Hi there, I just got my S6 2 days ago and it already has a problem with the home button. I have to click it 3 times before it actually registers the click.
So I have to return it to EE and hopefully they'll sort this out for me.
However I just rooted it via pingpong root. I'm just wondering is there any way to completely unroot it and remove all the traces of root?
With regards,
Beston94
Kingroot I think you can get it from play store.
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Just flash the stock ROM for your varient from sammobile.com via Odin.
It will default everything to stock and lose root.
What genetichazzard said. But you might also want to do a factory reset from the stock recovery, too, just to make sure
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Hey.
My phone: Htc One X is rooted, and a software update just arrived, if i update, will i loose the root?
Or will it in worst chase get bricked?
I regulary update over the air.
Will this remove the root? and must i unlock bootloader and all that stuff i messed with over again if i need to root again?
I wouldn't do that if I were you, you could loss root and have to start all over, and maybe brick your phone, I would wait and see if a dev for this phone could make the update into a Rom, that would be the safe way to go
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Ok, but if i want to unroot, and i manage to unroot it, would it then be able to update? or will it then brick?
Cause i like to have my devices up to date.
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Ok, but if i want to unroot, and i manage to unroot it, would it then be able to update? or will it then brick?
Cause i like to have my devices up to date.
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Then you should be fine
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Ok, what is the most simple way to unroot?
Is it just to delete SU folders and root folders? or must i do alot of CMD flashing?
Superone click, or flash a ruu wich is a completly stock Rom with stock recovery
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So wait...let me get this straight. You got a $600 phone and decided to root it. You had no clue what you can and can't do with root up to and including an update. And you rooted your phone without knowing how to get back to stock. I am guessing you don't know how to get back to stock because you used a one click root method. WTF would you root $600 phone for if you had no clue what you were doing, and obviously incapable of reading how to reverse what you have done? This is the problem with one click root methods. You get no understanding of the Android system at all. Can I ask, what was the reason you decided to root??
i did not use oneclickroot, but the tool that xda has as an all in one tool for one x.
I rooted to get the fraps smiliar app screencast but it does not have support for tegra 3...
So yes, if i get it back to its original state, i will not attend any more root anymore.
So please, help me get it back to stock painless
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-hSF9oPgfY
Ok, so to get it back to the state when i got the phone and to be able to update painlessly, i have to flash it with a backup stock ROM?
Bump.
I am not aware of this, so please help. Will rooting my Tab 2 7.0 end my warranty? I don't want to unlock my bootloader. If not, what's the best rooting method? And also will I be able to get back to my factory default absolutely original ROM?
Thanks all.
aqshyt said:
I am not aware of this, so please help. Will rooting my Tab 2 7.0 end my warranty? I don't want to unlock my bootloader. If not, what's the best rooting method? And also will I be able to get back to my factory default absolutely original ROM?
Thanks all.
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Yes it will end your warranty
But you can restore warranty by using triangle away app 1.95 in these forums (free) or google play (paid) to reset counter to zero
Then flash stock firmware via pc odin from www.samfirmware.com then you can claim warranty as you like and you will I be able to get back to my factory default absolutely original ROM
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My device: Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 - 16GB
I'm pretty much very new to modding and everything but I did the rooting from this link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1831152 I used the first method and once I rebooted my device it was freezing and every few seconds it would say "Unfortunately, S Note has stopped working". I restarted my device and the same thing kept happening. Next, I tried using the second method of rooting but nothing seemed to be working still, so I did a factory reset. Everything seems fine now but I think I just want to unroot eveything altogether. Is that possible?
Luiza12340 said:
My device: Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 - 16GB
I'm pretty much very new to modding and everything but I did the rooting from this link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1831152 I used the first method and once I rebooted my device it was freezing and every few seconds it would say "Unfortunately, S Note has stopped working". I restarted my device and the same thing kept happening. Next, I tried using the second method of rooting but nothing seemed to be working still, so I did a factory reset. Everything seems fine now but I think I just want to unroot eveything altogether. Is that possible?
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Flash a stock Rom with Odin and don't root.
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If everything's working fine now and it's rooted why do you want to get rid of root?
Also, as you used ODIN to flash cf-root you will need to run the triangle-away app to reset the flash counter before flashing a stock rom otherwise your flash counter will be more than the "0" it's supposed to be and you may have trouble if you need to return under warranty...
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If everything's working fine now and it's rooted why do you want to get rid of root?
Also, as you used ODIN to flash cf-root you will need to run the triangle-away app to reset the flash counter before flashing a stock rom otherwise your flash counter will be more than the "0" it's supposed to be and you may have trouble if you need to return under warranty...
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Well I'd actually would just want to get rid of the clockworkmod root because it increases binary count and doesn't let updates through, as least thats what I read.
