So I want to go back to stock unrooted on my SCH-I545. I restored my stock rom nandroid like the various threads here say to do. And it does seem to be stock software again. Or I should say I have all of my bloatware and stock look back again. But I have two problems now. First is that the about phone still says synergy rom in the about phone section of the settings and it still has the synergy boot screen. Second it is still rooted.
How do I go about completing the process to get it back unrooted and stock? Or does anyone know of a step by step guide to doing this?
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So I want to go back to stock unrooted on my SCH-I545. I restored my stock rom nandroid like the various threads here say to do. And it does seem to be stock software again. Or I should say I have all of my bloatware and stock look back again. But I have two problems now. First is that the about phone still says synergy rom in the about phone section of the settings and it still has the synergy boot screen. Second it is still rooted.
How do I go about completing the process to get it back unrooted and stock? Or does anyone know of a step by step guide to doing this?
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Doing a nadroid wont remove root because you had root when you made it. When I need to return my phone to bonestock and unrooted I odin. It takes care of everything in one shot. The stock images arw posted in the dev section.
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Thanks. I appreciate the help. I think I have it back to stack and unrooted. It is now wanting to push an update. I have not accepted it yet, but will because i need to take it back to Verizon.
hexitnow said:
Doing a nadroid wont remove root because you had root when you made it. When I need to return my phone to bonestock and unrooted I odin. It takes care of everything in one shot. The stock images arw posted in the dev section.
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When I rooted about a month ago or so. Just before I added a new kernel, Rom and than theme; I did a backup of my stock. Than a few more backups of my phone as I was customizing my phone. But when I tried to restore my phone back to stock. That restore didn't work but the others did. My question is; is there a way to return to stock? Without having to do a factory reset and listing all my stuff?
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Check it
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1009423
Oh ok... Thanks, so just un root it basically. Got it.
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you could also install the plain jane rom. its basically a rom that is rooted stock. heres the link --> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1030608. dont ever un root! its a huge pain and usually completely un necessary
Thanks that sounds even better thanks for the help guys.
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dak_181 said:
dont ever un root! its a huge pain
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It's really not that much of a pain. I've rooted and unrooted my Tbolt twice since I've had it, once to take it to VZW and once to try to fix a hotspot issue. When you're comfortable with adb, unrooting/rooting only takes about 15 or 20 minutes. The longest part is waiting for the files to download.
Unrooting, for me at least, is a way to start fresh after I've flashed so many kernals and so many roms that I forget where I'm even at
If your going for a fresh start then un rooting could be right for you. i,however, like my multiple Roms and kernels i keep pretty good track of them with ROM manager. if anything ever happens i just load the backup i made of the stock settings right after i rooted
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It's really not that much of a pain. I've rooted and unrooted my Tbolt twice since I've had it, once to take it to VZW and once to try to fix a hotspot issue. When you're comfortable with adb, unrooting/rooting only takes about 15 or 20 minutes. The longest part is waiting for the files to download.
Unrooting, for me at least, is a way to start fresh after I've flashed so many kernals and so many roms that I forget where I'm even at
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Keep the files and you can do it in 10. The longest thing is flashing the RUUs.
But if I had a problem like this I'd either go to a new ROM and start over or go back to stock and start entirely over.
Before I do anything else to screw this up!
I'm sitting at an exclamation in a triangle
here what I did..
1. installed stock/rooted rom
2. used clean flash to put on stock recovery
3. ran OTA Keeper to back up root
4. downloaded and started OTA update
it then rebooted and began but then Red Exclamation In A Triangle
anyone know where I should go or what I should do from here?
Thanks.
If your pc detects the phone- you'll prob have to do an ruu.exe to get it totally stock and then start over.. I did it earlier but I was having a diff problem (stuck in hboot)-- never got triangle/exclamation. I used the ruu from scottsroms (1.02.605.6).
yeah ok... I'll look into that. I haven't turned it back on yet.. Thanks
Just realized i forgot to "un-root" with the OTAKeeper app... I'm hoping that's what I did wrong. It booted back to where i was and said the update failed. So... I'm a tryin' again.
