[GUIDE] How to Root & Remove Unlock Icon & Unroot the Samsung Galaxy S4 VIDEO - AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General

I wrote this guide for those of you that want to remove the Custom icon or unroot your device.
You can find the complete rooting & unrooting guide here (Video is still processing)
http://goo.gl/eif4X

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Can you do the steps to remove the icon and retain root? Just don't want to lose root! Thanks great write up!
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scoot05redss said:
Can you do the steps to remove the icon and retain root? Just don't want to lose root! Thanks great write up!
Sent from my Galaxy S 4!
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I updated the guide,
There are 3 steps, one is to root, 2nd is to remove icon and 3rd is to unroot. Just do the 1st and 2nd part.

I confirm it works. It went away the third time I rebooted. I only did step 2. I was already rooted.
Thanx!
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paleman27 said:
I confirm it works. It went away the third time I rebooted. I only did step 2. I was already rooted.
Thanx!
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Glad you got it working. The icon wasnt letting me sleep at night lol

XsMagical said:
I wrote this guide for those of you that want to remove the Custom icon or unroot your device.
You can find the complete rooting & unrooting guide here (Video is still processing)
http://goo.gl/eif4X
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Sweet dude! I get mine on the first. Now i can root without having warranty issues i take it?
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lessthanzach said:
Sweet dude! I get mine on the first. Now i can root without having warranty issues i take it?
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correct, just follow the guide and you will be safe. I show how to root, remove the custom icon and unroot if you need to return it for any reason. just dont mod the system at ALL!

XsMagical said:
correct, just follow the guide and you will be safe. I show how to root, remove the custom icon and unroot if you need to return it for any reason. just dont mod the system at ALL!
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You da main!
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how to update supersu binary
is that in setting
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uclaxiwen said:
how to update supersu binary
is that in setting
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it should as as soon as you open it, if not then it may already be updated.

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Glad you got it working. The icon wasnt letting me sleep at night lol
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Thank you :good:
I can't stand that rooted icon either

Worked for me. Thanks OP.
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Glad i could contribute something to the community :good:

got it thanks!!
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Worked like a charm. Thanks bro!
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will definitely be using this guide soon. cant access internet from my laptop at the moment. thanks for putting it all together with a guide that makes perfect sense.
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So just unistalling SuperSU and rebooting gets rid of the Custom icon, but you are still rooted?
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highaltitude said:
So just unistalling SuperSU and rebooting gets rid of the Custom icon, but you are still rooted?
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Yessir. Btw I had to reboot 4 or 5 time before it worked.
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Also I just realized.
Going to system settings >about device >status
Device status says "official" again. Woot!
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p1gp3n said:
will definitely be using this guide soon. cant access internet from my laptop at the moment. thanks for putting it all together with a guide that makes perfect sense.
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your welcome.
highaltitude said:
So just unistalling SuperSU and rebooting gets rid of the Custom icon, but you are still rooted?
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just make sure you update the binary then uninstall the old SuperUser first
Bender B. Rodgriguez said:
Yessir. Btw I had to reboot 4 or 5 time before it worked.
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Also I just realized.
Going to system settings >about device >status
Device status says "official" again. Woot!
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thats the best part, last night i wasn't able to sleep due to the unlock icon so i had to just try something lol. I just didnt feel safe knowing i paid full price and had a damn tampered icon going on lol

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Update?

Hey guys I keep reading of others getting prompted to update. What update is this I haven't gotten prompted, I'm just rooted and unlocked? If I get prompted and dont catch it before it flashes is it gonna brick me?
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Just flash a custom recovery and you'll be fine.
We need more threads about this.
Broadley1 said:
Hey guys I keep reading of others getting prompted to update. What update is this I haven't gotten prompted, I'm just rooted and unlocked? If I get prompted and dont catch it before it flashes is it gonna brick me?
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Yes. It will also kill your family and steal your lunch money. Fear it.
A simple (check the general thread) would have sufficed! But glad to see that there's still dicks handing out the same b.s. lectures! Or making fun of people!
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Ppl stated getting the update keeping root and unlock feature, some say they loss it, me I just installed the updated radio vrl7.if you wanna try just install the ota root keeper.I installed the ota blocker.I'm just rooted debloated and unlocked.
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Where did u get the updated radio and did you just flash it? What is the Rota blocker? An app or what?
Thanks in advance
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Broadley1 said:
Where did u get the updated radio and did you just flash it? What is the Rota blocker? An app or what?
Thanks in advance
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http://rootzwiki.com/topic/34053-of...zon-sgs3-sch-i535-odin-or-recovery-flashable/
Can flash through odin or recovery.

