So i am unlocked (thanks to my brother thinking he had to unlock to root) but i want to remove root and cwm recovery to exchange it at a best buy since still under return/exchange 14 day period how would I do this as vipermod rooted my device fine but can't seem to unroot it I am still running standard .14 unlocked OS no custom rom
Neriac said:
So i am unlocked (thanks to my brother thinking he had to unlock to root) but i want to remove root and cwm recovery to exchange it at a best buy since still under return/exchange 14 day period how would I do this as vipermod rooted my device fine but can't seem to unroot it I am still running standard .14 unlocked OS no custom rom
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You cannot re lock it (if that is something that may disallow you to return it).
But they wont check. They wont be able to tell without trying to bootload something else
Being rooted isnt a huge deal.. (not as big of a deal as it being unlocked)
ViperMod does have an option to unroot
As for CWM.. ugh they wont notice that either
You should just uninstall the SuperUser app and call it a day
If they give you money, dont look back
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You cannot re lock it (if that is something that may disallow you to return it).
But they wont check. They wont be able to tell without trying to bootload something else
Being rooted isnt a huge deal.. (not as big of a deal as it being unlocked)
ViperMod does have an option to unroot
As for CWM.. ugh they wont notice that either
You should just uninstall the SuperUser app and call it a day
If they give you money, dont look back
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ya i figured they won't notice the unlock just wanted to remove the super user app and cwm since it boots into it when ya do a factory restore
I tried running the Vipermod unroot but it just sits there as if it can't figure out what to do mind you same pc with the drivers installed I used to root the tf201 so how do I get the unroot to work with vipermod (saw somewhere someone said ya gotta reroot and then unroot not sure if thats right)
As for CWM recovery if there is a ADB shell command to remove CWM been trying to find someway just to remove it flat out.
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Alright, so over the last few weeks my phone has developed touchscreen issues, with large parts of the screen now not registering touches. The phone is very close to unusable and I plan to have it exchanged on warranty. HOWEVER, I was rooted back on Froyo (I lost root access with the Gingerbread update) and now I'm stuck with Superuser as a system app (unremovable). I need root access to remove SU, but I haven't been able to find whether or not rooting via .zip flash is reversible or not. I need an answer on whether or not it is, and if so, how.
Also, I'm not simply flashing back to stock because I've heard rumors that the phone keeps track of how many flashes it recieves. How credible is this?
Thanks for any help!
Chairsofter1138 said:
Alright, so over the last few weeks my phone has developed touchscreen issues, with large parts of the screen now not registering touches. The phone is very close to unusable and I plan to have it exchanged on warranty. HOWEVER, I was rooted back on Froyo (I lost root access with the Gingerbread update) and now I'm stuck with Superuser as a system app (unremovable). I need root access to remove SU, but I haven't been able to find whether or not rooting via .zip flash is reversible or not. I need an answer on whether or not it is, and if so, how.
Also, I'm not simply flashing back to stock because I've heard rumors that the phone keeps track of how many flashes it recieves. How credible is this?
Thanks for any help!
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it is reversable download root uninstaller from the market if you are worried about it. me personally i have returned about 4 rooted phones ony to have them fixed and updated when sent back.
dont worry about it, its not unlocked so no harm done
Hi guys,
I'm RMA'ing my Prime back to Asus to hopefully improve it's WiFi performance. I'm not really sure if there's anything they can do but it's just so terrible I can't live with it anymore.
The tablet is rooted (with Voodoo backup) but is not unlocked. If I remember correctly there is an option within Root Keeper to unroot. Is this all that I need to do in order to get it back to stock?
Also, the CS guy from Asus said that they might need to do a full wipe and reload of the OS. I'm guessing that I need to get the backup file that Voodoo uses to do it's magic off of my Prime. Anyone happen to know where that is kept and what it's called?
If they do end up reinstalling the OS I will still be able to restore root with Root Keeper, right?
