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S3 moving back to Stock

Hello,
Right now I am having MIUI 3.7.5 with BaseBand i747UCDLK3 with KT747 Kernel. I am moving back to stock to sell my phone to the buyer. It has TWRP Installed and binary counters triggered. So, what I need to do reset the binary counters and reflash the stock?
I have downloaded the Samsung-Updates.com-SGH-I747_ATT_1_20121116120521_7p9l4qgqoh from this link
How to flash to stock with ODIN and reset the counter???
Any warnings and cautions?

Just an observation, why not let the buyer decide if they would like the phone already rooted with the custom rom or if they would want it stock, reverting is easy and you'll need triangle away from the play store to reset the counter, which you can do even on the custom rom, and the easiest way to refresh to stock is with mskip's galaxy s3 toolkit it walks you through the steps and has Odin built into it so it launches it for you with clear instructions how to proceed
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[Q] Can you tell me if this will brick my phone? Unrooting

Currently running CM 11 (M2 release) Android 4.4.2 with CWM recovery (Latest)
I want to unroot my phone and put it into stock.
I've never officially updated to 4.3.
If I take these steps will I break my phone?
1. Data wipe
2.ODIN stock rooted ROM (4.1.2)
3.Data wipe
4.Install/Run triangleaway
5.ODIN non rooted stock tar
ANY help will be greatly appreciated! :highfive:

Your steps are just fine. Go ahead.
I do wonder that Odin flash of Non-Rooted Tar may trip flash counter. If I were you, I'd just remove SuperSU app from the Rooted image.

Thanks for reply I did it and now I have a stock, non rooted and stock recovery with 0 flash counter thanks.
I was worried about the 4.3 locked bootloader
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[Q] Unroot help

i need help to unroot if its even possible for my phone.
im stock rooted. never flashed any rom or kernels...just root only
my micro usb port is broken, i want to have it fixed through Telus under warranty. is it even possible to unroot without using the usb?

What version firmware are you running?
What super user app are you using and what version?
Do you have a custom recovery installed?
Do you want to reset the custom counters in download mode and make the phone look completely stock before sending it in?
Is the phone still under warranty? (Probably should have asked this first) :laugh:

Zen Arcade said:
What version firmware are you running?
What super user app are you using and what version?
Do you have a custom recovery installed?
Do you want to reset the custom counters in download mode and make the phone look completely stock before sending it in?
Is the phone still under warranty? (Probably should have asked this first) :laugh:
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Yes under warranty
no recovery installed
SuperSU v1.93
ideally would want it to look stock

If you are on 4.3 you've probably tripped the knox warranty flag but regardless, you probably will want to look into running Triangle Away to reset the download counters.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1494114
Once you've done that, uninstall Triangle Away, uninstall any other root enabled apps, then run SuperSU and select "Full Unroot".
Reboot phone and you should be looking stock or as much as you can - status should show as normal and download mode should show as official except for the knox counter as noted above.

Verify steps on root and ROM -Tmo S4

I have been away from Android and recently made the switch back (Smart Move!). I bought a Galaxy Note 2 and rooted it and tried some custom ROMs. In the process I tripped Knox and then I went back and read up on it and understand how it happened. I sold that phone and got a S4 with 4.2.2 stock on it. I want to root and move up to a 4.3 custom ROM but I want to make sure I have the steps down as far was not dealing with knox again.
1. Root the phone (I used Chainfire Auto Root previously on the Note 2)
2. To move up to 4.3, I need to find a custom rom without knox and flash.
3. If I ever want to go back to stock 4.2.2, I should be able to if I never install knox (this is the piece that I really want to verify).
Tripping knox isn't a showstopper by any means but I would like to get back to the original stock firmware if I wanted to so I asking if the steps above are accurate. From what I have read, I think if I stay away from custom roms with knox, I should be okay.
Thanks for you help!

You're steps are accurate. Just don't flash the 4.3 bootloader.
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jgc70 said:
1. Root the phone
2. Install TWRP recovery (my preferred recovery, but you need a custom one)
3. To move up to 4.3, I need to find a custom rom without knox and flash. I highly suggest the wicked rom. It's a modified stock 4.3 rom
4. If I ever want to go back to stock 4.2, never upgrade the bobootloader
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I added bother step but yes you're on the right track

Thanks for the info. Phone has been rooted and custom recovery installed. I am going to try out Wicked too.

[Q] Unrooting

I had a warrenty on my galaxy s4 and I rooted my phone, installed a custom ROM, installed root apps, and installed a custom kernal. I Need help on how to get my phone COMPLETELY back to stock everything so i can take it to tmobile....and reset the bianary/flash counter. Im only 14 and i really like experimenting on my phone but its time to stop sorry ima noob xD Thanks so much!

If your bootloader is after MDL (4.2), you can't completely restore to original stock as the Knox counter is permanent once tripped. Knox started in 4.3.
Otherwise just do a factory data reset, flash stock firmware with Odin to get back to stock, and you should be good.
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