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I need to unroot cause I need to send my phone into warranty cause of some horizontal line screen issue
I have downloaded official 4.1.2 firmware from official samsung website , I am currently running CM 9.1 ( 4.0.4) ,as I read from the forums If I flash the official firmware my phone will be unrooted right?
Also from what I read from the forums I only need to flash the tar file right? I don't need anything to do with the SS_DL.dll ?
Also if you could give me some warnings so I don't brick my phone or anything like that would be really helpful
PS:I would install it by Kies but it does not recognize my phone ,I still have it installed(kies)
universal34 said:
If I flash the official firmware my phone will be unrooted right?
Also from what I read from the forums I only need to flash the tar file right? I don't need anything to do with the SS_DL.dll ?
Also if you could give me some warnings so I don't brick my phone or anything like that would be really helpful
PS:I would install it by Kies but it does not recognize my phone ,I still have it installed(kies)
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Do not uninstall Kies, as it uninstalls the drivers required for Odin to work. However, u must exit any instance of Kies running in the Windows Task Manager.
Flashing official firmware will unroot your phone. But if your binary counter has been tripped, u will need to reset it. You will also have to remove the yellow triangle on booting, if any.
Yes, just flash the .tar.md5 file in the PDA box.
For more info on flashing via Odin, see this guide.
Here is a warning about the eMMC Brickbug on 4.0.4.
Don't forget to backup your EFS folder.
"To err is human, to forgive is divine"
Sent from my SGS II
For avoiding emmc brick bug i used siyah kernel, look it up or just google for emmc brick bug free kernels
Three more questions
1.How do I know if I need my binary counter to be reset?
2.Do I remove triange now or after I flash the official ROM? (my logic is now)
3.Any information if the 4.1.2 has the hardbrick bug?
universal34 said:
Three more questions
1.How do I know if I need my binary counter to be reset?
2.Do I remove triange now or after I flash the official ROM? (my logic is now)
3.Any information if the 4.1.2 has the hardbrick bug?
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1. Go to Download mode and see for yourself
2. Flashing the stock firmware automatically removes yellow triangle. But to remove it manually, you can use Triangle Away app (which requires root), or purchase a USB Jig.
3. No brickbug issues known with 4.1.2.
"To err is human, to forgive is divine"
Sent from my SGS II
So If there's no brickbug with the JB ,that means I should do the standard things before installing a new rom ( delete cache ,data,delvik cache ) ,cause I tried to install the official ROM and have not done neither of those things and I was stuck in a bootloop ,I now rerooted it and installed CM10
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So If there's no brickbug with the JB ,that means I should do the standard things before installing a new rom ( delete cache ,data,delvik cache ) ,cause I tried to install the official ROM and have not done neither of those things and I was stuck in a bootloop ,I now rerooted it and installed CM10
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Yup, no risk with JB. Or with custom 4.0.4 roms having safe kernels.
Bootloops are common after flashinga different OS version. A factory reset would sort it out.
"To err is human, to forgive is divine"
Sent from my SGS II
immortalneo said:
Yup, no risk with JB. Or with custom 4.0.4 roms having safe kernels.
Bootloops are common after flashinga different OS version. A factory reset would sort it out.
"To err is human, to forgive is divine"
Sent from my SGS II
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Thanks mate ,it worked with ,back to the ****ty UI but hope the warranty guys won't notice I had my phone rooted
(PS: I installed it from CM10 latest nightly ,deleted cache/data/dalvik before installation ,writing this just in case anyone want to do the same thing as I)
universal34 said:
Thanks mate ,it worked with ,back to the ****ty UI but hope the warranty guys won't notice I had my phone rooted
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He he..
Please add [SOLVED] to the title of ur post then.
"To err is human, to forgive is divine"
Sent from my SGS II
I updated my Galaxy S2 GT-I9100 to Jelly Bean via Kies. It worked fine for 10 days and yesterday night when I was switching Wi-Fi off, it hanged. So I pulled off the battery and after that it got stuck on boot screen. I am able to get in to download mode but not to recovery mode. I flashed the phone with Official JB rom available at sam mobiles using Odin but the problem still persists. Can someone help me in reviving my phone
Had u done factory reset after flashing the update?
Since u have download mode only, ur only option would be to flash a stock firmware via odin.
"To err is human, to forgive is divine"
Sent from my SGS II
immortalneo said:
Had u done factory reset after flashing the update?
Since u have download mode only, ur only option would be to flash a stock firmware via odin.
