Rooted phone, need to unroot but having problems. - Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Rooted phone, need to unroot but having problems. - Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I've been trying to unlock my phone with an unlock code but it hasn't been working.
I then saw that Superuser is on the phone and seem to recall rooting it at some point.
I need to unroot the phone but am confused by how to do this as I can't find the correct downloads I need to complete this task.
The phone is a Samsung Galaxy S 4G Fascinate (SGH-T959P)
I'm not very experienced with this, so if someone can give me instructions and link me to the software I need, that'd be great.

Rachel_23 said:
I've been trying to unlock my phone with an unlock code but it hasn't been working.
I then saw that Superuser is on the phone and seem to recall rooting it at some point.
I need to unroot the phone but am confused by how to do this as I can't find the correct downloads I need to complete this task.
The phone is a Samsung Galaxy S 4G Fascinate (SGH-T959P)
I'm not very experienced with this, so if someone can give me instructions and link me to the software I need, that'd be great.
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download SuperSU from the Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.chainfire.supersu
let it install and overwrite the other Superuser app you have installed, you may want to reboot just to make sure it installs properly. after that, go to the settings tab and looks for the option that says "permanent unroot" and run it.
i haven't actually tried this before, but it may work for ya. let me know how it goes.

I tried that earlier today about 10 times. Only once was I able to actually get SuperSU to install correctly and update the binary. Every other time it just hung up. The one time I did get it working it got stuck trying to Unroot. I wish that solution had worked, it would have been so much easier!

Well I finally found the firmware and have it reset back to factory Samsung firmware.
It took FOREVER to download but it did work in the end with Odin 1.85
I have to split the URL as I can't post links yet.
ht tp:// rapidgator.n et /file/ 3eee7663a73fff4315fefae7210d63a3
Remove the spaces, and that link will take you to the T959P stock firmware.

Rachel_23 said:
Well I finally found the firmware and have it reset back to factory Samsung firmware.
It took FOREVER to download but it did work in the end with Odin 1.85
I have to split the URL as I can't post links yet.
ht tp:// rapidgator.n et /file/ 3eee7663a73fff4315fefae7210d63a3
Remove the spaces, and that link will take you to the T959P stock firmware.
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i was always curious as to why stock firmware was so hard to come across for this phone.. oh well. glad you got a solution. that would've been my next suggestion.

i kept a nandroid backup just incase all the stock firmares were gone just to be safe so if you need to get fully stock, custom recovery, then make a nandroid backup, it will be incomaptible with newer cwm, but its convertible with a tool ive seen before on xda-developers so u may need to look, as that and one more can make it into a twrp compatible also =)

jkok said:
i kept a nandroid backup just incase all the stock firmares were gone just to be safe so if you need to get fully stock, custom recovery, then make a nandroid backup, it will be incomaptible with newer cwm, but its convertible with a tool ive seen before on xda-developers so u may need to look, as that and one more can make it into a twrp compatible also =)
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this person is talking about the Telus Fascinate (t959d) which is not the verizon fascinate (i500).
t959d is good with i9000 roms. not fascinatemtd roms.

skepticmisfit said:
this person is talking about the Telus Fascinate (t959d) which is not the verizon fascinate (i500).
t959d is good with i9000 roms. not fascinatemtd roms.
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opps then nvm then sorry

Related

[Q] unroot for OTA???

I've rooted my GT 10.1 but I have two questions that I can't find the answer.
1. Has anyone discovered how to unroot back to stock?
2. If rooted, will I be able to get the OTA of touchwiz by checking for updates under settings?
PS I flashed the TouchWiz UX found in this forum. Got to say it is really nice and I can't wait to get the version from Sammy. I then restored a backup using Rom Manager and restored fine except when checking for software updates. It used to say no update available, but today it says failed to connect to servers. Anyone else getting this error?
I guess that is actually 3 questions.
Thanks

1. Unrooting is pretty simple. Just flash the 3.1 OTA in the dev forum, after doing a full wipe. If you feel the need to go back to full stock, you'll also want to nvflash back to the original retail recovery, which you undoubtedly saved when you first rooted.
2. No one knows yet, but rest assured, within a day (less probably) of the update being released, it'll be available here as a rooted flashable ROM. If you learn one thing from your time on XDA, it should be "never accept an OTA update." Let the devs pull it apart and repackage it in a nice root-safe download.

