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[Q] Returning Galaxy S4 (rooted) for a new one. Please help. (or unroot help)

So yesterday when AT&T announced 50% off of smartphones I was pretty dumbfounded since I got a brand new S4 the day before. But the day I got it I rooted it and did all the other stuff. I will return my S4 for a new one but it's impossible for me to unroot. Everything I've done doesn't seem to work. I used Odin but it stops at the "Get PIT for mapping" stage. I tried deleting SuperSU but that didn't work. It made things worse because it said I'm not rooted but I still am. Now I can't even go to recovery. And I can't even connect to Kies. Can anyone help me unroot my device or help me be able to return my device when it's rooted?

joecereal said:
So yesterday when AT&T announced 50% off of smartphones I was pretty dumbfounded since I got a brand new S4 the day before. But the day I got it I rooted it and did all the other stuff. I will return my S4 for a new one but it's impossible for me to unroot. Everything I've done doesn't seem to work. I used Odin but it stops at the "Get PIT for mapping" stage. I tried deleting SuperSU but that didn't work. It made things worse because it said I'm not rooted but I still am. Now I can't even go to recovery. And I can't even connect to Kies. Can anyone help me unroot my device or help me be able to return my device when it's rooted?
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I would think the tools section of Kies will have an option that will work. Connection trouble shoot first then emergency recovery. If your phone boots, you should be able to reset it to out of the box state.
If it's still rooted, try triangle away app.
If you go to settings, more, about device, build number, then tap on build number repeatedly it will restore developer options, if it's not shown now. From there you can enable or disable USB debugging. That might help with Odin. Wish I had more answers for ya.
Also try settings, accounts, backup and reset, factory data reset.

fast96 said:
I would think the tools section of Kies will have an option that will work. Connection trouble shoot first then emergency recovery. If your phone boots, you should be able to reset it to out of the box state.
If you go to settings, more, about device, build number, then tap on build number repeatedly it will restore developer options, if it's not shown now. From there you can enable or disable USB debugging. That might help with Odin. Wish I had more answers for ya.
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Thank you for your answer. I will try it out now. Little more information is that I'm using the Pacman ROM.

joecereal said:
Thank you for your answer. I will try it out now. Little more information is that I'm using the Pacman ROM.
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Do you know how to enter the download mode? If so then odin should recognize it. I think it's "hold the power button, down volume, and home button" till it instructs you to let got and hit the up volume button. The connect it to the pc for odin.

fast96 said:
Do you know how to enter the download mode? If so then odin should recognize it. I think it's "hold the power button, down volume, and home button" till it instructs you to let got and hit the up volume button. The connect it to the pc for odin.
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Yes I'm trying the Odin process. It's working so far except it stops at "Get PIT for mapping..." which is here i.imgur.com/z8fnjRd (add png to the end)
Kies is not recognizing my device after troubleshoot. It is stuck at "Connecting..." which prevents me from emergency firmware recovery.
There are two options that will help me the most:
Connecting to Kies and getting a PIT file for Odin

joecereal said:
Yes I'm trying the Odin process. It's working so far except it stops at "Get PIT for mapping..." which is here i.imgur.com/z8fnjRd (add png to the end)
Kies is not recognizing my device. It is stuck at "Connecting..." which prevents me from emergency firmware recovery.
There are two options that will help me the most:
Connecting to Kies and getting a PIT file for Odin
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Is your phone a US AT&T model I337? There is a stock recovery rom in this forum somewhere, it's a zip file when extracted it will have a tar.MD5 file for use with odin. Or maybe you should use the PDA selection in odin, and uncheck the reboot box.

fast96 said:
Is your phone a US AT&T model I377? There is a stock recovery rom in this forum somewhere, it's a zip file when extracted it will have a tar.MD5 file for use with odin. Or maybe you should use the PDA selection in odin, and uncheck the reboot box.
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Did you see the imgur picture I posted? I have the tar file and did everything from instruction, but I only need the PIT file.

OK here it is , read the first three posts..... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=42108461
:fingers-crossed:

fast96 said:
OK here it is , read the first three posts..... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=42108461
:fingers-crossed:
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I'm trying something with SuperSu. Thank you for your time.

Did you try going into super su and tried the full unroot option??
Sent from my SGH-I337M using xda premium

thatsupnow said:
Did you try going into super su and tried the full unroot option??
Sent from my SGH-I337M using xda premium
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I'm going to do it right now. Will this ensure "full" unroot?

thatsupnow said:
Did you try going into super su and tried the full unroot option??
Sent from my SGH-I337M using xda premium
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I'm following forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=33949289&postcount=51 this process but before I unroot I cannot access my recovery. If I unroot will I be able to?
I just don't want anymore problems

Why don't you just call cs and get credit for the difference instead of returning it. You're going to get another s4 anyways.

getbuzzin said:
Why don't you just call cs and get credit for the difference instead of returning it. You're going to get another s4 anyways.
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Yeah I might do that now, but I want to fix everything first then start new.

