Can you unroot - ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

My wife's 16gb is rooted, is there a way to take this off without wiping the phone?
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Andygray9 said:
My wife's 16gb is rooted, is there a way to take this off without wiping the phone?
Thanks
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There's an option to fully unroot in the settings of SuperSU.

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Will downgrade to ICS from JB cause app data loss?

Hey,
I'm rocking an unrooted TF700 with build number 10.4.4.23. I want to downgrade to ICS in order to root. My question: Will I lose app settings, data and game progress in the downgrade? My wife and kids would kill me.
I was rooted for the longest time - but forgot temp unroot when updated to .23 and just left it.
Anyways, I hope there's a way to keep my apps as they are now while downgrading.
Thanks.
-lukin- said:
Hey,
I'm rocking an unrooted TF700 with build number 10.4.4.23. I want to downgrade to ICS in order to root. My question: Will I lose app settings, data and game progress in the downgrade? My wife and kids would kill me.
I was rooted for the longest time - but forgot temp unroot when updated to .23 and just left it.
Anyways, I hope there's a way to keep my apps as they are now while downgrading.
Thanks.
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Yes you will lose everthing, it back to factory condition.
buhohitr said:
Yes you will lose everthing, it back to factory condition.
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Thanks for the response. Does anyone have ideas about backing up my apps before downgrade? Is there backup options without root?
-lukin- said:
Thanks for the response. Does anyone have ideas about backing up my apps before downgrade? Is there backup options without root?
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There is "adb backup". Never tried to restore though.

Verizon Galaxy S3 unroot 4.3

I rooted my Verizon Galaxy S3 in desperation to enable wifi tethering, using the saferoot root method.
after finding out FoxFi patch was availiable, I don't have to root the phone.
Is there way to unroot ?
Thanks in advance.
Calvin
sungminee said:
I rooted my Verizon Galaxy S3 in desperation to enable wifi tethering, using the saferoot root method.
after finding out FoxFi patch was availiable, I don't have to root the phone.
Is there way to unroot ?
Thanks in advance.
Calvin
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Kind of strange that you don't like root...To remove root just open up the supersu app and in settings/preference of the app there is an option to remove root and uninstall the app.
buhohitr said:
Kind of strange that you don't like root...To remove root just open up the supersu app and in settings/preference of the app there is an option to remove root and uninstall the app.
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thank you for the prompt reply.
well, what are the advantages? I just don't see to many other than the little tweaks you can do here and there...
sungminee said:
thank you for the prompt reply.
well, what are the advantages? I just don't see to many other than the little tweaks you can do here and there...
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The biggest one is Titanium backup which can backup all your system apps and user apps and can be store to any android device or when you need to perform a factory reset which save you a lot of time to re setup your stuff. Second, you can side load app like Adobe flash, Ad blocker etc...Third, you don't have to wait for foxfi to update, you just side load the rooted tethering app and done, or you can remove or freeze bload ware apps to keep you phone running faster....just named a few...
buhohitr said:
The biggest one is Titanium backup which can backup all your system apps and user apps and can be store to any android device or when you need to perform a factory reset which save you a lot of time to re setup your stuff. Second, you can side load app like Adobe flash, Ad blocker etc...Third, you don't have to wait for foxfi to update, you just side load the rooted tethering app and done, or you can remove or freeze bload ware apps to keep you phone running faster....just named a few...
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thank you for the info.
i used to use titanium backup...but nowadays...i just find myself not using it as much..i guess cloud backups like dropbox and google drive may have affected me a bit.
but thank you for showing me the other aspects.
i do have a one more question on the phone...
how to i lock it up again from custom (unlock)?
i haven't done much for rooting and unrooting with the galaxy s3...
sungminee said:
thank you for the info.
i used to use titanium backup...but nowadays...i just find myself not using it as much..i guess cloud backups like dropbox and google drive may have affected me a bit.
but thank you for showing me the other aspects.
i do have a one more question on the phone...
how to i lock it up again from custom (unlock)?
i haven't done much for rooting and unrooting with the galaxy s3...
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Once you flashed the 4.3 successfully, you're locked. The unlock (custom lock) display is a bug with the s3, you can just ignore this. My wife first phone is using a pure 100% stock and it shown as custom (with the unlock lock icon) and she had a gps issue with the phone and exchanged for a second one and this one also shown custom. Verizon knew this too, that's why they exchange another one without issue. You can tell if your phone has being alter by boot into download mode and you should see the legit status Also you could do a search and should find this is very common on the S3.
Are you saying that the root on a 4.3 updated Phone is un-doable?
jlmartinjr said:
Are you saying that the root on a 4.3 updated Phone is un-doable?
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Now why you think that's what I said? yes you can unroot the 4.3 updated phone. You can uninstall the supersu or reflash 4.3.
buhohitr said:
Now why you think that's what I said? yes you can unroot the 4.3 updated phone. You can uninstall the supersu or reflash 4.3.
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ya, unroot is possible. it's just that custom unlock show up in the booting sequence...not a big deal..
but unrooting works.
I need help plz plz I have a samsung s3 from Verizon but I flashed it with cricket but now I want unflash so I can connect it with verizon I need help plz plz
Cely001 said:
I need help plz plz I have a samsung s3 from Verizon but I flashed it with cricket but now I want unflash so I can connect it with verizon I need help plz plz
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Give this a try:
Odin back to VRALG1 4.0 ICS- http://www.mediafire.com/download/kk...w_ship.tar.zip
Do not accept the OTA then dial *2767*3855# to reprovision the sim card
the thing is that I want to restart it to Verizon but then connect it to t-mobile sim card
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buhohitr said:
Give this a try:
Odin back to VRALG1 4.0 ICS-
Do not accept the OTA then dial *2767*3855# to reprovision the sim card
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The thing is that I want to restore it with Verizon then but a t-mobile SIM card also thank you for ur quick respond

