Want to root wife's epic and keep stock rom & kernel. Is there a way to do this w/o installing cwm? Is it possible to root but be able to do a factory reset and all will go back to unrooted if the phone needs to go back to the store... or would I have to Odin the stock back in (and nothing else).
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No it is not. Only a custom kernel will allow you to keep root and CWM. There is a very stock like FC09 ROM that even has instructions on how to get back the Sprint bootanimation. The only thing you would have to remove is Superuser.
Here is the ROM:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1580931&highlight=fc09+stock+deodexed
Qbking77 even has a video on How to root samsung epic on FC09 on youtube.
Perhaps a little re-wording. I'm okay with custom kernel rooted rom but don't want a custom recovery rom like cwm.. If possible I want to get it rooted button be able to use stock recovery and tell it to do a factory reset and it'll wipe out kernel and rom back to unrooted stock so I don't have to Odin the stock back on if it needs to go in (ie if usb port goes out).
Since its the wife's I wanted to make it easier to go back to stock. For my Evo I've had no personal issues with using custom recovery and full mods/roms) and prefer it.
If I have to go full cwm can you suggest a rom/kernel combo? She's happy with stock look & feel.. Just want to be able to have root and remove bloat.. But keep the sprint app for paying the bill and sprint tv.
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Factory reset does not wipe kernel. You will need to Odin no matter what or keep the kernel. Factory reset does not remove root either since su is in the system directory. So what I recommended is the closest with instructions on how to restore stock recovery. You can google How to root the Samsung Epic on EL30 youtube video by qbking77 and you will get root and custom kernel without CWM. But like I said without Odin you will be have that kernel and su. You will be able to delete su with root explorer though.
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Factory reset does not wipe kernel. You will need to Odin no matter what or keep the kernel. Factory reset does not remove root either since su is in the system directory. So what I recommended is the closest with instructions on how to restore stock recovery. You can google How to root the Samsung Epic on EL30 youtube video by qbking77 and you will get root and custom kernel without CWM. But like I said without Odin you will be have that kernel and su. You will be able to delete su with root explorer though.
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I may ask earthbound if he will make a one-click root... seeing how all you have to do is make it flash recovery, flash su, remove the recoveryboot.sh (or whatever) and then its done. That way people wont have to use odin that or if i could figure out how to make one that would be cool.
Gusmode said:
Want to root wife's epic and keep stock rom & kernel. Is there a way to do this w/o installing cwm? Is it possible to root but be able to do a factory reset and all will go back to unrooted if the phone needs to go back to the store... or would I have to Odin the stock back in (and nothing else).
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Aghast, not another wife's phone ...
I always chime into situations like this to say- the only wife-friendly phone is a stock phone. (Unless she is actually here herself, rooting her own phone and installing her own ROM or kernel.)
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I may ask earthbound if he will make a one-click root... seeing how all you have to do is make it flash recovery, flash su, remove the recoveryboot.sh (or whatever) and then its done. That way people wont have to use odin that or if i could figure out how to make one that would be cool.
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The one click root methods stopped working because the exploit was blocked on GB. He would have to develop a new way to get adb to install all those files in their right places.
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If I'm understanding you correctly you want root, stock, no cwm.... well with these new builds of gingerbread it should be possible because of the overwrite script for the recovery... odin in cwm without auto reboot checked... pull battery, boot into cwm immediately, flash the su.zip found on qbking77 how to root and then boot... you "should" have root now, with no custom kernel or rom, and the script should have overwrote cwm, exactly what you wanted...
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Aghast, not another wife's phone ...
I always chime into situations like this to say- the only wife-friendly phone is a stock phone. (Unless she is actually here herself, rooting her own phone and installing her own ROM or kernel.)
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I don't understand this sentiment. my wife loves CM7 and understands if something don't work she lets me know and I will fix it when I have a chance. It is just like her compute I fix that all the time too.