Everyone I now know what I really want to do. I want to flash the stock ROM. But this is impossible with http://i.imgur.com/z8fnjRd.png "Get PIT for mapping" is stopping me, which is very frustrating.

Just throwing out some ideas. Try a different cable if you got another one. Try plugging into a usb port in back of computer. You could try to re download the file again using a different mirror. Could just be a bad download. Anyways good luck.

getbuzzin said:
Just throwing out some ideas. Try a different cable if you got another one. Try plugging into a usb port in back of computer. You could try to re download the file again using a different mirror. Could just be a bad download. Anyways good luck.
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Okay, thank you

If it were me (which it's not) I would try kies for factory recovery .
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using Tapatalk 2

getbuzzin said:
Just throwing out some ideas. Try a different cable if you got another one. Try plugging into a usb port in back of computer. You could try to re download the file again using a different mirror. Could just be a bad download. Anyways good luck.
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Is there a faster file to download? One link says it will download for 4 hours

fast96 said:
If it were me (which it's not) I would try kies for factory recovery .
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using Tapatalk 2
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But Kies cannot connect to my device

[Q] Problem with ROOT, ROM and Recovery

Hi,
I was in doubt between doing or not doing the ROOT in my Galaxy S4 4G (GT-I9505)...
But I tried to start doing it.
I asked a friend who had already made it on his device!
At first he tried to install the recovery, so I would not lose my S4.
He used the Odin as he did for himself, but it faild. So I gave up doing te ROOT and we stopped.
Ok then, but today I looked for an upgrade original from Samsung on my device. But it said:
"Your device was modified. Upgrades are not available."
What can I do now?? I need to reset it to the original form or finish the ROOT successfully.
And I can't even put my device on recovery mode! It fails.
Please, help me!
I don't know what to do and this is my first post.
Ps.: out of this problem, my device is functioning normally.
Thank you!

GT-13 said:
Hi,
I was in doubt between doing or not doing the ROOT in my Galaxy S4 4G (GT-I9505)...
But I tried to start doing it.
I asked a friend who had already made it on his device!
At first he tried to install the recovery, so I would not lose my S4.
He used the Odin as he did for himself, but it faild. So I gave up doing te ROOT and we stopped.
Ok then, but today I looked for an upgrade original from Samsung on my device. But it said:
"Your device was modified. Upgrades are not available."
What can I do now?? I need to reset it to the original form or finish the ROOT successfully.
And I can't even put my device on recovery mode! It fails.
Please, help me!
I don't know what to do and this is my first post.
Ps.: out of this problem, my device is functioning normally.
Thank you!
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Do you need root, is there something you can`t do without root atm or do you want to remove useless/unneeded stuff?
Better read up about rooting, flashing, recovery`s, roms and Odin so you`ll know what the (dis)advantages, risks and benefits are before you get into trouble
Do the following for now:
1. Download CF Auto Root from here http://download.chainfire.eu/316/CF-Root/CF-Auto-Root/CF-Auto-Root-jflte-jfltexx-gti9505.zip and extract it once with 7-zip.
2. Download Odin 3.04 http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1168422&d=1341114468.
3.Enable usb debugging and disable Kies (also in windows task manager)
4. Place the extracted CF Root md5 file in Odin in the PDA section.
5. Put he phone in downloadmode (turn off the phone and then press volume down first and then the power button)
6. Connect to pc and and press start if you see ID;COM light up and you see a com number.
Reboot and you have root. Also install Busybox from Google Play.

gee2012 said:
Do you need root, is there something you can`t do without root atm or do you want to remove useless/unneeded stuff?
Better read up about rooting, flashing, recovery`s, roms and Odin so you`ll know what the (dis)advantages, risks and benefits are before you get into trouble
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By now I just need to get my normal Rom to recieve Samsung's upgrades!
What can I do to reverse it!?
I thought I did nothing, because it faild, but something happened...
And now I cant put on recovery mode!
I'm afraid to do anything!
Can I undo all of these and have my normal original rom without root?
and if I reset it, will I lose all my stuff?
It says on the "about":
"Device's Status: personalize"
It doesnt say its modified!
but when I look for upgrade it says...