[Q] Help Please!

So I have a VZW S3 on NE1 rooted and running xposed. I am not sure what module it was that I installed but my phone is now stuck with the SystemUI constantly crashing to the point of me being unable to use the phone. Then I, like a moron, Unrooted my phone thinking that would stop the issue. It didn't. I do have usb debugging enabled and my phone connects to the computer. Can I just boot into recovery and use the Xposed-disabler-recovery zip to fix this? will that wreck my phone since VZW is so annoying? Would that wipe my memory? And if that doesn't work what else could I do except pull everything I can off my phone and and reflash the entire thing using Odin?
Thanks a million!
J CGPhones said:
So I have a VZW S3 on NE1 rooted and running xposed. I am not sure what module it was that I installed but my phone is now stuck with the SystemUI constantly crashing to the point of me being unable to use the phone. Then I, like a moron, Unrooted my phone thinking that would stop the issue. It didn't. I do have usb debugging enabled and my phone connects to the computer. Can I just boot into recovery and use the Xposed-disabler-recovery zip to fix this? will that wreck my phone since VZW is so annoying? Would that wipe my memory? And if that doesn't work what else could I do except pull everything I can off my phone and and reflash the entire thing using Odin?
Thanks a million!
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There is an option in xposed to uninstall.
buhohitr said:
There is an option in xposed to uninstall.
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Right but I can't even get past my homescreen at the moment
J CGPhones said:
Right but I can't even get past my homescreen at the moment
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OK, I see then just flash the xposed-disabled-recovery.zip using custom recovery. If you locked with only stock recovery, you may need to do a factory reset,
buhohitr said:
OK, I see then just flash the xposed-disabled-recovery.zip.
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From stock recovery? That won't make my phone trip the fuse for modifying the system? By the way Thank you SO much for replying.
J CGPhones said:
From stock recovery? That won't make my phone trip the fuse for modifying the system? By the way Thank you SO much for replying.
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I accidentally hit send before finished typing, if you only have stock then a factory reset probably your best bet,
buhohitr said:
I accidentally hit send before finished typing, if you only have stock then a factory reset probably your best bet,
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Sigh that's what I was afraid of. Oh well I'll get going on pulling all of my files off. Thanks so much for all your help.