Undoubtedly! (I wish) I wasn't planning to root but while playing with Odin, I thought I was locked at the downloading screen while testing odin. (Didn't hold down the power button long enough to shut off tab) I thought my only solution was to continue and root. No problems rooting, it was easy. I just wanted to make sure I get the TouchWiz update. Now I learned my lesson I will never do an OTA update.
Glad you told me that, otherwise I probably would have screwed up my GT. I don't know how I missed the post about backing up the stock image first. I try to read a lot of posts (heck I even use the search box) before trying something new. Anyway, I'm sure it is posted in the forums somewhere if I need to find it.
Thanks!

pmsrefugee said:
Glad you told me that, otherwise I probably would have screwed up my GT.
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It's not so much that you'll screw up your device by accepting an OTA, but rather that you might lose root and/or your custom recovery (perhaps permanently). Nevertheless, there are some cases of OTAs screwing up devices when accepted over non-stock installs, so IMHO its always best to wait for a flashable ROM.
pmsrefugee said:
I don't know how I missed the post about backing up the stock image first. I try to read a lot of posts (heck I even use the search box) before trying something new. Anyway, I'm sure it is posted in the forums somewhere if I need to find it.
Thanks!
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Yes, I believe the stock retail recovery is posted in the CWM recovery download package here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1130574. You'll note that Step 3 is where you were advised to backup your original stock recovery, although the step is (correctly) noted as optional. No big deal, in any event. Glad I could help.

[Q] Rooting Bell SGS2 GT-I9100M after ICS Upgrade

Hey!
I just upgraded my unrooted Bell GT-I9100M to Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0.3 using Kies and I would now like to root my phone. I haven't found a definitive instruction on how to do this so I wonder if it has or hasn't been figured out yet.
Thanks!

Bump. My cousin has the Virgin Mobile version, which I believe is the exact same thing as the Bell version? He upgraded to ICS and is looking to root but after a half hour of Google and XDA searching there is no info related to our situation.

http://www.google.com/search?q=xda+i9100+root

WARNING
I followed ctomgee's search suggestion (as if I hadn't done a simple Google search myself already) and found a Youtube instructional video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vw_za0mQorw
When I flashed XWKDD_insecure.tar as instructed my phone turned into a brick stuck at the splash screen with a yellow warning symbol.
Then I read the comments LOL
I recovered by downloading both the stock Bell kernel and firmware (UGKG2) from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1113928 and reinstalled the kernel first and then the firmware using Odin. This restored me to stock gingerbread and I was then able to update once again to ICS 4.0.3 using Kies.
In my original post I was looking for guidance from someone that had already successfully rooted their Bell, ICS upgraded SGS2. I know that this has been done many times with other S2's but obviously it isn't universally understood as to how to get this done.
At least I figured out how to recover. The next attempt won't be so scary!
Cheers!

myamigo said:
WARNING
I followed ctomgee's search suggestion (as if I hadn't done a simple Google search myself already) and found a Youtube instructional video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vw_za0mQorw
When I flashed XWKDD_insecure.tar as instructed my phone turned into a brick stuck at the splash screen with a yellow warning symbol.
Then I read the comments LOL
I recovered by downloading both the stock Bell kernel and firmware (UGKG2) from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1113928 and reinstalled the kernel first and then the firmware using Odin. This restored me to stock gingerbread and I was then able to update once again to ICS 4.0.3 using Kies.
In my original post I was looking for guidance from someone that had already successfully rooted their Bell, ICS upgraded SGS2. I know that this has been done many times with other S2's but obviously it isn't universally understood as to how to get this done.
At least I figured out how to recover. The next attempt won't be so scary!
Cheers!
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Reading posts in full is helpful too.
That video you reference is quite old, but aside from that, the dude even says "if you're not on xwkdd, watch through to the end blah blah"... and it links to this - which says right at the top:
THIS THREAD HAS BEEN SUPERCEDED BY THE CF-ROOT THREAD: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1103399
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THAT link has full instructions and is much more up to date than the video you chose.
But in any case, I guess you need a bit more help... so if you're still on ICS, then try this, which doesn't involve flashing anything with Odin, so it's safer that way.
It was ALSO the fourth result in that search I linked you to.

