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I have been searching and haven't found this, forgive me if it's out there.
Is there an unroot method for the GTab 10.1 Wifi that DOESN'T wipe and return to stock? I want to install a custom ROM and go back and forth between root as my company doesn't allow their Good for Enterprise app to work on a rooted device.
Thanks!
Delete /system/bin/su, then system/app/superuser.apk and reboot. I have done it and all the signs of root were gone. Also I've read that superSU from market does the job, but never tried it. Either way, afaik, the only way to be 10000% certain is to flash a clean, stock rom.
Sent from my amazing 10.1 galaxy tab
Blueback22 said:
I have been searching and haven't found this, forgive me if it's out there.
Is there an unroot method for the GTab 10.1 Wifi that DOESN'T wipe and return to stock? I want to install a custom ROM and go back and forth between root as my company doesn't allow their Good for Enterprise app to work on a rooted device.
Thanks!
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OTA root keeper is working with google play movies to temperarily unroot even works for OTA updates
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...m9yZy5wcm9qZWN0dm9vZG9vLm90YXJvb3RrZWVwZXIiXQ..
Others have tried OTA root keeper without success with Good for Enterprise (GFE).
I tried SuperSU (which is a cool app!) without any luck. I tried it both with and without a rooted kernel. GFE still detects root even when it's been "turned off" in SuperSU.
I will next try to permanentally unroot via SuperSU and hope it doesn't wipe.
Questions go in the Q&A section
Blueback22 said:
Others have tried OTA root keeper without success with Good for Enterprise (GFE).
I tried SuperSU (which is a cool app!) without any luck. I tried it both with and without a rooted kernel. GFE still detects root even when it's been "turned off" in SuperSU.
I will next try to permanentally unroot via SuperSU and hope it doesn't wipe.
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Permanent unroot works in SuperSU to unroot and allow Good for Enterprise to work on my tablet. I can always reflash the rooted update.zip file to gain root again if I need to.
Success! This allow root to be removed and not wipe the Galaxy Tab.
Blueback22 said:
Permanent unroot works in SuperSU to unroot and allow Good for Enterprise to work on my tablet. I can always reflash the rooted update.zip file to gain root again if I need to.
Success! This allow root to be removed and not wipe the Galaxy Tab.
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Which Galaxy Tab do you have? I have the Tab Pro 8.4 and I tried to do permanent unroot with SuperSU and GFE complained. What version of GFE was it? Did you do anything else after unroot?
imthenachoman said:
Which Galaxy Tab do you have? I have the Tab Pro 8.4 and I tried to do permanent unroot with SuperSU and GFE complained. What version of GFE was it? Did you do anything else after unroot?
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Lol. This was from 2 years ago man. It was the original Galaxy Tab 10.1
I have no idea which version if GFE it was, but I'm sure this thread is old and dead now.
I have updated to ICS with ODIN because KIES was just to useless to carry out the simple task...
Tried rooting with "Rooting-Samsung-Galaxy-Tab-10.1.zip" which I found on the forum. It says it is successful and superuser appears. but when trying to carry out any root feature it fails ....
Try this. Go to this site and download the 3.1.3 - ARM file.
http://androidsu.com/superuser/
Flash that in recovery if you want to root the stock ROM. Remember though that you always do so at your own risk.
Or...you could bypass the rooting process altogether if you plan on flashing a rooted ROM. You do not need to root before doing that...just if you plan to use the stock ROM and need root permissions.
Many Thanx
djmatt604 said:
Try this. Go to this site and download the 3.1.3 -
Flash that in recovery if you want to root the stock ROM. Remember though that you always do so at your own risk.
Or...you could bypass the rooting process altogether if you plan on flashing a rooted ROM. You do not need to root before doing that...just if you plan to use the stock ROM and need root permissions.
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Thank you very much!!!