"To err is human, to forgive is divine"
Sent from my SGS II
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When I updated for first time using Kies, i didn't. After flashing via Odin, I can't factory reset as it's not going to recovery mode. I used stock firmware available at Sam mobiles only to flash. Please guide me what to do next?
konquerror said:
When I updated for first time using Kies, i didn't. After flashing via Odin, I can't factory reset as it's not going to recovery mode. I used stock firmware available at Sam mobiles only to flash. Please guide me what to do next?
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Sorry, read ur first post really fast. Didn't notice that u already flashed stock JB!
If u can't get recovery mode, flash a stock ICS 4.0.3 firmware. Then, get into recovery and factory reset. That should help u boot.
Once you do that, you can either flash JB using odin again, or u can root the ICS and use Mobile Odin app to flash JB.
"To err is human, to forgive is divine"
Sent from my SGS II
Or just flash any rooted jb kernel and wipe/reset in recovery then flash stock jb again
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immortalneo said:
Sorry, read ur first post really fast. Didn't notice that u already flashed stock JB!
If u can't get recovery mode, flash a stock ICS 4.0.3 firmware. Then, get into recovery and factory reset. That should help u boot.
Once you do that, you can either flash JB using odin again, or u can root the ICS and use Mobile Odin app to flash JB.
"To err is human, to forgive is divine"
Sent from my SGS II
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Thanks I will try that. However I searched the forum and according to this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1457458
I might have NAND rw corruption. This guide doesn't have instructions for Jelly Bean. Can you guide me how to recover a possible JB SGS2 with NAND rw corruption?
stopro said:
Or just flash any rooted jb kernel and wipe/reset in recovery then flash stock jb again
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Can you please point me to correct rooted JB kernel and instructions for the same?
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Or just flash any rooted jb kernel and wipe/reset in recovery then flash stock jb again
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Or that..
(Now why didn't I think of that!)
"To err is human, to forgive is divine"
Sent from my SGS II
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konquerror;40315112according to this thread:
[url said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1457458[/url]
I might have NAND rw corruption.
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Its too early to say that mate. If all other attempts fail, we will try that guide.
"To err is human, to forgive is divine"
Sent from my SGS II
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konquerror said:
Can you please point me to correct rooted JB kernel and instructions for the same?
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Download Siyah v6 beta 5 (tar file) from www.gokhanmoral.com and flash it via Odin (select it as PDA).
"To err is human, to forgive is divine"
Sent from my SGS II
immortalneo said:
Or that..
(Now why didn't I think of that!)
"To err is human, to forgive is divine"
Sent from my SGS II
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Its too early to say that mate. If all other attempts fail, we will try that guide.
"To err is human, to forgive is divine"
Sent from my SGS II
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Download Siyah v6 beta 5 (tar file) from gokhanmoral and flash it via Odin (select it as PDA).
"To err is human, to forgive is divine"
Sent from my SGS II
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Thanks a lot. Will try and let you know the result
After flashing with Siyah Kernel, I was able to go in to recovery mode. I did a factory reset and wiped the cache after which my phone started working fine. Thanks a lot people for your help.
konquerror said:
After flashing with Siyah Kernel, I was able to go in to recovery mode. I did a factory reset and wiped the cache after which my phone started working fine. Thanks a lot people for your help.
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Ur welcome! Thanks should go to @stopro though!
Please add [SOLVED] to the title of ur post.
"To err is human, to forgive is divine"
Sent from my SGS II
s2 stuck on startup screen
I got my galaxy s2 in january prepaid thru walmart straighttalk. Yesterday it got stuck on startup screen. The reset option will not work...is there anything else I can do? Thanx
Aphrodite
Wot rom u r on
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Just quickly, if you got it on January, are you still under warranty? If you are, save yourself some trouble and take it back under warranty, assuming you've never messed with (rooted etc) your phone? There's things to try but warranty is there for a reason.
Sent from a galaxy far, far away
Had the same problem, seemed like a NAND corruption to me on my phone since the progress bar on the main boot logo screen was slow and was stuck half the way, which otherwise used to slide pretty quickly, indicating that the phone is having trouble reading from its NAND flash.
Before the corruption I was running RootboX 4.1 with Dorimanx Kernel 9.38.
Was all prepared to do the ODIN flashing with latest firmware for my country, kernel and possibly a PIT flash with repartition , if in case else would have failed.
However to my skeptic mind a pretty safe suggestion read here somewhere on a thread, appealed for a while, and I was amazed to see the power of hunches.
Someone reported to have restored back his set, by SIMPLY taking the battery out and leaving it naked overnight. I did the same thing last night, and guess what, sipping the morning tea, I inserted the battery again and VOILA, its ALIVE....its ALIVE.....like any other FRANKENSTEIN defying all boundaries of logic.
