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[Q] How to undo root?

All I did was root and installed cwm. I keep getting firmware upgrade notifications and when I try it fails and I'm guessing it's because my phone is rooted and has cwm installed. I'm on Rogers. Is this an update to JB? If so, how can I install it? Do I just have to go back to stock recovery?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1728824
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PuZo10 said:
All I did was root and installed cwm. I keep getting firmware upgrade notifications and when I try it fails and I'm guessing it's because my phone is rooted and has cwm installed. I'm on Rogers. Is this an update to JB? If so, how can I install it? Do I just have to go back to stock recovery?
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Use odin 3.07 and flash the firmware from http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/
You need to join (free) log in and search for the firmware by model #, download and use odin to return you to stock out of the box.

How do I unroot when on stock (rooted) 4.3 firmware?

I am on firmware 4.3 that I rooted a while ago. I would like to unroot 4.3 however I cannot figure out how. I thought I could flash stock 4.3 via Odin but there are no .tar versions of 4.3. Help?

albo23 said:
I am on firmware 4.3 that I rooted a while ago. I would like to unroot 4.3 however I cannot figure out how. I thought I could flash stock 4.3 via Odin but there are no .tar versions of 4.3. Help?
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Do you have the full stock version of 4.3 or the modified (unrooted) version? You can check your phone's settings and build number to see if it's MJB or MJ2. You can try unrooting from the SuperSU app. The definitive solution to unrooting is indeed to flash a complete stock image. An Odin flashable *.tar file was recently developed. There have, however, been reports on outcome. You can flash custom recovery to your phone (either of CWM or TWRP) and use the instructions in the thread below to download and flash a complete stock restore.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2658486

trying to update from 4.1.1 to 4.1.2 manually

so i downgraded from 4.1.2 to 4.1.1, i sim unlocked my phome and i installed the root thing, both with odin.
now i want to upgrade to 4.1.2, so i have this link to a 4.1.2 zip file, not the same as the other odin files which were like md5 or something that i used with PDA with odin, here is this link.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2387423
specific download link
http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23060877489997375
it is on the first post of that forum, it says
update412.zip
now my question is how to i use the zip file to update, it says something about mobile odin but there are no real instructions to update from 4.1.1 to 4.1.2
also will i loose my downloaded files and my root?
also how to update to 4.3 after i update to 4.1.2
thanks for all your help!!!!

cnile said:
so i downgraded from 4.1.2 to 4.1.1, i sim unlocked my phome and i installed the root thing, both with odin.
now i want to upgrade to 4.1.2, so i have this link to a 4.1.2 zip file, not the same as the other odin files which were like md5 or something that i used with PDA with odin, here is this link.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2387423
specific download link
http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23060877489997375
it is on the first post of that forum, it says
update412.zip
now my question is how to i use the zip file to update, it says something about mobile odin but there are no real instructions to update from 4.1.1 to 4.1.2
also will i loose my downloaded files and my root?
also how to update to 4.3 after i update to 4.1.2
thanks for all your help!!!!
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You don't have to update to 4.1.2 to update to 4.3.
If you go with a custom ROM, you will keep root. Although, if you flash stock ROM with Odin, you will lose it.
Mobile Odin can be used to flash (don't interrupt it), if you wish to go that route. No special instructions.
You can also flash using Odin (PC version), once again, don't interrupt it. You'll have to unzip and use the PDA file.
Finally, if you wanna flash a custom ROM, you can install TWRP, which you can get from GooManager on the Play Store (menu then install recovery). That will let you flash a custom ROM in recovery.
Now before you do any of that, please take the time to read and fully understand what you are doing, w/e option you choose to go with.
GL!

BWolf56 said:
You don't have to update to 4.1.2 to update to 4.3.
If you go with a custom ROM, you will keep root. Although, if you flash stock ROM with Odin, you will lose it.
Mobile Odin can be used to flash (don't interrupt it), if you wish to go that route. No special instructions.
You can also flash using Odin (PC version), once again, don't interrupt it. You'll have to unzip and use the PDA file.
Finally, if you wanna flash a custom ROM, you can install TWRP, which you can get from GooManager on the Play Store (menu then install recovery). That will let you flash a custom ROM in recovery.
Now before you do any of that, please take the time to read and fully understand what you are doing, w/e option you choose to go with.
GL!
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Well I would want stock 4.3 the thing is I cannot find download for it. Do you know where to get it?
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cnile said:
Well I would want stock 4.3 the thing is I cannot find download for it. Do you know where to get it?
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using Tapatalk
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Did you look in the stickied?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=33570269#post33570269