Worked like a charm immediatly
Great! Enjoy.
ok, so im not a total newb when it comes to rooting but here is my question(s).
recently got the jellybean update on my t-mobile l9 and was wondering the simplest way to root it?
do i have to unlock the boot loader to root it??
all i really want to do is be able to remove some of the t-mobile bloatware.
please and thank you to all who help.
also ive briefly glanced at Lelus root/offline flashing method, is all that work needed to simply root the device??
if so, could someone link me to the EXACT files i would need, not the "look in this thread for your version"
(if i break the wifes phone, or lose here saved games, she will kick my butt lol)
my device is the following
tmobile
lg l9
p76920d
android version 4.1.2
I second this motion! And no one mentioned is the lelus root method will work with V20D
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Lol, yes all of that is needed to root the device and as of right now, you have to have root before upgrading to jelly bean. So if you really wanted to root her device. you would have to flash 10g (ice cream) for her device (p769).
If all you want is to disable some bloatware trying going to apps in system setting and see if you can disable it.
huffmybrd said:
ok, so im not a total newb when it comes to rooting but here is my question(s).
recently got the jellybean update on my t-mobile l9 and was wondering the simplest way to root it?
do i have to unlock the boot loader to root it??
all i really want to do is be able to remove some of the t-mobile bloatware.
please and thank you to all who help.
also ive briefly glanced at Lelus root/offline flashing method, is all that work needed to simply root the device??
if so, could someone link me to the EXACT files i would need, not the "look in this thread for your version"
(if i break the wifes phone, or lose here saved games, she will kick my butt lol)
my device is the following
tmobile
lg l9
p76920d
android version 4.1.2
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You would need to downgrade to V10G using the Lelus method (which isnt hard at all just follow the directions carefully) and then root the phone. After that you could update to a rooted version of V20D ad then you would be set.Everything you need is in the Development forum.
i agree with grey use the V10G Method then use the CWM BackUp with radio flash through CWM Recovery by artas182x always remember to make a backup of data from your backup app and as well backup your sd card to the computer and please give thanks to the devs they have helped us alot in this development section and they deserve the credit if i have helped you can always give me thanks but the real credit goes to the devs and people that help our glorious community
Files For tmobile JB update thread by csrow
Root
L9 Recovery By Artas182x
alienngp said:
i agree with grey use the V10G Method then use the CWM BackUp with radio flash through CWM Recovery by artas182x always remember to make a backup of data from your backup app and as well backup your sd card to the computer and please give thanks to the devs they have helped us alot in this development section and they deserve the credit if i have helped you can always give me thanks but the real credit goes to the devs and people that help our glorious community
Files For tmobile JB update thread by csrow
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L9 Recovery By Artas182x
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I'm on p769 10g rooted and everything works. No CWM installed. Don't want to brick or damage it. Suddenly started getting system update messages but can't update because i need root. Is this the link for me to follow if i want to upgrade and root JB Root?
guest_2011 said:
I'm on p769 10g rooted and everything works. No CWM installed. Don't want to brick or damage it. Suddenly started getting system update messages but can't update because i need root. Is this the link for me to follow if i want to upgrade and root JB Root?
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Just install voodoo OTA rootkeeper and open and press protect root. After that you can safely take OTA. Also if OTA fails you're not bricked, pull battery and it will boot back into ICS. The reason we can't directly root 20D is because we don't yet have the KDZ file from LG.
Tablechair said:
Just install voodoo OTA rootkeeper and open and press protect root. After that you can safely take OTA. Also if OTA fails you're not bricked, pull battery and it will boot back into ICS. The reason we can't directly root 20D is because we don't yet have the KDZ file from LG.
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I protected root in voodoo, sys update restarted the phone, red triangle/some kind of error and then phone restarted by itself back to normal.
I wish they come on the bloat is so massive
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guest_2011 said:
I protected root in voodoo, sys update restarted the phone, red triangle/some kind of error and then phone restarted by itself back to normal.
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Then you have 2 options to go from here (or 3? I guess). Either use the offline flasher to flash 10g again(use the lelus root method so you don't lose root.) this should make everything default and OTA should go thru. Afterwards don't forget to do voodoo again. Or install CWM and update with one of the clean rooted backups available. @artas182x CWM for locked bootloader works great. I know you said you don't wanna mess around with CWM but there is very little risk involved, just be sure to backup your current rom first. If you backup all your apps and app data in titanium beforehand you can restore them back to the clean JB after all is said and done. I'd personally go the CWM route as it is much faster.
