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Hi,
I am rooted on my S3 and all is good. However, my Father also has an S3 and last week he was talked into rooting it by his Grandson. All went well but long story short he was not happy with having a rooted phone so has decided to remove root. He has now done so by following various guides. He used Triangle away which he says went successfully and has used Odin to put the latest stock firmware on the phone which again he says went successfully. I was not there when he did all this but phone seems all good.
Except one thing. He has tried to install a couple of apps he had before rooting. Barclays bank app and Sky Go app. After installation these apps are saying they will not work on a rooted phone, but it's not rooted any more. I have booted into recovery using Volume down, power and home buttons and it says custom firmware / rom, I can't remember exact wording, but it says no. Also in the phone menu where a rooted phone says modified in device status it says normal or whatever it should say. Again can't remember exactly but all looks like no root present.
Anyone got any ideas on this? As I am rooted on my S3 and never un-rooted it yet, I do not know if he should have done something else. Will he have to root again to run triangle away or anything else. Or can this be fixed as the phone is at present?
Thanks for any help guys.
Cheers, Rich
Three6ty said:
Hi,
I am rooted on my S3 and all is good. However, my Father also has an S3 and last week he was talked into rooting it by his Grandson. All went well but long story short he was not happy with having a rooted phone so has decided to remove root. He has now done so by following various guides. He used Triangle away which he says went successfully and has used Odin to put the latest stock firmware on the phone which again he says went successfully. I was not there when he did all this but phone seems all good.
Except one thing. He has tried to install a couple of apps he had before rooting. Barclays bank app and Sky Go app. After installation these apps are saying they will not work on a rooted phone, but it's not rooted any more. I have booted into recovery using Volume down, power and home buttons and it says custom firmware / rom, I can't remember exact wording, but it says no. Also in the phone menu where a rooted phone says modified in device status it says normal or whatever it should say. Again can't remember exactly but all looks like no root present.
Anyone got any ideas on this? As I am rooted on my S3 and never un-rooted it yet, I do not know if he should have done something else. Will he have to root again to run triangle away or anything else. Or can this be fixed as the phone is at present?
Thanks for any help guys.
Cheers, Rich
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try doing a factory reset
Has it got a custom ROM or stock ROM? could be due to a custom ROM maybe?
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slaphead20 said:
try doing a factory reset
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Hi,
Good idea. Just so I can warn him, I'm guessing this will wipe the phone and he will have to re-run setup etc?
Three6ty said:
Hi,
Good idea. Just so I can warn him, I'm guessing this will wipe the phone and he will have to re-run setup etc?
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Sorry, just looked on mine and confirmed my question above. It will wipe the lot.
danmorley0702 said:
Has it got a custom ROM or stock ROM? could be due to a custom ROM maybe?
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It's a stock rom. Downloaded from the official rom thread on here
Three6ty said:
Sorry, just looked on mine and confirmed my question above. It will wipe the lot.
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yup, it wipes all user data and apps, let us know if it works after doing this
Hi,
My father did the factory reset today and it wiped his phone and he went through the new set up. However he still can't install some apps as they are still saying they do not support rooted devices. I just can't figure it out. Any ideas please guys. Thanks
Cheers, Rich
Three6ty said:
Hi,
My father did the factory reset today and it wiped his phone and he went through the new set up. However he still can't install some apps as they are still saying they do not support rooted devices. I just can't figure it out. Any ideas please guys. Thanks
Cheers, Rich
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One basic question..are you still able to go into recovery..vol up+power+home..if yes you are still rooted...you need to find your stock firmware and flash it via odin
check if it was a stock firmware your father flashed orcustom ROM o.follow this guide to do it again
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1710613
zoot1 said:
One basic question..are you still able to go into recovery..vol up+power+home..if yes you are still rooted...you need to find your stock firmware and flash it via odin
check if it was a stock firmware your father flashed orcustom ROM o.follow this guide to do it again
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1710613
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Hi,
Just tried that and the S3 will not go into recovery via volume up, power and home. Tried several times and it just powers up as normal. He has just tried his banking app and it's telling him the phone is rooted. I'm stumped on what to do.
