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Quick question... Had to unroot.

I had unroot for certain reasons, every time I root or unroot one way I check to make sure there's no problems is going to settings about device and check for update. Now I know there's no update for our phone right now, but something I noticed after unrooting when I go to check for an update it just keeps spinning and says checking for update. Usually it says checking for updates for a few seconds and then says your phone is up to date, I'm not getting that right now, could there be a problem do I need to factory reset?
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Markor13 said:
I had unroot for certain reasons, every time I root or unroot one way I check to make sure there's no problems is going to settings about device and check for update. Now I know there's no update for our phone right now, but something I noticed after unrooting when I go to check for an update it just keeps spinning and says checking for update. Usually it says checking for updates for a few seconds and then says your phone is up to date, I'm not getting that right now, could there be a problem do I need to factory reset?
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Go to settings-> about device then scroll to the very bottom of the page. There is a line that says Status. Normal will allow the check and update (with stock Bootloader), modified precludes the check and update OTA. Modified means the device picked up that you were rooted at some point.
The surefire way to get back to normal status is to factory reset on an unrooted rom or in the roor66 rom. There may be other ways but I haven't gotten them to work...
Hastily spouted for your befuddlement

Mine says modified, think it will go back to normal if I factory reset?
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Markor13 said:
Mine says modified, think it will go back to normal if I factory reset?
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If you are on straight stock or on rooted stock it will go back on a factory reset.
Hastily spouted for your befuddlement

Re: settings
Markor13 said:
I had unroot for certain reasons, every time I root or unroot one way I check to make sure there's no problems is going to settings about device and check for update. Now I know there's no update for our phone right now, but something I noticed after unrooting when I go to check for an update it just keeps spinning and says checking for update. Usually it says checking for updates for a few seconds and then says your phone is up to date, I'm not getting that right now, could there be a problem do I need to factory reset?
Sent from my SGH-T889 using xda premium
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Here's what i did and under my status it says "normal" and searches for ota updates and says im up to date within a minute or less. Hope this helps:
I have a t889, never really messed around with it, except to unlock it. Ive been a long time fan of xda though, so i decided it was time to start rooting, but was worried about voiding my warranty. Ive read all about resetting flash counters, using triangle away etc ect. but wasnt too awful sure about all of this.
In the end I decided to go with option 2 (strictly rooting my phone) found on this form:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1955423
Flashed through odin, no problems, worked great. Said this in download mode after rooting:
custom binary download: yes (1 count)
Current Binary: Samsung Official
System Status: custom
Decided to try and unroot it, in case i needed a warranty exchange once i went back wih tmobile. Flashed the normal stock rom downloaded through kies (so i KNEW it was straight from samsung ya know?). Again, no problem.
Went back into download mode...... saw this:
custom binary download: yes (2 counts)
Current Binary: Samsung Official
System Status: Official
alrighty then. rerooted using CF autoroot as per thread instructions. now i saw this is download mode:
custom binary download: yes (3 counts)
Current Binary: custom
System Status: custom
Used triangle away. Now i saw this in download mode:
custom binary download: no
Current Binary: Samsung Official
System Status: Official
I said to myself "YAY! now to simply remove the root by using supersu (settings, full unroot), and do a system/cache reset from recovery mode, like it says." Did that exactly like they say in the forum......... saw this:
custom binary download: yes (1 count)
Current Binary: custom
System Status: custom
me = NOT HAPPY at that point! So, i retried all the steps listed, thinking i did something wrong. Same results. Tried it a 3rd time, same thing..... finally about to through my pc, i searched the forums for some other fix.
Found THIS thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1975560
HOLY COW IT WORKED LIKE A CHARM!!!!!! After simply flashing the root66_TMO_T889UVALL4 rom with odin, my download mode now says this:
custom binary download: no
Current Binary: samsung official
System Status: official
Not ONLY is it consistently saying this thoughout MANY reboots, it also stays this way after a system/cache reset through recovery mode.
AND if you use the root66 rom, your phone is basically normal stock tmobile everything, with one huge exception... ITS ROOTED!!!! YAY! Now you can do whatever the heck u want, and if u have to send it in for warranty exchage, just use the system/cache reset from recovery mode and it wont chnce any of the values like i was having so many problems with! No need to use supersu to unroot and no need to use triangle away (although i still bought the app even if its just to support the devloper).
I hope this helps anyone who's running into the same problems I did. I cant thank the OP of the root66 rom (mrRobinson) anywhere NEAR enough for fixing my phone! Now i can uninstall the bloatware and CARRIER IQ that i hate, and not have to worry about screwing up my warrany exchange!