Thanks for the hand holding
I get a different result from my search and the ROOT/UNROOT link didn't bubble to the top for me.
I had to revert to gingerbread so I could restore data that I backed up using Kies and just upgraded to ICS once again. I'm getting good at that!
The ROOT/UNROOT guide worked perfectly. I'm now rooted and I created a backup of my phone so I'm good to go!
Thanks again!

myamigo said:
Thanks for the hand holding
I get a different result from my search and the ROOT/UNROOT link didn't bubble to the top for me.
I had to revert to gingerbread so I could restore data that I backed up using Kies and just upgraded to ICS once again. I'm getting good at that!
The ROOT/UNROOT guide worked perfectly. I'm now rooted and I created a backup of my phone so I'm good to go!
Thanks again!
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Hmm. Strange your results from XDA are different than mine.
But in any case, I find Google to be a better tool to search XDA, than the built-in XDA search engine. Just click on that link at the bottom of the subsection of links that says "More results from forum.xda-developers.com >>". That will show you all the results Google found JUST on the XDA forums.

ctomgee said:
But in any case, I guess you need a bit more help... so if you're still on ICS, then try this, which doesn't involve flashing anything with Odin, so it's safer that way.
It was ALSO the fourth result in that search I linked you to.
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Confirms to work for the Virgin Canada version (GT-I9100M). Thanks! I wasn't aware i9100 root methods would work on the i9100m, now i know.

I think I'm in trouble!
I booted into CWM to restore from a backup I generated yesterday and the restore seemed to work fine. I was returned to the CMW menu and selected the reboot option but the phone has not shown any signs of life since.
I've tried to boot into download and recovery modes with no luck. I also tried a soft and hard reset (suggested here http://androidforums.com/3240969-post170.html) but still nothing.
Is there anything else that I can try? What might have happened?

myamigo said:
I think I'm in trouble!
I booted into CWM to restore from a backup I generated yesterday and the restore seemed to work fine. I was returned to the CMW menu and selected the reboot option but the phone has not shown any signs of life since.
I've tried to boot into download and recovery modes with no luck. I also tried a soft and hard reset (suggested here http://androidforums.com/3240969-post170.html) but still nothing.
Is there anything else that I can try? What might have happened?
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Hmm. Maybe this? Did you happen to do a bunch of wipes, in addition to the restore and reboot?

ctomgee said:
Hmm. Maybe this? Did you happen to do a bunch of wipes, in addition to the restore and reboot?
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No I went straight to the restore and into the toilette from there. I've tried building a USB jig and the micro USB cable I hacked up left pin #4 (ID) disconnected internally (not brought out to a pad) so I can't get a wire on it.
I found a way to get the 300k resistor directly across pins #4 & #5 of the phone but this didn't wake it up so she's firmly bricked.
It's still under warranty so I'll take it in to see if I can get it repaired that way. If the only way to repair it is through JTAG since downloading over the USB port isn't an option it may simply be more trouble than it is worth to Samsung to find out what really happened. All they'll hear from me is that I upgraded to ICS using Kies and that toasted it.

clozecall said:
Confirms to work for the Virgin Canada version (GT-I9100M). Thanks! I wasn't aware i9100 root methods would work on the i9100m, now i know.
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hi, thanks for letting us know your experience.
i am planning to purchase a Galaxy SII GT-I9100M, from VirginMobile (CAN) - it is a little bit outdated, but the 4.3 screen, the form factor and coming with ICS are good points. by the way, youf galaxy from virgin mobile, did come with ics as well? (asking to be sure that the one is sale presently are the same serie as your mobile).
are there recents roms available for this model? like newest jellybean or cm10?
did you have problems to unlock the phone?
in general, are the roms for the model Galaxy SII I9100 compatible with this VirginMobile model GT-I9100M?
thanks.

