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Rooting. Where did I go wrong?

Hey guys, first time Android user here.
I got my phone on release day...a few weeks later I decided to root it. Went very smoothly with no issues, then I accepted an update and lost the root so now when I try to root again I always end up with all kinds of stop errors. Anyone have any thoughts on why that might be? Ive tried restoring my phone to factory settings and rooting but it makes no difference, always blows up with error after error.

Saying you reset to factory settings, did you ODIN back to stock?

jeeper11 said:
Saying you reset to factory settings, did you ODIN back to stock?
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No sir, just used the reset tool built into the phone....are you saying I need to find the stock firmware and load it through ODIN first?

I would strongly suggest using the ODIN method back to to stock, and then start your rooting process again

Odin to stock, rooted LG1
Dl OTA root keeper from market, using it to back up root
Let the ota update do its thing
Restore root with root keeper

mrhaley30705 said:
Odin to stock, rooted LG1
Dl OTA root keeper from market, using it to back up root
Let the ota update do its thing
Restore root with root keeper
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Is this the name of the correct file that will work? root69_ATT_I747UCALG1.tar
Ive used this before and its one of the ones that caused my phone to pop up with stop errors.

That is a pre-rooted firmware.you need one of the ones from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1968625 to go completely back to stock, just make ure you grab the one for your provider

jeeper11 said:
That is a pre-rooted firmware.you need one of the ones from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1968625 to go completely back to stock, just make ure you grab the one for your provider
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Ok thanks for the help so far. Im downloading the file now but the next question is once I install this and the phone is fully stock which file should I use to root?

If you are AT&T THEN use the one you mentioned above, if not use the appropriate one for you,

jeeper11 said:
If you are AT&T THEN use the one you mentioned above, if not use the appropriate one for you,
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Thanks guys. Will try it now.

Lato9905 said:
Thanks guys. Will try it now.
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Ok just finished step number one (flashing stock rom) and its the same outcome that ive been getting. As soon as the phone comes on this error pops up unfortunately the process android.process.acore has stopped and it just pops up every ten seconds.

Try clearing you contacts cache, under application manager.
That helped me when I got this error. Never got it again.
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scav1180 said:
Try clearing you contacts cache, under application manager.
That helped me when I got this error. Never got it again.
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Yep you are correct. Just did it and fixed my issues, now rooted again and working. Thanks for the help gentlemen.

Dang.... Wish this conversation was 2 days ago. I had the same exact error after trying to get root, I had to pull battery and do factory reset from stock recovery then flash stock with root and flash the OTA to end up where I wanted to be! . Oh well we live and learn right!
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Need Some Help/ After Rooting

Long story short, just got my GN2 off craigslist and it has SuperSU installed but no memory card was included. Does that mean it was already Rooted or is Rooted and if so how do I get it back to factory settings like it would come if I bought it from the store?
I'd prefer to try and Root it myself later.. Thanks
UPDATE, Need More Help Please...
Ok so after Rooting I have come to a problem, my Note 2 won't connect to my laptop anymore.. I connected my Galaxy S3 to move some of my media and pictures to my Note and it said installing drivers (I thought nothing of it) then I tried to connect my Note and it wouldn't connect.. Is there something I did wrong or what? I have USB debugging on and when I check the drop down box it shows "Connected as a media device" but it's not showing up as a drive in My Computer

You need to get the stock tar file and flah it with odin that should get you to stock and remove root.
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cheapshot789 said:
You need to get the stock tar file and flah it with odin that should get you to stock and remove root.
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Thanks for replying.. Any chance you know of a step by step guide??
I tried doing a factory reset on the phone and after it was complete SuperSU was still there

1st. Go to System setting /About Device / look if you see any custom rom name in it . If not then your phone only root.
2nd. Unroot is easy , go to superSU app /setting / Full unroot .
3rd.Triangle Away to reset counter
4th. factory reset
5th.done

gr8_gamer said:
Thanks for replying.. Any chance you know of a step by step guide??
I tried doing a factory reset on the phone and after it was complete SuperSU was still there
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Here you go
http://www.andromods.com/unroot-loc...y-note-2-to-stock-rom-firmware-with-odin.html
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simplelife said:
1st. Go to System setting /About Device / look if you see any custom rom name in it . If not then your phone only root.
2nd. Unroot is easy , go to superSU app /setting / Full unroot .
3rd.Triangle Away to reset counter
4th. factory reset
5th.done
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Thanks, I did that and once I Full unroot it was deleted, couldn't try Triangle Away (all good though) but everything seemed fine..
cheapshot789 said:
Here you go
http://www.andromods.com/unroot-loc...y-note-2-to-stock-rom-firmware-with-odin.html
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Thanks for this also, I was a lil nervous so I used this as a extra step and it worked perfect.. I'm now on Stock firmware and probably will be (at least for tonight lol) until I find a rom I like with Multi-View, Gmail and other goodies.. Let the search begin.......:silly:
Thanks again guys for the fast replies and help..