Thanks for the reply.. One can feel soooo alone when making mistakes
There's some other information in the OTA threads in "general" of others that have had the red triangle and were able to work around it.. I didn't read the specifics but check in there.
das0527 said:
7. Enjoy OTAed, unlocked, rooted kickassness of my Rezound while bouncing off the walls waiting for ICS.
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Why wait?
I'm going to run through those steps later and check out the other threads. I'm able to get back to my phone as the update looks to of just been aborted....
If you guys don't have wives, keep it that way, I want to work on this all day but...... so I'll check in later and post how it goes. I don't see why those steps won't work though... Thanks a ton guys.
I planned on waiting until the official build of ICS & Sense is released OTA, especially after today's news about the new features in Sense 4.0, which I'm actually extremely impressed with.
Cool- well I'm sure you've already read elsewhere- but you can't really go wrong w/ any of the custom ics roms in the dev section. If you can handle a very occasional screen flicker every once in a while they're pretty much perfect.
reggie cheeks said:
Before I do anything else to screw this up!
I'm sitting at an exclamation in a triangle
here what I did..
1. installed stock/rooted rom
2. used clean flash to put on stock recovery
3. ran OTA Keeper to back up root
4. downloaded and started OTA update
it then rebooted and began but then Red Exclamation In A Triangle
anyone know where I should go or what I should do from here?
Thanks.
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Did you lock the bootloader?
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No. I didn't. That was my mistake. Dumb of me. I'm gonna do the ruu and start over later, I'm out n about.
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Why lock the bootloader? There are a bunch of us who were able to successfully OTA without doing so. My radios are all updated as well as the OS. If you debloated, you need to reenable the bloat prior. No need to unroot either.
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Why lock the bootloader? There are a bunch of us who were able to successfully OTA without doing so. My radios are all updated as well as the OS. If you debloated, you need to reenable the bloat prior. No need to unroot either.
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Had Ineffabilis from 12/29, was great, put Clean ICS on it from 1/24, worked well except for the bluetooth pain in the patookie. (and I use bluetooth ALOT)...
I flashed back to GB, I have Team Bamf on mine right now because it included the kernel. I am getting ready to put clean rom on it with the new main ver but I would like to put the new radio's on it first.
Can I put the new radio's on it without going through the steps above (flash stock, re lock, ruu, ota update, unlock, flash, etc) and if so how?
Thanks!
Figured it out. Gonna make a post.
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Why lock the bootloader? There are a bunch of us who were able to successfully OTA without doing so. My radios are all updated as well as the OS. If you debloated, you need to reenable the bloat prior. No need to unroot either.
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Right now I'm on Vigor Stock Rooted WWE 1.02.605.6 Deodexed . That's my mistake, right? I've got all the bloat.
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It's possible the deodexed part of it is the problem.
Do you have a nandroid made from right after you flashed Amon Ra recovery? Also, did you flash a stock recovery or do you still have Amon Ra? It won't work unless you have stock recovery.
If you don't have a nand, you can either run RUU (if you don't have the updated mainver issue) or have a look in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1467329
con247 has made a stock ROM with the OTA in it so you don't have to download the update.
There aren't any instructions on what to do with the file you download and I didn't use his method so I can't really help but hopefully you'll get it. I don't remember it being spelled out in the thread anywhere which is why I decided it was just as easy for me to use my nand and flash a stock kernel and recovery and download it myself.
I had stock recovery and kernel at the time I ran the update. I've since went back to amon and I've downloaded vigor ota stock rooted and I was about to try that.
Oh and...I'm pretty sure my earliest back up was not my original, I think I made the mistake of flashing a Rom before my first backup
I do however really wish I had some instructions for the vigorotastockrooted.
& one last thing.. Ive never had mainver update.
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Yeah, I wish there were instructions for that stock + OTA too.
