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[Q] how to unroot/flash to install sprint patches

I'm trying to revert a Sprint customers phone back to factory defaults so he can install the carrier patches and updates, is there a way to do this? would i need to unroot or just flash a stock rom?
just need to know where to start, any suggestions or advice would be greatly appreciated

Assuming it is rooted now, if you don't want it to be rooted, just flash a stock RUU, that will unroot and return you to stock. If you want it to stay rooted, just flash a stock rooted rom.

sitlet said:
Assuming it is rooted now, if you don't want it to be rooted, just flash a stock RUU, that will unroot and return you to stock. If you want it to stay rooted, just flash a stock rooted rom.
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do you have any links? i'm not familiar with root issues like this.

Jonnysoterrible said:
do you have any links? i'm not familiar with root issues like this.
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Try one of these...
Deodexed Version ruu http://www.mediafire.com/?t7u904lm502vl7l
Odexed Version ruu http://www.mediafire.com/?krpdawqca8a58t1

Flashing Back to Stock

I am kinda new to flashing and I need to flash my phone back to stock rom w/out unrooting it.. i am having it flashed to Verizon Prepaid and need stock rom on it but i don't want to unroot it. Any help would be extremely greatfull.

[Q] Unroot, Stock Recovery and Updating?

Hi guys , im on CID 044 and i've heard official update is going to be launched by the end of november, currently im rooted and ive installed Custom recovery and unlocked Bootloader the rest is stock, will i be able to update to Jelly Bean 4.1.0 by simply just unrooting and flashing stock recovery? without flashing or reinstalling unrooted stock rom?
Thank you

Yeah, as long as you haven't installed mods or or deleted things.
You should receive the notification without changing anything back, just change it back before installing.

great! Thank you so much sir im pretty much good to go then thanks!!!!

[Q] 4.3/coming from custom rom

I have the T999 SG3 model, am rooted and currently running the Wicked v10 rom. I want to try out the 4.3 upgrade and was wondering what the best/safest way is to do this. I already did a nan backup. Do I need to unroot? Thanks in advance for any help/suggestions.

Citadel69 said:
I have the T999 SG3 model, am rooted and currently running the Wicked v10 rom. I want to try out the 4.3 upgrade and was wondering what the best/safest way is to do this. I already did a nan backup. Do I need to unroot? Thanks in advance for any help/suggestions.
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If you are looking to have your phone download the OTA, then you'd probably need to wipe and install a stock rom. You would then lose root, however. Not sure what the implications of that would be, but I'm sure you'd have to use ODIN, etc, etc, to get back to rooted and custom rom.

I would just flash the stock ROM from DocHoliday's thread instead of going through Odin.. Don't have to worry about Knox or anything, and if you don't like it you can easily wipe and restore your nandroid
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How to switch ROM? From Lollipop back to stock, help!

I am running stock right now (JB 4.2.2) and I am planning to flash a Lollipop ROM (AICP 10). If I create a backup (for my stock ROM) at TWRP and did the needed measures to flash the Lollipop ROM and was successful however I want to return to stock ROM. Do I just have to factory reset and restore my stock ROM backup to have a stock ROM again? Sorry for this noob question.

Heeeeelp!
Any idea if that would work?

Just use odin to flash any stock rom

So backup-ing in TWRP before I flash Lollipop from my current rom [Stock JB 4.2.2] is useless?

You can also use your backup from TWRP.
But It will then show that it has been modified, could be a problem with the warranty.
If you want to go back completely for warranty then odin is the way to go

Thank you! I actually don't care about warranty since mine is overdue already. All I wanted to know was if I will be able to go back to JB 4.2.2 with that backup in case I have problems with Lollipop.