Hello mates,i'm having an issue with my device,and i was told to ask here for help,first things first,I'm sorry if i'm breaking any rules,because this is a massive site/forum organization and I think i'm posting in the right place/section.
Okay,here's my issue,recently i've purchased a Samsung Galaxy S3 from some dude,and recently,i've decided to update it to 4.1.2 as i believe it is the official Samsung update. However,the previous owner seem to have done something to it and it says that it can't be updated because the status of the device is now modified. I've looked it up on youtube,and successfully "unrooted" it. After that i've restored the phone to it's factory settings,removing all my pictures,music and all data in general. However my device's condition remains Modified and unable to update. I was just wondering,how do i do that,without risking to break the device. Again,i don't care about the data on the device(none left) and I only want the official stuff from Samsung that is supposed to be safe. I apreciate any info on this matter and ask you to use simple words as i'm not a pro when it comes to phone software/os. Ty
i have nearly the same problem
okay ive had my samsung galaxy s3 4g for about 4 months now and its a i9305 model, i came aross this rooting stuff on youtube and i thought i might give it ago seeming it looked cool so i tried to root my device, i did the root but it didnt work right cause i went too use a rooted app and my device wasnting rooted but it was modified and now i have no network or carrier it doesnt read my sim card...
i really need help if anyone has the answer please reply to my post!
191147 said:
Hello mates,i'm having an issue with my device,and i was told to ask here for help,first things first,I'm sorry if i'm breaking any rules,because this is a massive site/forum organization and I think i'm posting in the right place/section.
Okay,here's my issue,recently i've purchased a Samsung Galaxy S3 from some dude,and recently,i've decided to update it to 4.1.2 as i believe it is the official Samsung update. However,the previous owner seem to have done something to it and it says that it can't be updated because the status of the device is now modified. I've looked it up on youtube,and successfully "unrooted" it. After that i've restored the phone to it's factory settings,removing all my pictures,music and all data in general. However my device's condition remains Modified and unable to update. I was just wondering,how do i do that,without risking to break the device. Again,i don't care about the data on the device(none left) and I only want the official stuff from Samsung that is supposed to be safe. I apreciate any info on this matter and ask you to use simple words as i'm not a pro when it comes to phone software/os. Ty
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The modified status is removed using an app "Triangle Away" BEFORE unrooting. Did the video mention that?
rootSU said:
The modified status is removed using an app "Triangle Away" BEFORE unrooting. Did the video mention that?
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No,just "SuperSU" for unrooting. Is your "Triangle Away" Safe?
Edit: After fully understanding your comment,what am i suppose to do now? Root it again,then use Triangle then unroot it? If it is of any meaning,I also have this "CWM" Icon that stayed after factory reset,and i've had it since i bought the phone,it looks like a settings button,but doesn't really fit in the other icons,full name is CWM Manager and i believe i was able to open it,but now says. "CWM Manager needs SuperUser access to function ! If you have SU Installed ,make sure CWM Manager is not blocked, then reboot and try again", i have SuperUserSU but when i try to open it is says "There is no SU binary installed and SuperSU cannot install it. This is a problem" Both of these apps worked before the unroot so i'm thinking it's connected somehow. Noteon't need these 2 apps to work.just want android update
191147 said:
No,just "SuperSU" for unrooting. Is your "Triangle Away" Safe?
Edit: After fully understanding your comment,what am i suppose to do now? Root it again,then use Triangle then unroot it? If it is of any meaning,I also have this "CWM" Icon that stayed after factory reset,and i've had it since i bought the phone,it looks like a settings button,but doesn't really fit in the other icons,full name is CWM Manager and i believe i was able to open it,but now says. "CWM Manager needs SuperUser access to function ! If you have SU Installed ,make sure CWM Manager is not blocked, then reboot and try again", i have SuperUserSU but when i try to open it is says "There is no SU binary installed and SuperSU cannot install it. This is a problem" Both of these apps worked before the unroot so i'm thinking it's connected somehow. Noteon't need these 2 apps to work.just want android update
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Well to get a fully Stock phone you can Root it, use Triangle Away like rootSU suggested to get the official Status back (also check Download mode), then Just flash a Stock Samsung Firmware via Odin. This will unroot your device since you are flashing the Stock Kernel with the Firmware. Afterwards you should have a unrooted Stock device with an official Status. Odin will also automatically Wipe your device`s Apps + Data.
Scarface1991 said:
Well to get a fully Stock phone you can Root it, use Triangle Away like rootSU suggested to get the official Status back (also check Download mode), then Just flash a Stock Samsung Firmware via Odin. This will unroot your device since you are flashing the Stock Kernel with the Firmware. Afterwards you should have a unrooted Stock device with an official Status. Odin will also automatically Wipe your device`s Apps + Data.
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Okay mate,i was afraid i was gonna destroy my device,but i overcame that fear,and watched a tutorial on youtube on how to root your device,it had 96% positive feedback (based on likes) and i felt confident. But when i entered the odin mode on my device,shortly after the begining a problem occured. Do you know that orange box that is suppose to appear in Odin on your desktop? The one that says COM5 or something? Well,I didn't get that,it was just an empty white box like the other 4-5 boxes next to it. Apreciate answers
191147 said:
Okay mate,i was afraid i was gonna destroy my device,but i overcame that fear,and watched a tutorial on youtube on how to root your device,it had 96% positive feedback (based on likes) and i felt confident. But when i entered the odin mode on my device,shortly after the begining a problem occured. Do you know that orange box that is suppose to appear in Odin on your desktop? The one that says COM5 or something? Well,I didn't get that,it was just an empty white box like the other 4-5 boxes next to it. Apreciate answers
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Well that could be a indication that you either don`t have the USB Drivers installed or that USB Debugging isn`t turned on on your device.
