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UnRoot Nexus S

Hey guys...I have a rooted nexus s currently on Miui. I am wishing to go back to stock so I can get the official ICS rom from Google.
I wish to unroot my phone. I will flash back to my stock rom. Now, because I have all my apps, how do I unroot without wiping my phone? Since I will be unrooted titanium won't work. Would superoneclick work?
So my question is......(once I am back on my stock rom) ....how to I unroot without wiping my phone? Would superoneclick unroot button work? Please help. Thanks.
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Sorry, I have read that you will lose all your data when you lock or unlock. Make a good backup.

Moritzio said:
Sorry, I have read that you will lose all your data when you lock or unlock. Make a good backup.
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No...I don't mind if it is still unlock. Infact...I would prefer that ...i just simple want to unroot so I can update to the ota ICS when Google release it
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OK, then I suppose you just uninstall superuser and re-flash stock images of everything but data. I wonder if you need to restore /etc/install-recovery.sh? Actually renaming that back to original and rebooting should install stock recovery, but flashing the stock recovery image file will also work.
Shivammcool said:
No...I don't mind if it is still unlock. Infact...I would prefer that ...i just simple want to unroot so I can update to the ota ICS when Google release it
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Why don't you keep it rooted and install rom like any other when it is released? So you don't have to wait for it to roll to your device
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Why not just stay rooted and wait the few hours till some posts a rooted stock rom? I'm as anxious as anyone but I'm pretty sure I can hold off.....
Long days and pleasant nights............

pitmaster said:
Why not just stay rooted and wait the few hours till some posts a rooted stock rom? I'm as anxious as anyone but I'm pretty sure I can hold off.....
Long days and pleasant nights............
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I did...now I have ics cm9 alpha 11
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[Q] How do you downgrade from Rooted ICS to Rooted Gingerbread?

Hey guys! i have been searching through all the forums on xda and google on how to downgrade 4.0.3 to gingerbread. And no luck. I have Rooted BM ICS, and i have flash some other ics and quite frankly all are buggy so i want to go back to gingerbread since i cant find a fully stable ICS (Battery, ram etc.) Btw i have i9020T and cwm.

If you unlocked the bootloader and is rooted, the easiest way is to download rom manager from the market, choose a rom from the dev section and install it.
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Yes in rom manager peter alfonso has stock images. Just download and install
This will unroot ur phone but will keep the bootloader unlocked. From there you can reroot and have gb or a gb rom of choice.
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aight then im about to do so, uhhh just another question...how do you root again?? i forgot lol and will this change my radio?Also does it matter what rom i choose?

allenxx said:
aight then im about to do so, uhhh just another question...how do you root again?? i forgot lol and will this change my radio?Also does it matter what rom i choose?
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you dont root when you install a custom rom. they come rooted. so you can just flash whatever you want, when ever you want.
if you need a refresher, when you change roms you need to format everything, format data/cache and dalvik cache, (in advanced) then find the rom and install from zip. anymore questions ill help you out. just pm me.
and research your questions first. this place has a wealth of knowledge.

[ROOT] Straight Talk: Samsung Galaxy Centura

It's been successfully rooted with POOT.
It has also been rooted via CWM by Area51 Here for CWM and then Here for Root! I did find some ROM development going on at Area51 as well here. Area51's CWM does not appear to play nice with any phone rooted with Poot however so it's best to install CWM from Area51 first and then use their root method.

SteveCampsOut said:
It's been successfully rooted with POOT.
It has also been rooted via CWM by Area51 Here for CWM and then Here for Root! I did find some ROM development going on at Area51 as well here. Area51's CWM does not appear to play nice with any phone rooted with Poot however so it's best to install CWM from Area51 first and then use their root method.
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The root method used at A51 is out-of-date, and can't be updated. Therefore, you'll continuously receive an update notification and won't be able to stop it.

UrbanBounca said:
The root method used at A51 is out-of-date, and can't be updated. Therefore, you'll continuously receive an update notification and won't be able to stop it.
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Not True! All you have to do is just not install the update when it boots you into CWM. This will be fixed when they complete the ROM they're working on. I don't get update reminders after accepting the first one and just not installing it once in recovery mode at the install screen!

My roomate just got this phone, gonna root it for her. Thanks for posting methods.
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zounduser said:
My roomate just got this phone, gonna root it for her. Thanks for posting methods.
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You might want to wait for Area51 to complete their first ROM for the phone. Currently it has an annoying update that keeps trying to install over the rooted stock OS that will break root if you install it. Of course you can just keep clicking on accept and then selecting NO when you get to the install update screen in CWM like I do, but it's an annoyance.

Is area51 still working on a ROM?
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alex_is_the_1 said:
Is area51 still working on a ROM?
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The ROM is now available at Area51 as well as an updated ROM with new boot animations and themes.
http://androidarea51.com/centura-root-cwm/

We also almost have CM9 working.

Motorhead1991 said:
We also almost have CM9 working.
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Any luck on that CM9?

Galaxy Centura 4.X
Is there any roms for the Samsung Galaxy Centura on StraightTalk that is Android version 4.1, 4.2 or above?

