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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Hopefully it's not a dumb question but I can't find the answer anywhere else.
I have a rooted phone w/ CWM and faux's kernel.
No 3rd party ROM installed.
I got the update today. Can I install the update with the kernel or will that do bad things to my phone?
Do I have to go back to a stock kernel and recovery to do that update or is going back to a stock kernel good enough?
I don't mind losing root, I can always reroot it. I just don't want to do something stupid to my phone.
knurdle said:
Hopefully it's not a dumb question but I can't find the answer anywhere else.
I have a rooted phone w/ CWM and faux's kernel.
No 3rd party ROM installed.
I got the update today. Can I install the update with the kernel or will that do bad things to my phone?
Do I have to go back to a stock kernel and recovery to do that update or is going back to a stock kernel good enough?
I don't mind losing root, I can always reroot it. I just don't want to do something stupid to my phone.
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You definitely have to go to stock recovery...i also went back to stock kernel too..then applied them back without error after update
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Thanks, another possibly stupid question.
Is there only one stock recovery or are there different versions between the UVKL1 and UVKID recovery?
Will this recovery work with my UVKL1 phone?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1319830
It's the same. To prevent having issues, I recommend doing a factory reset before flashing back to stock.
Just back up whatever you don't want erased. You don't have to worry about the external sd, the reset won't touch that.
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Can you flash a different kernel after installing the latest update? Yes. Should you if you want a flawless ICS update this Monday and possibly avoid a brick? Probably not. Up to you.
Simply put, NO. As mentioned above Odin fully back to unrooted stock for he update to flash properly. Otherwise you'll have a soft brick on your hands.
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Can we just flash a stock rom and Odin the update? Is their a tutorial somewhere on the easiest way to get the uvdle update
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tdizzle404 said:
Can we just flash a stock rom and Odin the update? Is their a tutorial somewhere on the easiest way to get the uvdle update
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You can just Odin the update from where you are now. Just super wipe first.
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You can just Odin the update from where you are now. Just super wipe first.
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everytime i odin the update i have to pull battery cuz it bootloops..then boot into recovery wipe cache and dalvik then reboot and it boots. is that normal?
tdizzle404 said:
Can we just flash a stock rom and Odin the update? Is their a tutorial somewhere on the easiest way to get the uvdle update
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Also, if you're on ICS right now, you may get boot loops after flashing back to stock. Just do a factory reset in recovery and you're good to go.
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k786 said:
everytime i odin the update i have to pull battery cuz it bootloops..then boot into recovery wipe cache and dalvik then reboot and it boots. is that normal?
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It depends what you're coming from and how/if you wiped your phone.
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It depends what you're coming from and how/if you wiped your phone.
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i was gonna follow these steps..
superwipe
wipe cache dalvik
power off
go to download mode
odin stock
are those fine? or do you recommend some other steps?
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i was gonna follow these steps..
superwipe
wipe cache dalvik
power off
go to download mode
odin stock
are those fine? or do you recommend some other steps?
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That looks fine. If you're on ICS and reboot after wiping to get into download mode, some apps will automatically install on first boot so you will get boot loops after you flash back to stock. That's fine if you do, just do a factory reset in recovery.
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Just as a follow up to my own thread.
I followed this guide to go back to stock and then did the maintenance update.
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/16727-howto-restore-stock-rom-recover-bad-flashes/
I backed up everything just in case but I didn't lose any data and it took about 10 minutes to do everything.
I'm just going to run stock until I get ICS and then reroot again.
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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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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theROMinator said:
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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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.
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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.
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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 !
Dev forum
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
I just got a Note 2 and downloaded Odin and a TWRP recovery and tried to flash it but it doesn't say succeed until two minutes later after the phone completely reboots. When I reboot into recovery its still the stock recovery.
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I just got a Note 2 and downloaded Odin and a TWRP recovery and tried to flash it but it doesn't say succeed until two minutes later after the phone completely reboots. When I reboot into recovery its still the stock recovery.
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Did u root it before you flashed recovery? You didn't mention it. That needs to be done first
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brandonarev said:
Did u root it before you flashed recovery? You didn't mention it. That needs to be done first
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+1 Do what he said^^^^^^^
Start here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1980644
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brandonarev said:
Did u root it before you flashed recovery? You didn't mention it. That needs to be done first
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Didn't need to. I got it to work. I unchecked auto-reboot and it worked. All I did was flash the TWRP .tar and flash a rom. Rooting first was not needed.
Agreed...
Root is not needed if a user wishes to:
Make a pure stock backup....or current rom backup...
Flash another rom that already contains root...
Recovery is generally only needed for those functions anyway...(that's 90% of my time spent there)...
