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See that the new AT&T update for the 850 G3 came out...I'm currently rooted via towelroot and nothing else. Tried downloading the update, rebooted, installing process and failed. Said I was rooted. Booted me back to normal. Anyway to unroot myself without wiping everything?
Nope, you pretty much have to flash back to stock via the top file which will wipe EVERYTHING including the internal storage. The better question is why do you want the att update. If you are absolutely desperate you can try the root cloak xposed module, that may or may not trick the updater into attempts to flash but may also brick your phone.
I just tried this and it didn't work. I the below method last night but the LG Flash Tool keeps failing and giving me the error "cannot change to download mode". I saw there were some issues when using Windows 8 so I"m going to try and put Windows 7 on my old laptop and try again. If not I will try another computer with Windows 7 already installed.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/att-lg-g3/general/unroot-return-to-factory-stock-att-lg-g3-t2820827
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I downloaded the ruu and ran it a while back before I had installed the custom recovery image and it gave me no trouble. I just tried to run it again, and it keeps telling me either my phone is not connected or it has less than 30% battery which it clearly does not. I have since delted all drivers and re-installed and it is giving me the same errors. Any ideas?
what OS are you running?
noonanjs said:
I downloaded the ruu and ran it a while back before I had installed the custom recovery image and it gave me no trouble. I just tried to run it again, and it keeps telling me either my phone is not connected or it has less than 30% battery which it clearly does not. I have since delted all drivers and re-installed and it is giving me the same errors. Any ideas?
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Try this......http://androidforums.com/sprint-htc-hero/19317-update-available-sprint-3.html
I had that issue initially and trying it again after a nandroid restore, it's stuck at verifying information on your android phone. please wait.... =T
noonanjs said:
I downloaded the ruu and ran it a while back before I had installed the custom recovery image and it gave me no trouble. I just tried to run it again, and it keeps telling me either my phone is not connected or it has less than 30% battery which it clearly does not. I have since delted all drivers and re-installed and it is giving me the same errors. Any ideas?
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I'm getting the exact same.
Currently running MoCaDo's 1.1 CDMA rom.
Actually, I went ahead and just backed up to my orig after I rooted so I can install the update.
I rooted my Epic 4G a few weeks ago. I had problems with the 3G, so I eventually had to do a full wipe with Odin (just flashing the kernel never worked, it kept failing. Only a full wipe worked.) So I re-rooted so I could restore all my backups with Titanium Backup and just kept root.
Well, today I went back into Titanium Backup only to discover that it said I was NOT rooted. This didn't make any sense...I did get one OTA update to my phone, but I was under the impression that these didn't remove root.
So I thought maybe it was my BusyBox...I used the link within Titanium to DL BusyBox. Went into the BusyBox installer, and it's main screen said I WAS rooted...the Heck?
So I tried to install, but I got the error saying it failed. The exact wording was "The application failed, either because your device is not nand unlocked or we were unable to remount."
So what gives?
I tried to re-root using the one-click, that didn't work. I tried to uninstall the root using the one-click uninstaller, that didn't work. The windows just hang up and don't do anything. I tried to re-flash the kernel with Odin and, just like last time, it didn't work. I get the feeling I'll have to do what I did last time and do a complete wipe with Odin, which will really suck because I'm not able to recreate any backups this time around.
sounds like a superuser permission issue to me.
ota removes root, always, just reroot
So, I'm really sorry if there is an easy answer to this....but I swear I have looked....
I was running CM10.0 on a rooted gs3. I tried to update to 10.1 and the phone lost its mind. I booted it into TWRP and tried to do a factory reset, but that didn't help. Originally the phone would start. But gmail, the play store and most apps all crashed. So I kept messing around in recovery trying to undo the update.
Getting frustrated and confused I apparently wiped my system. I can't start the phone at all. I tried to flash another custom ROM which failed.
What is the easiest way to fix this? Would it be to use ODIN and flash a ROM? The only reason I didn't try this yet is I'm confused about the no OS. I start work as a pediatric intern tomorrow and need to have a working phone. I would normally spend more time trying to figure this out on my own but I'm kind of a nervous wreck at the moment, and need to try and get some sleep before the big day tomorrow.
I really don't care if the phone gets unrooted and back to stock, I just want a working phone...
Neya86 said:
So, I'm really sorry if there is an easy answer to this....but I swear I have looked....
I was running CM10.0 on a rooted gs3. I tried to update to 10.1 and the phone lost its mind. I booted it into TWRP and tried to do a factory reset, but that didn't help. Originally the phone would start. But gmail, the play store and most apps all crashed. So I kept messing around in recovery trying to undo the update.
Getting frustrated and confused I apparently wiped my system. I can't start the phone at all. I tried to flash another custom ROM which failed.
What is the easiest way to fix this? Would it be to use ODIN and flash a ROM? The only reason I didn't try this yet is I'm confused about the no OS. I start work as a pediatric intern tomorrow and need to have a working phone. I would normally spend more time trying to figure this out on my own but I'm kind of a nervous wreck at the moment, and need to try and get some sleep before the big day tomorrow.
I really don't care if the phone gets unrooted and back to stock, I just want a working phone...
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Well likely you somehow corrupted one of the system partitions.
