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[Q] Re-Rooting?

I know the title may sound odd, but let me explain. I rooted my phone a while back and have flashed plenty of ROM's. I think that there is something wrong and would basically like to take it back to the starting point....that point you get right after you have rooted it for the first time. What would be the best way? I ask because I do not want to return it to stock as in this (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1867253)
Do I act as if I have never rooted it and run it through the ODIN process?
If so, what method as lately I have seen more than one.
Thanks all.

Whats the difference between the time after you first rooted your phone vs it being rooted now? Idk maybe use supersu built in options for restoring root?

There isn't any way to do it for now only computers can do that.

Odin flash a rooted VRBLK3 image from mrRobinson thread in the dev section. Use the /sdcard wipe tar. You'll then need to unlock the bootloader if you intend to flash kernels or roms again.
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SlimSnoops....I used this version on my sons when I rooted it....is this the same way as MrRobinsons and will it work?
Thanks
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2046439

sideoutjj said:
SlimSnoops....I used this version on my sons when I rooted it....is this the same way as MrRobinsons and will it work?
Thanks
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2046439
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This is a great guide but is written for rooting a phone for the first time. What Slim was suggesting was to install a pre-rooted image onto your phone after cleaning it properly. If you want to do it this was since it is familiar to you, I would return to stock using the guide in the stickies and then using the guide that you referenced to root and unlock. Make sure that you back everything up including the IMEI. Good luck!

OK..so I go and do this first: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1984436&highlight=mrrobinson
Then go do the root in the link I posted: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2046439
You mentioned cleaning...what do you mean by that?
Sound right?

sideoutjj said:
OK..so I go and do this first: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1984436&highlight=mrrobinson
Then go do the root in the link I posted: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2046439
You mentioned cleaning...what do you mean by that?
Sound right?
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All you need is download the "full wipe" version from here http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=9390214368362234355 then:
First, use Titanium to backup all your apps.
1. Remove your micro sdcard (it will wipe your card if you don't remove)
2. Boot into download mode (volume down + home + power buttons)
3. Use Odin to flash that image and remember only select PDA.
Once you boot up you will have a like factory setp with root. Do your normal setup then use Titanium to restore all your apps. That's it.

buhohitr said:
All you need is download the "full wipe" version from here http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=9390214368362234355 then:
First, use Titanium to backup all your apps.
1. Remove your micro sdcard (it will wipe your card if you don't remove)
2. Boot into download mode (volume down + home + power buttons)
3. Use Odin to flash that image and remember only select PDA.
Once you boot up you will have a like factory setp with root. Do your normal setup then use Titanium to restore all your apps. That's it.
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AWESOME...Thanks. I have used 4.1 and 4.2 ROM's and I just think that something is not running right, so I want to basically start over and pick a ROM I like,

Figured it out...thanks

sideoutjj said:
I have to ask...but how do I do the following per his instructions: Extract the root66_VZW_I535VRBLK1.tar.md5 from the .7z file you downloaded.
I downloaded the .7z file, but how do I extract the .md5 file from it? I have tried WinRar and 7Zip...neither likes it for some reason.
Thanks
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It is supposed to end in "md5"
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SlimSnoopOS said:
Odin flash a rooted VRBLK3 image from mrRobinson thread in the dev section. Use the /sdcard wipe tar. You'll then need to unlock the bootloader if you intend to flash kernels or roms again.
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Can someone who has never rooted their phone use the MrRobinson method to root for the first time?

Clyde Tacoma said:
Can someone who has never rooted their phone use the MrRobinson method to root for the first time?
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Yes! Although I see you created a thread and received an answer there as well.
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SlimSnoopOS said:
Yes! Although I see you created a thread and received an answer there as well.
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After I hijacked this thread I decided maybe creating my own was probably a better way to go. And maybe it will be easier for someone to find the same answer in the future. But it never hurts to have multiple opinions so thanks for your reply! I feel much more confident now that I wont brick another phone.

