If i odin back to stock mj7 will the padlock on boot be gone, would it trip my knox counter, and would it unroot my phone? By the way i am on mj7 rooted, want to be unrooted. Need to know because i want to trade in my phone.
D4V3Y said:
If i odin back to stock mj7 will the padlock on boot be gone, would it trip my knox counter, and would it unroot my phone? By the way i am on mj7 rooted, want to be unrooted. Need to know because i want to trade in my phone.
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Given that you want to trade it, full wipe MJ7 will do what you want. None of your data, no longer rooted, no custom flag.
If you're on the MDK bootloader and do that, then you're killing a kitten by doing that.
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Given that you want to trade it, full wipe MJ7 will do what you want. None of your data, no longer rooted, no custom flag.
If you're on the MDK bootloader and do that, then you're killing a kitten by doing that.
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Do i just go into settings and do a factory data rest?
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Do i just go into settings and do a factory data rest?
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No, a reset won't do it. You'll need to re-flash using Kies or Odin.
Edit: Or, plug your phone into your Windows PC and use the Verizon recovery assistant.
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No, a reset won't do it. You'll need to re-flash using Kies or Odin.
Edit: Or, plug your phone into your Windows PC and use the Verizon recovery assistant.
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i havent had any luck finding a mj7 odin file download do you where i can go for this or have a link?
D4V3Y said:
i havent had any luck finding a mj7 odin file download do you where i can go for this or have a link?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2507253
Man that shouldn't even be allowed.. Throwing mj7 on a MDK s4
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I un-rooted my phone because I felt like I needed to start from scratch. So un-rooted back to stock with what seemed like no issues. I first made sure that I used the triangle away app that resets the count to 0. It was at 0 when I ran the app anyway. So after I was back to un-rooted stock I downloaded the available update but when I try to install I get an error message "Sorry, there was a problem updating your samsung sch-i545. no changes were made" Does anyone know what I did wrong or what the fix is?
Please help and thank you!
Steve
Having this same issue..did anyone ever figure this out?
How did you unroot?
jd1639 said:
How did you unroot?
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I was on a ME7 ROM and unrooted to MDK with Odin.
trebb said:
I was on a ME7 ROM and unrooted to MDK with Odin.
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You can't Odin mdk if you have me7. It won't work. A q-fuse is blown which won't let you down grade.
jd1639 said:
You can't Odin mdk if you have me7. It won't work. A q-fuse is blown which won't let you down grade.
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I wasn't on official ME7 software. I was rooted on MDK, and installed an ME7 based ROM. I didn't take a stock ME7 phone and root it, then try and go back to MDK.
I went back to MDK just fine with Odin. My phone works. However, when I try and install the official software update through the phone, it downloads and then gets an error when I eventually hit install.
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I wasn't on official ME7 software. I was rooted on MDK, and installed an ME7 based ROM. I didn't take a stock ME7 phone and root it, then try and go back to MDK.
I went back to MDK just fine with Odin. My phone works. However, when I try and install the official software update through the phone, it downloads and then gets an error when I eventually hit install.
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Ok, you were on a me7 rom, that's different. To unroot did you flash mkd with odin?
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Ok, you were on a me7 rom, that's different. To unroot did you flash mkd with odin?
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Yes. I flashed the MDK tar with Odin.
That's because you rooted to begin with. You need to use Odin to update to ME7. But I would suggest not doing that if you want to run full stock then just use the darkslide rom is me7 but with the loki bootloader. If you do a full update you won't ever be able to flash roms unless someone unlocks the bootloader or safe strap Working. Safe strap maybe will work. But the bootloader I don't think will happen.
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That's because you rooted to begin with. You need to use Odin to update to ME7. But I would suggest not doing that if you want to run full stock then just use the darkslide rom is me7 but with the loki bootloader. If you do a full update you won't ever be able to flash roms unless someone unlocks the bootloader or safe strap Working. Safe strap maybe will work. But the bootloader I don't think will happen.
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It's fine - I can't be rooted for the first time in my life (had the original D1 on Verizon) due to the fact that I just started working. We can only use Good For Enterprise (an app) to get our work email on our phones. There's a workaround to get the app working with root, but it's just not worth it. Hence why I unrooted.
