After using a toolkit to root my device, i decided to try and do it manually so i can learn more of the rooting process. I used the toolkit to flash the stock images etc, then i reset the phone to factory settings, but the 'Superuser' 'app' was still there. Is this normal, and does this mean my factory reset was unsuccessful?
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After using a toolkit to root my device, i decided to try and do it manually so i can learn more of the rooting process. I used the toolkit to flash the stock images etc, then i reset the phone to factory settings, but the 'Superuser' 'app' was still there. Is this normal, and does this mean my factory reset was unsuccessful?
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If you flashed the stock images, that app will disappear. If you just reset your device, that app will remain because it resides in /system -- when you rest, you just erase /data
I did flash stock recovery (i think), fyi im using the GalaxyNexusToolkit. Superuser still shows up...any suggestions?
Did you restore your Google apps? I'm sure that's dumb but could it have just redownloaded?
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Flashing a stock recovery won't erase SU. Su is in /system so unless you over write or format /system it won't go away. So make sure you downloaded the proper factory image and put in the proper folder for the toolkit to actually flash. As the previous poster said a factory reset doesn't erase/system only /data.
You have to unroot before you flash anything if you want superuser to go away.
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joshnichols189 said:
You have to unroot before you flash anything if you want superuser to go away.
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no you dont. you just need to flash the stock system img and SU will not be there.
joshnichols189 said:
You have to unroot before you flash anything if you want superuser to go away.
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That's not entirely true. Flashing a stock system image will make Superuser go away. Wiping the system partition will make Superuser go away...
EDIT: Ninja'd by Zepius...
efrant said:
That's not entirely true. Flashing a stock system image will make Superuser go away. Wiping the system partition will make Superuser go away...
EDIT: Ninja'd by Zepius...
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i r faster
Zepius said:
no you dont. you just need to flash the stock system img and SU will not be there.
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He said in the OP he flashed stock images..
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He said in the OP he flashed stock images..
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That's what he said, but it would seem that he only flashed the stock recovery image, not all the images. Flashing the stock system image will certainly get rid of the superuser app.
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He said in the OP he flashed stock images..
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Obviously he didn't really do that or it failed, since if he really did flash stock images properly, SU will be gone.
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He said in the OP he flashed stock images..
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no, he said he used the toolkit to flash the images. it clearly did not flash the system image and over-write everything in the /system folder.
another reason toolkits are just bad if you dont know what you're doing.
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when the update came out i try to update but i couldnt bcause it went to recovery and then when the update was starting i got an android with an exclamation mark. so then i flashed the radios and after a while the update notification started to show up again? i dont know what to do can someone help me out
Have you changed anything about your stock software? Added/removed system apps, rooted, changed fonts, recovery, etc..?
yes... lol. its rooted, changed soft keys, recovery, kernel.. i kinda knew it was because of that but i dont know how to go back to stock.
carbaj12 said:
yes... lol. its rooted, changed soft keys, recovery, kernel.. i kinda knew it was because of that but i dont know how to go back to stock.
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Well there you go. You can't have anything changed in the system if you plan on accepting the OTA update.
If you want to accept the OTA, you need to flash back to the stock images (everything back to 100% stock except bootloader unlock is OK) and wait for the OTA notification again.
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Well there you go. You can't have anything changed in the system if you plan on accepting the OTA update.
If you want to accept the OTA, you need to flash back to the stock images (everything back to 100% stock except bootloader unlock is OK) and wait for the OTA notification again.
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Or check now on update section (settings /system) but I would recommended stay rooted that only bad thing about rooting is the a lot rooms don't have prl update and is annoying to flash a stock from just to do that
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What do I flash or use to go back to stock?
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What do I flash or use to go back to stock?
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You can use Odin go to the developer section and stickies there is a good thread and video by qbking to take you back to stock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esxEh0M2E44&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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jgalan14 said:
You can use Odin go to the developer section and stickies there is a good thread and video by qbking to take you back to stock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esxEh0M2E44&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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Meaning everything will be deleted right even all my data?
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carbaj12 said:
Meaning everything will be deleted right even all my data?
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Yes. Returning to stock you'll have to completely wipe the device. How else would you get rid of all the **** you changed?
I'm just asking cause before with my evo 4g I could've restored and my memory card wouldn't get erased and if I restore my nexus it does so its different.