The OTA will update your mainver but to the official release that is in the OTA. Just so you know, I can now not flash the dbs kernel I was using before because I'm getting a "mainver is older" message.
I was trying to reflash kernels because my wifi is not working now, when I select "turn on wifi" that changes to "error". I had restored my nand of the Innedfabilis ROM I made right before reverting to stock and updating with the OTA. Just mentioning it since I'm posting here to try to help you and I guess it's just full disclosure.
Hmm. I'm thinking of sticking pre-ota as well, at least until I feel more confident about it. Thanks
Edit.... I ended up using con's vigorOta and xtreme tools (for simpler lock/relock) to update . Thanks for the help/insight!
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Hello everyone. I recently purchased the Rezound to test it out and see if I liked it. I have made the decision to send it back and keep my upgrade. I restored a nandroid backup that I made of stock rooted. I thought I was golden and would only need to remove the root apps and re-lock the phone. I went to turn the wifi on and received the "error". I've tried the steps at this link (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=21442702&postcount=3) but I cannot get into recovery to do steps 1 through 3 first. My update to 2.01.605.11 happened immediately once I activated the phone so I am on the newest version.
Is there a way I can get my phone back to 100% stock out of the box? I understand that it will show as "re-locked", but from what I have read that wont be a problem when I return it. I came from the Droid X2 where we could SBF back to stock through RSD.
I should have known better than to begin rooting and modding before I was sure I was going to keep the phone.
Thank you all in advance for your help with this and I hope you all have a blessed day.
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Hello everyone. I recently purchased the Rezound to test it out and see if I liked it. I have made the decision to send it back and keep my upgrade. I restored a nandroid backup that I made of stock rooted. I thought I was golden and would only need to remove the root apps and re-lock the phone. I went to turn the wifi on and received the "error". I've tried the steps at this link (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=21442702&postcount=3) but I cannot get into recovery to do steps 1 through 3 first. My update to 2.01.605.11 happened immediately once I activated the phone so I am on the newest version.
Is there a way I can get my phone back to 100% stock out of the box? I understand that it will show as "re-locked", but from what I have read that wont be a problem when I return it. I came from the Droid X2 where we could SBF back to stock through RSD.
I should have known better than to begin rooting and modding before I was sure I was going to keep the phone.
Thank you all in advance for your help with this and I hope you all have a blessed day.
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The RUU is the closest we have to SBF. Can you do a battery pull and get into HBOOT? If so then you can still run the RUU after you deal with the mainver problem. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1467099
Here is the stock rooted rom. If you dont want to mess with the mainver and ruu.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1467329
Thanks guys. I kept fooling with my phone while waiting on your replies. I now have followed steps 1 and 2 in the link I provided above. I formatted my system in recovery as it stated. I am now in recovery but cannot select either of my two nandroid backups. I'm afraid to shut down or reboot. What now?
I'm ready to go back to my X2 where I know what I am doing!
Romans8vs1 said:
Thanks guys. I kept fooling with my phone while waiting on your replies. I now have followed steps 1 and 2 in the link I provided above. I formatted my system in recovery as it stated. I am now in recovery but cannot select either of my two nandroid backups. I'm afraid to shut down or reboot. What now?
I'm ready to go back to my X2 where I know what I am doing!
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In the Vigor rom collection on the development selection they now have posted the most recent RUU based on the OTA so you can flash that and you will be back to stock. Just have to be relocked and on stock recovery.
I updated to the latest release (on purpose - possibly looking to sell for the One) and would like to go back completely stock. I can't go into Odin Mode anymore, I'm assuming because I flashed a custom recovery when I was rooted and installed CleanROM. How exactly would I go back to stock on this phone? I'd like it to be basically how it would be if I bought it new. If anyone can help I would greatly appreciate it.
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I updated to the latest release (on purpose - possibly looking to sell for the One) and would like to go back completely stock. I can't go into Odin Mode anymore, I'm assuming because I flashed a custom recovery when I was rooted and installed CleanROM. How exactly would I go back to stock on this phone? I'd like it to be basically how it would be if I bought it new. If anyone can help I would greatly appreciate it.