GT-13 said:
By now I just need to get my normal Rom to recieve Samsung's upgrades!
What can I do to reverse it!?
I thought I did nothing, because it faild, but something happened...
And now I cant put on recovery mode!
I'm afraid to do anything!
Can I undo all of these and have my normal original rom without root?
and if I reset it, will I lose all my stuff?
It says on the "about":
"Device's Status: personalize"
It doesnt say its modified!
but when I look for upgrade it says...
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Do as said in the post above first. Then install Triangle Away and use that to reset the counter, when its done go straight to downloadmode and reflash the rom you have now with Odin 3.04, after it boots do a data factory reset and you`re fully stock with everything Official.

gee2012 said:
Do as said in the post above first. Then install Triangle Away and use that to reset the counter, when its done go straight to downloadmode and reflash the rom you have now, after it boots do a data factory reset and you`re fully stock with everything Official.
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GT-13 said:
By now I just need to get my normal Rom to recieve Samsung's upgrades!
What can I do to reverse it!?
I thought I did nothing, because it faild, but something happened...
And now I cant put on recovery mode!
I'm afraid to do anything!
Can I undo all of these and have my normal original rom without root?
and if I reset it, will I lose all my stuff?
It says on the "about":
"Device's Status: personalize"
It doesnt say its modified!
but when I look for upgrade it says...
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Yes, you can go back.
The easiest way is to flash a stock ROM via Odin, search for the ROM here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2252855 and follow the instructions.
Cheers.
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T using Tapatalk 4

soyusado said:
Yes, you can go back.
The easiest way is to flash a stock ROM via Odin, search for the ROM here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2252855 and follow the instructions.
Cheers.
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T using Tapatalk 4
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If I do that, will I lose all my stuff!? data of apps or something like that?

Yes Backup all important files first.
Sent from my GT-I9505 using xda premium

gee2012 said:
Yes Backup all important files first.
Sent from my GT-I9505 using xda premium
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Thank you very much!!! :laugh:
I just have one question now:
what does the Busybox do and what should I use ir for???

GT-13 said:
Thank you very much!!! :laugh:
I just have one question now:
what does the Busybox do and what should I use ir for???
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Busybox http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BusyBox.

How To: Fix Lenovo A3000-H Soft Brick WITHOUT USB DEBUGGING OR CUSTOM RECOVERY

Can someone pls. help me. I have a rooted Lenovo IdeaTab A3000-H that accidentally got soft bricked after I edited build.prop on /system/build.prop
Info:
Model Number: Lenovo A3000-H
Android Version: 4.2.2
USB Debugging: Disabled
Currently Bootable To: Stock Recovery and Fastboot
(I could boot to ADB but it could only do sideload commands)
I have a recovery.img (CWM) that I can't flash since my PC can't detect my tablet while it's turned off
(And also if possible, can someone give me an original unmodded Lenovo A3000-H build.prop.bak and CWM flashable zip compatible for my tab.)

Hello,
Welcome to XDA.
If you can get in fastboot mode you should be able to flash a CWM recovery.img, no need for a CWM flashable zip.
You can also try adb pushing a copy of your original build.prop to replace the faulty one, you can extract it from your stock firmware if its available for download and use the extracted copy or you can extract the build.prop from whatever custom ROM you were on if you had Custom installed.
I'm not saying these are your definite fix, they are just some things for you to look into.

Droidriven said:
Hello,
Welcome to XDA.
If you can get in fastboot mode you should be able to flash a CWM recovery.img, no need for a CWM flashable zip.
You can also try adb pushing a copy of your original build.prop to replace the faulty one, you can extract it from your stock firmware if its available for download and use the extracted copy or you can extract the build.prop from whatever custom ROM you were on if you had Custom installed.
I'm not saying these are your definite fix, they are just some things for you to look into.
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1) it says that my tablet doesnt support flashing partitions through flashboot
2) my backup for my build.prop is in my internal storage(phone storage). And that is why I'm asking if any of you guys have an original copy of build.prop.bak so that I could try to flash it using my stock recovery
3) whenever I try to do adb commands, I always get the error "error:closed"
PS: I only have stock recovery and I can't flash using SP Flash Tool because I don't have my USB Debugging turned on
BTW sorry if I sometimes/always reply late... It's because my timezone is different, because I live in the Eastern Countries...

CEDoromal said:
1) it says that my tablet doesnt support flashing partitions through flashboot
2) my backup for my build.prop is in my internal storage(phone storage). And that is why I'm asking if any of you guys have an original copy of build.prop.bak so that I could try to flash it using my stock recovery
3) whenever I try to do adb commands, I always get the error "error:closed"
PS: I only have stock recovery and I can't flash using SP Flash Tool because I don't have my USB Debugging turned on
BTW sorry if I sometimes/always reply late... It's because my timezone is different, because I live in the Eastern Countries...
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If you can find your stock firmware and download it you can extract your build.prop from it and adb push it to your system folder.
Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk

Droidriven said:
If you can find your stock firmware and download it you can extract your build.prop from it and adb push it to your system folder.
Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk
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I'm glad to know that... But I can't do any adb commands except for adb sideload because I always gets error:closed when I try to...