Need Help Please Bricked Note i717 Yesterday

I have a Galaxy Note i717 from AT&T that I rooted. Worked great.
Yesterday I upgraded to ICS via Kies. Worked great.
Then I proceeded to root it again using odin.
Unfortunately even after all the things done it now will not boot up at all.
All I get is the S a m s u n g logo. I can put it into boot mode and the computer see's it but nothing more.
If anyone can point me to any rom/bootloader/ etc. I would be most grateful.
Or just let me know what to do and where to get roms. I did search and there are many for the i700.
I guess I need a bootloader and rom right?
Sorry folks. Point me somewhere else will have to get another phone.
T h a n k s ...

Others would tell you to look in the dev section for the stock rom (its usually called something like "in case of brick) I've had issues issues getting it to work but Im certain it was user error as to why it didn't work for me. But another option that I think could work would be to get your phone into download mode and run the ics upgrade thru kies again. You'll lose everything in your phone but I think it'll get your phone up and running again. But before you do any other that...did you make a nandroid back of? Or have you downloaded any roms to your phone because if you did you can just enter cwm and reflash any rom you may have or just flash your backup, backups are so important when doing these sort of things, saves a lot of head aches.
Edit: after reading your post again it says your phone messed up after rooting, try and re run the root file thru Odin, I kinda sorta remember reading something similar to this were people had issue trying to root. I'll try and find the thread.
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this happened due to rooting with the Gingerbread method...so using Nash reply run/reinstall your Official ICS...and to root....
see My Links in red in my signature...go the GNote Super page....you should see what is being used to root the Official ICS...I used it and lots others, there prob more methods out there, but I found this is the easiest and more proven method....
Cant miss the info on GNote page regarding Rooting.
so to recap...since your believe you have bricked your phone...
use the method Nash replied to you with...put into download mode....run the official ics, you will need the model, serial number of your phone...
let us know how it works out for you...
mpanwar said:
I have a Galaxy Note i717 from AT&T that I rooted. Worked great.
Yesterday I upgraded to ICS via Kies. Worked great.
Then I proceeded to root it again using odin.
Unfortunately even after all the things done it now will not boot up at all.
All I get is the S a m s u n g logo. I can put it into boot mode and the computer see's it but nothing more.
If anyone can point me to any rom/bootloader/ etc. I would be most grateful.
Or just let me know what to do and where to get roms. I did search and there are many for the i700.
I guess I need a bootloader and rom right?
Sorry folks. Point me somewhere else will have to get another phone.
T h a n k s ...
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And once you're rooted and all fixed up, enter cwm and create a backup. These are great because no matter what you do to your phone as long as you can enter cwm you'll always be able to fix your phone via backup.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I717 using xda premium

I wanted to mention, I'm not sure how you updated thru kies originally (legit update or emergency update) the method you'll be using this time (if you choose to fix thru kies) is the more or less emergency method. I wanted to mention this because when your in download mode and connect your phone to your PC and run kies, kies will try to connect to your device but will time out over time...it took me 2 days of Q and A before I realized kies won't connect with phone in download mode, but that's OK. Once phone is connected click tools/firmware upgrade and initialization, and as bigjoe said youll than need to input model and serial numbers (all caps) than click OK. You'll have a few prompts afterwards but yo basically on your way to a running phone.
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Brick = nothing at all happening on phone.
Samsung logo = bad flash (corrupt file used)
Brick can sometimes be revived with a JTAG device.
Samsung logo means re download file, re read instructions and relevent thread, and redo your work.
Don't be too anxious -you will fix it.
I suggest using Kies upgrade > emerency firmware method. Download mode is the key.

If you are with Rogers, the following is useful.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1657262
I went through the exact same problem with someone else's Note that I was upgrading, subsequently flashing.
The above process bring the phone back to 100% stock gingerbread.

Thanks All and Resolved.
eugenekim618 said:
If you are with Rogers, the following is useful.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1657262
I went through the exact same problem with someone else's Note that I was upgrading, subsequently flashing.
The above process bring the phone back to 100% stock gingerbread.
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Thanks all for the replies.
I was able to go to DEV Section and get the full AT&T ICS Rom. Used ODIN to get it back to factory ICS.
Then (with great care ) re-rooted it using ICS root stuff. I have it all in case anyone else needs this route. Else follow instructions above.
Thanks all. I think for now ICS is where this will stay. In fact Gingerbread was good enough except for not being able to use Chrome.

mpanwar said:
Thanks all for the replies.
I was able to go to DEV Section and get the full AT&T ICS Rom. Used ODIN to get it back to factory ICS.
Then (with great care ) re-rooted it using ICS root stuff. I have it all in case anyone else needs this route. Else follow instructions above.
Thanks all. I think for now ICS is where this will stay. In fact Gingerbread was good enough except for not being able to use Chrome.
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great, can you put solved in the title...thx

A wee bit a help, puh puh please...