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Can i flash the reRFS rom and Samsung recovery flashable zip in cwm and be completely stock unrooted, or do i *have* to use odin? Both files are included at the link to the stock rom in my sig if you need to check. Need to know asap. This is what the op says of that thread, just need to be 100% sure:
If you need to turn in the phone for service or exchange, then flash the ReRFS ROM, and make sure the phone boots. Then go back to ClockworkMod with the 3 finger boot, and flash the Samsung stock recovery, to uninstall ClockworkMod. Only flash the Samsung stock recovery if you need to turn in the phone.
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Do it then boot into recovery. If its the stock samsung recovery id think your goo to go. And try to use an app that requires root. Obviously it won't work if your not
Make sure you can wipe the phone through the stock recovery first if its not completely stock it will sponge the phone or delete system apps. Found this out the hard way doing a swap on a new epic talking to a sprint rep running srf 1.1.1 lol
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Can i flash the reRFS rom and Samsung recovery flashable zip in cwm and be completely stock unrooted, or do i *have* to use odin? Both files are included at the link to the stock rom in my sig if you need to check. Need to know asap. This is what the op says of that thread, just need to be 100% sure:
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I have always used Odin to go back to stock/unroot whenever I needed. It is very easy and qbking77's video I post will be easy to follow and he links you to everything you will need.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQ2g6J1JgjU
(qbking77 is a great help to us Epic 4G owners. Thank him if you can)
I would use odin to be safe ..
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I would use odin to be safe ..
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This seems pretty straightforward. Wipe everything 3x, flash the stock rom, boot, boot to cwm, and flash the stock recovery and make sure it works right. If that doesn't work I'll use odin.
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zanderman112 said:
This seems pretty straightforward. Wipe everything 3x, flash the stock rom, boot, boot to cwm, and flash the stock recovery and make sure it works right. If that doesn't work I'll use odin.
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Odins pretty straight forward too
Start Odin, put phone in dl mode, connect phone, load pit, load tar, uncheck reset time box, start
eao1991 said:
I have always used Odin to go back to stock/unroot whenever I needed. It is very easy and qbking77's video I post will be easy to follow and he links you to everything you will need.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQ2g6J1JgjU
(qbking77 is a great help to us Epic 4G owners. Thank him if you can)
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I appreciate that. Thanks man.
Rerfs is awesome. I used it. My bonsai got jacked and I thought I was going to have to bring to the store. Re rfs worked great and I baselined from there and re rooted etc. go for it
I fixed my issue and never had to return to sprint btw
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Does clockworkmod overwrite the stock recovery? If it does then to me it is not a safe method to root a phone. If something goes wrong while flashing clockwork you will lose the stock recovery and can never reflash anything else. Is my understanding correct? This is why I am hesitant to root my phone. Please advice.
Thanks.
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Does clockworkmod overwrite the stock recovery? If it does then to me it is not a safe method to root a phone. If something goes wrong while flashing clockwork you will lose the stock recovery and can never reflash anything else. Is my understanding correct? This is why I am hesitant to root my phone. Please advice.
Thanks.
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Its fairly safe. You could always flash the recovery thru odin found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1332103
Has anyone tried to flash clockwork and failed? What happened afterwards? I assume odin won't work anymore because it requires a recovery partition to work.
I guess what I am still confused about is if clockwork writes over the stock recovery or does it keep the stock recovery in-tacked. I would prefer the later since then you can never break your phone.
With my dilemma would it be best for me to not install clockwork and just use an insecure kernel? Thanks.
It does overwrite the stock recovery i believe. But its very safe to flash. Ive never heard of someone borking a phone installing cwm recovery.
I have literally NEVER had a problem with clockworkmod, it's one of the best pieces of mobile software I've ever used.
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I have literally NEVER had a problem with clockworkmod, it's one of the best pieces of mobile software I've ever used.
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Whole heartedly agree.
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Has anyone tried to flash clockwork and failed? What happened afterwards? I assume odin won't work anymore because it requires a recovery partition to work.
I guess what I am still confused about is if clockwork writes over the stock recovery or does it keep the stock recovery in-tacked. I would prefer the later since then you can never break your phone.