Everything else is a bonus....courtesy of our generous development team....g
Anyone know where I can get the most recent stock system and stock recovery tars to flash in Odin or what they're called? I have to go back to full stock.
I took my stock GSIII and rooted and installed hyperdrive, but texting was really awful, and battery was bad so I proceeded to reinstall. Didn't work. So I flashed one of the rooted stock firmwares from the root no tripping flash counter thread. Now its worse. i cant get in to the app drawer it always just says that android.core or something like that has stopped and proceeds to kick me out. At this point I am done and just want to have rooted stock then use triangle away and then flash pure stock and end up with a good warranty, pure stock phone, any help?
Did you wipe your cache/data factory reset every time you flashed?
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Yes.... Even Odin flashes give me that same trouble
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blu422 said:
Yes.... Even Odin flashes give me that same trouble
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So did you do a factory reset when you Odin back to stock with the rooted stock .tar file?
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So did you do a factory reset when you Odin back to stock with the rooted stock .tar file?
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Yeah...
repeat the process: wipe data and cache in recovery then boot into download mode. flash the correct stock firmware via odin with "auto reboot" unchecked. when you get a "pass", pull the battery. reinsert the battery and immediately press the recovery button combo. once in, wipe data and cache again. reboot. report back.
I am trying to unroot my phone before I send it out for repair. I am running CM10.1 with TWRP recovery. I reset the binary counter with triangle away but I can't find a link for a flashable stock recovery? If I flash the stock rom, will it replace the recovery as well or do they have to be flashed seperately. I've heard that going into a custom recovery will trigger the binary counter so there's no point of me flashing a stock rom only to trigger the binary counter again...
I have the GS3 T999v with Wind Mobile
Thanks in advance!
I'm pretty sure flashing any stock rom will not affect the recovery. You could try flashing stock firmware or the unrooted stock rom.
Flash stock firmware in Odin. Everything is in my sig.
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Flash stock firmware in Odin. Everything is in my sig.
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@dannytron
I meant to say that I have the unrooted stock rom ready to roll. The issue is that I'm not sure if it will replace my recovery to stock as well, or would I have to flash the stock recovery before I flash the unrooted stock rom.
@DocHoliday77
The recovery in your sig says it's for t-mobile gs3 or does it not matter?
Thank you for the fast reply guys!
Go to the firmware thread linked in my sig. Download the correct firmware for your model/carrier.
Follow the instructions for flashing that in Odin. It will take care of everything.
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@dannytron
I meant to say that I have the unrooted stock rom ready to roll. The issue is that I'm not sure if it will replace my recovery to stock as well, or would I have to flash the stock recovery before I flash the unrooted stock rom.
@DocHoliday77
The recovery in your sig says it's for t-mobile gs3 or does it not matter?
Thank you for the fast reply guys!
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Is your carrier T-Mobile?
DocHoliday77 said:
Go to the firmware thread linked in my sig. Download the correct firmware for your model/carrier.
Follow the instructions for flashing that in Odin. It will take care of everything.
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Ok so I'm assuming you mean just download the official non-rooted stock rom and flash it via odin? Ok doing it now!
I'm with Wind Mobile!
Thanks
EDIT: Ok I am following this guide : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2323847 and it says 1) Reset binary counter 2) flash stock recovery 3) go into stock recovery and perform a data wipe....I cannot data wipe from custom recovery since it will reset the binary counter! This is why I need the stock recovery, do I not? Won't flashing the Offical Non-root Stock ROM on top of CM10.1 without data wiping give me problems??
Sorry, I must've misread, thought you already reset the flash counter. In that case flash the root66 firmware instead of the official stock. Once done, you csn now use triangle away to reset thr counter.
Next choose full unroot from the supersu app. Then factory reset.
Done!
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Sorry, I must've misread, thought you already reset the flash counter. In that case flash the root66 firmware instead of the official stock. Once done, you csn now use triangle away to reset thr counter.
Next choose full unroot from the supersu app. Then factory reset.
Done!
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Do this ^
You're supposed to flash the stock firmware (not rom) in Odin and it'll return everything back to factory. But in your case you should do what doc says and flash root66 for your device so you can then use triangle away and unroot the phone.
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DocHoliday77 said:
Sorry, I must've misread, thought you already reset the flash counter. In that case flash the root66 firmware instead of the official stock. Once done, you csn now use triangle away to reset thr counter.
Next choose full unroot from the supersu app. Then factory reset.
Done!
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Thanks Doc. Well, it kinda worked.
The odd thing is that I flashed the root66 (which also restored recovery from TWRP to stock) and i wiped the data from stock. Now the device status is listed as "Normal" (So I guess my device isn't rooted) so I guess i don't need to do anything else. I'm even downloading an OTA update right, I'll let ya know if I run into any problems.
Thank you very much for your help
Actually you are probably still rooted.
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