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Stock S2 with ROOT and CWM Recovery. Need to return for warranty.

I need to return my girlfriends S2 under warranty. It is still on stock GB, with root and CWM recovery. What do I need to do to unroot and bring it back to stock recovery? Just ODIN? Got any links?
Thanks

Use search and you will find what you're looking for.
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I did search. ODIN is what I think I found. Just wanted to make sure Odin removes everything, even the recovery.
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ultra spikey said:
I did search. ODIN is what I think I found. Just wanted to make sure Odin removes everything, even the recovery.
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Use Odin to flash a stock rom. It will turn your phone to original state.
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Installing a recovery

This may be a dumb question but to install a recovery from goomanager... You have to be rooted right?
I'm stock now and trying to install a custom recovery and then flash roms... Are there any custom recoveries you can install from Odin?
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joho5 said:
This may be a dumb question but to install a recovery from goomanager... You have to be rooted right?
I'm stock now and trying to install a custom recovery and then flash roms... Are there any custom recoveries you can install from Odin?
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You need root to install custom recoveries also to flash ROMs. You have your choice between twrp and cwm. I know twrp has Odin flashable files on their site. Easy as pie.
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Root with the easy way listed in this forum and then open too manager and chose option in menu to flash open recovery and start rooting!
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hednik said:
Root with the easy way listed in this forum and then open too manager and chose option in menu to flash open recovery and start rooting!
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Is this the way by flashing a whole new stock rom with root injected? Trying to avoid that if possible.
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KorGuy123 said:
You need root to install custom recoveries also to flash ROMs. You have your choice between twrp and cwm. I know twrp has Odin flashable files on their site. Easy as pie.
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Have to have root to install with Odin or just be in download mode?
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joho5 said:
Is this the way by flashing a whole new stock rom with root injected? Trying to avoid that if possible.
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Bah there a simple way hut trips then flash counter ( which does matter because we can clear the flash counter)
Its just say casual rooting I think. Its intended at&t development section. Its a one click deal basically. You need to be rooted to do anything with odin
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Stock ROM

I am still new to the forums and flashing ROMs. I want to go back to the stock ROM, but I've seem to have lost my stock ROM I originally set up before I started flashing. Can anyone please direct me to where I can download the stock ROM. Thanks
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Try here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1968625
Don't forget the search button.............it's a goldmine of information at your fingertips

bcb325ci said:
I am still new to the forums and flashing ROMs. I want to go back to the stock ROM, but I've seem to have lost my stock ROM I originally set up before I started flashing. Can anyone please direct me to where I can download the stock ROM. Thanks
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to flash in odin or one that is just rooted to flash in recovery ?

Flash in recovery, but if using Odin will work better than I will do that.
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bcb325ci said:
Flash in recovery, but if using Odin will work better than I will do that.
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Here you go. I'd say "search if your friend" but its a pain to find for some reason
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2161667

[Q]Downgrade to 4.1.2?

Hi is there anyway to down grade from 4.3 back to 4.1.2? my phone is not rooted just stock OTA 4.3. Have problems want to go back. If anyone can point me in the right direction would be appreciated!:good:
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Ind3lible said:
Hi is there anyway to down grade from 4.3 back to 4.1.2? my phone is not rooted just stock OTA 4.3. Have problems want to go back. If anyone can point me in the right direction would be appreciated!:good:
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Well, as far as I know you would have to root your device, you can look in the development thread for lorjay, he made a 4.3 rom, after you follow his directions for "coming from ota with Knox" then you can go here, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2086769, & follow the op to restore back to stock mc2. Only way I know of, hope this helps.
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I will take a look thank you!!
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aheeejd said:
Well, as far as I know you would have to root your device, you can look in the development thread for lorjay, he made a 4.3 rom, after you follow his directions for "coming from ota with Knox" then you can go here, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2086769, & follow the op to restore back to stock mc2. Only way I know of, hope this helps.
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You don't need to root to downgrade.
1. Install custom recovery through Odin but do not check the reboot option.
2. Pull battery and disconnect from PC.
3. This is the hard part. Press and hold vol+, menu, and power while inserting the battery.
4. In recovery flash stock mc2 with counter reset. Also if you want root flash that also.
5. Now you have are on full mc2 ( baseband, radio, bootloader, ROM, and kernel)
This is a tried and proven method of downgrade for those with and without root.
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jlmancuso said:
You don't need to root to downgrade.
1. Install custom recovery through Odin but do not check the reboot option.
2. Pull battery and disconnect from PC.
3. This is the hard part. Press and hold vol+, menu, and power while inserting the battery.
4. In recovery flash stock mc2 with counter reset. Also if you want root flash that also.
5. Now you have are on full mc2 ( baseband, radio, bootloader, ROM, and kernel)
This is a tried and proven method of downgrade for those with and without root.
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When you say flash MC2 with counter reset that is from this thread right? : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2086769 Just want to make sure! Thank you and also what recovery do you suggest? I do not need root neither just want to go back to 4.1.2 . If you can point me to the recovery I wish I had learned this when the phone first came out it makes it harder to learn as times goes on . Thank you!

Yes that is the one I was referring to. Any recovery should be fine.
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jlmancuso said:
Yes that is the one I was referring to. Any recovery should be fine.
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Ok and will clockwork mod custom recovery work? even if I am on 4.3 any custom recovery will work?
Thanks,!!

All 3 major recoveries (twrp, cwmr, philz) will work to flash the downgrade
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jlmancuso said:
All 3 major recoveries (twrp, cwmr, philz) will work to flash the downgrade
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One last question can i just download the 4.1.2 for sprint's note 2 and flash it in odin? That method seems the simplest but not sure if possible on note 2. I see it working on the S3. Thank you!

You can try but it won't work. The only way to do it is follow the directions I gave you. If there was an easier way I would have told you.
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Is it possible to unroot my Gs4 and turn it back to stock without a computer

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I dont have a computer and I need to send my b phone in for a replacement.
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xda23 said:
I dont have a computer and I need to send my b phone in for a replacement.
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If you made a backupour stock rom after su setup and custom recovery then yes you can as long as you are on the same bootloader the stock rom was on. Just restore after a thorough full wipe and use the the triangle away tutorial from the point after you should have opined back to stock, installed custom recovery and su. But you should Odin back anyways because this is unfounded and gremlins don't like to be aborted. Just remember you want to send your phone in for warranty and you want to eliminate all modded softwares and Odin will eliminate the leftovers!

You can try this
http://www.androidrootz.com/2013/06/how-to-unroot-galaxy-s4-without.html

Every time that I try to download the tar.md5 stock file it keeps saying bad file size.what would cause that.I tried downloading the file twice with no luck. Thanks
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