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Hello everyone.
Long story short I got a droid razr and my mom got my thunderbolt. For ease of use I want to unroot it for her.
I looked at the stickies and saw there wasnt a method to unroot for my situation.
My phone was rooted with the old auto root method from back in march of 2011. So how do I unroot now?
Thanks.
Ginger unroot app works flawlessly
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Ginger unroot app? As in from the market? Where do I get this?
Is there an alternative route where I don't have to pay?
If you don't get the answer, you could just put the rooted version of 605.9 on there for her.
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Look here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1310014
Nowetdio, I saw that, but I didn't use revolutionary, so what can I do?
Classic, but that won't put S-on right? I need it fully unrooted.
Icey34 said:
Nowetdio, I saw that, but I didn't use revolutionary, so what can I do?
Re-read the OP of the link provided, talks about if you rooted "old school". Sounds like your situation
Classic, but that won't put S-on right? I need it fully unrooted.
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Correct, will still have s-off
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Towards the bottom of the OP there are two RUU's that you need flash separately in hboot. Flash the first file first or you will run into issues. Also rename each file to PG05IMG.zip.
The first file
(PG05IMG_no_hboot_2.11.605.9.zip) will unroot the phone.
The second file (PG05IMG_hboot_ONLY_2.11.605.9.zip) is to get s-on.
Lol I'm confused all of a sudden. S-On is non-root and S-off is root right?
Okay, thanks Classic, I'll just flash the zips nowetdio gave me.
Nowet, I have two questions on that.
1. There's nothing I have to do before flashing those two right?
2. In case something goes wrong can I backup into root?
Icey34 said:
Lol I'm confused all of a sudden. S-On is non-root and S-off is root right?
Okay, thanks Classic, I'll just flash the zips nowetdio gave me.
Nowet, I have two questions on that.
1. There's nothing I have to do before flashing those two right?
2. In case something goes wrong can I backup into root?
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Yea just flash in hboot...
Ok thanks, and incase something goes wrong can I un-do this? Just making sure.
Icey34 said:
Ok thanks, and incase something goes wrong can I un-do this? Just making sure.
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Make a nandroid (backup) before you start this n you should be good
Tapatalkn with my T-Bolt
ok thanks so much
Worked like a charm thanks guys.
Good to hear
Tapatalkn with my T-Bolt
For future reference a nandroid will NOT help you if you are flashing from hboot. Anytime you are going to flash anything from hboot always always check the md5 or risk a brick. If who ever you download the file from hasn't supplied an md5 do yourself a favor and ask for one. Flashing a bad radio file or hboot file is the EASIEST way to make an expensive paper weight. This brick is not the kind that you can recover from by using a nandroid. The average person will not be able unbrick your paper weight.
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I can't get these links to work. It says "Failed to Connect to Web Server". I googled "PG05IMG_no_hboot_2.11.605.9.zip" can't get the file from any of the websites.. Does anyone know what's going on?
nowetdio said:
Look here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1310014
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Can I use this way to unroot if im on froyo or do I need to do it the old mr1 ruu
tostrander said:
Can I use this way to unroot if im on froyo or do I need to do it the old mr1 ruu
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I assume you rooted the old way so yeah, just flash the two files.
Does the new S-OFF method wipe the phone like the hevdev method does?
I made a NAND before I did it just in case but once it was done all my data was still there :victory:
fastamx79 said:
I made a NAND before I did it just in case but once it was done all my data was still there :victory:
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Since you said you did a NAND, had you already unlocked with Regaw's method?
No it does not
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Spyderekz said:
No it does not
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How do you do a nand backup before gaining root and installing a custom recovery?
That I don't know. You might be able to temp root but I never bothered
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Robbie_G said:
How do you do a nand backup before gaining root and installing a custom recovery?
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NAND backups is the entire partition being backed up through a recovery, you need some sort of nand unlock to be able to rewrite the recovery partition and install a recovery that is able to do a full backup.
In short, you cannot do a nand backup of your system ROM, instead use something like Titanium to backup your apps since that is the most time consuming part to do manually.
Sorry if the answers im looking for are somewhere else but i cant find them. Im not new to the rooting game but it has been awhile, last phone rooted was the original evo and ive fallen behind on the new software and such. anyways ive rooted successfully and am running hboot 1.19 with s-on. for some reason i get the same error message when flasing a rom saying that sdcard cannot be found. do i need to be running s-off with 1.19 to flash roms? Thanks!
zolis1931 said:
Sorry if the answers im looking for are somewhere else but i cant find them. Im not new to the rooting game but it has been awhile, last phone rooted was the original evo and ive fallen behind on the new software and such. anyways ive rooted successfully and am running hboot 1.19 with s-on. for some reason i get the same error message when flasing a rom saying that sdcard cannot be found. do i need to be running s-off with 1.19 to flash roms? Thanks!