CEDoromal said:
I'm glad to know that... But I can't do any adb commands except for adb sideload because I always gets error:closed when I try to...
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That's because you don't have USB debugging turned on, without that turned on your only option is to restore your device with your stock firmware. I don't think you are going to get much as far as answers here at XDA, you should take the device to a repair shop.
If you can boot to fastboot then you should be able to flash your stock firmware and restore the device.
Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk

Droidriven said:
That's because you don't have USB debugging turned on, without that turned on your only option is to restore your device with your stock firmware. I don't think you are going to get much as far as answers here at XDA, you should take the device to a repair shop.
If you can boot to fastboot then you should be able to flash your stock firmware and restore the device.
Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk
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well... I think I could repair my device if someone gives me a CWM Recovery Zip compatible to Lenovo A3000-H that I could flash to my device using my Stock Recovery then use it so that my computer detects my device.... Or just an original copy of Lenovo A3000-H build.prop.bak or just build.prop.... Or a scatter file for my tab...
I could boot to fastboot but it says that it doesnt support flashing partitions using fastboot...

CEDoromal said:
well... I think I could repair my device if someone gives me a CWM Recovery Zip compatible to Lenovo A3000-H that I could flash to my device using my Stock Recovery then use it so that my computer detects my device.... Or just an original copy of Lenovo A3000-H build.prop.bak or just build.prop.... Or a scatter file for my tab...
I could boot to fastboot but it says that it doesnt support flashing partitions using fastboot...
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I don't believe flashing a custom recovery through your stock recovery is even possible. You can't flash custom through stock recovery, you can only flash stock files and updates through stock recovery.
If you get the build.prop how do you plan to put it back where it goes? You said that USB debugging is not turned on so adb won't work, thats probably why fastboot isn't working either.
If you want to try the build.prop then download your stock firmware and extract the build.prop file from the firmware and use the extracted file.
Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk

Droidriven said:
I don't believe flashing a custom recovery through your stock recovery is even possible. You can't flash custom through stock recovery, you can only flash stock files and updates through stock recovery.
If you get the build.prop how do you plan to put it back where it goes? You said that USB debugging is not turned on so adb won't work, thats probably why fastboot isn't working either.
If you want to try the build.prop then download your stock firmware and extract the build.prop file from the firmware and use the extracted file.
Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk
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Thanks for informing me...
Actually I'm planning to put that build.prop or build.prop.bak on a flashable Zip that I could flash to my /system....
and I'm not 100% sure if that's gonna work....

CEDoromal said:
Thanks for informing me...
Actually I'm planning to put that build.prop or build.prop.bak on a flashable Zip that I could flash to my /system....
and I'm not 100% sure if that's gonna work....
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If you mean to flash it through stock recovery I doubt it will work, you can see if there are any stock updates in zip format for your model that can be flashed in stock recovery, if you were rooted it probably won't work though because you have to be unrooted and have an unmodified system partition to apply a stock update.
Your device isn't hard bricked yet so there should be something you can do, I just don't know the details of your model. You may have to take it to a repair shop.
Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk

Droidriven said:
If you mean to flash it through stock recovery I doubt it will work, you can see if there are any stock updates in zip format for your model that can be flashed in stock recovery, if you were rooted it probably won't work though because you have to be unrooted and have an unmodified system partition to apply a stock update.
Your device isn't hard bricked yet so there should be something you can do, I just don't know the details of your model. You nay have to take it to a repair shop.
Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk
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Thanks for informing me again...
But I guess you won't achieve something unless you try...
BTW my friend is a community member here, and he said that it might work if I flashed build.prop.bak to the system. So I might as well try it....
I tried to use the SP Flash Tool to flash the recovery.img to my device but it got an error 3038 (I think), so I'm guessing it's the scatter file... (I Googled it )

CEDoromal said:
Thanks for informing me again...
But I guess you won't achieve something unless you try...
BTW my friend is a community member here, and he said that it might work if I flashed build.prop.bak to the system. So I might as well try it....
I tried to use the SP Flash Tool to flash the recovery.img to my device but it got an error 3038 (I think), so I'm guessing it's the scatter file... (I Googled it )
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In your circumstances anything is worth trying.
Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk

Droidriven said:
In your circumstances anything is worth trying.
Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk
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It won't Hard Brick my device right?
(warn me if it will make my problem worse.)

