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Rooted via Toast - How to unroot?

How do you unroot? I'm going to be returning this phone (Sprint got me angry for certain reasons). How do I unroot so that I can return it and not have it seen as out of warranty

flash a stock ROM. done

timothydonohue said:
flash a stock ROM. done
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It's that easy? If so, thank you very much.

Just be careful which one you flash. If you flash a rom that closes the ability to root you are screwed if you ever want to go back. Back a page or two someone posted the original Ruu from sprint which has the shipping EVO rom. Thats what you need to use to go back to stock and don't accept updates if you want to preserve your future root.

Aridon said:
Just be careful which one you flash. If you flash a rom that closes the ability to root you are screwed if you ever want to go back. Back a page or two someone posted the original Ruu from sprint which has the shipping EVO rom. Thats what you need to use to go back to stock and don't accept updates if you want to preserve your future root.
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all roms are rootable. if you did the update its still rootable through toast.

p-slim said:
all roms are rootable. if you did the update its still rootable through toast.
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For now yes, that may not always be the case. In the event some poor soul searches the forum like a good noob and sees that its not a big deal, flashes a Sprint RUU that breaks root and ends up screwed.

Well I'm returning the phone so future root's isn't a concern but thank you!

Where did you find the Stock ROM? I can't find one. All I can find is the RUU. I'm sorry if these are dumb questions but I am new to this.

lopezpm said:
Where did you find the Stock ROM? I can't find one. All I can find is the RUU. I'm sorry if these are dumb questions but I am new to this.
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the ruu is a rom.

Switching back from Cricket

I am looking at buying an Evo that was flashed over to Cricket. I am wondering how difficult it would be to flash it back to Sprint.

Okay, cool.

I know to call and check the ESN to make sure it is clean

Ikyo said:
I am looking at buying an Evo that was flashed over to Cricket. I am wondering how difficult it would be to flash it back to Sprint.
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i could be wrong but i am pretty sure cricket just re-provisions the phone. They wouldn't take the risk of a bad flash and ruin the phone. So most likely a hard reset should clear it up and if then just doing a regular stock ruu flash should fix it.

Flash the stock ruu, and load the verizon prl (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=696073)
after loading the verizon prl, go to software update, update prl.
that will load the sprint prl.
done.

Moved as not Development.

Taking a rooted phone to a sprint store

Verizon won't authenticate my phone when roaming. I've tried to update my PRI a few dozen times, but no dice. I'm on 1.34 still. Tech support couldn't do anything for me on their end and told me to take in to a sprint store to update my PRI manually.
My phone is heavily themed, I'm planning to flash over a rom that looks stock. I'll uninstall any root programs. How thorough are employees in sprint stores at checking out phones? What happens if they see that your phone is rooted?
I'm curious because I assume they'll go into recov mode and see my phone isn't stock

Nandroid. Flash stock Eclair. Get your phone fixed. Root again.

Why eclaire?

kdbrown5 said:
Why eclaire?
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It is un-rootable if you root it. You use unrEVOked Forever to root Froyo, which is permanent as far as I know.

yeah, just go stock and they will never know. People have said oh, they can tell, and while, I'm sure somehow they could, they won't. I've using android for over a year, and every time I have a problem I flash stock, with a fresh wipe, take it to sprint, get it fixed, reload backup and i'm back up as if nothing happened. So to answer, just flash stock before taking it in and you will be fine.

TheBiles said:
You use unrEVOked Forever to root Froyo, which is permanent as far as I know.
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They actually released a tool to reset it to S-ON, yesterday I believe.

Noxious Ninja said:
They actually released a tool to reset it to S-ON, yesterday I believe.
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Ah, ok. Not that I will ever use it. Rooting by hand, FTW.

OK good to know, will do this tomorrow hopefully. Thanks for the input everyone

Can I flash stock rom from sd card? (Broken usb)

My evo 4g is running CM7.1 stable, but im having issues with the rom so I want to flash back to stock rom/ruu and unroot then reroot and flash another rom. Is there a way to do that without using usb? I dont want to brick it, so Im looking for a bit of advice. Thanks in advance!
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s-off
hboot 2.10.0001
radio-2.15.00.11.19
(dont know if this helps im a noob)

banccalif said:
My evo 4g is running CM7.1 stable, but im having issues with the rom so I want to flash back to stock rom/ruu and unroot then reroot and flash another rom. Is there a way to do that without using usb? I dont want to brick it, so Im looking for a bit of advice. Thanks in advance!
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hboot 2.10.0001
radio-2.15.00.11.19
(dont know if this helps im a noob)
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If you have a card reader you can flash a ruu through the bootloader also why would you want to unroot completely? Based on your info you wouldn't be able to root if you unrooted because Unrevoked requires usb connectivity
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App

