So I have been having the problem with the earpiece not working. I have tried all the headset toggle widgets, hard reset, wipe, etc. Nothing is working. Its a shame... I love this phone and even being without it for 7 or so days is going to kill me.
Question though, it is going back to Samsung for repair...should I even worry about unrooting it? I'm not aware of how they react to stuff like this nowadays. Has anyone sent theirs in for repair rooted?
Thanks for the input!
I sent my old nexus s rooted, cwm installed and running a wrong version of the ROM. They sent my nexus only with unlocked bootloader. So I guess you'll be fine, but I still recommend unrooting just incase they notice that your rooted
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I send mine in but it was so borked that they wouldn't have been able to see anything, let alone confirm I had it rooted..
Check the tool kit at the stickies in Development, you can easily flash a stock image before sending it in.
Just flash the stock images. Takes 15min and it takes out all chances that they'll get on you for being rooted. You're gonna want to ge rid of all of your info on the device anyways.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1626895
in Hungary we have to return it to full stock as warranty is void since bootloader is unlocked.
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Hey Guys,
I used the galaxy nexus root kit to unlock my bootloader and to root my phone (I didn't install a custom rom, I just used what was default on the program after backing up my phone)
Here are my questions:
1) will I receive the official OTA upgrade / be able to install it?
2) If I am able to will that re-lock the bootloader on my phone?
I'm pretty hesitant to install any custom rom of Jellybean since I've had problems with them in the past almost leading up to a bricked phone, so I just wanted to make sure that the OTA will come to my phone, and that it'll work after I being installing it.
Thanks!
~Mike
If I remember right, if you don't have a custom recovery installed, you should still be able to get the OTA.
hmmm well I know that there is clockworksmod on here, but nothing else. I know thats a recovery program... I wonder if I should just flash the google asop direct from google for my verizon nexus :\
My understanding of the matter is that once you are rooted with a custom recovery, you should steer clear of OTA updates. They can definitely break root and have the potential to hard brick the device. This information is from my experiences with an Evo, so things may be different with the Nexus. I've only had mine for a month or so and haven't done enough reading yet to say for certain. If you really want the OTA there is a one-click method to return to stock over in the development section. Haven't been in that thread yet, so I don't know what kind of success/failure rate it's getting. Just read the last couple of pages and you should have a pretty fair idea of how it's going. If it seems doubtful, there are also several excellent guides for doing it manually. efrant has a link to one in his sig I think. Hope this helps!
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The OTA won't auto-install if you have CWM recovery flashed. You can use CWM to flash the update manually, but it will never work automatically.
So, my USB port burnt out on my GSM Galaxy Nexus, literally. My phone was rooted and had bootloader unlocked, so I was thinking of restoring everything to stock and send it back to Google. Here I am, being a dumbass, decides to flash back to stock ice cream sandwich with mobile odin and update to 4.1.2 thinking it would unroot and relock the device for me. I was real wrong, didn't realize that it only unrooted my device and relocking the bootloader require root access. So, any idea on how I can lock my bootloader again?
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So, my USB port burnt out on my GSM Galaxy Nexus, literally. My phone was rooted and had bootloader unlocked, so I was thinking of restoring everything to stock and send it back to Google. Here I am, being a dumbass, decides to flash back to stock ice cream sandwich with mobile odin and update to 4.1.2 thinking it would unroot and relock the device for me. I was real wrong, didn't realize that it only unrooted my device and relocking the bootloader require root access. So, any idea on how I can lock my bootloader again?
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Since you don't have root I'm pretty sure you need a usb port that works to relock the bootloader
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Yep.
Though I doubt they'd even care.
Should have locked first...and THEN Odin.
I had my phone rooted and boot loader unlock since launch of the device, back in November. Haven't done anything to it since now, which made me forgot certain things. Was reading information through several guide/post on how to return the Galaxy Nexus back to stock without using the USB port. Most of them were gear towards the Verizon version and none of them mention that locking the bootloader was required during root. Just did not realize that locking the bootloader requires root access. Guess that's what caused me not pay attention to the issue.... I know, it's my fault.
