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How to wipe?

I'm new to odin and i was wondering how to go back to stock rooted so i can wipe my phone? Do i just flash the stock rooted image using odin? Or somethin else? Please help!
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drnoob said:
I'm new to odin and i was wondering how to go back to stock rooted so i can wipe my phone? Do i just flash the stock rooted image using odin? Or somethin else? Please help!
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Yes, just reflash the stock rooted image using Odin.
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drnoob said:
I'm new to odin and i was wondering how to go back to stock rooted so i can wipe my phone? Do i just flash the stock rooted image using odin? Or somethin else? Please help!
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1762709 Check this guide out. It's very beginner friendly. Lays everything out in step by step detail.

I flashed the stock image with odin and all my stuff is still there? Even my text and call history? It's like nothing happened other than my framework hack was removed? Do i need to factory reset first? Help!
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Yes, after wiping data/factory reset you will have completed the process.
I know this from my own experience.

drnoob said:
I flashed the stock image with odin and all my stuff is still there? Even my text and call history? It's like nothing happened other than my framework hack was removed? Do i need to factory reset first? Help!
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Yeah it does that So u don't lose data
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Think i may have bricked my phone HELP!!!

I wanted to het back to a stock kernel so I flashed stock recovery and kernel back to the phone. Then i tryed to push cwm revovery back to it with the one touch root tool for mac. It reboots but no after i push CWM to it but no clockwork mod. I Tryed to intall my synergy.zip from factory recovery doesnt work. I dont know what to do im really scared.

Flash a full stock Odin image in download mode. Boom it's fixed.
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Can I do this on my Mac??
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tonytownsend said:
Can I do this on my Mac??
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Honestly i think ODIN is windows only You might need to torrent a windows 7 iso and just install it without a key in bootcamp. If your phone is busted it's probably worth all the trouble.

I fixed thanks for everyone's help
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tonytownsend said:
I fixed thanks for everyone's help
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It would help if you posted how.

How do i oem unlock?

Qnot sure if i am in the right thread, but ive never done an unlock to an unencrypted bootloader. How do i unlock the bootloader and root ? GT-N8013
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You don't unlock the bootloader on Samsung devices.
You flash a custom recovery via Odin and then use the recovery to flash the root package.
There are already plenty of guides around if you take a look.
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dr.m0x said:
You don't unlock the bootloader on Samsung devices.
You flash a custom recovery via Odin and then use the recovery to flash the root package.
There are already plenty of guides around if you take a look.
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Thanks. Ill look. I dont need to worry about a bootloader when flashing tho?
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Unroot needed for upgrade to latest stockrom?

I have the ATT skyrocket rooted and unlocked when I first got the phone in 2011, and is on 4.04. I remember that the post said that I must unroot if I want to upgrade the rom OTA from ATT. Is there any other way to upgrade to the latest stockrom without unroot? I cannot find the post I originally referenced to root/unlock.
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lan_baba said:
I have the ATT skyrocket rooted and unlocked when I first got the phone in 2011, and is on 4.04. I remember that the post said that I must unroot if I want to upgrade the rom OTA from ATT. Is there any other way to upgrade to the latest stockrom without unroot? I cannot find the post I originally referenced to root/unlock.
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You can use odin to flash the stock jb rom
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lan_baba said:
I have the ATT skyrocket rooted and unlocked when I first got the phone in 2011, and is on 4.04. I remember that the post said that I must unroot if I want to upgrade the rom OTA from ATT. Is there any other way to upgrade to the latest stockrom without unroot? I cannot find the post I originally referenced to root/unlock.
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^^ what he said. Just get the .tar file from sammobile.com and flash using Odin. You will lose root after this process.
If you want to update using kies (the update is not ota. You have to use kies. ) then s long as kies detects your phone and you have a stock recovery, you should be OK.
However, I believe that you will loose your apps and data with both the methids.. So just use Odin
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Thank you very much. I should be able to re-root after the upgrade, correct? Or the lastest 4.1.2 cannot be rooted yet?
I have problem with Odin before, never got anything done with it. Let me try it this time.

lan_baba said:
Thank you very much. I should be able to re-root after the upgrade, correct? Or the lastest 4.1.2 cannot be rooted yet?
I have problem with Odin before, never got anything done with it. Let me try it this time.
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Yes you can root the new jb using the same procedure as before.
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If your rooted why not just flash a stock rom with the newest update. That will save you the trouble of dealing with Odin.
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Trouble? Odin is as simple as place file in pda and click start. I don't see any trouble there....
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I meant it more of an hassle. Plug in Odin then uproot do the update then reroot. Just seems so much easier to flash a stock base rom.
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specter07 said:
I meant it more of an hassle. Plug in Odin then uproot do the update then reroot. Just seems so much easier to flash a stock base rom.
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Why would you unroot to do the update via Odin. I believe your logic is flawed here. Although I do agree an install would be expeditious via recovery, your argument is flawed.
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Just FYI - I was on rooted stock, and just did the update with Kies without unrooting. Now i'm on JB unrooted as a result.

[Q] need help with updating the bootloader

ive been looking around for information about updating the bootloader in my S3....its unlocked but it doesn't seem to want to flash the latest roms and from what ive been reading it seems the bootloader is the issue
any help would be appreciated

Um you can't update the bootloader on the S3. Maybe you meant recovery? Certain recoveries in the past had issues flashing stuff. Go grab GooManager and update TWRP using that app. Maybe that will fix your issue.
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You can update the bootloader, can you link the thread that suggests that? Usually it isn't needed to run custom roms.
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BadUsername said:
You can update the bootloader, can you link the thread that suggests that? Usually it isn't needed to run custom roms.
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I would be interested in seeing a VZW GS3 bootloader image. Pretty sure none exist
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Sandman-007 said:
I would be interested in seeing a VZW GS3 bootloader image. Pretty sure none exist
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Hmm, maybe I'm thinking of a bootchain.
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BadUsername said:
Hmm, maybe I'm thinking of a bootchain.
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Probably so
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BadUsername said:
You can update the bootloader, can you link the thread that suggests that? Usually it isn't needed to run custom roms.
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Bootloader image
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1263417&d=1345078565
I'm pretty sure there's only one version of the unlocked boot loader.
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thanks for the help....im trying to update to the latest liquidsmooth version and it continues to fail when i try to flash it.... from what i read it seems to be something with the bootloader. im currently running the latest recovery and goomanager