I have a galaxy s5 on nk4. It was rooted with towelroot. Is it safe to factory reset it as it is right now? If so, what will happen?
If you don't have a custom kernel or recovery and it is just rooted then yes. You will still have root I believe.
Will everything be back to factory default expect that root will be there?
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Just picked up a used S5 that was already rooted running KK, not sure of the root method used. Looking to upgrade to Lollipop but obviously can't take the OTA, used unroot in SU and the OTA says it's been modified and won't take it. How do I update it to lollipop and still keep my data?
gottria said:
Just picked up a used S5 that was already rooted running KK, not sure of the root method used. Looking to upgrade to Lollipop but obviously can't take the OTA, used unroot in SU and the OTA says it's been modified and won't take it. How do I update it to lollipop and still keep my data?
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You unrooted but you may still have a custom recovery. That will prevent the OTA update. Without more info it is hard to tell you the right way to go. I would backup what you have first. Do a nandroid. I would backup apps and data with Titanium Backup (but you can't since you already unrooted).
I had a Note3 that was rooted, slightly modified and then unrooted. I was able to get it back to stock and updated using Kies. Not sure if that will work for you in this case.
gottria said:
Just picked up a used S5 that was already rooted running KK, not sure of the root method used. Looking to upgrade to Lollipop but obviously can't take the OTA, used unroot in SU and the OTA says it's been modified and won't take it. How do I update it to lollipop and still keep my data?
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You could try Triangle Away but I'm not sure that would work. The best way would be to put the phone into download mode, and then use Odin to go to the stock OA6 Lollipop build, but this would cause you to lose all your data. You could also re-root, titanium backup / sms backup and restore, then once you Odin to Lollipop you can restore all your old apps and data as well as text messages.
So I can jump right to the stock OA6 lollipop odin with no issues? At this point I have all my stuff backed up and don't care about what's left on the phone, wipe it clean and start fresh is what I'm thinking. My plain is to odin the stock OA6 build, root using chainfire and hotspot mod.
Go for it. That should work. Use Odin to load the full tar of oa6 and then root it.
So, I have the p905v and I rooted it with towelroot, and it was completely fine. I then tried putting twrp recovery on it through flashify the wrong way and now I don't have a recovery mode. I can't update my tablet or factory reset it and I'm not too ambitious to flash the update into the device, is there a way to fix the recovery mode?
Grab the stock firmware from the link below and flash via ODIN from your PC. Make sure you download the right version.
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/database/SM-P905V/VZW/
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OK, thanks! Another quick question, what if it goes through a bootloop and I need to factory reset it? Would flashing it restore recovery? And, you mean flash lollipop 5.1.1, right?
I used Odin to flash a stock image on my Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge to unroot it but once I booted up nothing had happened, my root was still there and a factory reset hadnt happened. Did I miss a step ?
UPDATE: I opened SuperSU and and it said the SuperSU said that the binary wasnt installed and that I would have to reroot, does that mean it worked?
Wanted to start a new thread on this subject, as I know that there is plenty on it within this site. I have perhaps unique problem with this however. I have a T810 stuck in bootloop and can not get to any UI. I can access recovery and boot loader, but USB debugging is not enabled. I am fairly versed in recovering devices, so I am open to any suggestions.
Where to begin? Suggestions?
Day 2 of this project:
I started with 6.0.1 stock ROM flash as I could not complete a data factory wipe. Stuck in bootloop...
Downgraded to stock 5.1.1... new boot up, but still looping only this time it is cutting off and on.
Then tried changing ROM CSC version from XAR (US) to XAC (Canada) b/c I thought that I had a Canadian version... still looping
I was able to install TWRP 3.1.0 however, thought not sure what I can do with this from here.
Maybe try custom ROM and root from TWRP?
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Day 2 of this project:
I started with 6.0.1 stock ROM flash as I could not complete a data factory wipe. Stuck in bootloop...
Downgraded to stock 5.1.1... new boot up, but still looping only this time it is cutting off and on.
Then tried changing ROM CSC version from XAR (US) to XAC (Canada) b/c I thought that I had a Canadian version... still looping
I was able to install TWRP 3.1.0 however, thought not sure what I can do with this from here.
Maybe try custom ROM and root from TWRP?
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UPDATE: TWRP factory data wipe cleared the issue!!!
Hello everyone, I was given a Samsung Galaxy A5 SM-A500FU, and I have the same problem,
I can not do the hard reset because of the MDM does not allow factoryReset. The phone will restart automatically.
I can not update via Odin because of the MDM.
How do I remove or exceed MDM to reset and update the firmware?
Thank you.
Hi all, I'm sorry if this is a stupid question but I just wanted to make sure I don't mess up my phone.
So I had flashed a Custom ROM (Resurrection Remix) on my Galaxy S7, but after a while I wanted to reflash it back to stock 8.0 Oreo which I have done successfully. Now of course the knox counter has been tripped, however the phone is unrooted and also no longer has TWRP as its recovery (just the standard android recovery now).
Now that I have flashed it back to stock, would it be safe to perform OTA updates on the phone? Someone had told me it would not be possible as I had flashed a custom ROM before and I just wanted to get some other opinions.
Thanks in advance!
OTA updates gonna work fine