Work pays for a phone, but I don't feel like carrying around two. I can deal with an unrooted phone, I suppose.
Do you possibly have a link to the ME7 Odin file?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2357235
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trebb said:
It's fine - I can't be rooted for the first time in my life (had the original D1 on Verizon) due to the fact that I just started working. We can only use Good For Enterprise (an app) to get our work email on our phones. There's a workaround to get the app working with root, but it's just not worth it. Hence why I unrooted.
Work pays for a phone, but I don't feel like carrying around two. I can deal with an unrooted phone, I suppose.
Do you possibly have a link to the ME7 Odin file?
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An me7 Odin doesn't exist.
jd1639 said:
An me7 Odin doesn't exist.
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One does.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2357235&page=4
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I'm having the same issue.
If I flash the Me7 update No wipe http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=41977487 , will it do the trick?
Also, once I update to ME7, will I be able to normally update my phone afterwards?
Thanks !
Same problem
I have a little experience rooting but I don't have mdk or me7, I have NC5 and I cant install update after unrooting and hard reset
I am on rooted mk2 with safestrap, can i unroot and upgrade all in one shot with this?: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2735172
as well is it safe to use the one that retains my data while updating to a new release?
thanks in advance
npesa92 said:
I am on rooted mk2 with safestrap, can i unroot and upgrade all in one shot with this?: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2735172
as well is it safe to use the one that retains my data while updating to a new release?
thanks in advance
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Do you really mean that you have safestrap or are you on a "LOKI" rom? Do you have a custom recovery installed? Although I haven't used this, if you are actually using safestrap, then yes, you can use this.
npesa92 said:
I am on rooted mk2 with safestrap, can i unroot and upgrade all in one shot with this?: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2735172
as well is it safe to use the one that retains my data while updating to a new release?
thanks in advance
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Yes, it's "safe" if you follow the instructions. I have done it.
It will wipe your phone....... Not the SD stuff but everything else it wiped.
You should backup and before doing this with Titanium Backup or ADB.
This will leave you rooted with MK2 still as your bootloader with the ability to ODIN back to MK2 at some point, if need be.
This puts you off the ranch, but ODIN can get you back on the ranch later.
There is currently no other way to have root on KitKat. So if root is important and you want KitKat, this is it.
Now if you don't care about root, go flash the MK2 No-Wipe found on this forum, then take the OTA.
You need to remove SS to do that though.
tech_head said:
Yes, it's "safe" if you follow the instructions. I have done it.
It will wipe your phone....... Not the SD stuff but everything else it wiped.
You should backup and before doing this with Titanium Backup or ADB.
This will leave you rooted with MK2 still as your bootloader with the ability to ODIN back to MK2 at some point, if need be.
This puts you off the ranch, but ODIN can get you back on the ranch later.
There is currently no other way to have root on KitKat. So if root is important and you want KitKat, this is it.
Now if you don't care about root, go flash the MK2 No-Wipe found on this forum, then take the OTA.
You need to remove SS to do that though.
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The No Wipe Odin MK2 method will remove SS.
help! was rooted 4.3 tried flashing stock 4.4.2 failed
I had 4.3 rooted and i tried flashing stock 4.4.2 not im pretty much bricked! please if someone can help me i would really appreciate it
mancolla said:
I had 4.3 rooted and i tried flashing stock 4.4.2 not im pretty much bricked! please if someone can help me i would really appreciate it
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How'd you try flashing it that led you to here? If you can get into download mode just use the Odin file... Since I don't know exactly what you did you could try mk2but may not work and you may have to Odin NC5.. Little more info will help
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I tried to ota update but I get an error. Phone is Custom unlock,was rooted. I unrooted.
Hi, I got my S5 today and out of the box it had NG3 installed, is there a root method for this yet? If so could someone point me in the right direction of where I can find it please?
Have you tried towelroot?
Let us know if you tried it and whether or not it worked please.
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TheArtiszan said:
Have you tried towelroot?