Thanks in advance!
Scotlac said:
Hi guys,
I'm RMA'ing my Prime back to Asus to hopefully improve it's WiFi performance. I'm not really sure if there's anything they can do but it's just so terrible I can't live with it anymore.
The tablet is rooted (with Voodoo backup) but is not unlocked. If I remember correctly there is an option within Root Keeper to unroot. Is this all that I need to do in order to get it back to stock?
Also, the CS guy from Asus said that they might need to do a full wipe and reload of the OS. I'm guessing that I need to get the backup file that Voodoo uses to do it's magic off of my Prime. Anyone happen to know where that is kept and what it's called?
If they do end up reinstalling the OS I will still be able to restore root with Root Keeper, right?
Thanks in advance!
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Hi I got my tablet few days back from asus RMA it comes full wiped and it has the 9.4.2.21 system version so the back up in Voodoo wont help you because you will lose root. Yes when you unroot the tablet it will be OK.
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Hi I got my tablet few days back from asus RMA it comes full wiped and it has the 9.4.2.21 system version so the back up in Voodoo wont help you because you will lose root. Yes when you unroot the tablet it will be OK.
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Wow, so I guess my only option to root if they do have to flash a new OS is to unlock and flash a rooted ROM?
There's no other way for me to recover root if I have the files from Voodoo?
Sorry, I'm not exactly sure about how Root Keeper does what it does.....
Scotlac said:
Wow, so I guess my only option to root if they do have to flash a new OS is to unlock and flash a rooted ROM?
There's no other way for me to recover root if I have the files from Voodoo?
Sorry, I'm not exactly sure about how Root Keeper does what it does.....
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Now you dont need to unlock bootloader. The Viper tool will root your prime so you dont need to worry about rooting prime.
The Root Keeper keeps the root but when they repair your tablet the do a factroy reset and wipe so you would have a completly new OS like when you first time start your prime so the Root Keeper has nothing to do.
grilko said:
Now you dont need to unlock bootloader. The Viper tool will root your prime so you dont need to worry about rooting prime.
The Root Keeper keeps the root but when they repair your tablet the do a factroy reset and wipe so you would have a completly new OS like when you first time start your prime so the Root Keeper has nothing to do.
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Thanks for the info Grilko!
I'm just a little confused because I had to do a full factory reset on my tablet last week and Root Keeper restored root afterwards with absolutely no problem. I'm just wondering what they might do at the service center that would interfere with it's ability to restore root as long as I kept a copy of the file and restored it when I got it back from RMA.
Anyway, that doesn't make a bit of difference if Viper tool can now root 9.4.2.21 but according to their post in the dev forums it still won't.....
just factory reset your prime, send it in
they'll send it back on .28
then just use this to root your prime
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1706588
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hey guys i need some help plz!!!
i had rooted my asus prime.......and my bootloader was still locked, after i rooted my device i also had rootkeeper to protect it incase i update.....to make a long story short, i was so anxious when jelly bean was released i wasnt thinking so i proceeded without temp unroot first before i did the update......so after everything completed i went to restore my root access and it was gone..........was so pissed off, so now from every research i did it says that there is no current root options for the prime jelly bean, anybody knows how to get it back or a way to root again.....im willing to downgrade if i can to get back my root access. please help!!!
Regain root access after JB update
weakenfalls said:
hey guys i need some help plz!!!
i had rooted my asus prime.......and my bootloader was still locked, after i rooted my device i also had rootkeeper to protect it incase i update.....to make a long story short, i was so anxious when jelly bean was released i wasnt thinking so i proceeded without temp unroot first before i did the update......so after everything completed i went to restore my root access and it was gone..........was so pissed off, so now from every research i did it says that there is no current root options for the prime jelly bean, anybody knows how to get it back or a way to root again.....im willing to downgrade if i can to get back my root access. please help!!!