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What rom are you flashing? What recovery are you using? What release of said recovery are you using? can you see the sdcard in the listing of the recovery screen?
rawintellect said:
What rom are you flashing? What recovery are you using? What release of said recovery are you using? can you see the sdcard in the listing of the recovery screen?
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i was trying to flash the new 4.2.2 CM10.1 rom, when i found that wasnt working, i tried to flash jellybam and that didnt work either. Im using TWRP v 2.1.8 and i can see the sdcard listing. ive done all the routine wiping and such. do you think its an issue of hboot and s-on?
this is the error message i get.
E: Unable to stat '/sdcard2/.
Error flashing zip '/sdcard/cm-10-1.zip"
You need to update twrp
bigdaddy619 said:
You need to update twrp
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ahh such a simple solution lol. will this take care of the s-on?
zolis1931 said:
ahh such a simple solution lol. will this take care of the s-on?
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Hopefully that all that is needed... but S-OFF is the way to go if you can do it. It will save you so many headaches in the future. HTC is making it harder on s-on people to do anything to their phone, this started with the 3.15 JB update and will probably get worse. S-OFF my friend S-OFF
bigdaddy619 said:
Hopefully that all that is needed... but S-OFF is the way to go if you can do it. It will save you so many headaches in the future. HTC is making it harder on s-on people to do anything to their phone, this started with the 3.15 JB update and will probably get worse. S-OFF my friend S-OFF
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I would love to go s-off as on my old evo but unfortunately, my pc is a thing of the past and im now stuck with a macbook :/
zolis1931 said:
I would love to go s-off as on my old evo but unfortunately, my pc is a thing of the past and im now stuck with a macbook :/
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Ubuntu can be installed on macbooks:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MactelSupportTeam/AppleIntelInstallation
Flashing a newer recovery didnt work, im just going to borrow a friends pc tomorrow and go s off
zolis1931 said:
Flashing a newer recovery didnt work, im just going to borrow a friends pc tomorrow and go s off
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Hold the phone. Flashing TOO new of a recovery (like TWRP 2.4.1) can also cause problems. There's something that the dev has to place in the ROM in order to be compatible with 2.4.1. May I suggest you try 2.3.1? It seems to be the "sweet spot" and works with most ROMs out there today.
Here's the install page for the evo 4g LTE:
http://teamw.in/project/twrp2/98
rawintellect said:
Hold the phone. Flashing TOO new of a recovery (like TWRP 2.4.1) can also cause problems. There's something that the dev has to place in the ROM in order to be compatible with 2.4.1. May I suggest you try 2.3.1? It seems to be the "sweet spot" and works with most ROMs out there today.
I shall give that a shot now
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zolis1931 said:
rawintellect said:
Hold the phone. Flashing TOO new of a recovery (like TWRP 2.4.1) can also cause problems. There's something that the dev has to place in the ROM in order to be compatible with 2.4.1. May I suggest you try 2.3.1? It seems to be the "sweet spot" and works with most ROMs out there today.
I shall give that a shot now
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cool. and if you can't find them here is the link to the fastboot images:
http://techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/jewel
these are flashed via fastboot with the command:
fastboot flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.3.1.0-jewel.img command
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I was running mean rom and flashed back to factory now it says my phone in not rooted when I tried to flash back. It says unlocked and now it is s-on. im not sure what happened or how to fix it so any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks Dave
What exactly did you do to get back to stock? Need more information. RUU?
Delakit said:
What exactly did you do to get back to stock? Need more information. RUU?
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I had a back up and flashed it then changed some apps the tried to flash meanbean back and it would not flash it or anything else. im not sure on the ruu but my hboot is 1.12 if that helps. when I try to power down it says I have no root install su.
Do you still have custom recovery? If so, do you still have the su zip you flashed when first rooting?
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What do you mean "now s-on"? You were s-off and now not? I Dont know how that could happen
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scottspa74 said:
Do you still have custom recovery? If so, do you still have the su zip you flashed when first rooting?
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What do you mean "now s-on"? You were s-off and now not? I Dont know how that could happen
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yes I have twrp 2.5.0.0 but no on the su zip. I was s off and now im not, confuses me too.
Davek30 said:
I had a back up and flashed it then changed some apps the tried to flash meanbean back and it would not flash it or anything else. im not sure on the ruu but my hboot is 1.12 if that helps. when I try to power down it says I have no root install su.
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A backup of...? Changed what apps and where? That sounds pretty irrelevant. How would it "not flash"? You would know if you RUU'd back to stock or not. You're also making it sound like you were S-OFF and now you're S-ON all of the sudden? That would be the result of an RUU route. Not sure why anything would prompt about being root or not while powering down a device.