ODIN back to stock and it should fix everything
Neya86 said:
So, I'm really sorry if there is an easy answer to this....but I swear I have looked....
I was running CM10.0 on a rooted gs3. I tried to update to 10.1 and the phone lost its mind. I booted it into TWRP and tried to do a factory reset, but that didn't help. Originally the phone would start. But gmail, the play store and most apps all crashed. So I kept messing around in recovery trying to undo the update.
Getting frustrated and confused I apparently wiped my system. I can't start the phone at all. I tried to flash another custom ROM which failed.
What is the easiest way to fix this? Would it be to use ODIN and flash a ROM? The only reason I didn't try this yet is I'm confused about the no OS. I start work as a pediatric intern tomorrow and need to have a working phone. I would normally spend more time trying to figure this out on my own but I'm kind of a nervous wreck at the moment, and need to try and get some sleep before the big day tomorrow.
I really don't care if the phone gets unrooted and back to stock, I just want a working phone...
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You will need to go to a Stock Image via Odin.
DarkMenace said:
You will need to go to a Stock Image via Odin.
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Thanks guys, I finally got it working!
I thought that was what I needed to do, but I was so confused when it said I erased the OS...
Now to try and get some sleep before the first day on the job!
I just purchased a p509 as a backup phone and figured I could easily root it and flash a better ROM on it. I am not new to the whole flashing process. I've had no problems doing all this on three other phones (LG G2x, Galaxy Centura, and a Galaxy S 4G).
I rooted it using Gingerbreak. Seemed to go ok. My first problem was having error messages using Astro File Manager. I then got a little carried away with Titanium Backup and deleted the LG Home launcher and probably something else I shouldn't have. I of course then had no home screen. I used Gmail to send the APK to myself and install it. I then had my home screen, but I still got error messages every time I hit the home button.
I then installed ROM manager to try and get a recovery on the phone and wipe out all my issues with a new ROM. It gets to 100% installing CWM and then I get a Superuser error message. If I try and fix permissions I get the same thing.
Any advice? The only factory restore help i can find is the basic hard reset stuff.
Every time something needs Superuser, SU gives me a FC. I can't even install Busybox. Is there no way to return this phone to the way it came from the factory?
Ok so I seem to have SU working now. But Busybox still won't install...
Well even though no one cares to help (not surprised on XDA) I want to add some info. I have tried flashing a recovery two different ways through terminal emulator with no luck. My current status is using this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2003080
I'm trying to type in "flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img" and getting a not enough memory message. This is becoming the most pain in the ass thing i have ever tried to do. I would love to just have it back to the way I received it with all the stock apps and games and not having to email myself the LG Home launcher every time I reset it. Any insight would be appreciated.
the problem is that rom manager is not compatible anymore with O1(if you managed to install recovery do not boot into it from rommanager, use combo keys), so read this post to install recovery http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1827723 (to go in fastboot try to use quickboot from playstore), search forum for flashable recovery thread for O1,
or, to make it stock just flash an oldbb GB rom 2.2 and use LG support tool from LG site and update to latest version available, worked for me
Thank you very much. I actually just solved the problem with this guide:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1318750 and running GingerDX.
Good to know how to get it back to stock though. I swear I searched and got nothing but "Hard reset" results.
Thank you very much. I actually just solved the problem with this guide:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1318750 and running GingerDX.
Good to know how to get it back to stock though. I swear I searched and got nothing but "Hard reset" results.
So i tried to root my phone through a video, I got SuperSU to flash and everything but my phone wasn't "rooted" (according to root checker) and also SuperSU wouldn't update itself. So there goes that, so i decide to factory reset my phone, even though it's brand new, but then i realize i still have the custom bootloader. Well crap, i forgot i already loaded in a custom rom even though it was factory reset. So my question is, how do i get rid of my "root" all together, should i just reinstall the official firmware?
guccitrkey said:
So i tried to root my phone through a video, I got SuperSU to flash and everything but my phone wasn't "rooted" (according to root checker) and also SuperSU wouldn't update itself. So there goes that, so i decide to factory reset my phone, even though it's brand new, but then i realize i still have the custom bootloader. Well crap, i forgot i already loaded in a custom rom even though it was factory reset. So my question is, how do i get rid of my "root" all together, should i just reinstall the official firmware?
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Yes, by installing the stock firmware the "failed root" and the custom bootloader will be gone.
TheSproker said:
Yes, by installing the stock firmware the "failed root" and the custom bootloader will be gone.
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so how would i go about installing it?
edit: currently using smart switch to update my software, hopefully something good will come out of this
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Used smart switch, thank you guys!
guccitrkey said:
so how would i go about installing it?
edit: currently using smart switch to update my software, hopefully something good will come out of this
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Well, if you restore it via smart switch, then your data will also be lost. But at least you'll have a stock rom.
Hey I have the same exact problem, I downloaded a custom rom, the root failed and it left my phone really buggy and slow and it overheats. I have tried multiple times to flash the stock firmware onto my phone but I have had no luck. Can you explain to me how you were able to get the stock rom back onto your phone step by step? Thanks, this would make my day and as a matter of fact, my next two years cuz I just got this phone in the spring and I'm already having issues but I can't get a new phone for another two years.
What custom rom are you used ?