CEDoromal said:
It won't Hard Brick my device right?
(warn me if it will make my problem worse.)
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I don't think so but don't quote me, it'll either flash an succeed or fail, I doubt it will make things worse.
Have you looked at the possibility of using an extsdcard and a debrick.IMG or its equivalent to boot from a bootable extsdcard the same as PC does with a bootable USB? If it works on your device like it does some other devices you can boot into system from extsd and then do what you need to do to fix your device then return the sdcard to normal use after you are going again on its own.
Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk

Droidriven said:
If you mean to flash it through stock recovery I doubt it will work, you can see if there are any stock updates in zip format for your model that can be flashed in stock recovery, if you were rooted it probably won't work though because you have to be unrooted and have an unmodified system partition to apply a stock update.
Your device isn't hard bricked yet so there should be something you can do, I just don't know the details of your model. You may have to take it to a repair shop.
Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk
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Can you tell this to the admin just to see if he could help me...?
and also, do you know why my tablet keeps disconnecting to my pc after 3 seconds when I'm trying to flash?

CEDoromal said:
Can you tell this to the admin just to see if he could help me...?
and also, do you know why my tablet keeps disconnecting to my pc after 3 seconds when I'm trying to flash?
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An admin won't be able to help you. All android devices are different, they vary drastically from one model to the next, no one here knows about every device, you are going to have to find other users with your device or you will have to find a developer that works on your device, they will know what you need, we aren't all experts with all devices, we each know the devices that we have personally owned and used.
The disconnecting every three seconds is because you are still in a bootloop, it boots to flash mode then loops and boots again, over and over, it can't find the right stuff to boot the way it needs to.
Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk

Droidriven said:
An admin won't be able to help you. All android devices are different, they vary drastically from one model to the next, no one here knows about every device, you are going to have to find other users with your device or you will have to find a developer that works on your device, they will know what you need, we aren't all experts with all devices, we each know the devices that we have personally owned and used.
The disconnecting every three seconds is because you are still in a bootloop, it boots to flash mode then loops and boots again, over and over, it can't find the right stuff to boot the way it needs to.
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I think I just hard bricked my device....
I tried to install the recovery.img (said to be compatible to my device) using SP Flash Tool then it doesnt boot to anything now, but it is now detected on my pc even after 3 seconds.... (I got an error that is starting on a number 5 followed by three other numbers... sorry I forgot what it was...)

CEDoromal said:
I think I just hard bricked my device....
I tried to install the recovery.img (said to be compatible to my device) using SP Flash Tool then it doesnt boot to anything now, but it is now detected on my pc even after 3 seconds.... (I got an error that is starting on a number 5 followed by three other numbers... sorry I forgot what it was...)
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Our purpose here at XDA Assist is to point you in the direction you need to look for your answers, we are not here to help you with every step until your device is fixed. I gave you suggestions for where you need to look for your answers because that is where you will most likely find your answers. If you do not find your answers where you were sent, that does not mean to come back here continuing to ask, I have done all that I can for you, I'm sorry that it is not helping you. Your device is unknown to me, the fact you are getting no answers in the forums means that the members in the forums also do not know your device, if they did then they would answer you. There is no guarantee that you will find your answer on XDA, we can only help with the devices we are familiar with. I don't think anyone here knows anything about your device because I did not find a lot of information about your device when I did a search of all the XDA forums because the information you need does not exist here in the forums, only another user that is experienced with your device can help you. You are going to have to find someone in the forums that also owns your device. Continuing to post here will not help you. Be patient and search through the forums by using your device model number in your searches here. If what you need is here then you will find it if you dig through all the threads that are associated to your device model number.
If you can not find an answer here then you will have to consider taking your device to a repair shop.

Droidriven said:
Our purpose here at XDA Assist is to point you in the direction you need to look for your answers, we are not here to help you with every step until your device is fixed. I gave you suggestions for where you need to look for your answers because that is where you will most likely find your answers. If you do not find your answers where you were sent, that does not mean to come back here continuing to ask, I have done all that I can for you, I'm sorry that it is not helping you. Your device is unknown to me, the fact you are getting no answers in the forums means that the members in the forums also do not know your device, if they did then they would answer you. There is no guarantee that you will find your answer on XDA, we can only help with the devices we are familiar with. I don't think anyone here knows anything about your device because I did not find a lot of information about your device when I did a search of all the XDA forums because the information you need does not exist here in the forums, only another user that is experienced with your device can help you. You are going to have to find someone in the forums that also owns your device. Continuing to post here will not help you. Be patient and search through the forums by using your device model number in your searches here. If what you need is here then you will find it if you dig through all the threads that are associated to your device model number.
If you can not find an answer here then you will have to consider taking your device to a repair shop.
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I just fixed it using META mode without any help of XDA... >