careenprokop85 said:
Here's what i did and under my status it says "normal" and searches for ota updates and says im up to date within a minute or less. Hope this helps:
I have a t889, never really messed around with it, except to unlock it. Ive been a long time fan of xda though, so i decided it was time to start rooting, but was worried about voiding my warranty. Ive read all about resetting flash counters, using triangle away etc ect. but wasnt too awful sure about all of this.
In the end I decided to go with option 2 (strictly rooting my phone) found on this form:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1955423
Flashed through odin, no problems, worked great. Said this in download mode after rooting:
custom binary download: yes (1 count)
Current Binary: Samsung Official
System Status: custom
Decided to try and unroot it, in case i needed a warranty exchange once i went back wih tmobile. Flashed the normal stock rom downloaded through kies (so i KNEW it was straight from samsung ya know?). Again, no problem.
Went back into download mode...... saw this:
custom binary download: yes (2 counts)
Current Binary: Samsung Official
System Status: Official
alrighty then. rerooted using CF autoroot as per thread instructions. now i saw this is download mode:
custom binary download: yes (3 counts)
Current Binary: custom
System Status: custom
Used triangle away. Now i saw this in download mode:
custom binary download: no
Current Binary: Samsung Official
System Status: Official
I said to myself "YAY! now to simply remove the root by using supersu (settings, full unroot), and do a system/cache reset from recovery mode, like it says." Did that exactly like they say in the forum......... saw this:
custom binary download: yes (1 count)
Current Binary: custom
System Status: custom
me = NOT HAPPY at that point! So, i retried all the steps listed, thinking i did something wrong. Same results. Tried it a 3rd time, same thing..... finally about to through my pc, i searched the forums for some other fix.
Found THIS thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1975560
HOLY COW IT WORKED LIKE A CHARM!!!!!! After simply flashing the root66_TMO_T889UVALL4 rom with odin, my download mode now says this:
custom binary download: no
Current Binary: samsung official
System Status: official
Not ONLY is it consistently saying this thoughout MANY reboots, it also stays this way after a system/cache reset through recovery mode.
AND if you use the root66 rom, your phone is basically normal stock tmobile everything, with one huge exception... ITS ROOTED!!!! YAY! Now you can do whatever the heck u want, and if u have to send it in for warranty exchage, just use the system/cache reset from recovery mode and it wont chnce any of the values like i was having so many problems with! No need to use supersu to unroot and no need to use triangle away (although i still bought the app even if its just to support the devloper).
I hope this helps anyone who's running into the same problems I did. I cant thank the OP of the root66 rom (mrRobinson) anywhere NEAR enough for fixing my phone! Now i can uninstall the bloatware and CARRIER IQ that i hate, and not have to worry about screwing up my warrany exchange!
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thanks, after trying so many methods this one worked
normal, no, official :good:

[Q] no network/MC2 stock with counter reset not working

Hello - so for some background. Was on stock MC2, rooted with Skippen's Samsung Galaxy toolkit which is excellent, and was running Jellybomb 20.1
Everything was fine for about a week but about 4 days ago my network began to drop and experiences a few random reboots. Only thing I was up to on the phone all week was Play store games and usually site browsing.
Now I've tried to use Billard's MC2 Note 2 stock restore with Counter reset and the only off thing I am experiencing is Status remaining modified sort of the most important part if I am to use warranty or head into a store right?
Yes, I made sure to wipe dalvik/data and factory reset. Yes, I have tried to restore backup rooting/flashing rom. I guess the biggest thing that leaves me puzzled is nearly everyone has had success with Billard's restore to stock w/ counter reset as long as the entire process completed. Literally everything is running fine after I run it except for the "preparing for network" thing and status showing as modified under the about menu in settings. I sincerely hope there is some simply answer thrown back in my face for this post lol ;P

jeifox said:
Hello - so for some background. Was on stock MC2, rooted with Skippen's Samsung Galaxy toolkit which is excellent, and was running Jellybomb 20.1
Everything was fine for about a week but about 4 days ago my network began to drop and experiences a few random reboots. Only thing I was up to on the phone all week was Play store games and usually site browsing.
Now I've tried to use Billard's MC2 Note 2 stock restore with Counter reset and the only off thing I am experiencing is Status remaining modified sort of the most important part if I am to use warranty or head into a store right?
Yes, I made sure to wipe dalvik/data and factory reset. Yes, I have tried to restore backup rooting/flashing rom. I guess the biggest thing that leaves me puzzled is nearly everyone has had success with Billard's restore to stock w/ counter reset as long as the entire process completed. Literally everything is running fine after I run it except for the "preparing for network" thing and status showing as modified under the about menu in settings. I sincerely hope there is some simply answer thrown back in my face for this post lol ;P
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Reflash a custom recovery. Be sure to wipe but flash one of the older zips. I recommend trying ljc. I don't see why the status didn't reset tho. I never had that problem and I've flash these zips a lot.