Delakit said:
A backup of...? Changed what apps and where? That sounds pretty irrelevant. How would it "not flash"? You would know if you RUU'd back to stock or not. You're also making it sound like you were S-OFF and now you're S-ON all of the sudden? That would be the result of an RUU route. Not sure why anything would prompt about being root or not while powering down a device.
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the backup was a factory nandroid I done when first rooted my device. im sure I was s off but now it is s on. the prompt about not being rooted was when im in twrp and trying to go to bootloader or power it off. I just want to get a rom back on it but it fails everytime and tells me im not rooted.
Davek30 said:
the backup was a factory nandroid I done when first rooted my device. im sure I was s off but now it is s on. the prompt about not being rooted was when im in twrp and trying to go to bootloader or power it off. I just want to get a rom back on it but it fails everytime and tells me im not rooted.
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S-OFF only goes back to S-ON through RUU. So I don't think you were S-OFF but then again I know nothing of that HBOOT version. Just download the latest CWM/SU, put it in storage, flash it, reboot to ensure root was gained and then try installing MB again.
Davek30 said:
the backup was a factory nandroid I done when first rooted my device. im sure I was s off but now it is s on. the prompt about not being rooted was when im in twrp and trying to go to bootloader or power it off. I just want to get a rom back on it but it fails everytime and tells me im not rooted.
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Unless you manually toggled the security flag back to s-on, I'm pretty sure there is no way to go from s-off to s-on. Not even RUU (other than Viperuu) revert you to s-on.
tilltheend714 said:
Unless you manually toggled the security flag back to s-on, I'm pretty sure there is no way to go from s-off to s-on. Not even RUU (other than Viperuu) revert you to s-on.
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ok guess im not worried about that now, I just want to get a rom back on but it keeps failing?
Davek30 said:
ok guess im not worried about that now, I just want to get a rom back on but it keeps failing?
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Can you go into TWRP? If you can, what version are you using?
tilltheend714 said:
Unless you manually toggled the security flag back to s-on, I'm pretty sure there is no way to go from s-off to s-on. Not even RUU (other than Viperuu) revert you to s-on.
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Ah, that's right. I forgot that the process for the flag was seperate. VipeRUU is too easy =)
Davek30 said:
ok guess im not worried about that now, I just want to get a rom back on but it keeps failing?
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it says failed to copy super user binary
tilltheend714 said:
Can you go into TWRP? If you can, what version are you using?
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I am in twrp and that's all I can do im using 2.5.0.0
Davek30 said:
I am in twrp and that's all I can do im using 2.5.0.0
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Ok. It sounds like you are Htcdev unlocked on hboot 1.12 and for some reason using the newest version of TWRP. Are you trying to flash an old ROM?
tilltheend714 said:
Ok. It sounds like you are Htcdev unlocked on hboot 1.12 and for some reason using the newest version of TWRP. Are you trying to flash an old ROM?
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im trying to flash meanbean or anything at this point
Davek30 said:
im trying to flash meanbean or anything at this point
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Let's get you back up and running then. First Downgrade TWRP to 2.3.3. Then flash this rom.
This is just to get you back to a rom. We'll see what to upgrade from there.
tilltheend714 said:
Let's get you back up and running then. First Downgrade TWRP to 2.3.3. Then flash this rom.
This is just to get you back to a rom. We'll see what to upgrade from there.
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how do I down grade it? I tried through fast boot and had no luck
Davek30 said:
how do I down grade it? I tried through fast boot and had no luck
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Fastboot is the only way for you since you can't get a rom with root. Why isn't it working?
tilltheend714 said:
Fastboot is the only way for you since you can't get a rom with root. Why isn't it working?
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says main update is to old?
http://dl3.htc.com/application/RUU_M8_UL_K443_SENSE60_ATT_MR_Cingular_US_2.23.502.3_Radio_1.19.213311491.A22G_20.51A.4198.01L_F_release_387305_signed_2.exe from http://www.htc.com/us/support/htc-one-m8-att/news/
t5620 said:
http://dl3.htc.com/application/ruu_m8_ul_k443_sense60_att_mr_cingular_us_2.23.502.3_radio_1.19.213311491.a22g_20.51a.4198.01l_f_release_387305_signed_2.exe from http://www.htc.com/us/support/htc-one-m8-att/news/
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sweet thank you!
Andrew149 said:
sweet thank you!
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you are welcome.
Remember that for the ruu to work you need to relock the bootloader and have stock recovery. and unroot. it works with S-OFF so no need to S-ON
t5620 said:
you are welcome.