You need to use triangle away to reset the flash counter. You can flash the stock recovery after to get stock recovery back but you won't be able to flash a new custom rom using this. You will retain root access though if you want to use TB or change system files....
If you have the cf-root though you can flash when the devs release the update.
You can also go to sammobile and download the update too to flash through ODIN though you will loose root after doing so and will have to have reset the flash counter 1st anyway...
I used the same method to root that you mentioned as the first try. What did after that was to download mobile odin (can be purchased on the play store) download my original firmware from sammobile. Use mobile odin to flash my original firmware, injecting rooting by using everroot in mobile odin.
So I end up on my original firmware rooted. No need to triangle away since still on stock recovery.
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Yes but what you don't seem to understand is that the 1st flash you did into CWM raised the flash counter by 1.... If you return under warranty you may be refused and have to pay for it to be repaired fully...
Go into download mode to check, hold volume down and power together, when the samsung logo appears release the power button. When prompted press up volume and you should see if the flash counter reads 0 or 1... Hold down power button until tab turns off to get out of download mode...
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Yes but what you don't seem to understand is that the 1st flash you did into CWM raised the flash counter by 1.... If you return under warranty you may be refused and have to pay for it to be repaired fully...
Go into download mode to check, hold volume down and power together, when the samsung logo appears release the power button. When prompted press up volume and you should see if the flash counter reads 0 or 1... Hold down power button until tab turns off to get out of download mode...
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Didn't realise he had used the cwm method to root. If that is the case, it may be in your best interest to reset the flash counter.
I used the pre injected stock firmware, so was no need for cwm.
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I also have a question about that, if I have used clockworkrecovery to root my device and want to update it with ota ,but keep root. How to do that the easiest way ?
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fischerben said:
I also have a question about that, if I have used clockworkrecovery to root my device and want to update it with ota ,but keep root. How to do that the easiest way ?
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You can flash OTA through mobile odin, and still can keep root.
lsherif said:
You can flash OTA through mobile odin, and still can keep root.
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Thanks, what zip do I have to flash can you paste a link. and when there is an update and I update it are the root removed then?
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Ok so I never messed around with rooting until my phone got the 4.3 update the other night. I decided I hated the update so much that I did the saferoot method, and I'm now rooted.
Only after I did that did I discover that my bootloader is perma-locked and I can't try to unroot or rollback the android version or I'll hardbrick. I can't do roms. Essentially I can't fix what I rooted in order to fix, and trying to enter recovery mode and odin mode lights me up with a verizon warning. So:
1. Just what can I do SAFELY now that I'm rooted? I've already used titanium to uninstall the verizon apps, but I don't know what I'm doing beyond that to remove bloatware/make this thing faster.
2. Will there be a time in the future when I'll be able to totally unlock my phone and escape Verizon's tyranny even though I took the 4.3 OTA? I want to make it look like stock nexus android.
Thanks for any and all help!
1. That's about it. Maybe use Xposed and the Greenify module to hibernate apps that typically drain your battery. Can't do much more besides remove apps on TW 4.3.
2. Possibly or possibly never. Nobody knows if the Knox Bootloader and extra security checks put forth by Verizon will be overcome.
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I use Greenify to hibernate apps I sometimes use and titanium backup to freeze apps I never use. I don't uninstall them just in case. It's running great for me, much better than 4.1.2
I know you can't downgrade from 4.3, but you can't unroot either?
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Ok so I never messed around with rooting until my phone got the 4.3 update the other night. I decided I hated the update so much that I did the saferoot method, and I'm now rooted.
Only after I did that did I discover that my bootloader is perma-locked and I can't try to unroot or rollback the android version or I'll hardbrick. I can't do roms. Essentially I can't fix what I rooted in order to fix, and trying to enter recovery mode and odin mode lights me up with a verizon warning. So:
1. Just what can I do SAFELY now that I'm rooted? I've already used titanium to uninstall the verizon apps, but I don't know what I'm doing beyond that to remove bloatware/make this thing faster.
2. Will there be a time in the future when I'll be able to totally unlock my phone and escape Verizon's tyranny even though I took the 4.3 OTA? I want to make it look like stock nexus android.
Thanks for any and all help!
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go back to this forum: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2565758 Lots of comments on how to unroot if that is what you want. and give the DEVs some time, there will be a method, there is usually one found after a while. OR stick with what you have for a while, i can make mine look just like my rooted version with little variation, and stock isn't too bad, so far.
be patient grasshopper...
Would I be able to Odin back to 4.1.2 so I can re root, unlock bootloader and flash custom ROM's again? Thanks
bmatty14 said:
Would I be able to Odin back to 4.1.2 so I can re root, unlock bootloader and flash custom ROM's again? Thanks
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No. If you took the 4.3 OTA you are stuck on it. You will hard brick your device if you try to Odin back to 4.1.2. Been mentioned tons of times in numerous threads.