evo4gnoob said:
If you have a card reader you can flash a ruu through the bootloader also why would you want to unroot completely? Based on your info you wouldn't be able to root if you unrooted because Unrevoked requires usb connectivity
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App
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with rom manager touch? well really i'd like to have it to default stock so that I can sell it without all of my info on the phone, i.e. telephone number, voicemail etc. I figured that returning to stock would achieve that. it isnt currently activated but my voicemail number shows up. Ive wiped data, dalvik, and cache but idk what else to do prior to selling

banccalif said:
with rom manager touch? well really i'd like to have it to default stock so that I can sell it without all of my info on the phone, i.e. telephone number, voicemail etc. I figured that returning to stock would achieve that. it isnt currently activated but my voicemail number shows up. Ive wiped data, dalvik, and cache but idk what else to do prior to selling
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You can definitely just unroot it and leave it S-OFF by doing what evo4gnoob said. Copy a stock ROM PC36IMG.zip file to the root of your sdcard using a card reader connected to your PC (If you go to the 1st link under "My Links" in my signature, there are 3 you can use at the bottom of that post) and rename the file to just "PC36IMG.zip". Put the card back into your device, and boot into Bootloader mode (hold volume down while pressing the Power button), and it should read the stock ROM. Then choose to install the update, and the device will be fully reset and back to stock.
By the way - unless you cancel your service first, the device will still be linked to your account. If you want to get rid of that information, you'll have to do a full data reset using an EPST code. There should be a thread around here somewhere that will give you the proper code (you'll need your MSL code).

ok Ive done exactly as you guys stated getting back to stock and unrooting.. was able to reroot using unrevoked3 so im good to go! thanks guys!!
as far as the msl, i dont know that and will just have to sell as is because my phone info is obviously still there. but thanks again for the fast responses and insight

banccalif said:
ok Ive done exactly as you guys stated getting back to stock and unrooting.. was able to reroot using unrevoked3 so im good to go! thanks guys!!
as far as the msl, i dont know that and will just have to sell as is because my phone info is obviously still there. but thanks again for the fast responses and insight
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MSL Reader from the Market will tell you what it is, but you need root to use it, so you'll have to flash Superuser, if you really want to get rid of your phone info (which is probably a good idea).

Captain_Throwback said:
MSL Reader from the Market will tell you what it is, but you need root to use it, so you'll have to flash Superuser, if you really want to get rid of your phone info (which is probably a good idea).
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ok downloading that now.. after getting my msl what do i do then?

banccalif said:
ok downloading that now.. after getting my msl what do i do then?
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First part of this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=21891574&postcount=9
But if you let the phone reboot and re-activate, it'll just link back to your number, so if you don't want it to do that, you'll have to turn it off and cancel the service to it.

thanks again!

Pre-Root Steps (Galaxy S3)

My question is because i have a HTC EVO 4G and I rooted it. I had ensure for it and i had to send it back to Sprint, and I looked every where and couldn't unroot it. The S-OFF is always there and found other people with the same problem. (I did tried the S-on zip and all that, new custom, Stock Roms but none worked) I ended up paying the $100 for a replacement EVO... Now I have a S3. (my EVO still on the closet)
I want to root my:
Samsung Galaxy S3
Model SPH-L710
Android 4.1.1
..............................But before I do that I want to make sure I can unroot it and run the stock rom, is there any file that I have to backup or anything before rooting it? My HTC EVO I rooted and loss 4G with the stock rom because I want suppose to backup something first accourding to some articule that i read..
Again, What steps I have to take before rooting my S3 in order to unroot it without any problem?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1963812
Quickest root possible. Nothing to backup. Granted this is shiit you should know already

Pre root steps.. Open laptop/Start desktop. Watch video. Drink beer (if of age) download files needed. Plug in phone..
This is probaly one of the easiest/Quickest roots i've done yet.. Just follow the instructions and you shouldn't go wrong. Just ensure you don't flash anything for the wrong carrier or for the I9300 International version of our phone. And you'll be fine! (The things i mentioned could cause a hard brick rendering the phone nothing more then a paperweight.) :laugh:

milky1112 said:
Pre root steps.. Open laptop/Start desktop. Watch video. Drink beer (if of age) download files needed. Plug in phone..
This is probaly one of the easiest/Quickest roots i've done yet.. Just follow the instructions and you shouldn't go wrong. Just ensure you don't flash anything for the wrong carrier or for the I9300 International version of our phone. And you'll be fine! (The things i mentioned could cause a hard brick rendering the phone nothing more then a paperweight.) :laugh:
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An expensive paperweight! How many of your friends could say that?

teh roxxorz said:
An expensive paperweight! How many of your friends could say that?
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None here. I don't have any friends. lol..

Also, if you ever need to return to pure stock after you root all you have to do is flash http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1904099 in recovery.