cnile said:
so i downgraded from 4.1.2 to 4.1.1, i sim unlocked my phome and i installed the root thing, both with odin.
now i want to upgrade to 4.1.2, so i have this link to a 4.1.2 zip file, not the same as the other odin files which were like md5 or something that i used with PDA with odin, here is this link.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2387423
specific download link
http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23060877489997375
it is on the first post of that forum, it says
update412.zip
now my question is how to i use the zip file to update, it says something about mobile odin but there are no real instructions to update from 4.1.1 to 4.1.2
also will i loose my downloaded files and my root?
also how to update to 4.3 after i update to 4.1.2
thanks for all your help!!!!
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You can only flash the zips via recovery. Download both zip files to your PC and copy to a good quality micro SD card. Place the card in your phone and boot your phone to recovery mode. First you flash the 4.1.2 zip, then reboot to recovery again and repeat the process with the 4.3 zip.
Yes, you will lose root and you may lose your downloaded files which is why you need to do a back-up before updating. Once you have updated to 4.3, you can re-root your phone.

[Q] 4.4.2 OTA fails at 28% INSTALL

I've unrooted, done a factory wipe several times and each time my install for the 4.4.2 OTA update fails at 28%. When I press the menu button to see the reason why I get the following error (sorry for potato quality). It says that the AT&T Smart Wi-Fi apk has unexpected contents, but I don't even have that app and I never uninstalled it either. When I go to the Play Store I can download it and it still isn't a system app. As I said, I've done several factory wipes and I was hoping that would fix it since I hate doing wipes. Any ideas?

Follow enewman17's thread in General section.

DocHoliday77 said:
Follow enewman17's thread in General section.
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Thanks! Followed it and I now have 4.4.2. Clicking your Thanks button right now

Any way to update from 4.3 to 4.4.2 without having to install TWRP/CWM/etc? I used CF-Auto-Root since 4.0 and updated to 4.1 and 4.3 without any problems. I don't really want to deal with custom ROMs or bootloaders or anything extra. I'd just like to update to 4.4 stock + SuperSU and nothing more.

Ark42 said:
Any way to update from 4.3 to 4.4.2 without having to install TWRP/CWM/etc? I used CF-Auto-Root since 4.0 and updated to 4.1 and 4.3 without any problems. I don't really want to deal with custom ROMs or bootloaders or anything extra. I'd just like to update to 4.4 stock + SuperSU and nothing more.
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get to stock 4.3 with odin flashable file from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2722660 then use the stock ota file from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2788012, flash it in stock recovery from external sd card, bootloader will be upgraded using this method and you may not be able to downgrade to 4.3 after this ,but it will be stock as you wanted, use towelroot apk from towelroot.com to root 4.4.2 , install superusersu from play store and update binaries

tejajuloori said:
get to stock 4.3 with odin flashable file from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2722660 then use the stock ota file from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2788012, flash it in stock recovery from external sd card, bootloader will be upgraded using this method and you may not be able to downgrade to 4.3 after this ,but it will be stock as you wanted, use towelroot apk from towelroot.com to root 4.4.2 , install superusersu from play store and update binaries
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Well thanks for trying, but this method wipes all your data, which is kinda something I'd want to avoid...

You may be out of luck then. Why not backup using titanium backup, and/or a nandroid, and copy your internal sd content to a computer. Then update and copy sd data back and restore apps with titanium? Sure its a little extra time and effort, but you'd probably be done sooner than finding an alternative.

[Q] Upgrade to 4.4.3 from Stock 4.4.2 with TWRP Recovery

I am S-ON and looking to upgrade from stock 4.4.2 to 4.4.3 but have TWRP recovery. Can anyone recommend the easiest way to do this? I keep getting the OTA system update prompt, which I downloaded, would I be able to just flash that zip using TWRP? Thanks

andrewjrr said:
I am S-ON and looking to upgrade from stock 4.4.2 to 4.4.3 but have TWRP recovery. Can anyone recommend the easiest way to do this? I keep getting the OTA system update prompt, which I downloaded, would I be able to just flash that zip using TWRP? Thanks
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You need stock recovery, not TWRP.

BerndM14 said:
You need stock recovery, not TWRP.
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So the easiest way would just be flash stock recovery, then do the OTA update

Yes, but if it doesn't work, you'll need to flash a stock ROM. Some apps are removed when you unlock at that makes the OTA fail.