Droidriven said:
Our purpose here at XDA Assist is to point you in the direction you need to look for your answers, we are not here to help you with every step until your device is fixed. I gave you suggestions for where you need to look for your answers because that is where you will most likely find your answers. If you do not find your answers where you were sent, that does not mean to come back here continuing to ask, I have done all that I can for you, I'm sorry that it is not helping you. Your device is unknown to me, the fact you are getting no answers in the forums means that the members in the forums also do not know your device, if they did then they would answer you. There is no guarantee that you will find your answer on XDA, we can only help with the devices we are familiar with. I don't think anyone here knows anything about your device because I did not find a lot of information about your device when I did a search of all the XDA forums because the information you need does not exist here in the forums, only another user that is experienced with your device can help you. You are going to have to find someone in the forums that also owns your device. Continuing to post here will not help you. Be patient and search through the forums by using your device model number in your searches here. If what you need is here then you will find it if you dig through all the threads that are associated to your device model number.
If you can not find an answer here then you will have to consider taking your device to a repair shop.
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I just fixed it using META mode without any help of XDA or a repair shop... >

Pokmemon Go/ Uninstalled Kingroot and derooted boot screen custom & gear icon on boot

Pokmemon Go/ Uninstalled Kingroot and derooted boot screen custom & gear icon on boot
Hi, so a while ago I tried using kingroot and installed it for a little bit and used root to uninstall some factory installed apps like amazon, etc. then when i decided i did not want root anymore. i used the kingroot app to remove root and then uninstalled the kingroot application.
then i downloaded a root checker app to see if i was rooted. i was not.
now whenever i boot up my phone it says samsung and then the word custom with a gear icon below it.
now when i tried the newest version of pokemon go version 0.37.0 it says it cannot run on my device cause apparently it thinks i am rooted.
is there anyway to solve this? other than a factory reset?

I don't think a factory reset would help either.
You'd have to delete every trace of root left on your device, and kingroot probably left some files behind.
Unless you can find them, the most sure method is to flash another ROM (stock) though Odin.
I believe a custom kernel would also work, or the stock boot.img of your current ROM.

GDReaper said:
I don't think a factory reset would help either.
You'd have to delete every trace of root left on your device, and kingroot probably left some files behind.
Unless you can find them, the most sure method is to flash another ROM (stock) though Odin.
I believe a custom kernel would also work, or the stock boot.img of your current ROM.
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ok i have the sch i545 on verizon. which program do i use to find and delete the files tha kingroot may have left behind. also where do i get this "rom"?

Rhalium said:
ok i have the sch i545 on verizon. which program do i use to find and delete the files tha kingroot may have left behind. also where do i get this "rom"?
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The ROM you can get from Sammobile. As for the files left behind, I don't know how kingroot handles those, but to access and delete them you would have to be rooted.

GDReaper said:
The ROM you can get from Sammobile. As for the files left behind, I don't know how kingroot handles those, but to access and delete them you would have to be rooted.
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ok, i powered down the phone and held the power and volume up buttons to get into recovery mode and then i selected wipe cache partition. and then rebooted. it seems that has solved the custom and gear icon below on when it first boots up. cause now it shows samsung galaxy s4 which is correct. but when i try pokemon go 0.37.0 it still says this device or software is not supported what should i do now? i heard somewhere that you can use xposed framework module

GDReaper said:
The ROM you can get from Sammobile. As for the files left behind, I don't know how kingroot handles those, but to access and delete them you would have to be rooted.
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ok this is weird. i hold power and vol.up button to get into recovery, then i see flash that says no order i think. then i wipe cache partion. then i power off and boot and the custom ans gear icon is no there its just says samsung galaxy s4 on boot like it supposed to. but then when i go into poke go version 0.37.0 it still wont let me play cause it think im rooted and then i power off and boot up again and there it is again. the custom word and then the gear icon below it. should i do a backup of my phone ans do a factory reset? will that solve it?

Rhalium said:
ok this is weird. i hold power and vol.up button to get into recovery, then i see flash that says no order i think. then i wipe cache partion. then i power off and boot and the custom ans gear icon is no there its just says samsung galaxy s4 on boot like it supposed to. but then when i go into poke go version 0.37.0 it still wont let me play cause it think im rooted and then i power off and boot up again and there it is again. the custom word and then the gear icon below it. should i do a backup of my phone ans do a factory reset? will that solve it?
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I already told you that a factory reset does not unroot.
If you want to completely unroot, flash the stock ROM.
If you don't want that, downgrade to Pokémon version 0.35.
0.37 has not even been officially released yet. I mean, I don't even have it on the play store and it's the same for many others.
PS: Xposed also needs root.