It would be nice if someone can point me to a solution. So, let me rephrase my question a bit. Is there anything I can do to get root access or lock the bootloader again without using the USB port? I have a Windows machine, Mac, and a extra Galaxy Nexus lying around. I can transfer files wirelessly, but no physical connection.
There are no root exploits for 4.1.2, afaik.
I think you're pretty much without options at this point, although like stated before, i doubt service will care if bootloader is unlocked.
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Oh well, guess there's no hope of me locking it up without the usage of the USB port. Any words on anyone successfully getting their repair/replacement done even though they've sent phones in with an unlock bootloader?
My phone is under warranty so I''m shipping it back for repair to Samsung. The problem is that it was rooted. But I reset the flash counter with Triangle Away, and restored to stock unrooted. Is there anyway to tell I was rooted now? I don't want to get my device back with a note saying I voided my warranty.
Thanks!
No they wont care or know it was rooted or that you caused the problem. I sent my Samsung galaxy s2 skyrocket because it was bricked and the flash count was I think 10 and they didn't care and still fixed it so don't worry they will still repair it.
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It depends on who is dealing with your phone. Most of them do not care, but I would factory reset it to rid the modified status under "about phone/status" if it is there just to be on the safe side.
I got my Galaxy s4 as an insurance replacement from eSecuritel. Originally I had the S3 from my carrier and it didn't have this issue. I found out the phone had root from a backup app I had that detected it. I downloaded a root checker and verified I have root access. I had an issue with the phone and was told to go into recovery mode. There I found the original recovery mode had been replaced by one from Team Win, so I think I have a custom rom too? My backup app won't work because I must be missing something that didn't get put on from whoever did this. Mybackup pro is what I use. It won't reinstall my apps. Long story.
Basically I want to unroot and go back to a stock rom. I don't do this often enough to completely know what I am doing. I have rooted a phone before. My acer iconia tablet is rooted and has a custom rom. When I do this I will lose my ability to back up app data with mybackup pro. But samsung will support my phone.
The odd thing is, this happened with two different brand new, unopened Galaxy S4s. How can this be? Does the insurance company get them from some strange manufacturing facility? I chatted with Samsung and the representative knows nothing about Samsung doing this.
Download stock 4.3 firmware and then flash through Odin. That'll get you back to fully stock
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Yeah it's no big deal . Like the other person said, just flash back to stock using odin. Here's a link to the stock ROM if you haven't done it already. Just search stock galaxy s4 rom on google and it should be on the galaxyroot page
Hope that helped
If you are on 4.2.2 or (anything below 4.3), if you want completely stock, get TriangleAway to remove the flash counter (i.e., how many times the phone has had a custom rom flashed), then Odin flash the stock. This will show that you never touched your phone and it will be completely factory new. :good: But if you don't care about the flash counter (because your warranty is up or something), then you can just Odin flash the stock firmware and be good to go. :highfive:
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If you are on 4.2.2 or (anything below 4.3), if you want completely stock, get TriangleAway to remove the flash counter (i.e., how many times the phone has had a custom rom flashed), then Odin flash the stock. This will show that you never touched your phone and it will be completely factory new. :good: But if you don't care about the flash counter (because your warranty is up or something), then you can just Odin flash the stock firmware and be good to go. :highfive:
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I was just reading about the flash counter before I saw this reply. I do care because my phone was brand new when I received it a few days ago. I don't know how the heck I can have a brand new phone that is already rooted with a possible custom rom. Until a few minutes ago, I didn't know Samsung had such a counter on devices now.
I am a bit of a noob still despite having a little experience with this. I don't know which is the best stock rom (I have found a few). I have downloaded Odin. I have no clue what TriangleAway is.
I have been in contact with the place I got my phone from to find out what the heck happened. I shouldn't have to go through all this for a brand new phone. I doubt they can replace it with one that hasn't had this happen because they wont know which boxes have the affected phones as the boxes are unopened.