Tablechair said:
Then you have 2 options to go from here (or 3? I guess). Either use the offline flasher to flash 10g again(use the lelus root method so you don't lose root.) this should make everything default and OTA should go thru. Afterwards don't forget to do voodoo again. Or install CWM and update with one of the clean rooted backups available. @artas182x CWM for locked bootloader works great. I know you said you don't wanna mess around with CWM but there is very little risk involved, just be sure to backup your current rom first. If you backup all your apps and app data in titanium beforehand you can restore them back to the clean JB after all is said and done. I'd personally go the CWM route as it is much faster.
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i'm on 10g rooted with voodoo now. Flash 10g again?
CWM i didn't install because wasn't sure if 100% working or still buggy for p769. CWM is a better option. Backup is not critical. I had trouble restoring with titanium before so i don't mind reinstalling apps. Updating to JB is not critical either unless it brings some improvement in speed/ram management. Update notification was incessantly bugging me every 5 minutes that's why i wanted to get rid of it but its no longer a problem. Disappeared. Will i be able to CWM a rooted/unlocked bl JB for p769 eventually or should i do the rooted JB now and wait until bl can be unlocked in the future? Or, possibly new rooted unlocked bl roms in the future?
Hello,
I have an LG Optimus L9 and I'm on Ice Cream Sandwich right now, the stock firmware that was there when I bought the phone. Now what I want to do, is backup the current ROM in its full state, then upgrade to Jelly Bean via the OTA updater from LG.
Then I want to return to my previously backed up ROM whenever I'll want to, and get the same state of ICS that I had before upgrading.
Is it even possible? I don't mind if I have to root it.
Thanks in advance.
Everything you mentioned is possible, but there's still trade-offs:
1) if you want EVERYTHING to be the same as now (ICS), including radio, u-boot, and x-boot, then you can always using fastboot to flash the u-boot, and x-boot, and then using offline flashing KDZ to restore STOCK ICS (with root) and then use ClockworkMod ROM Manager to Recovery your current backup;
2) I personally don't see the need for you to have radio, u-boot, and x-boot to come back to it's current state: JB radio, u/x-boot works fine with ICS ROM. So the simple thing to do for you is:
a) ROOT your current ICS
b) install ClockworkMod ROM Manager
c) backup (using CWM)
d) update to JB (keep root and CWM)
e) restore the backup from step c whenever you prefer
mrmathematica said:
Everything you mentioned is possible, but there's still trade-offs:
1) if you want EVERYTHING to be the same as now (ICS), including radio, u-boot, and x-boot, then you can always using fastboot to flash the u-boot, and x-boot, and then using offline flashing KDZ to restore STOCK ICS (with root) and then use ClockworkMod ROM Manager to Recovery your current backup;
2) I personally don't see the need for you to have radio, u-boot, and x-boot to come back to it's current state: JB radio, u/x-boot works fine with ICS ROM. So the simple thing to do for you is:
a) ROOT your current ICS
b) install ClockworkMod ROM Manager
c) backup (using CWM)
d) update to JB (keep root and CWM)
e) restore the backup from step c whenever you prefer
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Yeah, I guess if keeping it in the same state is too complicated, restoring to the factory ICS would be fine too.
I'm still wondering though, if I do your process mentioned at step 2 above, will I get my bootloader unlocked? I'm a newbie in that kind of stuff, but I've seen articles mentioning something, that you can only unlock the bootloader when being on Jelly Bean.
Thanks again.
Voodoo rootkeeper is needed for you to retain root via ota. Or you can riot again if it's no problem.
Sent from my LG-P769 using xda app-developers app
YPwn said:
Hello,
I have an LG Optimus L9 and I'm on Ice Cream Sandwich right now, the stock firmware that was there when I bought the phone. Now what I want to do, is backup the current ROM in its full state, then upgrade to Jelly Bean via the OTA updater from LG.
Then I want to return to my previously backed up ROM whenever I'll want to, and get the same state of ICS that I had before upgrading.
Is it even possible? I don't mind if I have to root it.
Thanks in advance.
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It's possible but rooting L9 ICS is not an easy one-click process. If you want to try, take a look here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2173465.
For what you want to do you should
1. Try to offline flash your current stock rom first. This make sure that you familair with offline flash and you can flash stock rom back if rooting process go wrong. Refer to http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2085344
This process don't delete your data if you do it right.