Files Not Being Recognized

I have a Nexus 5 that I have had since December that has been functioning flawlessly (Google replacement for my last one with busted glass)
I have not done anything to this device (no hacking, no ROMSs, no rooting), beside replace the battery....
A few days ago, I noticed that a bunch of my "custom" ringtones were not working anymore. They just stopped showing up on the ringtone picker. The same goes for my "custom" alarm tones. I also noticed that when I go to attach a picture (to a hangout message, or SMS) that the "Recent" category shows only 1 or 2 pictures (instead of all recent pics). However, when I use RootExplorer and look at the directories, all of the files are there. The ringtones, alarms, pictures, etc. In fact the only pictures that are showing up under the "Recent" category are the ones that have been taken since I began having the problem.
There is also some other weird things happening, like I have lost some contact pictures and the phone has been acting weird.
This phone got the 5.1 update and I have already tried to wipe the /cache partition. Again, all files are there, but Android is not recognizing them...
Any help/suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Try doing factory reset
Isus <3 said:
Try doing factory reset
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Yeah, I will eventually try that but I was hoping that someone had a magic :fingers-crossed: fix that would be a little easier...
TaterTot24 said:
Yeah, I will eventually try that but I was hoping that someone had a magic :fingers-crossed: fix that would be a little easier...
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If you're afraid of losing data just use applications to store it. Like titanium backup
Isus <3 said:
If you're afraid of losing data just use applications to store it. Like titanium backup
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I guess I was just hesitant because this is the 1st phone I have had that does not have an actual "SD card" so I was not sure how it would work...
Also, the phone is not rooted -- not sure if that matters
TaterTot24 said:
I guess I was just hesitant because this is the 1st phone I have had that does not have an actual "SD card" so I was not sure how it would work...
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Store pictures at Google photos app or use Dropbox, and for data and applications use titanium backup
Isus <3 said:
Store pictures at Google photos app or use Dropbox, and for data and applications use titanium backup
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Does it have to be rooted? -- this is a Stock Nexus 5
TaterTot24 said:
Does it have to be rooted? -- this is a Stock Nexus 5
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You need for titanium backup but for photos you don't.
Isus <3 said:
You need for titanium backup but for photos you don't.
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So to keep from loosing app data, I need to use Ti Backup -- but to use Ti Backup I need to have root access...
In order to get root access, I will have to wipe my phone and loose my app data.... -- Sounds like a never-ending feedback loop
This is why I wanted to wait to do a factory reset
TaterTot24 said:
So to keep from loosing app data, I need to use Ti Backup -- but to use Ti Backup I need to have root access...
In order to get root access, I will have to wipe my phone and loose my app data.... -- Sounds like a never-ending feedback loop [emoji14]
This is why I wanted to wait to do a factory reset
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If you have unlocked bootloader then you don't need to wipe your device for root
Isus <3 said:
If you have unlocked bootloader then you don't need to wipe your device for root
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Ok, I guess I need to do some research on that then... Not sure how to tell if the bootloader is unlocked
Most of the stuff I looked at said it would wipe all data... Any links/suggestions on using the unlocked bootloader?
TaterTot24 said:
Ok, I guess I need to do some research on that then... Not sure how to tell if the bootloader is unlocked
Most of the stuff I looked at said it would wipe all data... Any links/suggestions on using the unlocked bootloader?
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If you don't know how to see that then probably it's locked because it comes locked out of the box. So I'm afraid you will have to wipe your device data to fix your issue. If you're still wondering how to see that you must turn off your device and hold volume down + power button, phone will turn on and green Android will appear. At the bottom you will see lock state of bootloader

Root / magisk vs bootloader?

Hello guys!
I'm fine with oxygen OS and I migrated all my data from previous phone, now I realized that I need root for few features, so the question is... Is there any way to get root and magister without factory reset/ wiping data?
Thanks in advance
Device IN2010
remialfa said:
Hello guys!
I'm fine with oxygen OS and I migrated all my data from previous phone, now I realized that I need root for few features, so the question is... Is there any way to get root and magister without factory reset/ wiping data?
Thanks in advance
Device IN2010
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No. You can try make backup with titanium backup to minimize afterwipe restoration.
vip77 said:
No. You can try make backup with titanium backup to minimize afterwipe restoration.
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I see... One more question does this factory reset wipe also phone data like photos and everything that is on memory or it only wipes system?
Can anybody help?
remialfa said:
I see... One more question does this factory reset wipe also phone data like photos and everything that is on memory or it only wipes system?
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It wipes everything. Happy modding!
Unlocking the Bootloader is a complete Data wipe!!
remialfa said:
Can anybody help?
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And actually there are one-click root apps that, if they find an exploit, use it to root. But afaik they're very rare by now, and those apps are extremely sketchy (like kingo root,...). So if you come across one WHATEVER YOU DO do NOT install it and use it.

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