Do you have the latest version of Kies installed?
Turn on USB Debugging on your device if it`s turned off and try again.
I recently rooted my phone using method 3 (root from stock recovery) from:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2217840
It kind of worked and i was able to run the root applications.
But then i decided to unroot and did so from superSU's unroot option.
It worked and i dont see rooted anywhere (no triangle or flash counter)
except when i try to update. It says "your device has been modified. Software upgrades are unavailable"
Now im facing battery problems with my phone and want to go for replacement since its under warrenty. So my questions is would they be able to find out i rooted it and deny me replacement ?
Rooting doesn't shows any special effects to your phone but its required for some apps. And about battery problems, try to check new battery from the market
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Check in your device specific forum.
Chainfire's app Triangle Away could restore your system status to official (but requires root). And make sure its compatible with your device.
Hi, for the past months, ive been having trouble updating my s3 from 4.3 to whatever thr next update is. I rooted my phone but then unrooted it by super su, i then confirmed it by downloading root checker and it said my phone is not rooted. However, i still had access to xposed installer. I thought xposed installer only worked when rooted. Its weird. Whenever i go to settings and click system update, it undergos the process but then all of a sudden the android guys like dead and it says "error" also my battery life is charging super slow and i think its cause the system update i cant download
Help pleaseeeeee
Thanks!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...ck-updates-t1710613/post27407556#post27407556 follow this guide ,also you need to download triangle away to set your binary count to default . Did you checked if in download mode it says official ?
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Hi, for the past months, ive been having trouble updating my s3 from 4.3 to whatever thr next update is. I rooted my phone but then unrooted it by super su, i then confirmed it by downloading root checker and it said my phone is not rooted. However, i still had access to xposed installer. I thought xposed installer only worked when rooted. Its weird. Whenever i go to settings and click system update, it undergos the process but then all of a sudden the android guys like dead and it says "error" also my battery life is charging super slow and i think its cause the system update i cant download
Help pleaseeeeee
Thanks!
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1. re-root it;
2. use triangle away, whatever else to make it official in download mode
3. forget about unrooting. Perform factory reset.
4. flash the resurrection ROM (factory mode ROM), 5 files, with PIt and repartitioning
effect: you;re clean, stock and ready for OTA.
I really did not know what to title this, here goes:
I have a Verizon SGS 4 (SCH-I545), running stock 4.4.2, no custom recovery (am currently running the stock recovery B.S.), bootloader I545VRUFNK4, build ID KOT49H.I545VRUFNK4, release date 4/26/13 & have been rooted with KingRoot V. 4.8.0135 and is unlocked (haven't really any idea what that means, upon boot-up it shows an unlocked lock icon and says CUSTOM, the dealer I bought it from, just a shop where they buy & sell new/used phones, said that it is unlocked for use on any carrier I want.)
Now I don't know how important, if at all, all of that is but I want to update to the most up-to-date OS, reroot & maybe start flashing new custom roms.
The problem is I don't have access to a computer without install restrictions, meaning I can download things but I can't install them without admin name & password trying it directly from the settings (Settings/More/Software update) it keeps saying service unavailable...
I'm lost, is there any way to update via stock recovery or install a custom recovery (TWRP/CWM) via stock recovery or a root app?
I would suggest you to upgrade your phone with a custom rom, elseway if you do it with any official update your bootloader will be upgraded and there are a lot of cons with that.
We cannot have TWRP, CWM or other recovery (thanks to the bootloader), so the best you can do it's getting SafeStrap and then flash any of these custom roms:
stang5litre Ediition 5.0
Albe95 S6 FULL PORT 4.7
Albe95 ASTRA v2 Note 5 PORT
(I listed those because you want to update your phone). You can find SafeStrap and the roms in Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development sub-forum
SafeStrap must not be compatible with my phone cause I tried to use it multiple times but it is not installing any recovery, I'm still stuck on stock recovery.
AlphaTekk said:
SafeStrap must not be compatible with my phone cause I tried to use it multiple times but it is not installing any recovery, I'm still stuck on stock recovery.
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I'm in the same bootloader so you should be able to install it, you just need SuperSU as your superuser app and busybox
Busybox, ya, I have it and ran it but KingRoot installed it's own supersu thing and it won't let me switch, if there'sa way to switch to supersu from the Play store, how?
The recovery is being overwritten by a script in the system. The title of the file is..
Install.recovery.sh
Rename this file with adding ".bak" then reinstall safestrap
Sent from my SCH-I545 using Tapatalk
I searched Root Explorer but have no idea where this is found, maybe you could point me in the right direction.
Ok, my phone's settings say I545VRUFNK1 for baseband but the build number says KOT49H.I545VRUFNK4 and Samsung Smart Switch comes up with FNK4 (VZW)! It is a Verizon SCH-I545 but how can I update it without Smart Switch cause it keeps saying its up to date?
Can I use Odin and what recovery would I use with Odin?
I wanted to change my boot animation but read and write access doesn't work and after click ok after it saying failed it Magisk says given (Example: Zarchiver) superuser rights but it still wont work and keeps giving root access multiple times when i grant it forever
Edit: I also used magisk custom rom and used odin to apply it to my phone so it says it's not running samsung official software
Plz Someone
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