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I believe you'll have to root it again, flash the backup of the initial stock rooted rom that you backed up before installing custom rom, and THEN unroot.
Based on your responses in the other thread it sounds like you can get into Odin mode. Have you actually confirmed that you can't get past the screen with the "Custom OS" message?
durrell12 said:
Based on your responses in the other thread it sounds like you can get into Odin mode. Have you actually confirmed that you can't get past the screen with the "Custom OS" message?
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Yeah, I tried the tips from the other thread and I can finally get into stock recovery. I kept getting the "download custom os" message if I held down the home button, too. I couldn't ever get it to boot into recovery if just pressed Vol Up/Power. Apparently I was letting go of the buttons a hair too late. I was afraid it was jacked up. Thanks for your response.
Cool. Good to hear.
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Hey guys, has anyone had this issue where your camera refuses to focus on anything further away than say about 6 inches? It can focus just fine close up, but beyond that it's garbage. It goes through the 'animation' of focusing, turns red like i can't focus, and doesn't actually adjust the focus at all. It started in about October and has persisted through 3 or 4 ROMs and various camera APKs.
Has anyone replaced their camera before? I doubt verizon would trade me for a new phone seeing as I've rooted it and flashed a lot of ROMs on it. What should I do? What have you done if this has happened to you? This thread outlines exactly the same thing I'm experiencing and seems as they've concluded it's hardware failure.
Thoughts?
Bump in hopes of someone's experience or advice.
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Hey guys, has anyone had this issue where your camera refuses to focus on anything further away than say about 6 inches? It can focus just fine close up, but beyond that it's garbage. It goes through the 'animation' of focusing, turns red like i can't focus, and doesn't actually adjust the focus at all. It started in about October and has persisted through 3 or 4 ROMs and various camera APKs.
Has anyone replaced their camera before? I doubt verizon would trade me for a new phone seeing as I've rooted it and flashed a lot of ROMs on it. What should I do? What have you done if this has happened to you? This thread outlines exactly the same thing I'm experiencing and seems as they've concluded it's hardware failure.
Thoughts?
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I think you're right on the hardware issue. You could always use ODIN to restore the phone back to stock and turn it in for replacement. Verizon can't tell the difference as long as you restore it with the proper factory image. Bad thing is, replacement will probably come locked down with the currently unlockable 4.3 bootloader. At the very least you can restore it with ODIN just to see if it helps the focus issue.
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Jiggabitties said:
I think you're right on the hardware issue. You could always use ODIN to restore the phone back to stock and turn it in for replacement. Verizon can't tell the difference as long as you restore it with the proper factory image. Bad thing is, replacement will probably come locked down with the currently unlockable 4.3 bootloader. At the very least you can restore it with ODIN just to see if it helps the focus issue.
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Yeah, i think I might try going back to stock. I wanted to a little while ago just to remember what it was like having a stock system, but I can't find all the files I need. Wasn't there a sticky with Odin and all the right files in one thread? Thought it was stickied, but either I'm blind, or I'm not finding it.
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Nvm, I'm an idiot
falkon114 said:
Yeah, i think I might try going back to stock. I wanted to a little while ago just to remember what it was like having a stock system, but I can't find all the files I need. Wasn't there a sticky with Odin and all the right files in one thread? Thought it was stickied, but either I'm blind, or I'm not finding it.
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Nvm, I'm an idiot
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Yeah sometimes I go back to stock for a day or two just to remind myself why crack flashing is so worth it. But sometimes it's just needed to iron out some bugs. I was having radio issues not too long ago, tried different roms and radios and couldn't fix it. Flashed back to stock, worked like a charm. Haven't had an issue since.
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Yeah sometimes I go back to stock for a day or two just to remind myself why crack flashing is so worth it. But sometimes it's just needed to iron out some bugs. I was having radio issues not too long ago, tried different roms and radios and couldn't fix it. Flashed back to stock, worked like a charm. Haven't had an issue since.
