Epic 4G Root - Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi guys I am new to this whole thing. I have been trying to root my phone with no luck. Can anyone help me out with this. I tried to post a pic of the cmd box error message but was unable to due to newness
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Okay if you can download teamviewer I can do it remotely for you?
On your pc if you have windows or mac its better you have windows tho
Once you have teamviewer installed and downloaded pm me your id and password.
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Could you send me the link to download it please and thanks a million.
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Cartmanz said:
Could you send me the link to download it please and thanks a million.
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Just google it... and go to downloads.
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Okay give me a sec so I can go into the hallway (only place I can connect to wifi)
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Cartmanz said:
Okay give me a sec so I can go into the hallway (only place I can connect to wifi)
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You got it.
Get it yet?
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Yes I got it
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Cartmanz said:
Yes I got it
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Okay private message me the id and password
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Sent you the pm
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Cartmanz said:
Sent you the pm
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Don't close it.....
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Did you get it?

Cartmanz said:
Did you get it?
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I got it but it said teamviewer wasn't running on your pc don't close it leave it opened.
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Hey I think I rooted my phone but I'm not sure, how can you tell?

Cartmanz said:
Hey I think I rooted my phone but I'm not sure, how can you tell?
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You'll have superuser if all you did was follow qbking77 no you still need to get an su.zip and flash it in recovery.
Download this :http://db.tt/k27ybNxy
To flash turn off the phone and hold the camera button volume down and the power button until the 4 lights turn on. Then follow this.
Once in clockwork mod to navigate volume up and down and to select use the camera button.
1. Select *install zip from sd card*
2. Select *choose zip from sd card*
3. Find the su efgh.zip it should be in the downloads folder. And selet it
4. Choose to install and say yes.
5. When its done press the back button (light up button)
And choose reboot system now.
Viola done now you have superuser.
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no recovery

my phone is having some serious issues now, will not boot into recovery, either with rom manager or by manual way. anyone ever come across this and can it be fixed?
Try reflashing your recovery through h-boot. Ill post up a link for it.
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Here you go.
http://www.mediafire.com/?oj6aqi1ceqpm58g
Remember to rename to PB31IMG and place on sdcard. This is all I can think of at the moment.
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Goodluck!
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Thanks bro, will hit it as soon as i get home
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knocked the damn thing back into working mode, kapoow! thanks dude
No problem! Glad it worked and I was more than happy to help!
So once u rename it and place it on the SD card how do u run it? Go into rom manager and apply from zip??
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oneheadlig said:
So once u rename it and place it on the SD card how do u run it? Go into rom manager and apply from zip??
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No, you flash it in HBOOT.
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But I don't need to be connected to the computer while doin it...
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Nope.
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Remove clockwork recovery

Ok how do u remove clock work recovery? I installed it using ROM manager.
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Just use root explorer and remove the filee
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R u serious?
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justice26 said:
R u serious?
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Yes, if u know which files you need to delete
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justice26 said:
Ok how do u remove clock work recovery? I installed it using ROM manager.
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You need Odin installed on your PC, and this file I have attached. Turn your phone off, hold down both volume buttons and hook up the USB cable which is already connected to the machine running Odin. Open Odin, and select PDA, find the file you downloaded from this post and select it. Now click start in Odin & violla !
Ahh k will it wipe my data. The reason I asked is since i'm rooted with a stock ROM with clockwork recovery installed,.will I still get ota's.
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justice26 said:
Ahh k will it wipe my data. The reason I asked is since i'm rooted with a stock ROM with clockwork recovery installed,.will I still get ota's.
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No it won't wipe your data.
As far as OTAs go, it has to be stock everything.
seems to be stuck and setup connection, does it take a long time?
justice26 said:
Ahh k will it wipe my data. The reason I asked is since i'm rooted with a stock ROM with clockwork recovery installed,.will I still get ota's.
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According to someone no you can't. You need stock recovery to get OTA.
You can flash back to stock recovery by http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1319830
yeah with that button combination im going into clockwork recovery?
You guys ROCK perfect thanks for the help.
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justice26 said:
You guys ROCK perfect thanks for the help.
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No problem buddy, hope all is well.

Is it possible to.. .?