Not yet. Something that Samsung broke in the kernel is preventing the ROMs from booting up.

Motorhead1991 said:
Not yet. Something that Samsung broke in the kernel is preventing the ROMs from booting up.
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Bummer
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Cool just rooted one of these and uh, any recommendations on a root required app to use the phone as a wifi hotspot free of charge?

I just installed cwm with Odin and I did a backup. I downloaded all the files for root and place it in clockwork backup folder. When I go to cwm and restore backup folder I get a md5 mismatch error. Is their anyway to fix that?
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allcity187 said:
I just installed cwm with Odin and I did a backup. I downloaded all the files for root and place it in clockwork backup folder. When I go to cwm and restore backup folder I get a md5 mismatch error. Is their anyway to fix that?
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Did you rename the backup? If it has spaces, it will cause that error.

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What's the best method of returning this phone back stock is there a flashable firmware or tar file?

Does anyone know what has become of Androidarea51 ??
I've been trying to access that site for some time and it always fails to load.
It has been mentioned in this thread as a source for rooting this model of phone and I've just been given one & would like to root it...
Thanks.

Did anyone get the ROM to boot up? I've been trying but all I get is a black screen

Question about root

Hello, i have this file with me: UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.51
Can someone give me step by step procedure how to root htc one mini with this file?
Thanks

To root, I think all you have to do is just unlock your hboot and flash twrp custom recovery then install root.

abzboi said:
To root, I think all you have to do is just unlock your hboot and flash twrp custom recovery then install root.
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Can you please explain step by step, im totally new to the world of htc phones...thank you

andrew21 said:
Can you please explain step by step, im totally new to the world of htc phones...thank you
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Can i unlock bootloader of htc one mini with One_All-In-One_Kit_v? I have used this kit for HTC One

andrew21 said:
Can i unlock bootloader of htc one mini with One_All-In-One_Kit_v? I have used this kit for HTC One
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just go to htcdev.com to be sure. That works 100% for mini.
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RuffBuster said:
just go to htcdev.com to be sure. That works 100% for mini.
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Hmm ok I'll check it out, by the way how to copy super-su.zip file to phone?

andrew21 said:
Hmm ok I'll check it out, by the way how to copy super-su.zip file to phone?
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copy it to your phone using the USB cable or download it to your phone. If you don't have access to your OS, push it to your phone with ADB. It's like any other file you would transfer to your phone.. And run it from TWRP or CWM recovery.
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RuffBuster said:
copy it to your phone using the USB cable or download it to your phone. If you don't have access to your OS, push it to your phone with ADB. It's like any other file you would transfer to your phone.. And run it from TWRP or CWM recovery.
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Can u pls tell me the adb cmd for it, also should I use install option in recovery to run this file, thanks for your help

andrew21 said:
Can u pls tell me the adb cmd for it, also should I use install option in recovery to run this file, thanks for your help
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1667929
[HOW-TO] ADB Push a ROM to your phone
And yes use "install" from recovery.
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go to this http://www.pocketpc.ch/htc-one-mini...g-htc-dev-unlock-root-recovery-customrom.html (its in german so translate in chrome)
and follow guide step by step. it shows you how to unlock bootloader,flash recovery,root and install custom rom.
( this guide is not created by me, just a link to a guide that i have used )

Braddison said:
go to this http://www.pocketpc.ch/htc-one-mini...g-htc-dev-unlock-root-recovery-customrom.html (its in german so translate in chrome)
and follow guide step by step. it shows you how to unlock bootloader,flash recovery,root and install custom rom.
( this guide is not created by me, just a link to a guide that i have used )
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One more question, should i copy UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.51 to the phone first or flash recovery first?

andrew21 said:
One more question, should i copy UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.51 to the phone first or flash recovery first?
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Its ok guys i sucessfully rooted my htc one mini now....thanks to everyone who helped me

andrew21 said:
Its ok guys i sucessfully rooted my htc one mini now....thanks to everyone who helped me
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Good Good:good:, now to get a custom rom on it:laugh:

Braddison said:
Good Good:good:, now to get a custom rom on it:laugh:
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What rom would people recommend for the htc one mini? I have also rooted my mini but have left it stock. Thinking of the magio rom but might wait for the 4.3 update to be incorporated into it first.