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Odin has NOTHING to do with the recovery partition. ODIN only works in download mode on your phone. You can have a blank recovery partition and it'll still work, as well as the rom, and flashing other things too. The recovery partition stock has one function, to do a factory reset incase of problems. (Not to be confused with the one from inside android, that only formats /data. This one replaces the system partition as well.) CWM is very safe, I really wouldn't worry about it. Just follow the instructions carefully and you'll be fine.
Also, once you get cwm installed on there, I'd suggest doing a backup before you make any changes. Always handy to have your stock image at hand, just incase.
And also, even with stock recovery, you can still break your phone. It's not easy to brick a GS2, but it can be done. Just remember, as long as you can get the phone into download mode, it's not bricked. You can always odin back the stock partitions if you run into issues.
I was a little worried about using it with this phone. No problems to report. Just had to make backup in recovery.
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Thanks mstrk242 for the great explanation. I thought the "download" and "recovery" were two states of a single program. It is clear now that they are separate. You just cleared all my worries.
You said "It's not easy to brick a GS2, but it can be done," can you tell me how this can happen? Just curious. Thanks much.
If you're going to be rooting/flashing at all, you'll have to get comfortable with cwm, Odin, and the other tools that are available for the phone.
This is my second Android phone, both have been rooted with custom roms, and at any point I've run into trouble (which is rare) I've found the tools and the help I need on here by searching a little bit. If you're willing to spend the time doing a bit of reading and know your way around a computer a bit, you won't have a problem. Just make sure you're 100% sure whatever you're flashing is for YOUR phone hardware.
It's not nearly as scary as it sounds once you get going on it and there's a lot to benefit from it.
Cheers and good luck.
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Thanks mstrk242 for the great explanation. I thought the "download" and "recovery" were two states of a single program. It is clear now that they are separate. You just cleared all my worries.
You said "It's not easy to brick a GS2, but it can be done," can you tell me how this can happen? Just curious. Thanks much.
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Easiest way is to flash a rom for the wrong phone and mess up the partition table. (IE flash an international version of the gs2 rom, you'll brick.)
As long as you get cwm installed on there, and flash the correct roms, you should really be ok.
You can go back to the stock recovery easily. You can do it through Odin or flash an unroot rom
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I want to root a 'new' (as in freshly replaced refurbished) Epic4G running the EL30 software update. I managed to do this successfully with the EI22 update. I want the best ROM. On EI22 I used "CleanG3" and I'm sure the rooting technique and ROM to use have advanced some. Anyone care to share?
Nope same process flash the gb3a.tar kernel and flash clockwork mod and flash a new rom.. or flash a su.zip
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Or just do a few clicks and find this info on your own without posting. Yep, I am being a smart ass tonight.
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Ok so it's just a reviison (+.1) not a major release. In that case, I read there are issues, such as an issue with the GPS. Will the update work flawlessly with any patches?
Fastest way to install a custom rom coming off stock....
odin cwm recovery, make sure auto-reboot is NOT selected. (this will make sure your phone will not boot up when the process is complete. Your new recovery will not save if this happens.)
when the process is complete, pull your battery, put the battery back in, boot your phone into recovery mode (volume down, power key, camera key, all same time)
install your rom with a rooted kernel, your ready to go.
If you are only trying to root your stock ROM, you will need to complete the steps posted in reply #1.
Ok lets assume you have a nice clean completely stock ATT S3 that is rooted. I do have nandroid and titanium backups and I do have the google wallet hack working, and froze most bloatware..but this is all I have done to the phone.
What if any is the best way to slap the JB update on here without loosing a thing? I mean loose nothing, games, contacts no resetup of anything, just update to 4.1.1?? Am I dreaming here? If its not possible, what is the easiest way to get updated and back up to my existing state without having to reinstall and resetup everything?
Please dont ask why not put just custom rom instead, I have never found one that at least one small detail was not working or complete, so lets not go there, I want just a rooted ATT JB update to what I already have.
Update through Kies and you won't lose anything except for root. Re-root with CF auto root.
I did the above with a bunch of frozen ATT crap and everything was good.
Make sure you backup your data just in case.
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Update through Kies and you won't lose anything except for root. Re-root with CF auto root.