Updated original post.. Need some more help Please

Rooting without flashing?

This probably a dumb question but I haven't been able to find the answer by searching and reading through numerous threads.
Is there a way to root without having to flash an image? I don't want to have to set up my phone again and would just prefer to root so I can get rid of all the bloat.
Heck, I'd probably unroot afterwards because I'm perfectly happy with everything else. I just want to get rid of NFS and all the other apps that I never use.

Yes, you can with keeping stock just to remove stuff.
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awrnsmn said:
Yes, you can with keeping stock just to remove stuff.
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How do I do that? everything that I have seen requires flashing?

blazinazn said:
How do I do that? everything that I have seen requires flashing?
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http://galaxynote2root.com/galaxy-note-2-root/how-to-root-galaxy-note-2-easiest-method/
If someone knows a better way, let us know..-Thnx

SMARTPHONEPC said:
http://galaxynote2root.com/galaxy-note-2-root/how-to-root-galaxy-note-2-easiest-method/
If someone knows a better way, let us know..-Thnx
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Step 8. Hit Start and let ODIN flash the custom CWM Recovery. When it’s done, your Galaxy Note 2 will reboot and you should have a fully rooted Galaxy Note 2.
So this doesn't wipe the phone? I saw this method but am hesitant to try it because I don't want to lose all my data.

blazinazn said:
Step 8. Hit Start and let ODIN flash the custom CWM Recovery. When it’s done, your Galaxy Note 2 will reboot and you should have a fully rooted Galaxy Note 2.
So this doesn't wipe the phone? I saw this method but am hesitant to try it because I don't want to lose all my data.
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Can anyone who has done it confirm? Alternatively could try How to root T889 +Counter reset + Unroot+stock firmware which was posted 3 weeks later in dev ( T-Mobile Galaxy Note II Android Development ) without Max YouTube video within instructions however

SMARTPHONEPC said:
Can anyone who has done it confirm? Alternatively could try How to root T889 +Counter reset + Unroot+stock firmware which was posted 3 weeks later in dev ( T-Mobile Galaxy Note II Android Development ) without Max YouTube video within instructions however
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I have used that method from galaxynote2root.com and had no problems. the only thing it did was install superuser and give root access, did not touch phone data.

Jinra321 said:
I have used that method from galaxynote2root.com and had no problems. the only thing it did was install superuser and give root access, did not touch phone data.
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Thanks for confirming

+1 on that method..I did this as well to set up hotspot tethering and it works..no data wipe..
First time doing this odin method so my question is
1. Will I get future OTA updates? It says my phone is modified. Will triangle away fix this?
2. What do I need to do now if I want to flash a custom rom? Install cwm flash recovery and rom as per normal?
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blazinazn said:
Heck, I'd probably unroot afterwards because I'm perfectly happy with everything else. I just want to get rid of NFS and all the other apps that I never use.
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Hey if that's really all you want to do, ICS and newer Android allows you to disable bloatware apps such as NFS. Just go into your application manager, swipe to the right until you get to "All" find the apps you don't want and hit "disable" and Tadda! :good:

Even though this requires flashing through odin, this is the best method. No "Modified" status and will not wipe your data. Your phone will be rooted and all settings and apps stay intact (you need to confirm this in the thread).
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1975560

Lost my root

I tried a few times to update to 4.1.2 via OTA but it fails half way through, so today i decided to update via odin.
before i updated i'd thought i will remove the root for some stupid reason.
applied the update and everything went well. Re-rooted my phone via odin and cf auto root but no SuperSU. installed it from the play shop but it kept crashing all the time!!!!!! so it cant do anything.
Re-flashed the new firmware but the SuperSU icon is there but eveytime i click on it im getting "There is no SU binary installed and SuperSU cannot install it. This is a problem!"
Can do i install it again?

Did you re root after re flash?
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UtkarshGupta said:
Did you re root after re flash?
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yes the SuperSU icon has gone and if i try to use check my root then it just hangs on waiting for the super user app to respond.

Did you flash cfautoroot after flashing stock rom ?
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UtkarshGupta said:
Did you flash cfautoroot after flashing stock rom ?
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yes

Factory reset. Once it asks language pull out the battery then put it back and flash stock rom.
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UtkarshGupta said:
Factory reset. Once it asks language pull out the battery then put it back and flash stock rom.
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there has to be a better way than that. i will lose all my apps, settings, data, etc!

Well backup apps with adb. Or make a nand. Titanium backup can extract backups from nands.
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djashjones said:
there has to be a better way than that. i will lose all my apps, settings, data, etc!
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i thinks you can flash the root again in adb

Maaa frnd installing official update is best way to get unrooted.... Reroot ur phone.... And don't root via the earlier. Zip files download new ones for the new update otherwise u may get ur device... soft bricked :beer::beer::beer::beer:
I hate my X and love my Next.......... Conditions apply*

Odin stuck at NAND Write Start

I need to return my phone to stock so I can send in for warranty. I used the one click method a while back. Unroot checker says im not rooted but I still have the su icon in my apps. I tried flashing the stock tar file but odin gets stuck at nand write start. Ive searched on how to correct this issue but from what ive read no one has found a solution. I have tried about 4 different odin versions. I wanted to try to flash a pit file to see if that works, but I can not find the correct pit file. Can I get some assistance please?