2. Get modified .bin file for your rom if any. If there're no modified .bin for your rom, you must make one. It require editing binary file with hex editor. There're some thread about this somewhere in the forum.
3. Root your phone with http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2173465. Almost same process as offline flash but you need to add some stuff to your phone and replace some files while flashing kdz.
YPwn said:
Yeah, I guess if keeping it in the same state is too complicated, restoring to the factory ICS would be fine too.
I'm still wondering though, if I do your process mentioned at step 2 above, will I get my bootloader unlocked? I'm a newbie in that kind of stuff, but I've seen articles mentioning something, that you can only unlock the bootloader when being on Jelly Bean.
Thanks again.
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No you won't get your bootloader unlocked. It is true that only official P760 JB supports bootloader-unlocking, but that is an option, not a necessity (which you can deal later if you want to).
Also artit is right that ROOT ICS is not one-click process. I followed cmahendra's excellent tutorial and get things done on first try, but things differ for different person.
Root for JB
If you don't want to do the complicated root method for ICS then just wait until you upgrade to jelly bean and then go here. ICS was a bit difficult to root but once you do it then you can get it done with your eyes closed. Cmahendra has a great tutorial along with Lelus method it's great! Good luck!!
Nathan.7118391 said:
If you don't want to do the complicated root method for ICS then just wait until you upgrade to jelly bean and then go here. ICS was a bit difficult to root but once you do it then you can get it done with your eyes closed. Cmahendra has a great tutorial along with Lelus method it's great! Good luck!!
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Yeah, I guess it's not that hard, I'll try to do it. It's similar to the method for flashing an LG KM900 which I had before (non Android). I'll try it and report here.
I hope I can find a KDZ matching by current firmware, though.
(P76010g-EUR-XX)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2107971
Good luck!
Sent from my LG-P769(20F) using the xda-developers app. If I helped you please hit the "thanks" button.
Okay, so I managed to root ICS and install the recovery then backup my firmware.
Although when I installed the Voodoo OTA Rootkeeper and made a temporary unroot, I immediately went to the Software Update option on my phone. It downloaded the update and rebooted. Then soon after a while I got an error "Err:0x13e", then it rebooted back into Android and said something like "unexpected error occured while upgrading" (not precise message).
I'm stuck at this point. What should I do now? Has anyone experienced this before?
Thanks.
So are you saying your phone is dead or what? Did it reboot and die? More details please. And you weren't suppose to make a temp unroot, you were suppose to protect root.
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Nathan.7118391 said:
So are you saying your phone is dead or what? Did it reboot and die? More details please. And you weren't suppose to make a temp unroot, you were suppose to protect root.
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No, it's not dead. It throws an error "Err:0x13e" during the "Upgrading Firmware" stage, then it fails and reboots back to Android.
I tried everything in Voodoo OTA Rootkeeper, it still didn't work.
YPwn said:
No, it's not dead. It throws an error "Err:0x13e" during the "Upgrading Firmware" stage, then it fails and reboots back to Android.
I tried everything in Voodoo OTA Rootkeeper, it still didn't work.
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The reason i't snot working is because of the custom recovery. you have to delete cwm so that the upgrade can boot to original recovery and upgrade your phone. Be sure to get into Voodoo and protect root. That will be important after you upgrade.
After the upgrade go into google play and install Voodoo then recover root.
Nathan.7118391 said:
The reason i't snot working is because of the custom recovery. you have to delete cwm so that the upgrade can boot to original recovery and upgrade your phone. Be sure to get into Voodoo and protect root. That will be important after you upgrade.
After the upgrade go into google play and install Voodoo then recover root.
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Thanks, I see now. Though I decided to flash a Jelly Bean KDZ instead, then do a factory restore. Both my root and CWM were gone, so I rooted again using the LGPwn method, which worked just fine. Afterwards, I installed the same recovery I had on ICS, and now everything is working fine. :laugh:
I guess I don't have any more questions regarding my topic.
Hi, I would like to update MJ7 to NC5 while keeping root, but I'm not too familiar with Odin and the whole process. I used the saferoot method a while back to initially root MJ7. I want to keep all my data and stuff but from what I have read it seems like I need to backup everything, and I'm not sure how I would go about doing that, and yes I have Titanium Backup Pro.