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I'm just asking cause before with my evo 4g I could've restored and my memory card wouldn't get erased and if I restore my nexus it does so its different.
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If you do a factory reset with CWM or something it doesn't wipe the virtual SDcard.
The reason why it wipes when you flash to stock is you only have 1 partition internal storage that must be wiped when you install the OS...
This is a tutorial about updating from Koush's JRN84D repack/jb-takju.zip to Google's JRO03C OTA for yakju users.
Although this kind of method isn't recommended as wiping is important when upgrading, it might help n00bs or guys who hate using TB (like me) a lot.
Prepare adb, IMM76I factory image and the OTA file (Galaxy Nexus Toolkit can be also used instead of adb).
Backup your phone with Nandroid.
Open the factory image with 7-zip, open the tar file inside, navigate to yakju-imm76i and open image-yakju-imm76i.zip.
Extract the boot.img and system.img
Flash the boot.img and system.img with adb/Galaxy Nexus Toolkit.
Go to Recovery Mode and push the OTA file to /sdcard/.
Flash the OTA file.
Reboot you phone. If your see something like a bootloop, pull out the battery and boot again.
After boot into system, you'll see Setup Wizard. Set language, GPS and personal info.
Finished. Welcome to 4.1.1!
You don't need to do all that... just boot a temporary CWM and flash the 4.1.1 update.zip .
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You don't need to do all that... just boot a temporary CWM and flash the 4.1.1 update.zip .
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Yup. This is what I did and haven't had any issues yet.
Me 2.
Although I forgot to flash the Superuser zip afterwards and I had to use the toolkit to root again.
The only "issue" I have is that Google ears and other apps freeze themselves after a reboot.
I have to use titanium backup to defrost them after a reboot.
Cheers!
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You don't need to do all that... just boot a temporary CWM and flash the 4.1.1 update.zip .
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Sorry, guys, but how do I boot a temporary CWM?
Thanks
egrueda said:
Sorry, guys, but how do I boot a temporary CWM?
Thanks
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Fastboot boot cmw_recovery.img or simply use the toolkit that does that for you.
You need an unlocked bootloader though.
Cheers!
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martonikaj said:
You don't need to do all that... just boot a temporary CWM and flash the 4.1.1 update.zip .
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Is the 4.1.1 update.zip the OTA file that OP linked to? (f946a4120eb1.signed-yakju-JRO03C-from-IMM76I.f946a412.zip)
el_charlie said:
Fastboot boot cmw_recovery.img or simply use the toolkit that does that for you.
You need an unlocked bootloader though.
Cheers!
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This will allow you to boot to cwm recovery without writing over stock recovery? Could I use this to install su and gain root while never overwriting the stock recovery?
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dmarmstr said:
This will allow you to boot to cwm recovery without writing over stock recovery? Could I use this to install su and gain root while never overwriting the stock recovery?
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Exactly.
Cheers!
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OK, so for some personal reasons, I'm forced to sell my Galaxy S3...
I have CWM on it, and its rooted (obviously) running stock touchwiz rom...
Thing is, I cannot just hit the factory reset in settings because it's missing some apps like Samsung services, s-voice, etc.. stuffs that I deleted...
So my question is, How can I 100% Wipe the 16GB memory free of my personal data and perform a clean install of STOCK Telus SGS3 rom on it?
THanks!!!
dk2000zx said:
OK, so for some personal reasons, I'm forced to sell my Galaxy S3...
I have CWM on it, and its rooted (obviously) running stock touchwiz rom...
Thing is, I cannot just hit the factory reset in settings because it's missing some apps like Samsung services, s-voice, etc.. stuffs that I deleted...
So my question is, How can I 100% Wipe the 16GB memory free of my personal data and perform a clean install of STOCK Telus SGS3 rom on it?
THanks!!!
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1) Flash the original unrooted stock ROM from your carrier in Odin
2) Settings > back up and reset > Factory reset. reboot.
3) Turn debug on, and adb shell back in just to double-check that your nukular launch codes aren't there anymore.
And make sure your binary/custom flash counter is at 0.
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1) Flash the original unrooted stock ROM from your carrier in Odin
2) Settings > back up and reset > Factory reset. reboot.