May get a GS3 cause I'm crazy. Couple questions though

I may get a GS3 but only if I can do a couple things ...maybe one thing. Can we remove the annoying, persistent WiFi notification in a stock ROM that's rooted and clockworked? Thank you!
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Yea. I'm running Beans latest ROM n I don't get that notification
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There is also a dialer code you can type in that will give you the option to turn it off.
Why would you need to be crazy to get a GS3?
Edit: IIRC it still shows up in the same spot after the code, but it shuts up about saying you should use Wifi and such
(been a while since stock, my bad)
Bluerai said:
There is also a dialer code you can type in that will give you the option to turn it off.
Why would you need to be crazy to get a GS3?
Edit: IIRC it still shows up in the same spot after the code, but it shuts up about saying you should use Wifi and such
(been a while since stock, my bad)
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I've read of some XML edits that can remove it but it'd need to be stock. I run stock, rooted so it'd need to be removable from the stock ROM. I wouldn't wanna see it in my notification bar or the pull down. And crazy cause I've had about a dozen phones in a year. I have a problem.
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Yes, I'm also stock and rooted and i removed it, as well as that stupid popup about known networks in range.
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carpe13 said:
Yes, I'm also stock and rooted and i removed it, as well as that stupid popup about known networks in range.
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Oooo fancy! How did you achieve that? Is there a guide you followed that you can link to or clue me in? Thanks!
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tailsthecat3 said:
Oooo fancy! How did you achieve that? Is there a guide you followed that you can link to or clue me in? Thanks!
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1770622
con247 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1770622
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Thanks!
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The last update took it off for me. Haven't rooted yet and was prompted for the update I took it and after the reboot the WiFi notification was gone.
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pbickel said:
The last update took it off for me. Haven't rooted yet and was prompted for the update I took it and after the reboot the WiFi notification was gone.
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Hmm interesting. Wonder why this wasn't reported on by the "media".
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Root Broken after update

Short story ... phone auto updated by mistake and OTA Root Keeper failed along with 1 click method.
Any ideas?
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Short story ... phone auto updated by mistake and OTA Root Keeper failed along with 1 click method.
Any ideas?
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All i know is that you could odin back to a rootable build, and then reroot and install the rooted version of the latest from here
If anybody knows an easier way feel free to share
Like others below me said, use this method here
Yeah just re root. You don't have to Odin back. The new build can still be rooted just like the other ones.
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dshafiee said:
Short story ... phone auto updated by mistake and OTA Root Keeper failed along with 1 click method.
Any ideas?
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Reroot? Debugfs in casual worked just fine for me on the new update....
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beaups said:
Reroot? Debugfs in casual worked just fine for me on the new update....
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I tried this and it didn't work. Tried it numerous times.
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SFG said:
I tried this and it didn't work. Tried it numerous times.
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It works. It's always been a little buggy. Keep trying. I did have to install superuser from the play store manually afterwards though. Maybe you got the SU binary pushed and just need to do that still?
beaups said:
It works. It's always been a little buggy. Keep trying. I did have to install superuser from the play store manually afterwards though. Maybe you got the SU binary pushed and just need to do that still?
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Tried downloading SUPERUSER but it indicated that I was missing the binaries.
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SFG said:
Tried downloading SUPERUSER but it indicated that I was missing the binaries.
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So keep running the debugfs root from casual. It works. Try adb kill-server after the first reboot and after clicking "OK" in casual. It worked for me.
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Worked for me first try
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boo boo be boo
beaups said:
So keep running the debugfs root from casual. It works. Try adb kill-server after the first reboot and after clicking "OK" in casual. It worked for me.
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Thank you. I will give it a shot.
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OP: Were you able to get root back?
I am running stock, rooted. I was able to retain root following the upgrade by utilizing Voodoo OTA Rootkeeper.
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OTA will always break root but eventually it will not only break root but also break unlock exploits regardless of any app. Ask the EVO 4G LTE guys who are now stuck with locked bootloader. :laugh:
prdog1 said:
OTA will always break root but eventually it will not only break root but also break unlock exploits regardless of any app. Ask the EVO 4G LTE guys who are now stuck with locked bootloader. :laugh:
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Oh? Didn't hear about that...
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Questions go in Q&A
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Thanks
FNM