Is it possible to add clockwork mod recovery on our phones w/o using Odin (directly from the phone) ? I was able to do this one the infuse 4g but I haven't seen any thing in the forums about it. Or a way to root w/o it either. I'm hardly ever home in close to my laptop so this would be a great help.
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Yes. Use the thread sfhub inntje development section that is stickied at the top. U can flash the stock kernel with cwm without using Odin.
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What I meant though was there a way to do it directly from the phone w/o a computer.
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Pretty sure that's a no
nthornton1990 said:
What I meant though was there a way to do it directly from the phone w/o a computer.
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E4GT'n & lovin' it
It should be thought. What if you just replace the stock recovery with the clockwork recovery?
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nthornton1990 said:
It should be thought. What if you just replace the stock recovery with the clockwork recovery?
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Just nevermind....
VeNuM said:
Just nevermind....
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VeNuM, you have me cracking up tonight. Thanks for a few laughs
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Trying to be helpful, so...
No, because you need to use ADB (Android debug bridge) to run the zergrush exploit locally on the phone. you cant push the files onto the phone from itself or use the exploit. The best that they have right now is mobile Odin, but thats for flashing files over partitions, not rooting or a installing a recovery..
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Gomenkiyo said:
Trying to be helpful, so...
No, because you need to use ADB (Android debug bridge) to run the zergrush exploit locally on the phone. you cant push the files onto the phone from itself or use the exploit. The best that they have right now is mobile Odin, but thats for flashing files over partitions, not rooting or a installing a recovery..
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recovery should be built into the kernel that he is going to (mobile)odin and mobile odin will inject root into the system if the option is selceted. if used severel time and i think it works great. The only thing it failed me on was the modem. Has to do that at a CPU.
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recovery should be built into the kernel that he is going to (mobile)odin and mobile odin will inject root into the system if the option is selceted. if used severel time and i think it works great. The only thing it failed me on was the modem. Has to do that at a CPU.
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Technically he could download the zergrush files to his phone and run them and root... Then download a kernel to the phone and write it with dd
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chris41g said:
Technically he could download the zergrush files to his phone and run them and root... Then download a kernel to the phone and write it with dd
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did u get your epic touch yet bro?
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chris41g said:
Technically he could download the zergrush files to his phone and run them and root... Then download a kernel to the phone and write it with dd
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Never heard of zergrush, but I learn something new everyday. I'll look into that. But thanks
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chris41g said:
Technically he could download the zergrush files to his phone and run them and root... Then download a kernel to the phone and write it with dd
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Huh, I never thought of that...so someone could write an app on the phone that roots it?
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musclehead84 said:
did u get your epic touch yet bro?
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yea just waiting on the replacement screen
chris41g said:
yea just waiting on the replacement screen
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Oyeah good things are a coming. Cant wait.
Congrats Chris. I've been meaning to ask if you received the phone or if that guy was full of sheot.

Any other way to root without computer??

So Ive pretty much given up on trying to connect my phone to my laptop. Any way to root this phone with an app or something?? Like gingerbreak or z4root??
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Nope, you need to flash cwm recovery through Odin then flash superuser.zip to root. Maybe rom manager has the cwm. Then reboot into recovery then flash the zip but I'm not sure. I don't use rom Manager
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Yea i didnt think there was a way, dammit I really wanna root this phone.
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Isn't there SuperOneClick? I've never used it, so I'm not sure if it's an application used on the PC or on the phone.
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skadude66 said:
Isn't there SuperOneClick? I've never used it, so I'm not sure if it's an application used on the PC or on the phone.
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Its used on the pc, i remember using that to root my optimus v. Im going to see if i can borrow someone's laptop and see if it works on theirs, if not i guess I'll see if i can get another phone thru the warranty
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Superoneclick doesn't work on 2.3.6. They say it works on 2.3.5. Odin, easiest way.. why is it that you don't want to use PC??
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My laptop wont recognize my phone, check out my previous topic. Ive tried so many things but nothing works
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elflip88 said:
My laptop wont recognize my phone, check out my previous topic. Ive tried so many things but nothing works
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Was your problem narrowed down to your phone or the pc? I had a similar problem, but it was driver issues. After downloading Kies, it works fine.
I'm just sayin!
noodles2224 said:
Superoneclick doesn't work on 2.3.6. They say it works on 2.3.5. Odin, easiest way.. why is it that you don't want to use PC??
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I thought it was the other way around, but anyways. Odin really is the easiest way to root the phone, hardly takes any time either.
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I would just try to find someone elses computer.
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xsteven77x said:
I would just try to find someone elses computer.
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This or wipe your partition and start a clean OS install
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Read up on mobile odin.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1347899
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jr_718 said:
Read up on mobile odin.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1347899
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Chainfire said:
! Your device must be rooted to be able to use Mobile ODIN. Check the list below to see if your device is supported !
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Somehow I'm not sure mobile ODIN will help root anything.
Was pretty sure mobile Odin does not support our version of the sg2.
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If i were you I would play it safe and borrow a computer. Last thing you want is a $500 paper weight
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Actually there is a way.
Here is how I did it.
Download Rom Manager FREE and Premium.
Flash clockworkmod recovery for GSII Tmobile
Download Superuser from "Download Rom" section and scrolling down to where it says "Superuser"
Install the latest Superuser, and you're done!
It's that easy.
And then to get busybox, you can search the market for busybox installer and install the latest version of it.
JoJo2211 said:
Actually there is a way.
Here is how I did it.
Download Rom Manager FREE and Premium.
Flash clockworkmod recovery for GSII Tmobile
Download Superuser from "Download Rom" section and scrolling down to where it says "Superuser"
Install the latest Superuser, and you're done!
It's that easy.
And then to get busybox, you can search the market for busybox installer and install the latest version of it.
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Are you sure this will work?? I tried installing the recovery thru rom manager free but it wouldnt let me cuz Im not rooted.
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Thank you all for responding, I have tried almost everything and nothing has worked. I spent like 6 hours last night searching all over the web and nothing solved this. The only thing i have left is to try on another laptop or pc. Hopefully that works
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elflip88 said:
Thank you all for responding, I have tried almost everything and nothing has worked. I spent like 6 hours last night searching all over the web and nothing solved this. The only thing i have left is to try on another laptop or pc. Hopefully that works
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oh wow you still didn't get it to work? yeah narrow it down to either the pc or the phone.
his previous phone states that his old t989 connected completely fine to the laptop but after doing an exchange the new one is not detected. He has tried reinstalling and uninstalling the drivers, kies, and removing whatever is installed through usb with usbdeview.
so yeah, i'm stumped also. any of the mentioned method worked for me... soo good luck once again op! lol
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oh wow you still didn't get it to work? yeah narrow it down to either the pc or the phone.
his previous phone states that his old t989 connected completely fine to the laptop but after doing an exchange the new one is not detected. He has tried reinstalling and uninstalling the drivers, kies, and removing whatever is installed through usb with usbdeview.
so yeah, i'm stumped also. any of the mentioned method worked for me... soo good luck once again op! lol
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Lol thanks brother, im goin over a friends house later to see if i can get it to work on his
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[HEIMDALL] [One-Click Restore] MA4 4.1.2 Stock Rooted/Unrooted