So someone else in the same fix, should try it at first before jumping in the ODIN waters.
Lets see for how long does it lives, which TOUCHWOOD should be for a long time, till i save enough to a buy the S4 or Note3.
Cheers.
S2 stuck at boot screen. need some help
Hello everybody,
I'm new here and came here because of a problem with my Samsung S2.
Never rooted, original updates with KIES, android 4.1.2
Two days ago i woke up and the s2 was off and didn't restart. At first it was in a splash screen loop and i could get in recovery mode tried the factory reset but it got stuck in there to... After waiting for about an hour i pulled out the battery to restart it but then it didn't get any further than the boot screen. Couldn't get into recovery mode but could get into download mode. Searched the android forums for hours and came across this post. followed several possible solutions but now i'm stuck again, nothing did the trick... Hope you guys are willing and able to help me solve this thing.
What have i done so far:
Downloaded the original firmware for my device: I9100XWLSW_I9100XXMS3_I9100ITVLS2_HOME.tar
Downloaded ODIN v3.07
Updated KIES and after restarting pc stopped all the kies processes.
Started Odin without cable connected to the S2, selected the firmware, got the S2 into download mode, connected S2 to the Pc.
Odin recognizes the comport pressed start and can see that Odin gets stuck at NAND write start!!. first it says boot in white and after about 5min got the red fail.
Tried it different times with the same result.
Went on reading this tread and cam across the possible solution to firs flash kernel (in my case i've used Siyah-s2-v6.0b5.tar), go to recovery mode, factory reset and wipe and then flash original firmware again.
Same problem ODIN gets stuck at NAND write start!!
Detail: on the S2 during all this i''ve never seen a progress bar or any other movement, However although every attempt failed, when i go in to download mode now it says
Custom binary download: yes (2 counts) -my attempts to flash kernel with Siyah-s2-v6.0b5.tar
Current binary:custom
And at the boot screen i get the yellow triangle...
I'm stuck! :silly:
Any help would be very much appreciated!
Made some screenshots:
So because this is my first post they are attached to this post.
You've been pretty thorough so far. Search for Hopper 8's 'Odin troubleshooting' thread, try all the stuff in the thread, particularly flashing the 3 part firmware. That's the only way you're fixing it yourself. Could be NAND corruption, but most of these cases are fixed by perseverance (for example, the first 7 times you try flashing stock firmware it doesn't work, but the 8th flash does for whatever reason), sometimes it's something really small/obvious tripping you up that can be a bit hard to figure out if you've trying to fix it for hours/days. Hopper's thread should enable you to try everything you possibly can to fix it.
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You've been pretty thorough so far. Search for Hopper 8's 'Odin troubleshooting' thread, try all the stuff in the thread, particularly flashing the 3 part firmware. That's the only way you're fixing it yourself. Could be NAND corruption, but most of these cases are fixed by perseverance (for example, the first 7 times you try flashing stock firmware it doesn't work, but the 8th flash does for whatever reason), sometimes it's something really small/obvious tripping you up that can be a bit hard to figure out if you've trying to fix it for hours/days. Hopper's thread should enable you to try everything you possibly can to fix it.
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Thanks MistahBungle... I'll go and try that... I'll reply here if it worked.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2345831. If it doesn't, it's a motherboard replacement job. I very much recommend you flash as many stock firmwares you can download (10, 20, whatever), because the alternative is expensive/means getting a new phone.
my phone froze after factory reset at the "samsung galaxy sII gt-i9100" screen. it has 4.1.2 update via kiess and is rooted. i tried a factory reset and selected usb formatting as well. it restarted and the screen was frozen at that screen for 15 mins till i removed the battery and restarted. still frozen at the same screen. will not start. i can enter the download menu or what it is called (volume down home and power) but i can't enter the other menu (the one with volume up home and power) it freezes at the same screen.
can anyone please help me step by step to reinstall using odin if possible my original version (it was 4.1.2 romanian from orange) or the 4.2.2 (one that you guys know to work on s2)
i would like to try to install the 4.2.2 version to see how it works, but just for warranty purposes i would like to download the original version too (if anyone knows where i can find it)
it's my first rom install so if you can make the explanation as step-by-step as possible i would appreciate it. meaning were to download the files i need for this. i don't know if i am allowed to ask for that on the forum but like i said this is the first time i'm trying to do this.
Rooted phones sometime have this issue while updating via Kies.
Try flashing Siyah v6 beta 5 kernel via Odin. You get it from www.gokhanmoral.com.
Stock firmwares can be downloaded from sammobile.com.