I am just asking if anyone has a noob friendly guide of going from MJ7 to NC5 while keeping root, or if there is one I couldn't find that is out there. Thank you so much!
tredonkulous said:
Hi, I would like to update MJ7 to NC5 while keeping root, but I'm not too familiar with Odin and the whole process. I used the saferoot method a while back to initially root MJ7. I want to keep all my data and stuff but from what I have read it seems like I need to backup everything, and I'm not sure how I would go about doing that, and yes I have Titanium Backup Pro.
I am just asking if anyone has a noob friendly guide of going from MJ7 to NC5 while keeping root, or if there is one I couldn't find that is out there. Thank you so much!
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You can just take the update. You don't need Odin to root anymore.
After you take the update go to towelroot.com and download the apk (you will need to go to settings/security/allow unknown sources). Install the apk and open it. Click on "make it rain". You now have root. Get SuperSU from the Play Store. If you are wanting to make nandroid backups or install custom Roms you will also need to get BusyBox from the Play Store and Safestrap off of XDA.
tredonkulous said:
Hi, I would like to update MJ7 to NC5 while keeping root, but I'm not too familiar with Odin and the whole process. I used the saferoot method a while back to initially root MJ7. I want to keep all my data and stuff but from what I have read it seems like I need to backup everything, and I'm not sure how I would go about doing that, and yes I have Titanium Backup Pro.
I am just asking if anyone has a noob friendly guide of going from MJ7 to NC5 while keeping root, or if there is one I couldn't find that is out there. Thank you so much!
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ou can just take the update. You don't need Odin to root anymore.
After you take the update go to towelroot.com and download the apk (you will need to go to settings/security/allow unknown sources). Install the apk and open it. Click on "make it rain". You now have root. Get SuperSU from the Play Store. If you are wanting to make nandroid backups or install custom Roms you will also need to get BusyBox from the Play Store and Safestrap off of XDA.
liljoe727 said:
ou can just take the update. You don't need Odin to root anymore.
After you take the update go to towelroot.com and download the apk (you will need to go to settings/security/allow unknown sources). Install the apk and open it. Click on "make it rain". You now have root. Get SuperSU from the Play Store. If you are wanting to make nandroid backups or install custom Roms you will also need to get BusyBox from the Play Store and Safestrap off of XDA.
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Thank you! So, I have the update settings frozen, so I just have to unfreeze and let it go through OTA?
(I know that's what you just said but I'd like to double check)
tredonkulous said:
Thank you! So, I have the update settings frozen, so I just have to unfreeze and let it go through OTA?
(I know that's what you just said but I'd like to double check)
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You may need to unroot first.
make a nandroid backup with safestrap. backup anything you want to keep with titanium to sdcard. if you want to update your firmware but not your bootloader in hope of a cracked bootloader eventually check my thread on the topic and download one of my odin packages from the top and flash. follow the instructions to root and safestrap. alternatively you can update using safestrap 3.72 and one of my mini odin images containing just firmware and modem if you are planning on going straight to a custom rom.
gigilie said:
make a nandroid backup with safestrap. backup anything you want to keep with titanium to sdcard. if you want to update your firmware but not your bootloader in hope of a cracked bootloader eventually check my thread on the topic and download one of my odin packages from the top and flash. follow the instructions to root and safestrap. alternatively you can update using safestrap 3.72 and one of my mini odin images containing just firmware and modem if you are planning on going straight to a custom rom.
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Is there anything you haven't done for this phone? Lol
joshm.1219 said:
Is there anything you haven't done for this phone? Lol
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Gigilie is zee man.
gigilie said:
make a nandroid backup with safestrap. backup anything you want to keep with titanium to sdcard. if you want to update your firmware but not your bootloader in hope of a cracked bootloader eventually check my thread on the topic and download one of my odin packages from the top and flash. follow the instructions to root and safestrap. alternatively you can update using safestrap 3.72 and one of my mini odin images containing just firmware and modem if you are planning on going straight to a custom rom.
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I don't have safestrap, how would I go about getting it? (I have Xposed Framework if that's and issue).