The point of making this is ODIN is only built for windows HEIMDALL ( IMO IS superior) and is cross platform compatible
I have two versions and they all come with TWRP recovery(also superior imo)
if someone wants a full stock/wo root let me know but I created these to make it easy to flash other roms.
Or if you just want Heimdall files tars let me know.
Instructions:
reboot into download mode
MAKE SURE YOU HAVE AT LEAST JAVA 1.6 INSTALLED ON YOUR SYSTEM vista may require select dlls
windows :double click jar boot in download mode and click start
linux open a console type java -jar "jarfilenamehere.jar" boot into download mode click start
osx double click jar boot in download mode click start
HOW TO BOOt INTO DOWNLOAD MODE
Power down phone completely
Simultaneously Press and Hold [Power] [Home] [VolDn] until confirmation screen appears
Press [VolUp] to enter Download mode
Rooted+TWRP
No data wipe: http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=9390288116658472114
data wipe: http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=9390288116658472146
Credit goes to SEXTAPE thanks so much without you my last 2 devices would suck
, ADAM outler benjamin dobell for all the tools and instructions/files
And anyone else that's helped me on my way
thanks guys with out you its not possible!
If this helped you hit thanks please!
Re: [restore][one-click][heimdall][new ma4] better than odin edition
Nice!! Thank you for the options
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Nice!! Thank you for the options
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i agree options are good it frustrates me because i use linux as my dd and i actually make these for my self and just upload them
and its a pain in the ass to flash something to update prl/do stock stuff
Can I use the no data wipe version if on Windows? And what exactly is included in this update?
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Can I use the no data wipe version if on Windows? And what exactly is included in this update?
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The only thing new I can find is the camera it is the note 2 camera and pop up browser
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The only thing new I can find is the camera it is the note 2 camera and pop up browser
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Ink effect? no multi window?!
yes u can use all versions on windows im compiling a wipe version of rooted and then the unrooted ones took for ever to download cuz i left my other computer at home
Im on windows vista. Will this work for me
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yaniel06 said:
Im on windows vista. Will this work for me
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yessir as long as you have java installed
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yessir as long as you have java installed
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Thanks
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Thanks
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it may need a specific dll i read but you should have it already if not let me know the error and i can help you get/install it
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it may need a specific dll i read but you should have it already if not let me know the error and i can help you get/install it
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Stopped at drivers not installed. Heimdall drivers. Or do they mean sansung drivers?
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yaniel06 said:
Stopped at drivers not installed. Heimdall drivers. Or do they mean sansung drivers?
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yes you need to install the basic samsung drivers
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yes you need to install the basic samsung drivers
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I have them installed already
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DroidModder said:
Ink effect? no multi window?!
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No ink multi view
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are you in download mode and device is visible on adb?
go to console and type adb devices if it shows serial we can work from there
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are you in download mode and device is visible on adb?
go to console and type adb devices if it shows serial we can work from there
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now its saying initialsing protocol. is this normal?
Could you make a version that unroots but doesnt wipe data?! I would love to make a "how to" video on YouTube
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Could you make a version that unroots but doesnt wipe data?! I would love to make a "how to" video on YouTube
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yes its coming... im just swamped with school :\ the rooted wipe is about to be up
then unrooted no wipe and unrooted wipe
do you just want a one click that just unroots a already installed rom?
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now its saying initialsing protocol. is this normal?
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normal it takes a while did you find out if adb sees your device?

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