Try using a different computer .. Has worked for some
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Is there a way to fix this so I can do it on my my computer? Its a pain to try to use someone else' computer. It has been said this is a noon question, so im assuming there is a simple solution?
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outkast22 said:
Is there a way to fix this so I can do it on my my computer? Its a pain to try to use someone else' computer. It has been said this is a noon question, so im assuming there is a simple solution?
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Have you tried using odin / stock firmware provided from this thread?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2004650
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jon3sh said:
Have you tried using odin / stock firmware provided from this thread?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2004650
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I saw that thread, but aren't those roms stock rooted? I need to be unrooted.

outkast22 said:
I saw that thread, but aren't those roms stock rooted? I need to be unrooted.
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It doesnt matter your worry now is to make Odin flash your rom and you can just easily unroot phone using superuser full unroot. Just pick the right rom according to your network
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jon3sh said:
It doesnt matter your worry now is to make Odin flash your rom and you can just easily unroot phone using superuser full unroot. Just pick the right rom according to your network
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Im already on stock rom with su app...why do I need to reflash with odin?

outkast22 said:
Im already on stock rom with su app...why do I need to reflash with odin?
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Then all you need to do is full unroot your phone using superuser then reboot to stock recovery and do factory reset there. That should restore yout phone to stock and superuser will be gone if thats all yout concern is.
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jon3sh said:
Then all you need to do is full unroot your phone using superuser then reboot to stock recovery and do factory reset there. That should restore yout phone to stock and superuser will be gone if thats all yout concern is.
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When I open su it says "there is no su binary installed and superu cannot install it. This is a problem!" It then closes.

outkast22 said:
When I open su it says "there is no su binary installed and superu cannot install it. This is a problem!" It then closes.
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Can you gobto recovery mode? Do you still have custom recovery or stock recovery?
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jon3sh said:
Can you gobto recovery mode? Do you still have custom recovery or stock recovery?
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I never had a custom recovery on this phone.

???

In the SU app...scroll down in the settings to the unroot option. ..then choose it.
Once completed. ..boot to stock recovery and wipe data/factory reset the device......done....g

gregsarg said:
In the SU app...scroll down in the settings to the unroot option. ..then choose it.
Once completed. ..boot to stock recovery and wipe data/factory reset the device......done....g
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The su app wont open. Read above post...

OK. I flashed a different file and now it loaded the firmware correctly! Now I need to use triangle away to reset my counter to 0 but it says "could not locate hidden partition Are you running ics?" So I guess not I need to flash ics? Im not familiar with what the firmware is called or where to find it. Can I get some help finding the right firmware so I can flash it and then use triangle away please....

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OK. I flashed a different file and now it loaded the firmware correctly! Now I need to use triangle away to reset my counter to 0 but it says "could not locate hidden partition Are you running ics?" So I guess not I need to flash ics? Im not familiar with what the firmware is called or where to find it. Can I get some help finding the right firmware so I can flash it and then use triangle away please....
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What file did you flash? Firmware for your phone are provided in the first link I provided. What carrier is that phone from? Use it and do the same unroot then use triangle away.
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I flashed SGH-I317_ATT_I317UCALJ2_I317ATTALJ2.zip from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1987541. Then I flashed the rooted firmware. When I open triangle away it gives me that error mentioned above.

Im confusing myself. I just did the ota update and now Im no longer rooted, which I understand. But now if I reroot by flashing the rooted stock rom on that page I wont be able to use triangle away with that version of firmware. So what do I do?

Go into the dev section, and find the stock/rooted UCAMA4 rom from Mr. Robinsons thread...http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=22901594685178627
The rom is above this line...I pulled it for you...^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^....
Then odin push it to the device.
Once complete...run triangle away then remove the app.
Then remove SU from within the app.
Then take the update..(optional)
Flash counter will read "0", and device will read normal...
Dont forget to go into the stock recovery and wipe data, factory reset when done.
That's it...it's that easy.....g

Thanks a lot I really appreciate that G!. I actually got the counter back to 0 with the updated triangle away. Im still rooted on 4.1.1. So now I need to flash 4.1.2 to remove root and upgrade to 4.1.2. Hopefully I wont trip the counter .....
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Go into the dev section, and find the stock/rooted UCAMA4 rom from Mr. Robinsons thread...http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=22901594685178627
The rom is above this line...I pulled it for you...^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^....
Then odin push it to the device.
Once complete...run triangle away then remove the app.
Then remove SU from within the app.
Then take the update..(optional)
Flash counter will read "0", and device will read normal...
Dont forget to go into the stock recovery and wipe data, factory reset when done.
That's it...it's that easy.....g
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