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The Arbiter said:
Ok so I never messed around with rooting until my phone got the 4.3 update the other night. I decided I hated the update so much that I did the saferoot method, and I'm now rooted.
Only after I did that did I discover that my bootloader is perma-locked and I can't try to unroot or rollback the android version or I'll hardbrick. I can't do roms. Essentially I can't fix what I rooted in order to fix, and trying to enter recovery mode and odin mode lights me up with a verizon warning. So:
1. Just what can I do SAFELY now that I'm rooted? I've already used titanium to uninstall the verizon apps, but I don't know what I'm doing beyond that to remove bloatware/make this thing faster.
2. Will there be a time in the future when I'll be able to totally unlock my phone and escape Verizon's tyranny even though I took the 4.3 OTA? I want to make it look like stock nexus android.
Thanks for any and all help!
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Same situation...I flashed Stock_rooted_4.3 after taking the OTA and my phone said unauthorized software detected, take to Verizon. Luckily I found the original image and it flashed back to totally stock 4.3 build ML1.
Basic root would be fine for now so would you please link me to the method you used if you are also on ML1?
Thanks
LordAlexx said:
Same situation...I flashed Stock_rooted_4.3 after taking the OTA and my phone said unauthorized software detected, take to Verizon. Luckily I found the original image and it flashed back to totally stock 4.3 build ML1.
Basic root would be fine for now so would you please link me to the method you used if you are also on ML1?
Thanks
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here you go: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2565758
saferoot is discovered for Galaxy S4 but can be use safely on S3 also.
buhohitr said:
here you go: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2565758
saferoot is discovered for Galaxy S4 but can be use safely on S3 also.
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OK cool...just wanted to be sure; I am subscribed to that thread. Just gotta get ADB to see the phone. Everything else works via USB in all modes, kinda odd.
Thanks!
My brother gave me his Bell locked Galaxy S4 today, so I've spent the day trying to unlock it to use on Rogers. After much reading of posts here, I managed to get it unlocked as follows:
I am no expert, though I am experienced with rooting and such. The following steps describe what I did to unlock my phone. I am not sure if all of these steps are necessary but they did work. Since I am not an expert, there is no point asking me questions if you have any problems, since I will not be able to help. Of course, some of these steps can void warranty, and could brick your phone if done improperly. I am not responsible for anything bad that happens.
1) Download and flash stock Columbia 4.2.2 rom with Odin (i used 3.09)
2) Root with CF-Auto Root
3) Flash Clockwork Mod (I use Caboomi's img2tar for this)
4) Get rid of KNOX by "installing" DE-KNOX zip in CWM (DE-SAMSUNGNIZER_KNOX_REMOVAL_SCRIPT_V2.0)
5) Download Chainfire's RegionLock Away, install and run
6) Restart and success!
7) Finally, I flashed the current (4.4.2) firmware of the provider I switched to (Rogers), as I was having problems with the phone and some other things. This seems to be operating properly now.
Note: I was able to install 4.2.2 rom even though I was unable to downgrade to 4.3. (Fail to flash aboot like many people get) I assume this is because the 4.2.2 rom does not modify aboot. Also, Chainfire states the RegionLock Away only works for the Note 3, however many people have used it successfully on the S4 as well. It did not work for me on 4.4.2, so I'm guessing either installing 4.2.2, or removing KNOX, or both got it to work.
I hope this helps some people. If it does, thank the developers who made everything above!
What firmware where you on when u began? 4.4.2? Or earlier?
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I don't think KNOX affects the sim locking and unlocking. I know for sure that RegionLockAway works in 4.2.2 because I downgraded my phone to that rom and unlocked it...without doing any of the KNOX related stuff.
I think this method you are using trips the KNOX fuse when you downgrade from KitKat.
OK but how did u downgrade? I don't care about the Knox flag mine is tripped I just want to get back to 4.2 so I can use real custom Roms. Everything I have seen suggests you cannot downgrade
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OK but how did u downgrade? I don't care about the Knox flag mine is tripped I just want to get back to 4.2 so I can use real custom Roms. Everything I have seen suggests you cannot downgrade
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I downgraded to 4.2.2 by simply using ODIN. This process will trip the fuse. The trick in getting it to work is to clear all of the leftover files from 4.4.2 after the flash. You can't boot directly into the system after the flash. You have to go into recovery mode and do a factory reset. If you don't do this, the system wouldn't boot as what everyone is finding.
So do I need to do a nand erase or something? Or just regular flash then boot into recovery factory reset then flash again? Cuz I would love to get back to 4.2 and start flashing custom Roms agaib
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Psykologikal said:
So do I need to do a nand erase or something? Or just regular flash then boot into recovery factory reset then flash again? Cuz I would love to get back to 4.2 and start flashing custom Roms agaib
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Just a simple factory reset should do.
So nothing for 4.4.2 directly? We have to downgrade? Thanks