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I lost root on my TF201 after flashing Craig Gomez's us-tf201-jro03c-10.4.2.15-stock-deodexed.zip ROM. In addition to losing root access, I still had Superuser installed, and it would not grant superuser permission to anything I was trying to use to fix the problem, such as Voodoo OTA Rootkeeper, GooManager, etc. Also, Superuser did not even have superuser permission, but could not be deleted in the File Manager. Another big problem is that I could not boot into recovery, and I could not downgrade to ICS.
After trying a number of possible solutions that I found on this and other sites, I discovered Urkel's Fresh Start 1.0.zip. Here's the post:
<http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=32677560>
If you are at a dead end, I highly recommend that you give this a try! Your bootloader needs to be unlocked, but I had already done that when I was still using ICS. I'm not sure if the unlock tool available on the Asus site will work with JB. All you have to do is download the Urkel's Fresh Start zip file to your computer, unzip it to the same folder on your computer where you have adb and fastboot, add the JB ROM that you want to use to that folder, and rename the ROM file to system.blob. You'll also need to install the drivers on your computer so that it can send data to your TF201. I used the drivers that are on the Microsoft site, but there is a link to some universal drivers in the post above. Connect the cable from your TF201 to a USB port on your computer, and after deciding which option you want to try, double click Fresh Root.bat or Fresh Start.bat. Fresh Start.bat will first install the TWRP 2.2.2.1 recovery (that's what recovery.blob is). It will then install whatever JB ROM you decided to use. I went with the 10.4.2.15 ROM that's now on the ASUS site. The Urkel batch file may then restore root access, but that didn't work for some reason in my case. I think my problem was not mounting \System. You can do this by booting into TWRP recovery that you now have, select the Mount button, and put an X in the top box. In my case it seems that the box becomes unchecked during reboot. I tried it several times and gave up, but there is another simple way to regain root access if you have made it this far. Download Superuser-3.2-arm-signed.zip and flash that using TWRP, and you will at long last have root access once again. I see that this file has already been mentioned in this thread, and it worked like a charm for me.
So why did I want root access to being with? It's because of that stupid GPS problem. GPS isn't really needed on a pad in my opinion, but things like that bug me (pardon the pun)! When I was still using ICS, I unlocked the bootloader, rooted, and then used GooManager to flash TF201_External_GPS.zip. This file allowed the GPS function in my TF201 to work just as well as the GPS in my Samsung Galaxy S2. Also, I see no change when I attach the GPS dongle. What does that tell you? I think for most people with the GPS problem, it's a FIRMWARE problem, not a hardware problem. I'm not having a wifi problem, but I suspect that this is also a firmware problem. If Asus is smart, they have someone reading these blogs to get some ideas on how to fix their problems. Instead, they've spent money sending people a GPS dongle that, at least in some cases, is just a waste of time and money. So I've reinstalled the GPS zip file, and my GPS works...so now Google Maps can tell me where I am. Thanks, I already know that most of the time. Another thing that seemed to help with the GPS problem...disable the stock browser and use the Dolphin browser instead. I have no idea why that should make a difference.
Since I am a noob (whatever man), I tried to spell this out so that it can be easily understood by other noobs. Good luck, hope this works for you.
weakenfalls said:
hey guys i need some help plz!!!
i had rooted my asus prime.......and my bootloader was still locked, after i rooted my device i also had rootkeeper to protect it incase i update.....to make a long story short, i was so anxious when jelly bean was released i wasnt thinking so i proceeded without temp unroot first before i did the update......so after everything completed i went to restore my root access and it was gone..........was so pissed off, so now from every research i did it says that there is no current root options for the prime jelly bean, anybody knows how to get it back or a way to root again.....im willing to downgrade if i can to get back my root access. please help!!!
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Read this thread : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1911261 . It gives you two ways to try and get su/root back and working properly.
Is there any method to root 4.1.1?
Thanks
yes, with unlock
K999rrl said:
Is there any method to root 4.1.1?