4.3 Upgrade on Friday and root?

So I have a friend whose phone I rooted a while back. He's still on the stock ROM and has no plans to change. What do I have to do to get him the 4.3 upgrade when (or if lol) it comes out without locking his phone up? I'm assuming I'll have to remove root. Anyway to do that without using ODIN?
Thanks!

Evil Genius Jr. said:
So I have a friend whose phone I rooted a while back. He's still on the stock ROM and has no plans to change. What do I have to do to get him the 4.3 upgrade when (or if lol) it comes out without locking his phone up? I'm assuming I'll have to remove root. Anyway to do that without using ODIN?
Thanks!
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If he's still on the stock rom, he'll receive an OTA notification on his phone. So long as he hasn't removed any system apps or installed any systemUI mods then it will update just fine even with a custom recovery installed.

He removed a couple of system apps but is on the stock ROM with no UI changes.

he has time to worry about it later. nothing is going to happen on friday.
does he have a nand of the stock system? if so tell him to restore it before updating to be safe

Yeah that's what I thought but better safe than sorry. No NAND of stock as far as I know.

OK there is thread out there just has rooted stock ROMs you can flash in recovery without a data wipe. I can't seem to find the thread for some reason but I have the file. If you wait till tomorrow I can upload it and share it. Or maybe u can find the thread. Or if all he removed was Verizon apps he could try a flashable zip to restore VZW apps.
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Sandman-007 said:
OK there is thread out there just has rooted stock ROMs you can flash in recovery without a data wipe. I can't seem to find the thread for some reason but I have the file. If you wait till tomorrow I can upload it and share it. Or maybe u can find the thread. Or if all he removed was Verizon apps he could try a flashable zip to restore VZW apps.
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You mean this? This no data wipe one is for Odin.

SlimSnoopOS said:
You mean this? This no data wipe one is for Odin.
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That's the one! Thanks SlimSnoop. Forgot they were Odin flashables but his friend could use mobile Odin as long as he has an unlocked bootloader. If not just use EZunlock 1.2. Its a one click app.
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Okay thanks! I do have the zip somewhere, I'll have to look. Bootloader is unlocked with custom recovery. So If I just Odin or flash the zip the custom recovery or bootloader won't cause any problems?

Evil Genius Jr. said:
Okay thanks! I do have the zip somewhere, I'll have to look. Bootloader is unlocked with custom recovery. So If I just Odin or flash the zip the custom recovery or bootloader won't cause any problems?
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No bootloader is fine but that file needs to flashed in Odin. If you want use mobile Odin. Its what use and it's easier IMO. just make sure which ever version of Odin you use that you have plenty if charge ( over 70%)
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okay thanks!
And by flashing the zip I meant the flash able zip file, not the Odin file...

Evil Genius Jr. said:
okay thanks!
And by flashing the zip I meant the flash able zip file, not the Odin file...
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OK. Because you do NOT want to get that term mixed up and you do not want to flash a flushable zip using odim. Very bad idea. Odin uses tar files which sometimes comes zipped up (not flashable via recovery)
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Updating to 4.4.2 ?

Hey guys, I've read a lot on updating after being rooted, but just need to confirm before I do mess up anything.
All I have done is Rooted Stock (I have TWRP on the phone), and have flashed volume mod, and also battery percent mod. (Other then that I am running Nova Launcher, Titanium Backup)
Guessing I need to flash the back to stock for volume and battery percent (Correct if I am wrong).
And then how exactly do I go about updating to 4.4.2 and preferably retaining root?
Sorry I know noob question, just making sure as I've always unrooted, and never had any mods when I have done updates in the past.

1) you have to flash back to stock system image since you modded your phone
2) once you either get the OTA or sideload it, you just flash cwm/twrp in fastboot and then flash the supersu.zip
thats all

so in other words go back and unroot completely, go completely back to stock, and redo everything from the beginning?

Just flash the 4.4.2 stock rooted rom in the dev section
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Or you can flash the Updated Super SU zip right?
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AndroidRaven said:
so in other words go back and unroot completely, go completely back to stock, and redo everything from the beginning?
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You are flashing back the stock ROM. If you want to keep data intact, flash only the boot.img, system.img
niv3d said:
Or you can flash the Updated Super SU zip right?
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that won't help you get back to stock.