Ok, so I'm under the impression that there is no possible way at all to get on a custom ROM with mj7 rooted with vroot crap trap as there is no way to flash a custom recovery... And there osnt anyway to go backwards with the firmware.(bologna).. Odins out with fladhing new kernel? or odin repart-wipe flash a complete rooted W/ CWM with stock mj7 firmware? I'm new to the S4 but had the great grand daddy the original galaxy S for years and mastered that.. I just need a lil clarification with this Safe Strap (if that is indeed a possibility). Also I definitely want to gey this vroot off my phone and use the saferoot™ way.... Any help, or maybe a point in the right direction would be awesome... this is depressing that my s1 was cooler than my s4... Hey Samsung can I atleast get a reach around.... jajaha Thanks in advance to any and all that can help a NooB out...

]>oPeR83 said:
Ok, so I'm under the impression that there is no possible way at all to get on a custom ROM with mj7 rooted with vroot crap trap as there is no way to flash a custom recovery... And there osnt anyway to go backwards with the firmware.(bologna).. Odins out with fladhing new kernel? or odin repart-wipe flash a complete rooted W/ CWM with stock mj7 firmware? I'm new to the S4 but had the great grand daddy the original galaxy S for years and mastered that.. I just need a lil clarification with this Safe Strap (if that is indeed a possibility). Also I definitely want to gey this vroot off my phone and use the saferoot™ way.... Any help, or maybe a point in the right direction would be awesome... this is depressing that my s1 was cooler than my s4... Hey Samsung can I atleast get a reach around.... jajaha Thanks in advance to any and all that can help a NooB out...
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plenty of info at your disposal. As I have said many times before, read, read and read more. I believe there are instructions on everything you want to do, but you need to have a real good understand beforehand

decaturbob said:
plenty of info at your disposal. As I have said many times before, read, read and read more. I believe there are instructions on everything you want to do, but you need to have a real good understand beforehand
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I indeed do, links to files, would be awesome.. I've rooted flashed and tweaked many a phone.. this one here has been a pain right in the arse. I'm very capable, I debloated and de-odexed this phone but didn't trip the knox counter, it the route to the files, and the tutorials.. believe me I've spent two days reading the dev section and all ive seen is the bootlader is locked so to push custom recovery via odin wont twerk.... I used to brick my S1 for fun and recover it.. couldn't kill the thing.. my understanding is sufficient... any thread you could point me to or link me up, and I'm set.... Need a Galaxy Rescue Squad..... Thanks again for your help man

]>oPeR83 said:
I indeed do, links to files, would be awesome.. I've rooted flashed and tweaked many a phone.. this one here has been a pain right in the arse. I'm very capable, I debloated and de-odexed this phone but didn't trip the knox counter, it the route to the files, and the tutorials.. believe me I've spent two days reading the dev section and all ive seen is the bootlader is locked so to push custom recovery via odin wont twerk.... I used to brick my S1 for fun and recover it.. couldn't kill the thing.. my understanding is sufficient... any thread you could point me to or link me up, and I'm set.... Need a Galaxy Rescue Squad..... Thanks again for your help man
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the easiest thing to do is probably do a full wipe Odin process so you can start over.
I made a guide to take phone from ME7 to MJ7....saferoot, safestrap and hyperdrive intall. Some adjustments to guide would have to be made as now SS3.71 is out and HD12 is out but the process is the same. Links are there or easily found.
as always, not for the faint of heart.. I suggest downloading all files to PC and verifying the MD5 checksum. So many people try to direct download to phone which is problematic in itself and many don't check the MD5. I have never had issues because of bad files or downloads because I'll take the time to download to PC and check it before copying over to phone.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2579278
couple things, don't try to restore apps thru Tibu...clean install from playstore. I have had limited success with restoring "data only" from Tibu...Also have an extsd card, this is a must as you really need to keep data located on that and redirect data to it....like pics, movies, photos and that is where you would keep your flash files for the HD12 ROM, kernel modules and where Safestrap would place the backup as well as directing Titanium Backup to keep its back up files there too.
good luck

what if I'm already mj7?