Cheers, Rich
Sounds like maybe triangle away didnt properly remove the count, was the firmware he downloaded the official one for his phone? Was it previously branded or anything like that?
go supersu and click remove root
Three6ty said:
Hi,
Just tried that and the S3 will not go into recovery via volume up, power and home. Tried several times and it just powers up as normal. He has just tried his banking app and it's telling him the phone is rooted. I'm stumped on what to do.
Cheers, Rich
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Did you try redoing the steps mentioned in the thread??
Also clear data from that app..just a mention
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Hi,
He has superSu on the phone. Presumably it has downloaded from the play store when restoring the phone. However, he tried to uninstall it which just removed the updates. Couldn't go any further. It is now asking for updates which he has done. But when he tries to launch Super SU it says no apps configured and won't go any further. I think the fact that super su is on the phone, the apps are thinking it is rooted. I am doing this all over the phone so can't see what's happening.
I'm wondering if the way to go now would be another factory reset and when restoring everything, try not to let play store instal super su. Would this be the way to go, or can we get super su off the phone without a reset?
Cheers, Rich
Try uninstalling super su with titanium backup. Then factory reset. Are you sure you have flashed a stock ROM and not a rooted one. This doesnt sound right.
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Why not try reflashing again with original firmware via odin.
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zoot1 said:
One basic question..are you still able to go into recovery..vol up+power+home..if yes you are still rooted...
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Didn't know there was something like that. Now I am on stock and un-rooted. I can still go into the recovery by pressing vol up+power+home keys.
Hi,
Trying to do these things with him over the phone ain't easy. I may just go and get the phone and do it myself.
He does have supersu on the phone and it is working, well it's installed anyway but obviously does not do the root things as the phone is un-rooted. There is an option in supersu settings to remove root but will this work as the phone is not rooted? Question is how on earth do I remove supersu. Do i need to re-root and remove it that way?
Cheers, Rich
yldlj said:
Try uninstalling super su with titanium backup. Then factory reset. Are you sure you have flashed a stock ROM and not a rooted one. This doesnt sound right.
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Can't uninstall via Titanium backup as he is no longer rooted unless he roots the phone again. It is a stock rom. It was downloaded via the official rom thread on here.
http://www.unlimitedtips.com/2012/06/how-to-unroot-samsung-galaxy-s-3.html
This works very well for me
HI,
i have a SGSIII stock, yesterday i faced that my phone froze on splash screen, i thought that it might be restarting phone and i let it to continue
but after 30min my phone was already in splash screen!, so i toke out my battery and restarted the phone... and keeps freezing!
i also done hard reseting couple of times but it doesn't work...
What should i do right now?
AienTech said:
HI,
i have a SGSIII stock, yesterday i faced that my phone froze on splash screen, i thought that it might be restarting phone and i let it to continue
but after 30min my phone was already in splash screen!, so i toke out my battery and restarted the phone... and keeps freezing!
i also done hard reseting couple of times but it doesn't work...
What should i do right now?
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Can you access download mode?
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naathaanb96 said:
Can you access download mode?
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yes... i can
so you've done a factory reset from recovery?
I'd that didn't help, flash the latest stock ROM via Odin
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Glebun said:
so you've done a factory reset from recovery?
I'd that didn't help, flash the latest stock ROM via Odin
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Ok... factory reset doesn't help
how can i restore my ROM to default?
i've never done that before
read the basics
ok so im trying to root im following the guide in the general section. when i plug my phone in to the computer I pick MTP right? i picked MTP ran followed the prompts i hit restore data on my phone then nothing else happens? someone help please am i doing something wrong here?
also when i hit restore data it says restore started then like a second later says restore ended
armyms25 said:
also when i hit restore data it says restore started then like a second later says restore ended
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Just out of curiosity, do you have debugging checked in developer options?
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I believe this belongs in Q&A mate.
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armyms25 said:
ok so im trying to root im following the guide in the general section. when i plug my phone in to the computer I pick MTP right? i picked MTP ran followed the prompts i hit restore data on my phone then nothing else happens? someone help please am i doing something wrong here?
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Did you unlock the bootloader?
No I didn't unlock the bootloader yet. From the guide I thought it said I had to root before I unlock the bootloader? Unless I read that wrong.
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Jank4AU said:
Just out of curiosity, do you have debugging checked in developer options?
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yeah I have it checked. now its ran all the way a couple times but at the very end it says mount permisson denied. it finishes says I should have superuser then it doesnt work
I had a similar issue as well. I uninstalled the drivers and then reinstalled them and it solved the problem. Try doing that and see if it was the problem.
what kind of software are you using? e97011cc?