Thanks
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1 - unlock with unlock app from asus
2- install twrp (search forum)
2- reboot into recovery in twrp and install superuser
4- sucess!
ricardo1976 said:
1 - unlock with unlock app from asus
2- install twrp (search forum)
2- reboot into recovery in twrp and install superuser
4- sucess!
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don't forget this will void your warranty - and there is no way to re-lock bootloader. that means when you'll hard brick you'll have to pay asus about 200$ RMA fee to fix
qery said:
don't forget this will void your warranty - and there is no way to re-lock bootloader. that means when you'll hard brick you'll have to pay asus about 200$ RMA fee to fix
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Root it may brick the prime as well? I tho is only when flashing time. So once it brick I need to send it back to Asus there's No way to unblock it even if I backup the stock? Thanks
K999rrl said:
Root it may brick the prime as well? I tho is only when flashing time. So once it brick I need to send it back to Asus there's No way to unblock it even if I backup the stock? Thanks
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If you are unlock, you will probably want to flash the best rom so you can squeeze maximum from your device. And you will eventually find yourself flashing and trying and flashing and trying . But you should be fine if you read descriptions (few times to be absolutely sure) before you flash.
If you only want root, you'll have to flash rooted stock rom (I think).
I got a question along the same lines.
First off I rooted this a good while back and the OTA root keeper has been working great up till the last update. Now that root wont restore I guess its time to unlock. But, I cant do a backup of my apps without friggin root...
So if I unlock and flash superuser, Will I be able to run titanium backup on my current rom? No sense in keeping a crappy stock install if I am unlocked but I would love to backup all my saved games and what nots.
Hey Guys,
I own a Samsung Galaxy S4 from Verizon and have followed the guide on how to root it posted on the forums. For a while things were good. My phone booted up with the correct loading screen and my device detected that I was on an official kernel. Now for reasons I'm not sure of, my phone is saying that the kernel is custom and the lock icon has returned when I restart or cold boot my phone. I'm not running custom firm ware, I'm running a stock Verizion kernel. I tried to delete SuperUser, but it isn't installed. My binaries for SuperSU are up-to-date. I'm still rooted, but I would like to get rid of the unlock icon when I boot up and I would like to get the system to recognize that this is an official kernel.
Also ES File Explorer is unable to mount r/w privilages on my phone in order to delete busybox and su so that I could try to re-root the phone again. Any help would be appreciated, thanks!!
Theres no way so far to get rid of it. Mine actually goes back and for between custom and official all the time. Maybe when the bootloader gets unlocked it will do away with it, but until then it does no harm. So if you want to root, that's the price we pay.
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Theres no way so far to get rid of it. Mine actually goes back and for between custom and official all the time. Maybe when the bootloader gets unlocked it will do away with it, but until then it does no harm. So if you want to root, that's the price we pay.
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Most of the time mine is gone. Maybe once a week I might see it.
sneekerpimpz said:
Theres no way so far to get rid of it. Mine actually goes back and for between custom and official all the time. Maybe when the bootloader gets unlocked it will do away with it, but until then it does no harm. So if you want to root, that's the price we pay.
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So I managed to get rid of it. I'm not sure if it's permanent, but here's what I did. I couldn't delete the stuff in the root directory (and this was before I found solid explorer which has better root access programming than es does). So I did a factory reset and found that that worked for a while, but then I noticed that downloading Triangle Away seemed to be causing the problem because the lock icon returned after I installed it and gave it root access. So I deleted it and chose the 'unroot' option from the list of options in supersu. Then I re-rooted the phone using the guide. Now the lock icon hasn't returned, and the device status under the about phone menu says that my firmware is the official one. Another thing I noticed is that I'm running an older version of busybox (version 1.17.1 I think, as installed by motochopper).
Again I'm not sure what I did differently, or changed as a result of my method, but it seems to have worked. Perhaps someone with more development knowledge can let me know what's happened for my own personal information.