Lost Root

I had root custom cwm recovery had JB ROM installed and flashed solid ice 2.0 and booted up. Once in tried installing ROM toolbox and couldn't get root access. I still have custom recovery and super user but I have no root access. I did searches and followed all instructions but couldn't find anything on my current situation. I've never flashed a ROM and lost root. I'm on sprint but have my girlfriends s3 rooted on Verizon. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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jtadak said:
I had root custom cwm recovery had JB ROM installed and flashed solid ice 2.0 and booted up. Once in tried installing ROM toolbox and couldn't get root access. I still have custom recovery and super user but I have no root access. I did searches and followed all instructions but couldn't find anything on my current situation. I've never flashed a ROM and lost root. I'm on sprint but have my girlfriends s3 rooted on Verizon. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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When I lost root on my galaxy nexus, I just restored a nandroid backup and I was back in business. That should work assuming you have a previous backup.
Try opening SuperUser and updating your binaries.
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Thanks but I have no option in super user to update binary.
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tu3218 said:
When I lost root on my galaxy nexus, I just restored a nandroid backup and I was back in business. That should work assuming you have a previous backup.
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I did not nandroid.
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jtadak said:
Thanks but I have no option in super user to update binary.
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In super user store to the left. You should see some green and possibly Red writing. Touch there and you now have the iron to update binaries.
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jtadak said:
Thanks but I have no option in super user to update binary.
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yes you do...open super user, slide your screen to the left, under the info tab look down and tap update binary...so easy a
caveman can do it!
Haha, not on this version Just says it's out of date. I think there's some kind of a flashable zip to update right now.
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jtadak said:
Haha, not on this version Just says it's out of date. I think there's some kind of a flashable zip to update right now.
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Forgot I had this
http://db.tt/ff2iOUgx
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She had to leave and took her phone! I'll try as soon as I see her again. Thanks bud.
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It worked. GTG thanks again guys.
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It worked. GTG thanks again guys.
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Just for clarity for future users who stumble on this thread, which method worked: updating your binaries or installing whatever is in the dropbox link?
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Yes it was the flashable zip that kintwofan was so cool as to post. That's what enabled me to update binaries on the version I'm on. Great idea, that's why I wanted reply with the success but I should have clarified
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No, thank you. This may help someone in the future.
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Att new update mk2.

My gs4 just installed it
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Got the same thing just 5 minutes ago.. installed it.. anybody have a changelog?
Here's the full changelog from Samsung's site:
Android 4.3 OS upgrade
Samsung Galaxy Gear compatibility
Group Play 2.5
Samsung Apps
Knox
Drag and drop to uninstall or disable applications
Call reliability improvements
The new update is build number 1337UCUEMK2 – the last one was 1337UCUEMJ9. So Samsung had to change something, but the very short turnaround time indicates it wasn't anything major (some users reported keyboard issues on MJ9). The update is pretty hefty at 719MB if you're coming from the Android 4.2 software. There is also a patch from MJ9 to MK2 for people who got the last OTA that clocks in at just 28.07MB. Begin hammering the update button – no promises, though.
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Any way to keep root and safestrap?
Wow! This is so new! It's not like it hasn't been discussed for days already!
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Those of us on MF3 who rooted cannot accept the OTA correct? WE would have to unroot first?
I can say this. It was no ordinary update even though coming from the mj9 one it was only 28.07mb's. It did something to the phone to finally take away the lag. I think Samsung finally got the phone working right. I'm pretty happy with my s4 now.
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So I came from an rooted MF3 install, but I have done a factory reset to try and get the update. Even now, I can't seem to get a response from hitting the "Software Update" button. Does anyone have any suggestions? Confused as to why I can't get it to report to me...
You need to use this thread for 4.3
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2498897
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Seriously... Another 4.3 thread
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joe3681 said:
Seriously... Another 4.3 thread
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You don't expect people to actually read before they post do you? I mean, it's only common sense and the XDA rules. Why would most of these people do something smart like that? 90% of the threads are from people that either didn't or can't read.
lowspeed said:
Any way to keep root and safestrap?
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I lost root , and I think safe strap only works with mf3 roms
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CoNsPiRiSiZe said:
Those of us on MF3 who rooted cannot accept the OTA correct? WE would have to unroot first?
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Or
You can side load the mj9 update and hit software update in settings.
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galaxyjeff said:
I can say this. It was no ordinary update even though coming from the mj9 one it was only 28.07mb's. It did something to the phone to finally take away the lag. I think Samsung finally got the phone working right. I'm pretty happy with my s4 now.
Me too. Even when I take a picture with the galaxy gear, they show almost instantly on my GS4 gallery.
Also, bluetooth is like "smart".
I was having problems connecting my cars bluetooth to my GS4 and at the same time to my gear and each device to know what I needed it for, and now they now somehow.
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root?
Can we root if we updated to 4.3 mk2?
I still keep getting software update interrupted, going to have to use other means to upgrade I guess.
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This new update seems to have fixed the messaging app, before it was all messed up on the first 4.3 update.
Also another thing that seems fixed is the developer options, I would turn off all animations but it wouldn't stick as they would turn back on on their own.
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Can we root if we updated to 4.3 mk2?
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As of today, nop
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msd24200 said:
I still keep getting software update interrupted, going to have to use other means to upgrade I guess.
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FYI I was onwifi when the update showed up
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