billard412 said:
Reflash a custom recovery. Be sure to wipe but flash one of the older zips. I recommend trying ljc. I don't see why the status didn't reset tho. I never had that problem and I've flash these zips a lot.
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Will do. I'm actually travelling at the moment so responses will be slow but I will update if the counter resets with an older zip. I have a nagging feeling the real culprit behind my problems may be the random reboots leading into being stuck in "Preparing network....". If the issue persists I might have to backtrack and figure out what was going on around that time. The status remaining unchanged is definitely odd since not a single other soul has reported this problem once the process completes.
Thanks a bunch for responding Billard!
**update** Re-rooted with toolkit, wiped, flashed LJC version with everything going smoothly.
Continues to show Modified under status. However, I DID get my network and everything back. It weirds me out that MC2 wouldn't work despite the fact that I received this phone as stock MC2. Should I see if MA7 will give me Samsung Official? Please advise~ and thank you

[Q] Get Knox back after SuperSU disables it

I rooted my device and completely disabled the Knox app. Now, after unrooting the device, Knox is still stuck in the "Turned Off" list with no option to turn on. I need to get the app back so I can have that secure mode for work purposes. How do I turn it back on after it's been turned off. I don't mind re-rooting to get it done, but I was unable to do it while rooted, which is the main reason I did a full unroot.

djayshaggy said:
I rooted my device and completely disabled the Knox app. Now, after unrooting the device, Knox is still stuck in the "Turned Off" list with no option to turn on. I need to get the app back so I can have that secure mode for work purposes. How do I turn it back on after it's been turned off. I don't mind re-rooting to get it done, but I was unable to do it while rooted, which is the main reason I did a full unroot.
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Is your Knox counter still 0x0 in download mode? Have you tried a factory reset?

djayshaggy said:
I rooted my device and completely disabled the Knox app. Now, after unrooting the device, Knox is still stuck in the "Turned Off" list with no option to turn on. I need to get the app back so I can have that secure mode for work purposes. How do I turn it back on after it's been turned off. I don't mind re-rooting to get it done, but I was unable to do it while rooted, which is the main reason I did a full unroot.
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Did you not read all the warning messages before rooting?(unless you rooted root_de_levaga way your probably SOL)I don't think there is a way to get know void warranty unvoided yet. Haven't read it yet atleast if you go to odin mode you'll see that you have tripped the counter most likely. You can do this by turning off your phone then holding vol dwn power and home buttons and you'll see if you've tripped knox counter. If you did there's now way of untripping like i said that i've read yet tho haven't really checked this month.

*Facepalm!* I'm sorry. Thanks for the reply, but I figured it out. The app had been frozen by Titanium. I had to reroot, thaw then unroot again (and yes, it's still 0x0).

djayshaggy said:
*Facepalm!* I'm sorry. Thanks for the reply, but I figured it out. The app had been frozen by Titanium. I had to reroot, thaw then unroot again (and yes, it's still 0x0).
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Yay glad to hear if knox is needed

System status custom after unroot
Now I'm upset because my system status is set to customer still after unroot. I'm still at 0x0 for knox, though. Last time I unrooted, I restarted it twice, and system status went back to official. This time, no luck. Should I use Odin to flash stock firmware? Will that fix it? Will it erase any of my data/settings?

djayshaggy said:
Now I'm upset because my system status is set to customer still after unroot. I'm still at 0x0 for knox, though. Last time I unrooted, I restarted it twice, and system status went back to official. This time, no luck. Should I use Odin to flash stock firmware? Will that fix it? Will it erase any of my data/settings?
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Wanam Xposed can report it as a stock rom. Add in the Xposed root hiding app and you should be good to go with Knox (and Samsung) none the wiser.

But wouldn't that require OP root again and keep that root with Knox fully running? That could be tricky, Samsung learns about security holes and patches them, one of the future Knox updates could leave OP up the creek without a paddle. He should be able to reset back to official, is there another flag like old yellow triangle he needs to reset?

djayshaggy said:
Now I'm upset because my system status is set to customer still after unroot. I'm still at 0x0 for knox, though. Last time I unrooted, I restarted it twice, and system status went back to official. This time, no luck. Should I use Odin to flash stock firmware? Will that fix it? Will it erase any of my data/settings?
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Assuming that you went back to stock via Odin, just reboot your phone on stock recovery, wipe system and cache, then reboot and your system is going back to original, no more custom either on download mode or system.
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pete4k said:
But wouldn't that require OP root again and keep that root with Knox fully running? That could be tricky, Samsung learns about security holes and patches them, one of the future Knox updates could leave OP up the creek without a paddle. He should be able to reset back to official, is there another flag like old yellow triangle he needs to reset?
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That's why you use the root hiding module. Knox SHOULD see it as a stock unrooted phone (Not that I can test this).