3) Turn debug on, and adb shell back in just to double-check that your nukular launch codes aren't there anymore.
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where would i find the unrooted rom? only found the rooted one :/
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phzi said:
And make sure your binary/custom flash counter is at 0.
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and how would i do that?
thanks
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and how would i do that?
thanks
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1800878
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defnow said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1800878
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counter already at 0 ... normal ?
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dk2000zx said:
counter already at 0 ... normal ?
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Yes, don't worry about that.
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DO NOT flash the AT&T firmware. Here is the proper firmware for your device http://www.hotfile.com/dl/162304546/3421015/I747MVLALE8_I747MOYBALE8_TLS.zip.html
Once you have downloaded it, unzip it and let me know what files are in there. It should be a .tar file.
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DO NOT flash the AT&T firmware. Here is the proper firmware for your device http://www.hotfile.com/dl/162304546/3421015/I747MVLALE8_I747MOYBALE8_TLS.zip.html
Once you have downloaded it, unzip it and let me know what files are in there. It should be a .tar file.
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Will it unrooot and uninstall CWM same time to make it as stock as possible?
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Will it unrooot and uninstall CWM same time to make it as stock as possible?
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Yes, complete stock.
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theROMinator said:
Yes, complete stock.
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and if i flash that with odin will it trip my counter? and will it remove cwm ?
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and if i flash that with odin will it trip my counter? and will it remove cwm ?
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It will remove everything and restore your phone back to when you first bought it. Yes you flash it with odin, it will not trip your counter since it's an official package.
danny6514 said:
It will remove everything and restore your phone back to when you first bought it. Yes you flash it with odin, it will not trip your counter since it's an official package.
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awesome thanks
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One last thing I would do is browse your SD card to see that there's nothing there. I have not tried a factory reset on the SIII, but on the Captivate and probably other phones, factory reset didn't wipe every directory.
See this for the very few directories it did wipe:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1152181&highlight=does+factory+reset+wipe+sd+card
I did a few factory resets (but not recently) and only once do I recall having to copy things back onto my internal sd card from the copy on my computer. Every time I did one, I'd backup my internal sd just in case, do the factory reset and finish whatever else I was doing like a new rom, and then see what had to be put back on. But other than that one time, my Titanium backups, pictures, whatever have still been there. I tried out a lot of different roms on the Captivate and even the "full wipe" versions left the internal sd data there.
That one time I did need to copy it back was I think when I tried out the secret code to do a real wipe. Although I can't recall which it was.
Hope I did the right thing,
I flashed STOCK .tar with ODIN, rebooted phone onto stock, mounted to my computer, formatted memory (the 11GB or so), went on phone, did Factory Reset..
Hope its 100% CLEAN Wipped !
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Look at the Dev forum there is a ton of information there.
relaxed83 said:
Look at the Dev forum there is a ton of information there.
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WOW mr.obvious... this is Q&A thread not like im dumb
If you want to be completely stock without losing data....
First odin flash cf auto root for stock recovery
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1980644
Then download supersu again
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...ce=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_term=supersu
Then download triangle away
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...SwyLDEsImV1LmNoYWluZmlyZS50cmlhbmdsZWF3YXkiXQ..
Run triangle away as root
Then go to super su and full unroot
0 flash counter
Stock recovery
Unrooted
Profit.
If your device Status is Modified.... Factory Reset will make it Official.Soooo Unless you need to return your phone, leave it alone.
Always make a stock rooted backup whenever you root and you can revert back to stock in minutes without factory reset
This took me 2 hours to figure without losing apps or data. So hit the thanks if it helped
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Android The Greek said:
If you want to be completely stock without losing data....
First odin flash cf auto root for stock recovery
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1980644
Then download supersu again
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...ce=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_term=supersu
Then download triangle away
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...SwyLDEsImV1LmNoYWluZmlyZS50cmlhbmdsZWF3YXkiXQ..
Run triangle away as root
Then go to super su and full unroot
0 flash counter
Stock recovery
Unrooted
Profit.
Always make a stock rooted backup whenever you root and you can revert back to stock in minutes without factory reset
Ps this took me 2 hours to figure without losing apps or data. So hit the thanks if it helped
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if you use TA under root, doesn't it force an auto reboot? How do you get the SU to do full unroot then?