]>oPeR83 said:
what if I'm already mj7?
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doesn't matter, MJ7 tar is a clean wipe I believe..should give you a fresh base with vroot gone. If you have safestrap, follow the manual uninstall instructions

decaturbob said:
doesn't matter, MJ7 tar is a clean wipe I believe..should give you a fresh base with vroot gone. If you have safestrap, follow the manual uninstall instructions
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Awesome.... bout to giver a rip.. surely things will go smoothly... Thank you again.....

Causal, TWRP, 4.3 OTA

A while back when I first got my Verizon Note 2, I used Adam Outler's Casual method to root my phone to Stock. I don't mind stock and root mostly for the Tethering.
About a week back the OTA notice hit my phone. I have declined the notice/update twice giving myself time to look for the root update. I found this thread by Beans: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2518704 ........ It seems right but this thread by AdamOutler says not to use ODIN: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2045563
So I am a little confused. I just want the update but don't want to mess up and not have my tethering ever again.... or brick the phone.
As a newbie, it's a scary task. Someone please help point me in the right direction. I just want the 4.3 Stock. If there is a thread for my situation I couldn't find it. I search "casual TWRP 4.3 OTA" and other similar variations.
I can still get to the TWRP 2.5.0.0. I have also downloaded the ODIN and started it... looks simple, but there are no instructions.
Someone please help me...
Thanks

Jiggabitties said:
Welp, couple things...
#3 - If it is only ROOT you are after, the 4.3 OTA is Rootable, just not unlockable. So if by chance you accidentally take the OTA you should still be able to ROOT and install your Tethering app. You just won't be able to unlock the bootloader and install a custom recovery/rom.
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So if you are OTA'd to MJ9, how do you unlock?

SteveHebe said:
So if you are OTA'd to MJ9, how do you unlock?
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You cannot. Best bet is to not take the other and unlock your bootloader. If you take it you will probably be locked for a very long time.
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michigan66 said:
You cannot. Best bet is to not take the other and unlock your bootloader. If you take it you will probably be locked for a very long time.
Sent from my SCH-I605 using Tapatalk 2
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SteveHebe said:
So if you are OTA'd to MJ9, how do you unlock?
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Correct, you cannot currently UNLOCK the OTA MJ9 boot loader. But you can ROOT. Which will allow you to tether.
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MrNewbie said:
A while back when I first got my Verizon Note 2, I used Adam Outler's Casual method to root my phone to Stock. I don't mind stock and root mostly for the Tethering.
About a week back the OTA notice hit my phone. I have declined the notice/update twice giving myself time to look for the root update. I found this thread by Beans: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2518704 ........ It seems right but this thread by AdamOutler says not to use ODIN: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2045563
So I am a little confused. I just want the update but don't want to mess up and not have my tethering ever again.... or brick the phone.
As a newbie, it's a scary task. Someone please help point me in the right direction. I just want the 4.3 Stock. If there is a thread for my situation I couldn't find it. I search "casual TWRP 4.3 OTA" and other similar variations.
I can still get to the TWRP 2.5.0.0. I have also downloaded the ODIN and started it... looks simple, but there are no instructions.
Someone please help me...
Thanks
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I would think long and hard about taking the OTA...although root is available, you may want an unlocked bootloader at some point, and there is no guarantee that is coming to the official 4.3. My guess is that it will not simply because this phone is 18 months old and the skilled developers that put in the time to do things like unlock bootloaders move on to newer devices.
If you managed to use Casual in the past, Odin won't be a problem for you. Below are the steps:
Odin takes about 5 minutes total...its really easy.
Download Odin (it's just a simple windows program). - http://forum.xda-developers.com/atta...3&d=1304094576
Make sure you have the latest samsung drivers - http://www.mediafire.com/?hzlnda0l5t8qyes
Download and extract the firmware from the first post in this thread - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2578458
Save whatever 4.3 ROM you choose to your external SD card.
Power down the phone and boot back into download mode (volume down, power and home at the same time).
Open Odin, plug in phone...Odin should recognize the phone and you will see the com port noted in yellow.
Check the PDA box and put the firmware file (unzipped) in the PDA slot. Click start and 30 seconds later you are done. Phone will reboot into recovery at this point.
Then you can flash any of the 4.3 ROMs (including stock) in TWRP (I use 2.5.0.0 too). I have tried them all and Sophisticated 3.0 has worked the best for me...I will be trying beans 23 as soon as it is done.

