you should know what rom you are running, i mean for pete's sake it tells you in 'about phone'
cm7 has a special cyanogen mod boot animation
you would had to have specifically flashed CM7 to your phone since it doesnt just magically install itself there....
how can you not know what you have done to your phone? when you say you cant make calls, are there any error messages or do you just assume that its 'root' causing it?
the more details you know about your device, the better people can help you.

I'm sorry :/ It's my phone I believe it's AT&T or the phone itself, I'm going to send it back though which is why I want it back to it's default. You're right I don't know what I was doing just following instructions and a friend online was helping me or instructing me over what to do.

teenphresh said:
I'm sorry :/ It's my phone I believe it's AT&T or the phone itself, I'm going to send it back though which is why I want it back to it's default. You're right I don't know what I was doing just following instructions and a friend online was helping me or instructing me over what to do.
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you see the real problem here is that without knowing anything about your phone, you are assuming its a problem with the hardware. it could very well be some setting that needs to be changed. how could this be an AT&T problem? why would exchanging it fix it if it were?
instead of learning about your phone, you are wanting to do a warranty exchange on it. if you exchange it out, please make sure its completely back to defaults, with no remnants of a rom whatsoever. then with the new one, either leave it completely stock and unrooted, or learn what you are doing before you do it.
reading and comprehension go a long way.
i dislike the mentality of 'somethings not working, and rather than try and figure it out, i will just exchange it and hope the next one doesnt do it, because i dont want to take the time to figure out how i screwed it up in the first place'

Pirateghost said:
i really wish everyone would understand what root really is. it breaks my heart to see so many misguided and uninformed people.
root=system access to the ROM
'unrooting' is simply removing that access.
if you are on CM7, you cannot simply unroot. you need to flash a stock RUU and turn s-on if you are returning it....
also, you should know what rom you are running, i mean for pete's sake it tells you in 'about phone'
cm7 has a special cyanogen mod boot animation
you would had to have specifically flashed CM7 to your phone since it doesnt just magically install itself there....
how can you not know what you have done to your phone? when you say you cant make calls, are there any error messages or do you just assume that its 'root' causing it?
the more details you know about your device, the better people can help you.
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im in this persons boat....i jus traded my iphone for this rooted inspire and i hate it and want it how it is out of the box but i have no idea what anyone is talking about im not this tech savy at all....ive clicked on a link that takes me to that forum xda developers site but the link isnt active....im lost and just want this thing back to factory.... HELP !!!!!

teenphresh said:
I'm a a noob, and I just don't know where to look to unroot my phone. After rooting my phone which took me a while. I couldn't receive any calls. So I want to go back to stock. is there any step by step instructions written clearly or a video that could help me please. *best answer gets a prize. I really need the help.
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Use ace hack kit to return to stock. After downloading and extracting, fully read the manual. It's really easy. The manual is the best step by step guide you can get.
Ace Hack Kit
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Stopping an ota

I just picked up my m8 from Verizon. Here's what it's running. Is there a way to stop it from updating to the new ota it's wanting to install?
If I try weaksauce and then firewater can I accept the ota or should I not because it will lock the boot loader down? It's always been don't accept otas when unlocked with the s3.
Can anyone help me with the steps I should use? I'm thinking weaksauce, then firewater, then twrp install, then flash su zip? Then what do I do about otas trying to install? Besides flashing a new Rom?
Also, there is a way to go back to full stock right?
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From what I've read the ota doesn't break anything that would stop you from being able to s-off. However if you want to s-off before taking the ota then you can do so. There should be a thread around here that contains the zip of the latest ota firmware and radios, etc that you can flash and be up to date without going through the hassle of returning the recovery and such to stock.

On the Verizon m8? Cause I'm reading that firewater may not work on the newest ota. Any ideas?

Nobody has any input? Surely some here have experience on this device that they got recently from Verizon?

silver04v said:
Nobody has any input? Surely some here have experience on this device that they got recently from Verizon?
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I used Firewater on mine without doing the OTA and I'd recommend you do the same just incase.