Yes, once you do TA it reboots in a recovery and warns you tge resets counter. Does not factory reset just restarts and clears counter.
Under supersu if you scroll down to the bottom of options ut wilk say full unroot.
Id show a screenshot but I unrooted already. If you see it can you post a screenshot.
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easiest way. once you run the TA app, it'll reboot, once you press 'vol up' to clear and when it's done (screen goes blank), pull the battery, go to DOWNLOAD mode, it'll be 0.
Does this also work on the Rogers version? It is the SGH-I317M.
Yes
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Okay one last question what if I have a custom kernel? Any thing different in the process?
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Then I would flash regular kernal or factory firmware
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Updated for modified status in settings
Thanks for providing us this useful information however i wanted to ask if theses steps above will put everything back for warranty service if it so happens? (like the pic below)
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Make sure all rooted apps are uninstalled then go to settings. If it says modified like mine then there is still a rooted app installed. Your picture is correct, shows everything stock.
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Android The Greek said:
Make sure all rooted apps are uninstalled then go to settings. If it says modified like mine then there is still a rooted app installed. Your picture is correct, shows everything stock.
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Well that picture is stock out-of-the-box. I just want to make sure i can obtain that back whenever it is needed.
Post your device status as well mine said modified. Yours should be normal. Good info thanks.
And yes those steps are what you will follow to put back in factory settings. The device status must also be unmodified. In my pic its modified.
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Android The Greek said:
Post your device status as well mine said modified. Yours should be normal. Good info thanks.
And yes those steps are what you will follow to put back in factory settings. The device status must also be unmodified. In my pic its modified.
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I just want to make sure i have these parts of the check points like normal in case of any issues under a warranty.
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slicingtaco said:
I just want to make sure i have these parts of the check points like normal in case of any issues under a warranty.
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Well I agree. I also created this thread to quickly go stock without losing apps incase of an update.
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Why would you root if not for a custom kernel?
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Then I would flash regular kernal or factory firmware
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I thought the main reason to root was to install a different kernel?
I can root to flash to flash roms on top of stock kernal
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One quick question. ..
Okay so if I DID make a stock rooted nandroid backup before I flashed custom rom and kernal and I wanted to just completely unroot and go back to stock everything, then all I would have to do is just flash back to the nandroid I made, then run triangle away, delete any root apps, then click unroot in SuperUser and I should be good to go if I have to take the phone in for warranty? And will it be in that exact order? Or should I just run triangle away then factory reset and flash official stock rom? Is that basically the same? Any help would be really appreciated! Thanks
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Okay so if I DID make a stock rooted nandroid backup before I flashed custom rom and kernal and I wanted to just completely unroot and go back to stock everything, then all I would have to do is just flash back to the nandroid I made, then run triangle away, delete any root apps, then click unroot in SuperUser and I should be good to go if I have to take the phone in for warranty? And will it be in that exact order? Or should I just run triangle away then factory reset and flash official stock rom? Is that basically the same? Any help would be really appreciated! Thanks
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Follow the op
Restore stock rooted nandroid
Run cf-auto root (for stock recovery)
Run triangle away (to clear counter)
Unroot with su app
Factory reset (optional)
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i used odin and pda the stock jellybean tar. it booted up the phone and the superuser was still there. did a root checker and it says the phone is still rooted. what did i do wrong here
You might have flashed a stock rooted one
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Make sure you download the stock firmware from Samsung updates website and odin
Should return it to 100% stock
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track 1 said:
i used odin and pda the stock jellybean tar. it booted up the phone and the superuser was still there. did a root checker and it says the phone is still rooted. what did i do wrong here
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Yeah bro, Odin doesn't wipe everything. You need to factory reset first through cwm and I would recommend formatting /system. Then Odin to stock and you will be "unrooted"
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Yeah bro, Odin doesn't wipe everything. You need to factory reset first through cwm and I would recommend formatting /system. Then Odin to stock and you will be "unrooted"
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How do I format system?
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How do I format system?
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i think that option is in "advance".
I agree wit the second post, flash with rooted ROM and then go TWRP to flash any other ROM.
track 1 said:
How do I format system?
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Formatting /system is under mounts in CWM. And why the heck would you Odin a pre-rooted image first? He wants to unroot not re-root
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