Remember that for the ruu to work you need to relock the bootloader and have stock recovery. and unroot. it works with S-OFF so no need to S-ON
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Umm I've never needed to lock my boot loader with s off to ruu 4.4.2. Are you sure?
Andrew149 said:
Umm I've never needed to lock my boot loader with s off to ruu 4.4.2. Are you sure?
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Bootloader lock only needed for s-on.
Wow, same day RUU as the OTA? Unbelievable!
Andrew149 said:
Umm I've never needed to lock my boot loader with s off to ruu 4.4.2. Are you sure?
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I'm not 100% sure.. but ,I always re-lock the bootloader just in case
How can I install this with S-on? Couldn't get S-off because firewater is broken for me.
My phone is rooted and the bootloader is unlocked. How can I lock the bootloader without S-off?
iArtisan said:
How can I install this with S-on? Couldn't get S-off because firewater is broken for me.
My phone is rooted and the bootloader is unlocked. How can I lock the bootloader without S-off?
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you could try Sunshine to get S-OFF it cost $25 dollars but it can S-OFF your device.
But I think that you do not need to be s-off to run the RUU, if you want to easily relock the bootloader use tthe HTC One 2014 (M8) All-In-One Toolkit http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2699065 its the easiest way
Can I use this to go from Google Play Edition back to stock Sense assuming I change my CID back to AT&T?
I am S-OFF and Bootloader Unlocked and obviously ATT branded.
Yes
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So for the people who been running this ruu for a few weeks have you found any bugs?
Andrew149 said:
So for the people who been running this ruu for a few weeks have you found any bugs?
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X2. Would like to know as well. Thanks.
Andrew149 said:
So for the people who been running this ruu for a few weeks have you found any bugs?
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no bugs so far but battery life isn't that great as with the last FW although there is no battery drain like with the OTA but I'm not impressed with the battery performance
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I have my phone set up like I want it. Stable, everything works. Running 4.4.2 rooted, unlocked, twrp recovery, etc. All the apps I want. So on and so forth.
Will nandroid backup made now work after I run this ruu? Basically update the os and then recover everything the way I have it set up now?
Sorry for asking what seems, even to me, a basic beginners question.
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lostangelintx said:
I have my phone set up like I want it. Stable, everything works. Running 4.4.2 rooted, unlocked, twrp recovery, etc. All the apps I want. So on and so forth.
Will nandroid backup made now work after I run this ruu? Basically update the os and then recover everything the way I have it set up now?
Sorry for asking what seems, even to me, a basic beginners question.
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In short...No. First off, you can't install the 4.4.3 update if you have a TWRP recovery installed. You have to have the stock recovery in order to do the update. But...for the sake of argument, you did the update and...then re-rooted and restored your nandroid. You would in effect overwrite the update and put yourself back to where you started (if that makes any sense).
My advice would be to install a custom ROM that containes the 4.4.3 update already...or put a stock recovery back on your phone and do the update. There is a nice all-in-one update you can run right off the sdcard using Hboot. I did it and it was flawless.
Either way, you'll most likely be setting up your phone again but that really shouldn't be too bad. Take some screenshots so you will remember just how you had things.
Hope this helps and good luck.
Scott
lostangelintx said:
I have my phone set up like I want it. Stable, everything works. Running 4.4.2 rooted, unlocked, twrp recovery, etc. All the apps I want. So on and so forth.
Will nandroid backup made now work after I run this ruu? Basically update the os and then recover everything the way I have it set up now?
Sorry for asking what seems, even to me, a basic beginners question.
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I have to ask, if you went through all that trouble, why would you ever want to run ATT software? You could have easily converted to Dev Edition and never looked back.
hack14u said:
I have to ask, if you went through all that trouble, why would you ever want to run ATT software? You could have easily converted to Dev Edition and never looked back.
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I can't answer for the OP, but coming from the factory unlocked version and having tried various firmwares and ROMs (including Dev), the ATT RUU is the only one that gives me true LTE speeds.
Scott, could you point me towards that update using Hboot?
scott500 said:
In short...No. First off, you can't install the 4.4.3 update if you have a TWRP recovery installed. You have to have the stock recovery in order to do the update. But...for the sake of argument, you did the update and...then re-rooted and restored your nandroid. You would in effect overwrite the update and put yourself back to where you started (if that makes any sense).
My advice would be to install a custom ROM that containes the 4.4.3 update already...or put a stock recovery back on your phone and do the update. There is a nice all-in-one update you can run right off the sdcard using Hboot. I did it and it was flawless.
Either way, you'll most likely be setting up your phone again but that really shouldn't be too bad. Take some screenshots so you will remember just how you had things.
Hope this helps and good luck.
Scott
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Sure thing... Here it is..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/att-htc-one-m8/general/att-2-23-502-3-bootable-ruu-pc-required-t2860486