I did the above with a bunch of frozen ATT crap and everything was good.
Make sure you backup your data just in case.
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I also flashed with Oden over a stock setup and it left all data there except the root.
tried kies on 2 laptops and a pc still no go. re downloaded kies a few times and still nothing. tried all the usb ports too.
I had trouble with kies too, sho I finally used odin and flashed a pre-rooted att update.
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I tried Kies on 5 PC's - no go. finally used Odin and flashed Robinson's root injected bin. Worked
and lost nothing upon reboot. However, what is really differnet?? Camera is the same, which I thought
was supposed to be different as is the gallery. SAME.
anyone else verify????????????
Thanks
I have no clue why I can't connect with kies through usb, have all drivers, and I did administrative permission, I was able to use kies through wifi tho.
I did mine through odin. Worked well for me.
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Ok got JB via Kies easy enough,and rooted with CF...I get 3 apps that are getting errors on boot, Poweramp, Titanium BU and Torrent....
The other issue Im having is trying to get GW back on there , it was removed...so in order to do this I need CWM back on here but can figure out how I used the Qcom toolkit the lasttime and its not ready for JB yet the page says....so whats the easiest way to get CWM back on to load wallet back on?
I did the exact same thing I did with ICS. I flashed JB with kies, and i've flashed with ODIN (wanted to reflash).
I then used ODIN to flash the a cwm recovery (older version). Then I rebooted into the recovery and installed super SU. Started the phone and used terminal emulator to install the latest touch recovery for the phone. Rebooted and installed wallet just like I did with ICS. First the fix, then the wallet app. change your prop and follow instructions.
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Update through Kies and you won't lose anything except for root. Re-root with CF auto root.
I did the above with a bunch of frozen ATT crap and everything was good.
Make sure you backup your data just in case.
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I feel like an idiot, and ive searched everywhere, but what is CF Auto Root?
Thanks in advance for the answer!
Its a chainfire app from the play store
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I used ODIN to flash Mr. Rogers pre-rooted stock JB over my rooted ICS and everything seemed to work just fine. No problems yet. I was curious though since I still have CWM as my recovery (according to ROM Manager) and I thought I would lose that. Anyway, device status went back to "normal" after the flash. I haven't checked the flash counter yet to see if it is back to 0 yet. I'm still trying to figure all this out. This was only the 3rd time I'd flashed anything and I was still nervous! I haven't noticed any extra battery drain or anything yet.
Can anyone tell me, after you boot into download mode to check the flash counter, how do you reboot if your not actually gonna flash anything?
Thanks,
Matt
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I used ODIN to flash Mr. Rogers pre-rooted stock JB over my rooted ICS and everything seemed to work just fine. No problems yet. I was curious though since I still have CWM as my recovery (according to ROM Manager) and I thought I would lose that. Anyway, device status went back to "normal" after the flash. I haven't checked the flash counter yet to see if it is back to 0 yet. I'm still trying to figure all this out. This was only the 3rd time I'd flashed anything and I was still nervous! I haven't noticed any extra battery drain or anything yet.
Can anyone tell me, after you boot into download mode to check the flash counter, how do you reboot if your not actually gonna flash anything?
Thanks,
Matt
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Mobile Odin and Rogers file is easiest.
If you used Odin and Mr. Rogers pre-rooted stock to go from ICS to JB you will increment the flash counter as soon as you go into your custom recovery. If you use Mobile Odin, than you will not increment the flash counter. This information is in the most current posts: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1739426.
I didn't care about the counter but didn't want to reflash TWRP recovery so I used Mobile Odin and didn't flash the recovery, cache, or Everoot. Fast, easy, and I liked having my Nandroid backup available if something went wrong.
I thought about using moble Odin, but had never used it before and only downloaded it yesterday for future use. So I'm assuming that Mr. Rogers pre-rooted stock didn't flash the stock recovery? ROM Manager still shows that I have CWM installed. I did check with Triangle Away and it shows a count of 2 and binary as "official". I haven't booted back into download mode to check the counter because I wasn't sure what the process for rebooting was if I wasn't flashing something new. I'm a total beginner, so I hope everyone is patient!