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I did but idk if I did something wrong, I soft bricked and had to odin back stock with the firmware off of samfirmware site
Kernel build date on NG3 is July 19 so the exploit has been patched. Can't root with towelroot since it needs a kernel build before Jun 3.
What I did was odin flash philz recovery, then went into the custom recovery and went to reboot, it asked me to root and so I did then was able to download su from play store and was rooted
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bigfdaddy2 said:
What I did was odin flash philz recovery, then went into the custom recovery and went to reboot, it asked me to root and so I did then was able to download su from play store and was rooted
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Thanks man, and you were on NG3 before u rooted?
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Thanks man, and you were on NG3 before u rooted?
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I was on nf6 rooted but then hooked phone to PC and used odin to flash the new bn3 and lost root..and towel root doesn't work so the only way I new of to get root back was flash custom recovery then root it through the custom recovery ...
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This phone will never not be rootable. It has an unlocked bootloader, so you can just flash the recovery of your choice, root it from there, then reboot and you're done.
aooga said:
This phone will never not be rootable.
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And why is that? Unless Samsung has restricted the bootloader permissions or set a new qfuse to block a downgrade of this firmware version, then the OP could use Odin to install a pre June 3rd build of 4.4.2 firmware, which Towel root can work with.
The previous update was revertible by installing an earlier firmware (confirmed). And NG3 is probably revertible as well (unconfirmed) i.e. it will be revertible unless Samsung took explicit steps to block a downgrade.
Provided that the OP doesn't care about the Knox flag, then the suggestion to install a custom recovery and root from there is valid too.
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bigfdaddy2 said:
What I did was odin flash philz recovery, then went into the custom recovery and went to reboot, it asked me to root and so I did then was able to download su from play store and was rooted
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You know, I tried this... I keep getting stock recovery though. Driving me nuts.
I have NG3 as well.
wifiguru said:
You know, I tried this... I keep getting stock recovery though. Driving me nuts.
I have NG3 as well.
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Did u Odin phillz recovery ? That's the only way to get custom recovery on the phone that I know of is Odin
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bigfdaddy2 said:
Did u Odin phillz recovery ? That's the only way to get custom recovery on the phone that I know of is Odin
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Thanks.
Yeah, I did it via download mode.
So, what I did, I flash it via Odin in Download mode, and when it auto-reboots, I instantly hold Power + Pwr Up + Home in order to get to Recovery.
If I let it boot up first, it seems that recovery is overwritten by the stock recovery.
All good now =)
wifiguru said:
Thanks.
Yeah, I did it via download mode.
So, what I did, I flash it via Odin in Download mode, and when it auto-reboots, I instantly hold Power + Pwr Up + Home in order to get to Recovery.
If I let it boot up first, it seems that recovery is overwritten by the stock recovery.
All good now =)
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Try unchecking auto-reboot.
bigfdaddy2 said:
Did u Odin phillz recovery ? That's the only way to get custom recovery on the phone that I know of is Odin
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Hi guys, no luck here, have the G900T, with the NG3, tried all with Odin, phillz recovery, bootloader+modem, downgrade to NF6 (failed too) or even the one before, nada, zero, just fail and fail resulting soft brick and only through Kies recovery I'm able to have the phone working again!
daniacorp said:
Hi guys, no luck here, have the G900T, with the NG3, tried all with Odin, phillz recovery, bootloader+modem, downgrade to NF6 (failed too) or even the one before, nada, zero, just fail and fail resulting soft brick and only through Kies recovery I'm able to have the phone working again!
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you need to revert to ne6 firmware for towel root to work. once rooted you can upgrade with mobile odin pro this will allow you to retain root and not trip knox
ashraf sharif said:
you need to revert to ne6 firmware for towel root to work. once rooted you can upgrade with mobile odin pro this will allow you to retain root and not trip knox
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Hi! Thank you for your answer! I already trip Knox long ago, it's not an issue for me, I'm been trying to downgrade to ne6 and it's the same, fail on Odin!
daniacorp said:
Hi! Thank you for your answer! I already trip Knox long ago, it's not an issue for me, I'm been trying to downgrade to ne6 and it's the same, fail on Odin!