"To err is human, to forgive is divine"
Sent from my SGS II
immortalneo said:
Rooted phones sometime have this issue while updating via Kies.
Try flashing Siyah v6 beta 5 kernel via Odin. You get it from
Stock firmwares can be downloaded from sammobile.com.
it did not crash wile i was updating. that worked perfectly. it crashed a few days later wen i tried a factory reset. i will try to flash the original version and see if it works. although i would have liked to try the 4.2.2 just to see how it works.
thanks for the address for stock version.
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As of now 4.2.2 is not available officially. You get custom roms based on AOSP. So many Samsung apps and features will be missing in them. You do get the stock vanilla feel of pure Android though.
Let know what happens!
"To err is human, to forgive is divine"
Sent from my SGS II
immortalneo said:
As of now 4.2.2 is not available officially. You get custom roms based on AOSP. So many Samsung apps and features will be missing in them. You do get the stock vanilla feel of pure Android though.
Let know what happens!
"To err is human, to forgive is divine"
Sent from my SGS II
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were can i find a custom 4.2.2 that i can flash with odin? i found one but i was weird. it had an img file and lots of folders, not the files supported by odin.
Most custom roms are flashed via custom recovery (you have to be rooted for that). You can install CyanogenMod 9 Resurrection version via Odin.
You can find many 4.2.2 roms in the development section.
"To err is human, to forgive is divine"
Sent from my SGS II
immortalneo said:
Most custom roms are flashed via custom recovery (you have to be rooted for that). You can install CyanogenMod 9 Resurrection version via Odin.
You can find many 4.2.2 roms in the development section.
"To err is human, to forgive is divine"
Sent from my SGS II
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i flashed the original os from sammobile for my phone using odin and now it's stuck at the screen that ha a S with changing colors and samsung galaxy sII at the bottom. it been at that screen for about 10 minutes....how long should it take, should i try a reset?
Valentin6282 said:
i flashed the original os from sammobile for my phone using odin and now it's stuck at the screen that ha a S with changing colors and samsung galaxy sII at the bottom. it been at that screen for about 10 minutes....how long should it take, should i try a reset?
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Yup.. a rest should solve that. Wipe cache too.
"To err is human, to forgive is divine"
Sent from my SGS II
immortalneo said:
Yup.. a rest should solve that. Wipe cache too.
"To err is human, to forgive is divine"
Sent from my SGS II
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a reset didn't solve it. i cleared the cashe and flashed the rom again and it worked.
now i have another problem. the phone is locked in orange and i need it unlocked. i had it unlocked before with galaxim unlock and it worked.
now it doesn't. it says it is unlocked but it's not. i had this problem before because i didn't have busybox. now i installed it and su and it still won't work. i tried to relock the phone with galaxsim unlock but it won't. i was able to relock before. any idea why, or how to solve the problem?
Last night I installed CWM 6.0.2.9 on my phone. Now it will no longer boot.
I tried downgrading to CWM 6.0.2.7, but the result is the same. My phone is otherwise stock, with the most recent 4.1.2 firmware.
At its' current state, I can enter CWM recovery, and I have tried doing a factory reset. It didn't help.
Is this normal? Shouldn't the original firmware work with the CWM recovery?
How to fix this:
If all else fails, will I be able to restore my phone back to working condition using ODIN and an original firmware? If so, can I use any original firmware, or must it be region specific? I live in Norway,so I might have a nordic version, but it's unbranded.
Is it likely that the CWM is working fine, and all I have to do now is to upload a custom rom? If so, can I do this through ODIN? I installed CWM while waiting for the rom to download, hence I don't have it on the SDCARD partition in the phone, and I have no way of getting it there...
Which variant of the S2 do u have?
Which guide did u follow to install CWM?
As long as u can get into Download mode, you should be able to flash a stock firmware and get ur phone up and running!
"To err is human, to forgive is divine"
Sent from my SGS II
immortalneo said:
Which variant of the S2 do u have?
Which guide did u follow to install CWM?
As long as u can get into Download mode, you should be able to flash a stock firmware and get ur phone up and running!
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I have the original S2 GT-i9100. It was bought in Norway, unbranded.
I'm not sure which guide I followed. I've had about 100+ web pages open since last night trying to find a solution, so finding back by looking through browser history is pretty useless.
I did as follows:
1. enable USB debug mode on phone, let windows install drivers
2. kill kies process
3. run odin 3.04
4. boot phone into recorvery
5. connect USB
6. in odin: load file (GT-I9100_JB_ClockworkMod-Recovery_6.0.2.7.tar) into PDA section
7. auto reboot and f. reset time was enabled by default. clicked start. completed without errors.