I guess I need a tutorial on what you guys are talking about because I still am not understanding..
Would flashing the rooted 4.4.2 work? And if so what do I need to do before I flash this?
How exactly do I go about only flashing only the boot.img and system.img?
Will I loose anything through this process?
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AndroidRaven said:
I guess I need a tutorial on what you guys are talking about because I still am not understanding..
Would flashing the rooted 4.4.2 work? And if so what do I need to do before I flash this?
How exactly do I go about only flashing only the boot.img and system.img?
Will I loose anything through this process?
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Follow this guide --> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2523217
Best guide out there, with big thanks to El Daddy

AndroidRaven said:
I guess I need a tutorial on what you guys are talking about because I still am not understanding..
Would flashing the rooted 4.4.2 work? And if so what do I need to do before I flash this?
How exactly do I go about only flashing only the boot.img and system.img?
Will I loose anything through this process?
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One safe way to get the OTA, taking into account that you modded your phone, is:
i) flash system.img then flash stock recovery,
ii) once the OTA update is on your phone and you have accepted it (it installed itself) you are back to stock.
iii)flash your custom recovery and re-install your SuperSu to get back your root.
Good luck

[Q] Anyone have Stock recovery for XT1039 4.4.4?

So I have unlocked my bootloader now. I have not installed any custom recovery and rooted...just yet. I want to be sure that I can still get the OTA and as I have understand I will have to still use the stock recovery and unfreeze app and disable Xposed. The first part is the hard part.
So this is what I want to do: Flash TWRP>Flash root zip>Flash stock Recovery
Anyone know where I can find the stock recovery for 4.4.4 for the Pergerine model?
Another question: Let's say I install TWRP now and then when Lollipop is realesed, could I just flash the stock rom via TWRP?
I mean I will not be able to update OTA but I have to do it manually, would that work?
If it does then I would just stick with a custom recovery instead.

Anyone? I really want to root this phone but I want to make sure that I can revert to stock so I can upgrade to Lollipop.

My advice is to wait some time, I'm sure there will be all sorts of guides for getting the OTA even if rooted and such..
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hekomat said:
My advice is to wait some time, I'm sure there will be all sorts of guides for getting the OTA even if rooted and such..
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Yeah I probably have to do that.

Sprint Galaxy S5 OTA update OD3 with "Factory Reset Protection" locks bootloader?

Sprint Galaxy S5 OTA update OD3 with "Factory Reset Protection" locks bootloader?
Sprint is pushing out an OTA update with build G900PVPU2BOD3 to the Galaxy S5 and the update changelog reads "Factory Reset Protection", does it locks bootloader?
via: http://www.theandroidsoul.com/sprin...y-reset-protection-build-g900pvpu2bod3-77666/

itskapil said:
Sprint is pushing out an OTA update with build G900PVPU2BOD3 to the Galaxy S5 and the update changelog reads "Factory Reset Protection", does it locks bootloader?
via: http://www.theandroidsoul.com/sprin...y-reset-protection-build-g900pvpu2bod3-77666/
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The reports of the locked bootloader on T-Mo S6 Edge were mistaken and premature. So the answer is no.

New update has locked me out of root access
I stupidly accepted the update.. now i can't find root access. I have tried previous firmware thru Odin and nothing works. HELP...

rivera686 said:
I stupidly accepted the update.. now i can't find root access. I have tried previous firmware thru Odin and nothing works. HELP...
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Odin back to OA6
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Glad I decided not to take the OTA update, even though I'm sure there will be a fix for the loss of root.
A colleague of mine who updated her GS5 yesterday said her caller ID only shows the phone number and no longer shows the contact's name. Also, I can confirm this isn't the 5.1 update . . .

rivera686 said:
I stupidly accepted the update.. now i can't find root access. I have tried previous firmware thru Odin and nothing works. HELP...
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I was able to root OD3 using the most recent CF autoroot for the S5. It will flash OA6 recovery though. Hopefully it will be updated to include the OD3 recovery, or I'll just wait until the OD3 tar is up on sammobile.com to grab the OD3 recovery from there.