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if you just want root you can try cf autoroot http://download.chainfire.eu/407/CF-Root/CF-Auto-Root/CF-Auto-Root-kltetmo-kltetmo-smg900t.zip
ashraf sharif said:
if you just want root you can try cf autoroot
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Thank you
But as I commented on my first post here, nada, nothing, I have tried the Phillz, the CF-auto-root, downgrade, with the original cable and others, with and without the sim card and/or sd card inserted (all of this with usb debug on in the developers settings) i dont really understand why, everything I try goes to fail and soft brick, only recuperable with Kies and full wipe...
Mine is the MS-G900T with the latest firmware :S is very weird, isn't the first time I root a phone (Galaxy Vibrant and Blaze, Nexus and Nexus 7) and I have flsh a lot of times and I know the for this procedure you have to follow each letter step by step!
I'm start thinking that probably is a locked bootloader... dunno...
this was easy and thank you. i downgraded with the full stock file, no data loss. grabbed mobile pro and im now at ng3 rooted. tho my e-mail will not work. might have to factory reset the device.
I had a stock S4 with NC5 and I rooted it, then used Titanium Backup to actually delete and remove some of the apks like Knox, S-Health, Amazon, etc from my phone. I think the TBU setting is the one below "Chuck Norris Mode" where it will actually remove the apk from the original Samsung rom.
I know this worked, because I did a phone full reset, and those mentioned apks were gone.....never even loaded again......The reason for the hard reset was because I think something in Xposed was causing my GPS to not lock locations.....so I did the reset...
Right now...I am happy with the mods I have and the way the phone works....
My question is....IF I wanted to get back to the Original Samsung NC5 rom, how would I do it.
I see their is a Samsung program called Kies and you can download the roms there....will that reflash my original rom so it is now stock.....
Do I need to start with an older OTA type file first, or just the NC5?
Or...can I download (samsung nc5 full rom) from somewhere ????? and use odin?
Thanks
You could try the no wipe NC5 in Odin. See the Android Dev section for NC5 wipe and no wipe files and instructions.
Odin of NC5 is recommended. Kies is rubbish and can even cause issues when using Odin for some people. Once at NC5 attempting to flash back to a prior build will likely soft brick the phone.
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thanks guys for the info....
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thanks guys for the info....
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I was under the impression that using Odin and flashing a rom would not work unless you had MDK....
wetwaterdog said:
I was under the impression that using Odin and flashing a rom would not work unless you had MDK....
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The NC5 tar file is the actual stock firmware, not a rom.
Hi,
My GS4 has the latest version and towelroot. I want to do a clean start and factory reset it. If I go through the factory reset menu, will the root stay afterwards? Do I need to take few extras steps?
Thanks
LinkinParkmetre said:
Hi,
My GS4 has the latest version and towelroot. I want to do a clean start and factory reset it. If I go through the factory reset menu, will the root stay afterwards? Do I need to take few extras steps?
Thanks
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Flash the full wipe nc5 file in Odin. That will give you a clean start
Hey so I did that but I sitlll have Samsung "Custom" a an unlocked icon showing up when I boot my phone. Is that bad?
It's not bad. But if you used Odin and did the full wipe file, there wouldn't be the custom screen on start up. It would be like getting it from Verizon.
Hightower24 said:
It's not bad. But if you used Odin and did the full wipe file, there wouldn't be the custom screen on start up. It would be like getting it from Verizon.
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This! I don't know how many times I have flashed via Odin but never, when flashing a stock image, have I had it show the "Custom" logo. Not until I did a few things that is.
So is rooting version s4 similar to that of T-Mobile one where you can just use Odin? I'm on 4.4
YungMage said:
So is rooting version s4 similar to that of T-Mobile one where you can just use Odin? I'm on 4.4
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If you're on nc5, download towelroot. If you're above nc5, use Odin to downgrade to nc5, then root using towelroot
Hightower24 said:
If you're on nc5, download towelroot. If you're above nc5, use Odin to downgrade to nc5, then root using towelroot
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Can you link me to a guide please.
YungMage said:
Can you link me to a guide please.
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Sure thing. This will get you to nc5:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2735172