tfly212 said:
I would think long and hard about taking the OTA...although root is available, you may want an unlocked bootloader at some point, and there is no guarantee that is coming to the official 4.3. My guess is that it will not simply because this phone is 18 months old and the skilled developers that put in the time to do things like unlock bootloaders move on to newer devices.
If you managed to use Casual in the past, Odin won't be a problem for you. Below are the steps:
Odin takes about 5 minutes total...its really easy.
Download Odin (it's just a simple windows program). - http://forum.xda-developers.com/atta...3&d=1304094576
Make sure you have the latest samsung drivers - http://www.mediafire.com/?hzlnda0l5t8qyes
Download and extract the firmware from the first post in this thread - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2578458
Save whatever 4.3 ROM you choose to your external SD card.
Power down the phone and boot back into download mode (volume down, power and home at the same time).
Open Odin, plug in phone...Odin should recognize the phone and you will see the com port noted in yellow.
Check the PDA box and put the firmware file (unzipped) in the PDA slot. Click start and 30 seconds later you are done. Phone will reboot into recovery at this point.
Then you can flash any of the 4.3 ROMs (including stock) in TWRP (I use 2.5.0.0 too). I have tried them all and Sophisticated 3.0 has worked the best for me...I will be trying beans 23 as soon as it is done.
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Thank you so much. Updated and everything seem to work just fine, but after some use it started rebooting. I am going to put on Sophisticated as you suggested. Hopefully, it will be more stable then the stock ROM.
And I can't get the WIFI Tethering to work. Which Tethering app are you using? I have unlimited data... and need to make sure Verizon isn't charging me for no reason.

MrNewbie said:
Thank you so much. Updated and everything seem to work just fine, but after some use it started rebooting. I am going to put on Sophisticated as you suggested. Hopefully, it will be more stable then the stock ROM.
And I can't get the WIFI Tethering to work. Which Tethering app are you using? I have unlimited data... and need to make sure Verizon isn't charging me for no reason.
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I had some reboots on the stock rom too...but once I went to the other roms (I tried Nephilium, Sophisticated and N3bula, but had the best results with Sophisticated) and I haven't had one reboot.
As for the wifi tethering, on stock you need to flash the file below (some of the newer roms, including Sophisticated have it baked in).
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=48315091&postcount=245

IS anybody getting close to an unlock/root post VRUEMJ9 VZWi605 Note 2.
the reason I ask is I unrooted back to stock 4.1.1 and then picked up the VZW OTA 4.3 and now can't use Casual or any other method, I can root but not unlock bootloader. well anybody have any Ideas? thank you.

david515 said:
the reason I ask is I unrooted back to stock 4.1.1 and then picked up the VZW OTA 4.3 and now can't use Casual or any other method, I can root but not unlock bootloader. well anybody have any Ideas? thank you.
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The reason you ask what? You didn't ask anything. And as it's been stated a million times, no unlock method avaliable and unlikely there will be one.
Sent from my SCH-I605 using xda app-developers app

akellar said:
The reason you ask what? You didn't ask anything. And as it's been stated a million times, no unlock method avaliable and unlikely there will be one.
Sent from my SCH-I605 using xda app-developers app
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Eh, he is one of those that puts the question in his title instead of the body of the reply. But as @akellar said, there is nothing available.

Thanks so much for all the help. I got everything working right based on the instructions from this thread. I initially had an issue with the "Wifi Tether" because I was using a 3rd party app. Instead the correct app is the "Mobile Hotspot" app. It might be named differently for other carriers, but for Verizon it is "Mobile Hotspot".
Again thank you for all the replies.
Thank you for Sophisticated v3.
Thank you Adam Outler for the original Casual root.
And Thank you runandhide05 for the "Mobile Hotspot" hack!
:good::fingers-crossed: LOL

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