S1L3nTShaDoWz said:
I used Firewater on mine without doing the OTA and I'd recommend you do the same just incase.
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What did you do afterwards to prevent the ota after soff was done? Did you install twrp and flash su in recovery after?

silver04v said:
What did you do afterwards to prevent the ota after soff was done? Did you install twrp and flash su in recovery after?
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I believe after I went S-OFF I just flashed a custom ROM. On the other hand I think flashing SuperSU would make the updates fail in the future if thats good enough to you. & Yes I did that too I think.
I know on the Galaxy S4 you could freeze the app giving you notifications about the OTA updates, not sure if you can do that on the M8 or not as I haven't really needed to do it but you could check that out too if all else fails.

Maybe I'll just stop being a new device wuss and flash clean rom. As I want stable and no fussing right now.
What about going stock? Is it possible to lock it all back up if needed?

silver04v said:
Maybe I'll just stop being a new device wuss and flash clean rom. As I want stable and no fussing right now.
What about going stock? Is it possible to lock it all back up if needed?
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It's not really being a wuss, honestly you're quite smart to ask questions before doing stuff. Let's just say for example, you did everything with no research no questions asked and pretended you were the master of everything you didn't know YET you would eventually screw up if not immediately. Sooo congrats to you for being smart : D!
Yes I'm quite sure you can lock it back up or at least to a point where it'd be extremely hard to tell whether it was or not. If you like trying new things I'd just try a few ROM's and find one you really like before you settle with one and then just set your stuff up and enjoy it
On the other hand if you like stock and prefer it over it then you can use Xposed and get some of the cool stuff you would from a ROM or even stuff you don't see in ROM's.

S1L3nTShaDoWz said:
It's not really being a wuss, honestly you're quite smart to ask questions before doing stuff. Let's just say for example, you did everything with no research no questions asked and pretended you were the master of everything you didn't know YET you would eventually screw up if not immediately. Sooo congrats to you for being smart : D!
Yes I'm quite sure you can lock it back up or at least to a point where it'd be extremely hard to tell whether it was or not. If you like trying new things I'd just try a few ROM's and find one you really like before you settle with one and then just set your stuff up and enjoy it
On the other hand if you like stock and prefer it over it then you can use Xposed and get some of the cool stuff you would from a ROM or even stuff you don't see in ROM's.
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Yeah, I'm all for roms, been flashing since my droidx days. HTC is just new to me. I'm coming from a galaxy s3. So this is a bit different. But I think I'm understanding things.
Just nerve racking since I just paid outright for this to keep my unlimited.

Any other suggestions?
I'm thinking my steps are going to be weaksauce, then firewater, then download twrp and flash it. Then delete weaksauce and supersu then go into twrp and flash a super su zip for permanent root. Then start with cleanrom.
Sound about right?

I did firewater after taking the ota and it worked. Any way you choose to do it is fine. But taking ota definitely does not break the possibility of s-off on vzwM8

silver04v said:
Any other suggestions?
I'm thinking my steps are going to be weaksauce, then firewater, then download twrp and flash it. Then delete weaksauce and supersu then go into twrp and flash a super su zip for permanent root. Then start with cleanrom.
Sound about right?
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That's almost exactly like I did it, except I don't think you have to flash SuperSU after installing TWRP since you will install CleanROM anyway. The rom is rooted out of the box.
The way I understand it (and I'm also new to HTC - have done all my flashing on Asus tablets and Moto phones), flashing a rom will format and overwrite /system anyway. And that's where root lives, right?

Well I got it done. Didn't take the ota and I used weak sauce, then firewater, then fastboot flashed twrp, installed SuperSU zip and I'm off and rolling. Ready to install clean ROM. I'm loving this device.

[Q] How to update rooted Moto G?