I uninstalled the drivers and it still didn't work. And yes I'm on e97011c
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armyms25 said:
I uninstalled the drivers and it still didn't work. And yes I'm on e97011c
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You will need to downgrade with lgnpst to root. It is in topic at top of page on irc.
http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=lg-optimus-g
Yeah you will my bad also I don't know what i was thinking lol but I ran into that same problem and I restored back to like the day I got it and then rooted it and it worked just fine lol Some time's its just like that
Hop into the IRC to get the link to LGNPST so that you can downgrade. I think theres links in the other threads like the conversion, to get the link to the stock firmware. LGNPST is not hard to use, just make sure you have all the correct drivers installed and its quick and painless
I tried to rooting. But phone did not reboot, but it loses cell net.
I reboot it manually and phone now turns on screen for a half second and turns off. And I can not use it (unlock screen is not working).
I can run it in download mode. So what can I do? Download stock ROM and flash it? BTW, what app I need to flash stock ROM?
RubberBigPepper said:
I tried to rooting. But phone did not reboot, but it loses cell net.
I reboot it manually and phone now turns on screen for a half second and turns off. And I can not use it (unlock screen is not working).
I can run it in download mode. So what can I do? Download stock ROM and flash it? BTW, what app I need to flash stock ROM?
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My friend did thus to his G as well. Screen was flickering on and off and the lock screen wouldn't open. He factory reset and was returned to out of the box like new.
Power+vol down
insanecrane said:
My friend did thus to his G as well. Screen was flickering on and off and the lock screen wouldn't open. He factory reset and was returned to out of the box like new.
Power+vol down
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Power+vol down does not reset (I tried all combination: VolUp+Power, VolDown+Power, VolDown+VolUp+Power, only last one works).
Updated: Thanks! Power+vol down almost a minute holdin resets data. Now phone is working normal.
Question: I also tried to root on E97011c and it got stuck after the restore part and nothing happened. Does this mean nothing was put on my phone? Is it possible it could become messed up now?
I don't remember accepting any ota but I'm rooted and unlocked and I am on software e90711c , I don't know if a ROM changed it or what, but I followed the guide and used the free gee app on play store to unlock boot loader. Not sure if this helps in anyway, but like I said I managed to do it and don't recall accepting any ota.
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I have a Razr XT910 (Rogers, Canada) running stock ICS 4.0.4 which I rooted using this method:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1710871
After rooting, I deleted some system apps (Rogers bloatware etc). Today, I got a notification of Jelly Bean update. After downloading, when I chose to install it, my phone restarted and at about one third of the process, restarted again and came back to ICS. And then a popup came up saying "Update failed!".
I read that this is because I touched the system folder. So I unrooted it using SuperSU app present. And then did a factory reset erasing everything from the phone. All those crap apps are back now. But when I check for system updates, it says "Your device is up to date". How do I update my phone to stock JB ?
Thanks for your help!
Wait for some time. You might get a notification again.
If in hurry..Go for manual update.
neo.ank said:
Wait for some time. You might get a notification again.
If in hurry..Go for manual update.
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I'm not in a hurry. But it got me worried when the update failed. Full unroot and factory reset is sufficient for resolving the update fail problem ?
shubham_2206 said:
I'm not in a hurry. But it got me worried when the update failed. Full unroot and factory reset is sufficient for resolving the update fail problem ?
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Did it gave you any message on failure.? As if some app missing.?
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neo.ank said:
Did it gave you any message on failure.? As if some app missing.?
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When the update installation stopped, the phone rebooted back in ICS. At that time it gave an error "Update failed". That's all.
shubham_2206 said:
When the update installation stopped, the phone rebooted back in ICS. At that time it gave an error "Update failed". That's all.
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Alright. Wait for a few days. Update servers are busy sometimes. You shall get a notification again.
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I checked for updates today and there is a 538 MB update available. I don't know what it is but it is about the right size for 4.4... I will keep you posted.
Yup
4.4.2 has arrived to the i527.
Yeap downloading now
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Indeed KK has arrived.........now what?
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i keep getting update interrupted
banks2878 said:
i keep getting update interrupted
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I failed twice now. Any chance that root could be tripping this?