Thanks for the help.
I've searched and tried different methods to unroot and set the custom counter to 0 (ZERO) (using Triangle Away) and nothing seems to work 100%. I've easily spent 5 hours mucking with this. Basically, I want to get my phone back to stock state so T-MO OTA updates will work again.
I always end up with a custom counter of 1 because as soon as I boot to the system, the firmware sees that SuperSU is installed (I guess) and the counter goes to 1. I've only rooted my phone and not installed a custom rom. I've used the toolkit and the CF-root-only method to root my phone. I've done SuperSU / Settings / Unroot ... but, it's too late by this time (custom counter is 1).
The latest and closest attempts to unroot and zero counter have been: Use CF root (w/stock recovery installed) and use Triangle Away. If I immediately go into the download manager after Triangle Away boot, the counter is 0 and phone is Samsung Official... all is well. If I reboot to system, as soon as the Samsung logo appears the counter is back to 1 (I know this because I immediately pulled the battery and went back to download manager).
So, whats the trick to get unrooted and custom counter to 0 (zero)? Do I have to reflash the stock rom and wipe cache/data or something?
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I've searched and tried different methods to unroot and set the custom counter to 0 (ZERO) (using Triangle Away) and nothing seems to work 100%. I've easily spent 5 hours mucking with this. Basically, I want to get my phone back to stock state so T-MO OTA updates will work again.
I always end up with a custom counter of 1 because as soon as I boot to the system, the firmware sees that SuperSU is installed (I guess) and the counter goes to 1. I've only rooted my phone and not installed a custom rom. I've used the toolkit and the CF-root-only method to root my phone. I've done SuperSU / Settings / Unroot ... but, it's too late by this time (custom counter is 1).
The latest and closest attempts to unroot and zero counter have been: Use CF root (w/stock recovery installed) and use Triangle Away. If I immediately go into the download manager after Triangle Away boot, the counter is 0 and phone is Samsung Official... all is well. If I reboot to system, as soon as the Samsung logo appears the counter is back to 1 (I know this because I immediately pulled the battery and went back to download manager).
So, whats the trick to get unrooted and custom counter to 0 (zero)? Do I have to reflash the stock rom and wipe cache/data or something?
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Normally you use both Triangle Away in conjunction with Stock ROM AND Stock Recovery.
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Since TriangleAway needs root use ExynosAbuse option to give you root access. That after of course stock ROM and kernel. At the end TriangleAway and uninstall it and maybe also Full unroot in SuperSu if you don't need it anymore.
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Do a full wipe. Odin root66 by mrRobinson to return to stock recovery with rooted stock ROM. Run triangle away to clear flash counter. Do another full wipe. Run SuperSu and permanently unroot. Back to stock, no counter trip, unrooted.
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Do a full wipe. Odin root66 by mrRobinson to return to stock recovery with rooted stock ROM. Run triangle away to clear flash counter. Do another full wipe. Run SuperSu and permanently unroot. Back to stock, no counter trip, unrooted.
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I may have to do this, I'm on the stock ROM, only installed clockwork through Odin and then flashed the root zip. I'd want to be able to install the OTA update without having to wipe the phone, I'd hate to install all my apps again and then still have to customize all the settings. Is there a way to install the stock recovery, unroot, and be able to receive the OTA update without any wiping? Help would be greatly appreciated to get this done.
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I may have to do this, I'm on the stock ROM, only installed clockwork through Odin and then flashed the root zip. I'd want to be able to install the OTA update without having to wipe the phone, I'd hate to install all my apps again and then still have to customize all the settings. Is there a way to install the stock recovery, unroot, and be able to receive the OTA update without any wiping? Help would be greatly appreciated to get this done.
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My *guess* is you might be able to do that.
The following is not vetted. It seems like it should work but I have not tested it.
Before you do anything nandroid and Titanium (TiBu) backup your phone. If you are running SuperSu have it forget the apps that have been granted root access. Unroot using the SuperSu command.