Hi,
I hope this has not been covered more than once - I've really searched for it on this forum but couldn't find anything about it.
I rooted my Moto G. All I wanted was to use the "Greenify" App and to fix a wakelok that seems to happen occasionally, getting my battery time back to ~10 days again (I hardly use the phone). I don't need root for anything else.
I am very interested in the Android L update, though, because of a couple of features I have been waiting for for very long.
And of course I would appreciate getting rid of the "update available" notification.
What is the easiest/most foolproof way for me to update my Moto G, possibly using OTA?

fertchen said:
Hi,
I hope this has not been covered more than once - I've really searched for it on this forum but couldn't find anything about it.
I rooted my Moto G. All I wanted was to use the "Greenify" App and to fix a wakelok that seems to happen occasionally, getting my battery time back to ~10 days again (I hardly use the phone). I don't need root for anything else.
I am very interested in the Android L update, though, because of a couple of features I have been waiting for for very long.
And of course I would appreciate getting rid of the "update available" notification.
What is the easiest/most foolproof way for me to update my Moto G, possibly using OTA?
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Download VooDoo OTA RootKeeper on the Google play store, it temporary disables root. After that, you can restore root. Hope that helps.
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thebestiam said:
Download VooDoo OTA RootKeeper on the Google play store, it temporary disables root. After that, you can restore root. Hope that helps.
Sent from my SM-T310
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Thanks. This seems to be intended to keep root only, though. My problem is (sorry that I was unable to clarify this in my first post) that I can not use the OTA update for my Moto G at all because it is rooted. If I try to apply the OTA update the phone will get stuck in an endless reboot-loop because of some checksum failure or so (as desribed here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g/help/android-4-4-2-to-4-4-4-failed-t2819308
Is there a foolproof way to get around this issue as well?

This should help you.

I rooted my Moto G using this excellent tutorial: http://www.swedroid.se/forum/showthread.php?t=106595
As I see it, the only reason the OTA update does not work is the fact that the recovery partition was changed and thus the checksum does not match. I also assume that I would just need to restore the stock recovery in order for the OTA updates to work again. Is that correct?
As I said, I am really not interested in any custom tinkering at all. The only thing I wanted was root access and I have grown to like Greenify. It is my understanding that I do not need CWM in order to retain root access. What I would like to achieve now is to install the OTA updates without worries. I could live with having to root the device again after each update, provided that does not involve flashing recovery and unlocking again.
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This should help you.
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Thanks for the pointer. But maybe there is a different way.

fertchen said:
As I said, I am really not interested in any custom tinkering at all. The only thing I wanted was root access and I have grown to like Greenify. It is my understanding that I do not need CWM in order to retain root access. What I would like to achieve now is to install the OTA updates without worries. I could live with having to root the device again after each update, provided that does not involve flashing recovery and unlocking again.
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You could reflash stock recovery and then OTA should work if that's what it was falling over on. If you lose root and need to re-root, you can do so by reflashing the recovery installable zip version of SuperSU from acustom recovery, which of course you now won't have.
However, you can always boot into a custom recovery from a PC without actually flashing it, i.e. get into fastboot mode and do:
Code:
fastboot boot yourfavouritecustomrecovery.img
that should boot you into CWM (or whatever) temporarily without overwriting your stock recovery so you can re-root. You won't need to unlock the bootloader again.
If you upgrade to the premium version of SuperSU it has a feature that attempts to survive OTA updates that may save you having to re-root, but YMMV.

fertchen said:
Hi,
I hope this has not been covered more than once - I've really searched for it on this forum but couldn't find anything about it.
I rooted my Moto G. All I wanted was to use the "Greenify" App and to fix a wakelok that seems to happen occasionally, getting my battery time back to ~10 days again (I hardly use the phone). I don't need root for anything else.
I am very interested in the Android L update, though, because of a couple of features I have been waiting for for very long.
And of course I would appreciate getting rid of the "update available" notification.
What is the easiest/most foolproof way for me to update my Moto G, possibly using OTA?
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You can try to update the OTA by following the steps in the OP of this Post. It worked for me
http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g/general/ota-file-indian-dual-sim-4-4-4-t2810166
Just follow the steps below the text:
REVERT TO STOCK WITHOUT LOSING DATA OR ANYTHING ELSE
Basically you have to do this. Restore stock, do the OTA and than reroot using superboot to root.
Phone is unlocked, rooted and had xposed modules on it

Get back to stock ROM and check for updates

You can also try to find an official 4.4.4 firmware, flash it without wiping anything except the cache partition, and re-root afterwards.
So your phone is being updated, you won't lose anything and you still get root.
I did that with my Moto G 4G/LTE and it works beautifully.
Hope that helps.