danapoint said:
What rom would people recommend for the htc one mini? I have also rooted my mini but have left it stock. Thinking of the magio rom but might wait for the 4.3 update to be incorporated into it first.
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I personally haven't tried out 4.3 yet, but I'm not impressed by reports so far, that and it seems to be in it's early stages, like when 4.2 first came out it was full of bugs for a lot of phones.
Personally Magio R3 JB 4.22 and JMZ kernel have worked pretty much flawlessly for me. With a few extra tweaks and mods it does everything i could want it to and I do a lot with my phone. 4.3 is still buggy with a lot of apps, although app devs are updating quickly. And with all that said 4.4 may be around the corner.
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RuffBuster said:
I personally haven't tried out 4.3 yet, but I'm not impressed by reports so far, that and it seems to be in it's early stages, like when 4.2 first came out it was full of bugs for a lot of phones.
Personally Magio R3 JB 4.22 and JMZ kernel have worked pretty much flawlessly for me. With a few extra tweaks and mods it does everything i could want it to and I do a lot with my phone. 4.3 is still buggy with a lot of apps, although app devs are updating quickly. And with all that said 4.4 may be around the corner.
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Thanks for that. I will download and try. I was going to use Titanium Backup to backup apps and app data and then restore when the new rom is flashed.(will do a nandroid backup of stock first)
Is that the best way to restore apps+data and contacts/messages etc... or is there something better out there. Thanks for help. Much appreciated. Relatively new to all this!!
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danapoint said:
Thanks for that. I will download and try. I was going to use Titanium Backup to backup apps and app data and then restore when the new rom is flashed.(will do a nandroid backup of stock first)
Is that the best way to restore apps+data and contacts/messages etc... or is there something better out there. Thanks for help. Much appreciated. Relatively new to all this!!
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I use nandroid and titanium backup and it's a great combo.
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danapoint said:
Thanks for that. I will download and try. I was going to use Titanium Backup to backup apps and app data and then restore when the new rom is flashed.(will do a nandroid backup of stock first)
Is that the best way to restore apps+data and contacts/messages etc... or is there something better out there. Thanks for help. Much appreciated. Relatively new to all this!!
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Titanium Backup is your best bet for backup and restore of USER apps, restoring a "missing" system app to a new ROM is NOT a good idea, especially if the backup is from an odexed stock rom.
Your contacts are synced to your GMAIL account, so no need to backup, but if you want to have a copy, export to vcf format from contacts settings, manage contacts menu.
For SMS, i'd recommend either Super Backup : SMS & Contacts, or SMS Backup & Restore - both are available free from Play Store....
4.3 isn't that bad, better than 4.2.2, but poor in comparrison to kitkat 4.4.2 - sooo sweet!
Oh, I'd advise downloading deodexed ROMs
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nelvinchi said:
danapoint said:
Titanium Backup is your best bet for backup and restore of USER apps, restoring a "missing" system app to a new ROM is NOT a good idea, especially if the backup is from an odexed stock rom.
Your contacts are synced to your GMAIL account, so no need to backup, but if you want to have a copy, export to vcf format from contacts settings, manage contacts menu.
For SMS, i'd recommend either Super Backup : SMS & Contacts, or SMS Backup & Restore - both are available free from Play Store....
4.3 isn't that bad, better than 4.2.2, but poor in comparrison to kitkat 4.4.2 - sooo sweet!
Oh, I'd advise downloading deodexed ROMs
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Thanks nelvinchi. Good advice. Are you running Kitkat 4.4.2 on the one mini? If so what Rom?
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danapoint said:
nelvinchi said:
Thanks nelvinchi. Good advice. Are you running Kitkat 4.4.2 on the one mini? If so what Rom?
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No, there is no 4.4 source available for the mini..... I run it on my Nexus 7 2013
The one mini should start receiving 4.4.2 sometime during February, but dates will vary by network..... As soon as someone gets the update and provides a system dump, we can start building ROM's.....
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[Q] Quick root question

Hey! when ifirst got my nexus 5 (few months ago) i rooted it and instaled purity rom with trinity kernel and everything worked fine,
how ever like a month ago when i updated my kernel, when i launch supersu it saids no su binary installed please re root. at the time i didnt care so i just left it but know i would like to root it again (its weird if my phone is not rooted how do i still have purity rom and stuff like that)
anyway is there a way i can reroot without losing ANYTHING? i spent way to many hours setting up my nova launcher settings and stuff that that because im a theme whore lol
i haven't been keeping up with the latest stuff so let me know! thanks
PS im not using my own computer so if i reroot do i have to install all the adb drivers and stuff on this pc?

Hi,
Same thing happened to me, just flash SuperSU in recovery: http://download.chainfire.eu/382/SuperSU/UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.93.zip, it should do the trick.

Hammer_Of_The_Gods said:
Hi,
Same thing happened to me, just flash SuperSU in recovery: http://download.chainfire.eu/382/SuperSU/UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.93.zip, it should do the trick.
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Amazing! worked perfectly thanks for quick reply !! woot!

just so you know as well... root is independent of ROMs. you can have custom ROMs without root.

And also its not rooting that wipes a device, its unlocking the bootloader
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Hammer_Of_The_Gods said:
Hi,
Same thing happened to me, just flash SuperSU in recovery: http://download.chainfire.eu/382/SuperSU/UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.93.zip, it should do the trick.
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rootSU said:
And also its not rooting that wipes a device, its unlocking the bootloader
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what about reinstalling a new version of the same rom im using? will that whipe anything? and if so how do i save my settings

MxZeal said:
what about reinstalling a new version of the same rom im using? will that whipe anything? and if so how do i save my settings
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It shouldn't wipe anything unless you tell it to.
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MxZeal said:
what about reinstalling a new version of the same rom im using? will that whipe anything? and if so how do i save my settings
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Have a read of thread stuck at the top of q&a called "all you need to know about android". Has lots of info you need
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