[Q] Getting my Galaxy S5 back to factory settings - Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hey all,
I hope I am posting in the right section. If I am not please feel free to re-direct me. I have searched for the answer to my question and am not quite seeing the answer.
I have a samsung galaxy S5. I tried rooting it using towelroot. As far as I knew it was rooted. My understanding is that if you are rooted that you cannot get the OTA updates. My phone has an error when trying to install those updates. I tried installing SuperSU. It said I did not have the SU binary. I installed a root checker that stated I did not have an active root. My goal is to get my phone back to factory settings in order to turn it in for a new phone. What do I need to do that? Am I really not rooted anymore? Why won't the updates install then? If I back up my phone and do a factory reset will I run into any problems?
I understand that I am an absolute novice at this so any help is totally appreciated!

Try to flash the stock rom.
Try to flash the stock rom of your s5,then you can back to your stock and can update your mobile.
Istorm7 said:
Hey all,
I hope I am posting in the right section. If I am not please feel free to re-direct me. I have searched for the answer to my question and am not quite seeing the answer.
I have a samsung galaxy S5. I tried rooting it using towelroot. As far as I knew it was rooted. My understanding is that if you are rooted that you cannot get the OTA updates. My phone has an error when trying to install those updates. I tried installing SuperSU. It said I did not have the SU binary. I installed a root checker that stated I did not have an active root. My goal is to get my phone back to factory settings in order to turn it in for a new phone. What do I need to do that? Am I really not rooted anymore? Why won't the updates install then? If I back up my phone and do a factory reset will I run into any problems?
I understand that I am an absolute novice at this so any help is totally appreciated!
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I need some help from you experts...
My GS4 was rooted, and working great. My wife decided to try and update my phone for me, grrrrrrr.
Now I am not rooted, and it can't seem to get it done again. Also anytime I try to update it ends with an error. When I saw this, I attempted to use Odin to flash back to a stock OS. No luck. I did a factory reset and tried again, no luck. Still when I power up, the screen says "custom". I can't get back to the absolute bare bones factory OS for the life of me! I was trying to do that so I could again root the phone.
How do I get back to the absolute stock OS so that I could sell or trade the phone?
How do I get it back to stock so I could root it again? What options do I have to root these days, Odin doesn't like me right now! I am guessing I don't have the most up to date file. Mine is probably 6 months old.
Any help is much appreciated.
mark35z said:
I need some help from you experts...
My GS4 was rooted, and working great. My wife decided to try and update my phone for me, grrrrrrr.
Now I am not rooted, and it can't seem to get it done again. Also anytime I try to update it ends with an error. When I saw this, I attempted to use Odin to flash back to a stock OS. No luck. I did a factory reset and tried again, no luck. Still when I power up, the screen says "custom". I can't get back to the absolute bare bones factory OS for the life of me! I was trying to do that so I could again root the phone.
How do I get back to the absolute stock OS so that I could sell or trade the phone?
How do I get it back to stock so I could root it again? What options do I have to root these days, Odin doesn't like me right now! I am guessing I don't have the most up to date file. Mine is probably 6 months old.
Any help is much appreciated.
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If you are now on mj7 there is a now a no data wipe tar in Android dev.
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Need help with Re Root as well
I need a little assistance in re-rooting my phone as well. I had SuperSU on my phone and had root access. I selected the "Unroot" button in SuperSu and boy that was a mistake.I thought that this one button was a super "undo" button.
To my understanding, in order to uninstall Safestrap (I bought the phone from the store with ME7 installed ), I need to have root access. I can't seem to find the tutorial I used on how to root the phone with the the MI1 build.
The Goal:
I'm trying to get as bone stock as possible in order to return the phone. I don't like the phone and I am very unhappy that I can only use TW based ROMS. I'm within my 14 day trial period but unfortunately it ends tomorrow.
I'm downloading a stock ROM right now that I will flash via Odin once I manage to re root the phone and uninstall safestrap but I'm lost on how to root the phone again.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Mightycaptain said:
If you are now on mj7 there is a now a no data wipe tar in Android dev.
Sent from my SCH-I545 using xda app-developers app
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you loose root with that not gain root. That's if we are talking about the same one
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2507217
it was the only no data wipe tar I could find for MJ7.
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xAgonizex said:
I need a little assistance in re-rooting my phone as well. I had SuperSU on my phone and had root access. I selected the "Unroot" button in SuperSu and boy that was a mistake.I thought that this one button was a super "undo" button.
To my understanding, in order to uninstall Safestrap (I bought the phone from the store with ME7 installed ), I need to have root access. I can't seem to find the tutorial I used on how to root the phone with the the MI1 build.
The Goal:
I'm trying to get as bone stock as possible in order to return the phone. I don't like the phone and I am very unhappy that I can only use TW based ROMS. I'm within my 14 day trial period but unfortunately it ends tomorrow.
I'm downloading a stock ROM right now that I will flash via Odin once I manage to re root the phone and uninstall safestrap but I'm lost on how to root the phone again.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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You don't need root to flash with odin.
azraell33 said:
you loose root with that not gain root. That's if we are talking about the same one
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2507217
it was the only no data wipe tar I could find for MJ7.
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Correct, that is where I was referring and yes he would not have root, one of his questions was how he gets back to stock OS to trade etc...
If he is mj7 that seems to me to be his only option if he doesn't want to lose data.
There is this which would really take it back to factory for mj7 wiping everything.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2507253
But he wasn't really specific about which firmware he was on so that's the best answer I can give him at the moment.