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Alright, so I remember having some problems when I was first rooting/modifying/Custom recovery-ing...
Couple questions.
1. I use TWRP as my recovery of choice. Can I backup my current ROM as is and store it through there like I normally would when going to a new ROM in case I want to after I go back to stock? Or will going back to stock completely erase all saved ROM images?
If I go back to stock, can I boot into TWRP again like I do now, or is there some process I'll need to follow again to be able to flash my current ROM image? Should I flash the Root66 stock VRALJB 4.1.1 (12/2/12) in the previously linked thread so I can still use custom recovery?
What else should I know? I've become quite good and confident in flashing ROMs, but I'm nervous going back to stock since it seems easier to brick it/lock it down. I remember when I first downloaded and tried installing TWRP, it showed that infamous Yellow Triangle saying the device found unauthorized software and to take it to Verizon, and I remember spending hours trying to flash things to get past that, I don't want to have to deal with that again.
falkon114 said:
Alright, so I remember having some problems when I was first rooting/modifying/Custom recovery-ing...
Couple questions.
1. I use TWRP as my recovery of choice. Can I backup my current ROM as is and store it through there like I normally would when going to a new ROM in case I want to after I go back to stock? Or will going back to stock completely erase all saved ROM images?
If I go back to stock, can I boot into TWRP again like I do now, or is there some process I'll need to follow again to be able to flash my current ROM image? Should I flash the Root66 stock VRALJB 4.1.1 (12/2/12) in the previously linked thread so I can still use custom recovery?
What else should I know? I've become quite good and confident in flashing ROMs, but I'm nervous going back to stock since it seems easier to brick it/lock it down. I remember when I first downloaded and tried installing TWRP, it showed that infamous Yellow Triangle saying the device found unauthorized software and to take it to Verizon, and I remember spending hours trying to flash things to get past that, I don't want to have to deal with that again.
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Yes, backup your current ROM, if you use the root66 Odin image it should not erase anything you have stored. But to be safe, I would copy your TWRP backup to either an external SD or to your computer for safe keeping. TWRP should survive, as long as you use root66, the others will overwrite recovery and lock the bootloader.
The only reason you should ever get the "Yellow Triangle", or trip any sort of security is if you attempt to install a custom recovery or ROM while the bootloader remains locked, or, you attempted to install the recovery via ODIN.
The most important thing here is, whatever you do, under any circumstance, DO NOT accept any OTA updates. As long as you don't accept the 4.3 OTA, you should be able to keep your TWRP.
You may want to try this flashable version of the stock VRAMC3 before you resort to ODIN http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2261478
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Yes, backup your current ROM, if you use the root66 Odin image it should not erase anything you have stored. But to be safe, I would copy your TWRP backup to either an external SD or to your computer for safe keeping. TWRP should survive, as long as you use root66, the others will overwrite recovery and lock the bootloader.
The only reason you should ever get the "Yellow Triangle", or trip any sort of security is if you attempt to install a custom recovery or ROM while the bootloader remains locked, or, you attempted to install the recovery via ODIN.
The most important thing here is, whatever you do, under any circumstance, DO NOT accept any OTA updates. As long as you don't accept the 4.3 OTA, you should be able to keep your TWRP.
You may want to try this flashable version of the stock VRAMC3 before you resort to ODIN http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2261478
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Thanks. I tried the last link there, and am back to relatively stock and still have the camera issue.
I'm excited for the 4.3 update to be hacked since I would really, really like multi-window and SNote capabilities on my 4.3 ROM, but who knows when that might happen.
Thanks for you help man!
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Thanks. I tried the last link there, and am back to relatively stock and still have the camera issue.
I'm excited for the 4.3 update to be hacked since I would really, really like multi-window and SNote capabilities on my 4.3 ROM, but who knows when that might happen.
Thanks for you help man!
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Glad I could help in any way. Bummer about your camera.