Should I have rooted the phone first? I'm very interested to figure out why this is not working.
Am I safe to install ANY stock firmware, or should I get a specific one?
Visit this thread. .....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1877270
And download the odin flashable tar version of the kernel that matches your region and firmware version.....
You'll root your phone and install a (hopefully) fully compatible touch CWM in the process......
Sent from my Rooted, De bloated Stock JB powered S2 via PhilZ kernel and Tapatalk 2....
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Visit this thread. .....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1877270
And download the odin flashable tar version of the kernel that matches your region and firmware version.....
You'll root your phone and install a (hopefully) fully compatible touch CWM in the process......
Sent from my Rooted, De bloated Stock JB powered S2 via PhilZ kernel and Tapatalk 2....
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Thanks Keith!
By the time I got your reply I already found a solution.
I used a file called Siyah-s2-v6.0b5.tar, flashed it as PDA through Odin, and problem solved.
It can be found here:
http://d-h.st/frK
Damn, this was nerve-wrecking! At least now the phone is working again. Thanks again for your help!
Glad you got it sorted fella....
Sent from my Rooted, De bloated Stock JB powered S2 via PhilZ kernel and Tapatalk 2....
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Glad you got it sorted fella....
Sent from my Rooted, De bloated Stock JB powered S2 via PhilZ kernel and Tapatalk 2....
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@keithross39:
Any ideas on why the device went into bootloop after flashing CWM tar? I have seen others have the same issue. Is that tar file a kernel?
"To err is human, to forgive is divine"
Sent from my SGS II
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Please add [SOLVED] to the title of ur post.
"To err is human, to forgive is divine"
Sent from my SGS II
Ok....my best guess (and it is ONLY a guess)......
The OP asked if he should have rooted first....
I'd say that played a big part in the bootlooping.
The guides I've read for modifying two of my phones state that rooting should take place before the installation of CWM.
And I doubt the .tar file was a kernel.......afaik CWM is flashed independently. ....even if it's included with siyah, dorimanx or philz....I'd guess that the mentioned kernels get flashed first, then the kernels themselves (because they provide root access) flash the included CWM.......
And I think that the .tar extension is simply a designation for any file that is suitable for use with Odin (cmiiw). I've not seen it being used anywhere else......
Sent from my Rooted, De bloated Stock JB powered S2 via PhilZ kernel and Tapatalk 2....
I too thought that it must be the lack of root that is causing this issue. And thanks for the suggestion on how Siyah/Dori probably work. It makes sense now. :thumbup:
'tar' is actually short for 'tarball', AFAIK. Its a type of compressed archive used in Linux. Most softwares on Linux come as tar files.
"To err is human, to forgive is divine"
Sent from my SGS II
I rooted my samsung s2 i9100 with Siyah-s2-v6.0b4.tar using odin and everything went fine. I made some tweaks to the phone and now I want to unroot my mobile. I went through many websites all of them advice people to reinstall the firmware again. I dont want to uninstall my firmware. I am having stock ROM I9100XWLSN_I9100OXXLS8_NEE installed in my mobile phone. I wish to unroot my s2 and also want to remove clockworkmode from it.
At least I need to switch back to my stock kernel, I dont want to keep the custom ROM, because the battery is draining very fast after rooting the phone. Even I tried extracting the stock kernel from the stock ROM and flash it using both ODIN 1.85 and v3.07. I kept my mobile phone in download mode, I compressed the zimage into a tar file, the I clicked on start. The kernel was recognized by the ODIN but it got stuck, It's just showing starting to flash, but too lazy to begin flashing.
Kindly advice me how to unroot the mobile without flashing the stock f/w and also how to remove CWM and flash back my stock kernel.
Thanks in advance
I don't get why you wont reflash.
As far as I know siyah v6 doesn't work to good on jb, should've gone with philz.
From where I sit....it's better for you to reflash, you can do it via mobile odin pro (so you'll get your stock kernel rooted).
Sent from the little guy
Doesn't Siyah v6 come with SuperSU app? Maybe he can use SuperSU to do unroot?
I agree though with gastonw that flashing a stock firmware is the best way to unroot.
"To err is human, to forgive is divine"
Sent from my SGS II
immortalneo said:
Doesn't Siyah v6 come with SuperSU app? Maybe he can use SuperSU to do unroot?
I agree though with gastonw that flashing a stock firmware is the best way to unroot.
"To err is human, to forgive is divine"
Sent from my SGS II
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He can unroot the device via the su app but he'll still be on a custom kernel.
He's got all the tools & options. Lets see how he does.
Sent from the little guy