Thanks for all your input.
Going back to stock recovery did not fix the OTA update problem/boot loop.
Even though I never installed a custom ROM I ended up re-installing the stock 4.4.2 firmware (without erasing userdata) and then just applying the OTA update.
Now I tried booting into CWM (fastboot boot recovery.img) but that just leads to "waiting for device", so I flashed CWM recovery again, rooted and then restored stock recovery. Works.
And I have learnt quite a bit in the process. That's always nice.
Thank you guys, you reign supreme.

can anyone help me out with twrp for LG Stylo 2

OK so I'm not a dev and my device is the LG Stylo 2, LS775. I found a way to make the root permanent for our device then another fellow came along asking for the stock recovery so he could port twrp for the Stylo 2 and he did he used the TWRP for the LG Stylo hence why I'm here. It's flashed and booted up just fine touch controls worked great the only problems I was having was it's not reading any partitions what so ever so I cant back up anything or choose files to flash. He tried fixing it and ended up bricking his own device in the process. I'm here to see if any Stylo developer could take a look and possibly fix it he was a newer dev so I believe that's why his device got fried.anyway if you could be so kind it would be much appreciated by me and other stylo 2 owners everywhere. Here is the stock recovery for the Stylo 2 LS775 https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4Gofg_yEN9-NHNsQ0ZHVEcwQlU/view?usp=drivesdkand here is the ported version that boots fine just doesn't mount partitions https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4Gofg_yEN9-Z2hqNFZEUHBzNk0/view?usp=drivesdk and here is some pictures of stuff it said in twrp I couldn't take a log as it didn't read a device to save it to
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DirtyPISTOLA said:
OK so I'm not a dev and my device is the LG Stylo 2, LS775. I found a way to make the root permanent for our device then another fellow came along asking for the stock recovery so he could port twrp for the Stylo 2 and he did he used the TWRP for the LG Stylo hence why I'm here. It's flashed and booted up just fine touch controls worked great the only problems I was having was it's not reading any partitions what so ever so I cant back up anything or choose files to flash. He tried fixing it and ended up bricking his own device in the process. I'm here to see if any Stylo developer could take a look and possibly fix it he was a newer dev so I believe that's why his device got fried.anyway if you could be so kind it would be much appreciated by me and other stylo 2 owners everywhere. Here is the stock recovery for the Stylo 2 LS775 https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4Gofg_yEN9-NHNsQ0ZHVEcwQlU/view?usp=drivesdkand here is the ported version that boots fine just doesn't mount partitions https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4Gofg_yEN9-Z2hqNFZEUHBzNk0/view?usp=drivesdk and here is some pictures of stuff it said in twrp I couldn't take a log as it didn't read a device to save it to
Any help would be great if not go ahead and kindly ignore this post, thank you.
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How did you get root? I'm on the Metro PCS variant, I'm pretty sure that the software differs enough to not work for me.

mustangtim49 said:
How did you get root? I'm on the Metro PCS variant, I'm pretty sure that the software differs enough to not work for me.
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its pretty universal if you can get kingroot to at least temp root you should be fine follow my guide here http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/development/boost-varient-permanent-root-t3435543 all i did was get temp root from kingroot then removed kingroot and installed supersu via terminal emulatore after that was done I installed busy box and flashfire then flashed the newest su binary with flashfire if it asks you to reboot just make sure to softboot because you wont lose temp root for that you can get a soft reboot app in the play store, but follow my guide let me know if it works for you that would be great.

DirtyPISTOLA said:
its pretty universal if you can get kingroot to at least temp root you should be fine follow my guide here http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/development/boost-varient-permanent-root-t3435543 all i did was get temp root from kingroot then removed kingroot and installed supersu via terminal emulatore after that was done I installed busy box and flashfire then flashed the newest su binary with flashfire if it asks you to reboot just make sure to softboot because you wont lose temp root for that you can get a soft reboot app in the play store, but follow my guide let me know if it works for you that would be great.
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In there lies the problem, kingroot does not even get temp root on my variant yet. I have unlocked the bootloader via fastboot already, but with no root or any other development for that matter, doesn't really mean a thing.

mustangtim49 said:
In there lies the problem, kingroot does not even get temp root on my variant yet. I have unlocked the bootloader via fastboot already, but with no root or any other development for that matter, doesn't really mean a thing.
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Yeah that's the problem with a lot of the stylo 2 they patched temp root in v4 of there software and a lot of people updated including me but luckily my wife wanted the same phone so I gave here mine and bought a new one on v3 well GL I hope you get root soon.