Odin the mrRobinson root66 UVALJ1 to the device, this will return the bootloader to stock. It will also give you root that the Device status won't notice (I don't know if this is completely necessary but it makes sense to me). Install Triangle Away (available from Play Store as a paid app or free from XDA if you search for ChainFire's threads). Run Triangle Away. This should reset the counter. When the device reboots go into SuperSu and have it forget the apps that have root permissions. Check device status, if it is normal you are set. If not, reboot the phone. Check the Device status again. If it is still modified you may need to wait a while. If all else fails you factory reset and restore your TiBu. Permanently unroot via SuperSu.
My wife's S3 flipped to modified after a week and a half on root66. The only root function I had it do was a TiBu restore on 5 apps that she wanted to retain data from her old phone. To get it back I had SuperSu forget the root apps then reboot. I don't remember how long we waited for it to go from modified to normal. It did flip back without a factory reset. The factory reset is tried and true however.
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My *guess* is you might be able to do that.
The following is not vetted. It seems like it should work but I have not tested it.
Before you do anything nandroid and Titanium (TiBu) backup your phone. If you are running SuperSu have it forget the apps that have been granted root access. Unroot using the SuperSu command.
Odin the mrRobinson root66 UVALJ1 to the device, this will return the bootloader to stock. It will also give you root that the Device status won't notice (I don't know if this is completely necessary but it makes sense to me). Install Triangle Away (available from Play Store as a paid app or free from XDA if you search for ChainFire's threads). Run Triangle Away. This should reset the counter. When the device reboots go into SuperSu and have it forget the apps that have root permissions. Check device status, if it is normal you are set. If not, reboot the phone. Check the Device status again. If it is still modified you may need to wait a while. If all else fails you factory reset and restore your TiBu. Permanently unroot via SuperSu.
My wife's S3 flipped to modified after a week and a half on root66. The only root function I had it do was a TiBu restore on 5 apps that she wanted to retain data from her old phone. To get it back I had SuperSu forget the root apps then reboot. I don't remember how long we waited for it to go from modified to normal. It did flip back without a factory reset. The factory reset is tried and true however.
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Thanks! I'll definitely look into that, hopefully it works that way.
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Thanks! I'll definitely look into that, hopefully it works that way.
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Ill try this later today or 2morrow, but ill let u know...phone is modified as well, def dont want to wipe phone as sell
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I'd also uninstall busybox if it was on there...
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Coug76 said:
Do a full wipe. Odin root66 by mrRobinson to return to stock recovery with rooted stock ROM. Run triangle away to clear flash counter. Do another full wipe. Run SuperSu and permanently unroot. Back to stock, no counter trip, unrooted.
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What exactly is meant my "Do a full wipe." ? I want to make sure I don't wipe more than I need to or that I, in fact, do enough.
Factory reset.
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using the stock rooted ROM posted over at the development forum we can upgrade without losing root or any data/apps. Really simple, only the cache and davlik cache need to be cleared. Now I'll just wait for the 'all apps multiwindow" mod.
I rooted using super su and I just used kies to upgrade the firmware. All settings are saved, git multi window, but root is lost.
Does anyone know if I can just root again with the same method?
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@jillmoto, you can root again using the root toolkit. Works fine. @erik, multiwindow mod is in the dev section
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@erik, multiwindow mod is in the dev section
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yes, it's there, but aimed at those with the deodexed version of the update. I installed the odexed version to make sure I'd retain all my apps and data. I'm waiting for someone to confirm a way to use that mod without having to do a complete wipe.
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yes, it's there, but aimed at those with the deodexed version of the update. I installed the odexed version to make sure I'd retain all my apps and data. I'm waiting for someone to confirm a way to use that mod without having to do a complete wipe.
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You dont have to wipe. Just flash it over the stock rom. I did with no issues and everything works fine. Only thing I had to do was remove bloatware again
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Can anyone please point me to an easy way to get stock recovery back? I used mskip Toolkit to root and install TWRP and tried to use it again to flash stock. Problem is no recovery Tar. file in the folder for my 889v... Thanks guys
Edit: I guess the toolkit is not relevant anymore... Thanks mrRobinson flashed the root 66 rom and all is ok!