GDReaper said:
I already told you that a factory reset does not unroot.
If you want to completely unroot, flash the stock ROM.
If you don't want that, downgrade to Pokémon version 0.35.
0.37 has not even been officially released yet. I mean, I don't even have it on the play store and it's the same for many others.
PS: Xposed also needs root.
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ok thanks, and do i need a specific version of this stock rom? sorry am new to this rooting and rom and stock firmware and bootloader and such.
also it seems there pushing the new update out slowly. also i think the older versions will no longer work soon once the newwer update is firnly established.

Rhalium said:
ok thanks, and do i need a specific version of this stock rom? sorry am new to this rooting and rom and stock firmware and bootloader and such.
also it seems there pushing the new update out slowly. also i think the older versions will no longer work soon once the newwer update is firnly established.
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You need one for your specific phone model (AT&T or Verizon I assume).

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You need one for your specific phone model (AT&T or Verizon I assume).
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yes my phone is verizon. do i need to hook up my phone to a computer in order to flash? will i lose all of the data on my phone when i flash the ROM to it?

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yes my phone is verizon. do i need to hook up my phone to a computer in order to flash? will i lose all of the data on my phone when i flash the ROM to it?
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Yes and yes.

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Yes and yes.
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ok how do i get the stock boot.img of my current rom? also dumb question, could you explain what a rom is? also is odin a program that i use on my laptop to flash the rom to my phone while it is connected to my laptop? also what is sammmobile? and if you say i should get a rom, is there a specific version of the rom that i should get? sorry for dumb questions.

GDReaper said:
I already told you that a factory reset does not unroot.
If you want to completely unroot, flash the stock ROM.
If you don't want that, downgrade to Pokémon version 0.35.
0.37 has not even been officially released yet. I mean, I don't even have it on the play store and it's the same for many others.
PS: Xposed also needs root.
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ok now do you mean a firmware or rom? am i at the right place see screencap. also how large should these files be? i already have odin downloaded. i am using this guide: http://downloadstockrom.com/download-android-4-4-2-stock-rom-for-samsung-galaxy-s4-sch-i545-2.html

GDReaper said:
I don't think a factory reset would help either.
You'd have to delete every trace of root left on your device, and kingroot probably left some files behind.
Unless you can find them, the most sure method is to flash another ROM (stock) though Odin.
I believe a custom kernel would also work, or the stock boot.img of your current ROM.
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http://smallbusiness.chron.com/use-odin-android-28504.html
this website says i need a pit file and a tar file. i already found the pit file here on xda which was a few megabytes and am downloading the tar file from the site seen in the screencap below. are these the correct files i should be using?

Rhalium said:
http://smallbusiness.chron.com/use-odin-android-28504.html
this website says i need a pit file and a tar file. i already found the pit file here on xda which was a few megabytes and am downloading the tar file from the site seen in the screencap below. are these the correct files i should be using?
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You don't need a pit file. And if the files are wrong, the instalation will just fail.
If that's the firmware you had previously, then it's ok.

GDReaper said:
You don't need a pit file. And if the files are wrong, the instalation will just fail.
If that's the firmware you had previously, then it's ok.
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ok so i just use the tar file i got from the rwilco12 website and use that with odin and my phone?

Rhalium said:
ok so i just use the tar file i got from the rwilco12 website and use that with odin and my phone?
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Yes. But if the firmware is older than what you had on the phone (5.0 > 4.3) it may fail to flash.

GDReaper said:
Yes. But if the firmware is older than what you had on the phone (5.0 > 4.3) it may fail to flash.
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ok when i bought the phone it was on 4.4.2 or something and then when i got it i soon updated it to 5.0. so now you are saying to use it with this? http://androidromupdate.com/2015/08...y-s4-sch-i545-ota-update-with-loads-of-fixes/
the 5.0 lollipop one right? also is there a diference between a stock firmware and a stock rom or are they the saem thing?

Rhalium said:
ok when i bought the phone it was on 4.4.2 or something and then when i got it i soon updated it to 5.0. so now you are saying to use it with this? http://androidromupdate.com/2015/08...y-s4-sch-i545-ota-update-with-loads-of-fixes/
the 5.0 lollipop one right? also is there a diference between a stock firmware and a stock rom or are they the saem thing?
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Stock ROM and stock firmware is the same thing.