[Q] T-Mobile Note 3 Update/Rom problems

I just bought myself a galaxy note 3. The first thing I did was allow an update from Samsung which I learned was a huge mistake. Something about Samsung using a new bootloader that blocks custom recoveries and roms from being flashed. I have achieved root and unfortunately tripped Knox. If anyone knows how I can get back to 0x0 unmodified i would really appreciate it. I tried flashing clockwork mod recovery using Odin with no luck. Someone found a version of Team Win Recovery that works but won't mount USB storage to be able to install a custom rom like cm12. Since I'm now banned from official updates due to my device being modified I'd really like a way to flash my own roms. Any help would be appreciated!

To my knowledge there is not a way to get back to 0x0you can follow the first few parts of effortless, that will take you back to stock. Then immediately run kies, I actually made a huge mistake not too long ago and tried to update through a custom recovery by accidentally clicking on wipe internal storage add well as dalvik data and cache. ..I was able to get kies to work where Odin would not see the phone at all, I couldn't even get to download or recovery.
I'm now on DomPop, and my phone runs better, stays cooler, is less flaky, more stable, and has better battery life overall than it ever did stock. The stock t mobile rom, with software like the bloomberg, stock prices, Amazon mp3 etc... that should in no way affect your phone to operate at all, and can't be removed by the end user or phone owner, to my thinking is worse than any amount of piracy, it holds us hostage. As much as buying a car, only to find that your wife or girlfriend can't sit next to you because there is a Ronald Mcdonald statue welded to the passenger seat, and you don't like fast food at all. .. or put in the form of a question? Why would Samsung think a phone that may be given to a 12 year old would need to have stock ticker software installed?there are multiple markets to get it if needed or wanted, leave the fluff as things that can be easily removed. ..

Note3 has 2 separate flags: Knox flag is used with Knox secure environment and it can't be reset, yet anyway. That flag only affects Knox software.
Another flag tells if you're running official or custom firmware. This flag can be reset and this is the flag that will stop OTA updates. If you reload stock firmware, you should be able to get flag back to official. As a matter of fact I was rooted and still showing official, don't remember how, but after latest, nk3 update, I can't get it back to official anymore without loosing root. Triangle away could reset that flag as well, but not the latest one.
Also Wanam has something to fool system into official mode, but then I would think you need to disable updates, because OTA update on custom phone could at least make you loose root, or even brick the phone

Sent My Note 3 into Samsung Repair- with KNOX tripped
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2637718

[Q] Unroot

Its been a while since ive been on XDA so dont kill me lol.
I have a Galaxy Tab S 10.5 SM-T800 that i rooted back in december. Well i have had horrible battery issues all along and now its cutting off without notice. I have tried to take the batter out and what not but nothing is working.
SOOOOO...I am going to send it back to Sammy to have them fix it. My question is what is the best method to unroot this thing? i currently and rooted stock lollipop with TWRP recovery. Im guessing i need to be unrooted and back to stock recovery before i send it. Any suggestions?

cwhitney24 said:
Its been a while since ive been on XDA so dont kill me lol.
I have a Galaxy Tab S 10.5 SM-T800 that i rooted back in december. Well i have had horrible battery issues all along and now its cutting off without notice. I have tried to take the batter out and what not but nothing is working.
SOOOOO...I am going to send it back to Sammy to have them fix it. My question is what is the best method to unroot this thing? i currently and rooted stock lollipop with TWRP recovery. Im guessing i need to be unrooted and back to stock recovery before i send it. Any suggestions?
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Flash official cf-autroot then open the supersu app and select Full unroot from settings. Done.

1. Back up any data from internal storage
2. Device settings > security > re-activation lock > disabled
3. Boot into TWRP recovery and format :
a) system
b) data
c) cache
d) dalvik-cache (advanced)
e) factory-reset for good measure
4. Re-boot directly into DOWNLOAD MODE from recovery menu
5. Flash official firmware package with Odin
All partitions will be clean and fully stock. Knox warranty void 0x1

Will Samsung still take it back after you trip Knox? Curious as to how this turns out for you as I am having the exact same issues with mine lately. Let us know what happens.