elwood said:
Odin back to OA6
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I've accepted the update and have tried to Odin back to OA6. Odin fails. I'm guessing we can't go back.

nyfl2004 said:
I've accepted the update and have tried to Odin back to OA6. Odin fails. I'm guessing we can't go back.
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I did the same thing. Apparently there's no going back from OD3. If you're worried about root, just use the latest CF Auto Root for this phone. It works on OD3. Then just wait for the full ROM to be posted on Sammobile if you want to do flash that later. I'm rooted on OD3 and haven't had any issues at all.

Cooljb said:
I did the same thing. Apparently there's no going back from OD3. If you're worried about root, just use the latest CF Auto Root for this phone. It works on OD3. Then just wait for the full ROM to be posted on Sammobile if you want to do flash that later. I'm rooted on OD3 and haven't had any issues at all.
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Yeah, it's really no problem. There's no going back, but I just re-rooted with CF Auto Root and restored an OA6 backup and all is well.

Oa6
Cooljb said:
I was able to root OD3 using the most recent CF autoroot for the S5. It will flash OA6 recovery though. Hopefully it will be updated to include the OD3 recovery, or I'll just wait until the OD3 tar is up on sammobile.com to grab the OD3 recovery from there.
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So if the recovery is OA6, what happens if you then use that recovery? are you back in OA6 and still rooted? I guess it would be best to wait for the OD3 recovery to show up. In the mean time, still no issues?

Does anyone know how i can delete the update notification its very annoying I'm on stock rooted OA6
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sander999 said:
Does anyone know how i can delete the update notification its very annoying I'm on stock rooted OA6
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When the notification is on your status bar just long press and open App Info and untick the Show Notifications. No more annoying popup saying to update
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elwood said:
When the notification is on your status bar just long press and open App Info and untick the Show Notifications. No more annoying popup saying to update
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Already tried that but wont allow me to uncheck so i just flash Moar and all good
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sander999 said:
Already tried that but wont allow me to uncheck so i just flash Moar and all good
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That's weird I've never been able to untick a notification. Glad you came abroad to MOAR. Please though we ask you to post your questions in the MOAR Q&A FAQ thread and not the development thread. We as a community are trying to keep the clutter in that thread to a minimal. Heck we even have an Off Topic thread for anything, just so we don't clutter the development thread.
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I tried that now i cannot flash OA6 thru odin and i just keep getting fail message. I AM STUCK I HATE THIS UPDATE.
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od3 fail
Well i was gonna ask if the od3 build update was the reason i can not flash in odin everything fails when i try to flash twrp or flash 0a6 firware or anything for that matter witch puts me into screen" firware encountered an issue" only way i get out of that is flash the cf auto root .tar or the oa6 modem witch then resets device and loads back into phone and atleast lets me use phone hopefullly thers a fix for this soon really need my custom roms back and my hotspot for work. :crying:

Teroy804 said:
Well i was gonna ask if the od3 build update was the reason i can not flash in odin everything fails when i try to flash twrp or flash 0a6 firware or anything for that matter witch puts me into screen" firware encountered an issue" only way i get out of that is flash the cf auto root .tar or the oa6 modem witch then resets device and loads back into phone and atleast lets me use phone hopefullly thers a fix for this soon really need my custom roms back and my hotspot for work. :crying:
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I was able to flash the stock OA6 Kernel then Philz recovery through odin, and install rom from there. MOAR works without any issues. CM12.1 runs as good as it ever will, also.

morenoa48 said:
I was able to flash the stock OA6 Kernel then Philz recovery through odin, and install rom from there. MOAR works without any issues. CM12.1 runs as good as it ever will, also.
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i can install custom roms OA6 with OD3 bootloader ?? or i need stock rom OD3

ENSENADAS said:
i can install custom roms OA6 with OD3 bootloader ?? or i need stock rom OD3
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I'm on OD3 bootloader and I'm able to run MOAR, and my OA6 back ups.

The update also adds Lollipop's Screen pinning feature.