[Q] Root for Moto G3 XT155, 5.1.1 Lollipop

Hey, ya'll!
I'm planning to root my Moto G3 XT1550 on 5.1.1.
Can you suggest the best method to root my phone and probably the safest? I tried to look around obviously, but there are too much of topics that I can't even understand.
Also what would be your suggestion? Should I upgrade it to Marshmallow then root it, or whatever.
A quick response would be highly appreciated!
Thank you

If you root it on Lollipop, you will need to restore to stock to upgrade to Marshmallow... If you are going to leave it on Lollipop, rooting it is even easier though, there is nothing special that needs to be done, flash TWRP, then flash SuperSU, and your done.
Personally, I would upgrade it as far as possible first via OTA to the latest Marshmallow, then factory reset, then root. The rooting process is well documented and easy to follow, you should have no issues.
NEVER, NEVER EVER take an OTA when rooted or having custom recovery installed, no exceptions. And backup regularily, especially prior to rooting, in TWRP.

acejavelin said:
If you root it on Lollipop, you will need to restore to stock to upgrade to Marshmallow... If you are going to leave it on Lollipop, rooting it is even easier though, there is nothing special that needs to be done, flash TWRP, then flash SuperSU, and your done.
Personally, I would upgrade it as far as possible first via OTA to the latest Marshmallow, then factory reset, then root. The rooting process is well documented and easy to follow, you should have no issues.
NEVER, NEVER EVER take an OTA when rooted or having custom recovery installed, no exceptions. And backup regularily, especially prior to rooting, in TWRP.
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Hey mate, thank you so much for the detailed explanation. Really appreciate it!
I have upgraded to Marshmallow 6.0.1 now, so if it is not too much to ask can you link me to the rooting process which would work for my phone? also the TWRP. I'm not being lazy here, it's just I don't want to mess anything up by trying different things which I'm not even sure of.
Sorry for the BUMP!

To root stock MM the process is the same as all Moto Marshmallow devices, TWRP use r5, I wrote tutorial the link is in my sig.

acejavelin said:
To root stock MM the process is the same as all Moto Marshmallow devices, TWRP use r5, I wrote tutorial the link is in my sig.
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I did everything mentioned in the tutorial but my phone won't start up now.
There is this message showing up everytime. Help!
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I can boot into TWRP but not into the system

Well, it did manage to boot up to the system after I stayed on that screen for sometime. But oh well, when I checked on Root Checker, it says it's not properly installed. And also there is no SuperSU installed.
What can be done? It can get frustrating at times.

R37X said:
Well, it did manage to boot up to the system after I stayed on that screen for sometime. But oh well, when I checked on Root Checker, it says it's not properly installed. And also there is no SuperSU installed.
What can be done? It can get frustrating at times.
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Flash the beta one supersu the 2.62-3 one

Dude, you're amazing! I flashed the beta SuperSU and it's working fine now.
Thank you so much, really appreciate all that you have done.
Just two quick questions, how do I get rid of the bootloader warning at startup? I mean can I change it with some logo or something since the phone is rooted now?
Also, the main reason for me to root the phone is because of xposed. So shall I install that as a normal apk or do something with twrp?

R37X said:
Dude, you're amazing! I flashed the beta SuperSU and it's working fine now.
Thank you so much, really appreciate all that you have done.
Just two quick questions, how do I get rid of the bootloader warning at startup? I mean can I change it with some logo or something since the phone is rooted now?
Also, the main reason for me to root the phone is because of xposed. So shall I install that as a normal apk or do something with twrp?
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I don't use Xposed, but my understanding is you have to flash it. Make sure to backup first.
For the boot logo you can flash an alternative one or just deal with it... The delay will still exist, it's part of having an unlocked bootloader.