I know there are guides for this. I found them, closed the stupid window and now I can't find them again. I tried going through my history but there is so much in there it is hard to find.
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I was just reading about the flash counter before I saw this reply. I do care because my phone was brand new when I received it a few days ago. I don't know how the heck I can have a brand new phone that is already rooted with a possible custom rom. Until a few minutes ago, I didn't know Samsung had such a counter on devices now.
I am a bit of a noob still despite having a little experience with this. I don't know which is the best stock rom (I have found a few). I have downloaded Odin. I have no clue what TriangleAway is.
I have been in contact with the place I got my phone from to find out what the heck happened. I shouldn't have to go through all this for a brand new phone. I doubt they can replace it with one that hasn't had this happen because they wont know which boxes have the affected phones as the boxes are unopened.
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Phones do not come pre-rooted with modified roms from the manufacturer. Contact whoever you got it from and request for a refund or exchange. TriangleAway is a app by Chainfire that resets a counter. This counter was used by Samsung to see if you messed with your ROM. Every time you flashed a ROM, your counter would go up by one. So if you flashed 4 roms, your counter will say "Flash counter: 4." TriangleAway resets that 0 so no one knows.
As far as best stock rom... well, they are stock. What do you mean best? lol. If you want 100% stock rom, then that is what you get. There are no variations. We can start talking about "best" only when you download ROMs that are modified by devs.
If you are on 4.2.2, here is the 100% STOCK ROM: http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/3/?download=14362
If you are on 4.3, or if you want to upgrade to 4.3, here is the 100% STOCK ROM: http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/3/?download=22280
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Phones do not come pre-rooted with modified roms from the manufacturer. Contact whoever you got it from and request for a refund or exchange. TriangleAway is a app by Chainfire that resets a counter. This counter was used by Samsung to see if you messed with your ROM. Every time you flashed a ROM, your counter would go up by one. So if you flashed 4 roms, your counter will say "Flash counter: 4." TriangleAway resets that 0 so no one knows.
As far as best stock rom... well, they are stock. What do you mean best? lol. If you want 100% stock rom, then that is what you get. There are no variations. We can start talking about "best" only when you download ROMs that are modified by devs.
If you are on 4.2.2, here is the 100% STOCK ROM: http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/3/?download=14362
If you are on 4.3, or if you want to upgrade to 4.3, here is the 100% STOCK ROM: http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/3/?download=22280
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Jeez I feel dumb. I got Triangle Away. It asked me if I wanted to grant it rights because I don't have super user access. I tapped ok and it closed.
Sooo your phone wasn't rooted all this time? Haha :x
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Sooo your phone wasn't rooted all this time? Haha :x
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Then why does my backup pro and root checkers say I do? And why is there a team win custom recovery mode when I restart in recovery mode? I don't know if it matters but I can also go into download mode.
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Then why does my backup pro and root checkers say I do? And why is there a team win custom recovery mode when I restart in recovery mode? I don't know if it matters but I can also go into download mode.
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You have a custom recovery (TWRP). You probably have root (which has nothing to do with recovery) but you didn't give TA access.
So I think I may be in over my head lol. I have a Nexus 7 2013 That is unlocked and WAS rooted. For some reason that is no longer the case. My main concern is that I would like to be able to update my devise but that for some reason isn't working. I am receiving the OTA updates and it says they are downloaded but when I go to install them it takes me to TWRP but nothing happens. I have read that my best bet it to just return to stock recovery. After some research I was going to just fastboot the stock recovery. I used to be able get to the bootloader through an app, but it was't working so I checked and lo and behold I am no longer rooted. Now I know I can still get to the bootloader easily enough, but now I am concerned about no longer being rooted. I have no plans on doing anything to crazy with the tablet. I would just like a stock ROM to keep OTAs and to be rooted. And I definitely do not want to have to wipe the device if possible.
If anyone could offer some advice I would really appreciate it
Device: Nexus 7 2013
Android 4.3 JSS15J
unlocked, but not rooted (apparently)
Desktop: Windows