[Q] Verizon GS4 4.3 MJ7 rooted + recovery?

Hi, i recently rooted my verizon galaxy s4 with software version 4.3 and MJ7 build using the chinese superuser method etc. I wanted to install a rom so i have been searching for a way to install (any) recovery but everything doesnt work! I tried using gooManager but it always gives me an error. I tried installing cwm through ROM manager but after i installed it and "booted into recovery", it got me stuck in download mode which then i had to do a battery pull and cancel the operation.
I really want to install any recovery on my phone so i can install ROMS and be safe incase i brick my phone. PLEASE HELP!!!!
Any threads that cover this issue would be helpful, but i havent been able to find one! if you have any links or downloads with instructions, that would be very helpful
Thanks
bballnerd102 said:
Hi, i recently rooted my verizon galaxy s4 with software version 4.3 and MJ7 build using the chinese superuser method etc. I wanted to install a rom so i have been searching for a way to install (any) recovery but everything doesnt work! I tried using gooManager but it always gives me an error. I tried installing cwm through ROM manager but after i installed it and "booted into recovery", it got me stuck in download mode which then i had to do a battery pull and cancel the operation.
I really want to install any recovery on my phone so i can install ROMS and be safe incase i brick my phone. PLEASE HELP!!!!
Any threads that cover this issue would be helpful, but i havent been able to find one! if you have any links or downloads with instructions, that would be very helpful
Thanks
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I'm in the exact same boat as you right now. As far as I know there is no recovery not the ability to flash ROMs on this phone running mj7.
iDontMissMyiPhone said:
I'm in the exact same boat as you right now. As far as I know there is no recovery not the ability to flash ROMs on this phone running mj7.
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Same here. I have read that Verizon is making it big time hard to root and then do anything else. Please if anyone else figures out what is being asked here, help us out.
Can we odin backwards ? so far what i am seeing we cant

I9200 root after been rooted and updated firmware???

Hi folks,
Ive been having a strange problem with a couple Galaxy Mega I9200. I have rooted both before without any problems using KINGO originally. The i decided to update both of them with version UBUCNA2. When i tried to re root them back, even though the process have run fine a couple times the phone is not rooting. At this point i dont know what else to do to try to root those phones. I have tried every single method around this forum i think not just KINGO this time. And have not been able to reach root the way it should. Titanium backup shows not able to aquire root priviledges, and other root apps also. Can someone please help me on this?? Keep in mind im not a newbie so dont give me the recovery method advice without something new or to use KINGO because ive have done that already. Thanks a lot guys
You upgraded your phones to the latest knox enabled firmware which has the knox bootloader. You cannot go back to an older firmware or flash a custom rom now.
To root, try the directions provided in this thread and use the melius3gxx files instead of meliusltexx.
Silesh.Nair said:
You upgraded your phones to the latest knox enabled firmware which has the knox bootloader. You cannot go back to an older firmware or flash a custom rom now.
To root, try the directions provided in this thread and use the melius3gxx files instead of meliusltexx.
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Ok thanks, the phones already had the knox apk so my guess was that it was going to be the same thing. Thanks for clarifying that one. And thanks for the advice.
Thanks again, turns out the only thing that is failling root access is when i try to unlock the phone via box. For some reason when its checking for SU access it fails. But thanks anyway i managed to solve the Root problem.
root.
I rooted through Phill touch Recovery.

How do I get the Custom(unlocked padlock) on start up to go away

Hello,
Sorry if this has been posted. I searched for this topic and did not see it for samsung s4. I rooted my phone using towel root, and when I updated to 4.4.2 my phone lost its root. I am fine with the phone not being rooted, but when I restart it the word custom shows up on reboot. I read people suggestion to get odin and flash the rom to stock. Will that solve the problem? Also does the rom stay the same for the device or does it change for each firware updates. Just want to make sure I flash my phone with the correct Rom. I ask this because I am returning my phone for a warrenty issue and just want to make sure anything that would show i rooted the phone is gone. Thanks in advance and sorry if some of these question are stupid.
yup yup! just do a clean restore to nc5! http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2735172. Do a full wipe, since you are returning it.
and for "does the rom stay the same for the device"... im not quite sure what this is saying. The phone after samsung updates will be different but its the same touchwiz "rom."

Information overload when looking through threads, need help

Just picked up a Verizon Samsung Galaxy S4 SCH-I545. The Wifi stopped working after a factory reset. Read that the name of a config file may need changed.
Could someone help me with the best instructions for rooting this phone or any other troubleshooting to get the WiFi to work again?
hamiltonfighter said:
Just picked up a Verizon Samsung Galaxy S4 SCH-I545. The Wifi stopped working after a factory reset. Read that the name of a config file may need changed.
Could someone help me with the best instructions for rooting this phone or any other troubleshooting to get the WiFi to work again?
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Root with kingroot. Make sure it's kingroot and not kingo root. Kingo root is a mess. You can also root with wonder share so you can use superSU right off the bat instead of kingroot. As for the Wi-Fi , the only thing I can recommend is rooting then installing stang5litre ROM which is touchwiz based due to the locked bootloader. You can use flash fire with any firmware, given it is the right version and I think safe strap recovery with an older firmware.

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