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Should I full unroot with superSU? or Odin the stock firmware to update?
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I did the un root and still got the same message update interrupted it has nothing to do with the root these updates will be rolled out in a sequence just keep checking for the update not all devices will receive it at once
jadariahenley said:
I did the un root and still got the same message update interrupted it has nothing to do with the root these updates will be rolled out in a sequence just keep checking for the update not all devices will receive it at once
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so if its not root do you think everyone is getting this message? im on net10, and im rooted
deadpigeons said:
so if its not root do you think everyone is getting this message? im on net10, and im rooted
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I rooted aswell, im on t mobile I was thinking it was being interrupted because i don't have at at&t sim in. not sure
deadpigeons said:
so if its not root do you think everyone is getting this message? im on net10, and im rooted
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I unrooted and am presently downloading the update. 23mb and 500 or so more to go.
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banks2878 said:
I rooted aswell, im on t mobile I was thinking it was being interrupted because i don't have at at&t sim in. not sure
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Yes... This happened to me with a ptel sim in the phone. I put my att sim in and that update interrupted message doesn't appear.
43 mb and counting! 128mb...that's 25%
sashusmom said:
I unrooted and am presently downloading the update. 23mb and 500 or so more to go.
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Yes... This happened to me with a ptel sim in the phone. I put my att sim in and that update interrupted message doesn't appear.
43 mb and counting!
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hope everything works out 4 you .. I dunno what to do because I don't have or know anybody who has at&t
banks2878 said:
hope everything works out 4 you .. I dunno what to do because I don't have or know anybody who has at&t
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See if you can get a go phone sim..You don't have to activate...The phone just needs an att sim to catch the update. At least I think so. An att store should just give you a go phone sim. Tell them you don't have the phone with you and will set it up at home.
57% downloaded. And still going....
Did some reading and read reports of updating with root successful, so after waiting over an hour for 100% download, I restored root and tried to install. Install failed after 25 % downloaded Starting again and will unroot before the install.
Unrooted with voodoo. Stalled at 28%.
3rd times a charm..... Unrooted via supersu. Update installed fine. Now trying Kingo.
sashusmom said:
See if you can get a go phone sim..You don't have to activate...The phone just needs an att sim to catch the update. At least I think so. An att store should just give you a go phone sim. Tell them you don't have the phone with you and will set it up at home.
57% downloaded. And still going....
Did some reading and read reports of updating with root successful, so after waiting over an hour for 100% download, I restored root and tried to install. Install failed after 25 % downloaded Starting again and will unroot before the install.
Unrooted with voodoo. Stalled at 28%.
3rd times a charm..... Unrooted via supersu. Update installed fine. Now trying Kingo.
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Please let us know if kingo works after the update.
Thanks
alarmguy48195 said:
Please let us know if kingo works after the update.
Thanks
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OK. It took 3 tries to get kitkat. I ended up with unrooting via supersu. I was able to DL the update, and was able to successfully install te update to 4.4.2. I tried to reroot via voodoo. No Go which I expected. I reinstalled supersu, No go..... I tried kingo..... several times....maybe 3, then my phone rebooted and showed this screen.
I am not rooted according to supersu and rootchecker, However, it looks like my bootloader is unlocked.
sashusmom said:
OK. It took 3 tries to get kitkat. I ended up with unrooting via supersu. I was able to DL the update, and was able to successfully install te update to 4.4.2. I tried to reroot via voodoo. No Go which I expected. I reinstalled supersu, No go..... I tried kingo..... several times....maybe 3, then my phone rebooted and showed this screen.
I am not rooted according to supersu and rootchecker, However, it looks like my bootloader is unlocked.
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That happened to me a couple times on the 4.2 software when i was using xposed.
i unrooted mine via supersu and still no luck im going to try again
from time to time my mega will show that lock unlocked and say custom and im still on 4.2.2
tried like 5 times still nothing stopped at 28%, gonna flash original firmware again via odin and try that way tonight
sns2k7 said:
tried like 5 times still nothing stopped at 28%, gonna flash original firmware again via odin and try that way tonight
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Stopped downloading or stopped installing? Mine stopped installing cause I was rooted, and unrooted thru voodoo. I needed to unroot via supersu.
Update installed after unrooting, but now I am not rooted on kitkat and Kingo does not work.