GDReaper said:
Stock ROM and stock firmware is the same thing.
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Have you even looked at any of the linkes or screencaps ive included in these posts? so this is the tar file i should be using to put my s4 back to stock? it says may 21 2013. see screencap. i got it from that rwilco 12 site.

Possible root for Tab S2 SM-T818V and SM-T818A aka SM-T819

I have a possible root solution for the T818V/T818A aka the Verizon and ATT version of the T819 if any one is interested in giving it a go?
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I'll try it out... I have the Verizon variation
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le0.br4zuc4 said:
I'll try it out... I have the Verizon variation
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Could you post your firmware build number?

le0.br4zuc4 said:
I'll try it out... I have the Verizon variation
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Here we go. This is for T818VVRU1AQB1 firmware, but probably works on any revision 1 firmware.
Instructions
1. Enable OEM UNLOCK
In Settings>About>Software info tap the build number 7 times to enable developer options. Once you've enabled developer options, developer options will appear in settings just above the About device option. Open developer options, the 4th or 5th option should be “OEM Unlock”. Turn on.
2. Download the eng boot image.
This is a special boot image normally used by engineers, it allows selinux to be booted in permissive mode with relaxed root restrictions.
Do not replace this image with the stock image after rooting your device or you will possibly soft brick your device.
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=529152257862710309
3. Install boot image:
Download Odin v3.11.1
Reboot Phone in Download Mode (press and hold Home + Power + Volume Down buttons)
Connect phone and wait until you get a blue sign in Odin
Add the SM-T818V_eng_boot.tar to AP / PDA
Make sure re-partition is NOT ticked
Click the start button, sit back and wait few minutes
Reboot
Check in Settings>About>Software, your device should be in Selinux permissive mode.
4. Install and run Kingroot:
Make sure you have an internet connection.
You may need to run Kingroot several times to gain successful root.
5. Install and run SuperSU me to remove Kingroot and convert to SuperSU (not required) :
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...ore&pcampaignid=APPU_1_uzPDVbGyFcGNyATHrqmoCA
6. Wifi fix:
modify the line below in /system/build.prop:
ro.securestorage.support=true to false
Good luck I hope it works for you. Let me know your outcome.
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ashyx said:
Could you post your firmware build number?
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AQA3
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le0.br4zuc4 said:
AQA3
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You should be fine, let me know your results.

ashyx said:
You should be fine, let me know your results.
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Will try it out soon
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There's been 10 downloads yet no one has come back with any reports?

ashyx said:
There's been 10 downloads yet no one has come back with any reports?
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I have T818v on t818vvru1apj1
I could try but can't fine download link for the stock firmware for the restore purpose if anything goes wrong...

burattino said:
I have T818v on t818vvru1apj1
I could try but can't fine download link for the stock firmware for the restore purpose if anything goes wrong...
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good idea.. I didn't think about that before...
Tablet won't boot up, just stays on the splash screen! I will try to find stock firmware to restore

le0.br4zuc4 said:
good idea.. I didn't think about that before...
Tablet won't boot up, just stays on the splash screen! I will try to find stock firmware to restore
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The boot image flashed OK with odin? Which splash screen?
This could mean you need to wipe the data partition first for it boot.
I should be able to get the stock firmware for you sometime tomorrow.

ashyx said:
The boot image flashed OK with odin? Which splash screen?
This could mean you need to wipe the data partition first for it boot.
I should be able to get the stock firmware for you sometime tomorrow.
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Flashed fine. It's the screen that says Android very big and had the tab model, right before it goes into the boot animation.
I'll wipe data partition and report back.
Please don't feel responsible for it, I'm about trying anything for rooting... I'm sure we'll get fixed
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le0.br4zuc4 said:
Flashed fine. It's the screen that says Android very big and had the tab model, right before it goes into the boot animation.
I'll wipe data partition and report back.
Please don't feel responsible for it, I'm about trying anything for rooting... I'm sure we'll get fixed
Sent from my Pixel XL using Tapatalk
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Sure, we'll get it fixed no worries.
Anyway it seems like you need the accompanying botloader if its getting stuck on the bootloader animation.
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=457095661767146350
If it still doesn't boot I'll give you a link to the entire engineering firmware via PM. Then se how you get on with that and gaining root.
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ashyx said:
Sure, we'll get it fixed no worries.
Anyway it seems like you need the accompanying botloader if its getting stuck on the bootloader animation.
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=457095661767146350
If it still doesn't boot I'll give you a link to the entire engineering firmware via PM. Then se how you get on with that and gaining root.
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Thanks for the help buddy This didn't help either

le0.br4zuc4 said:
Thanks for the help buddy This didn't help either
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Did the firmware load OK?

ashyx said:
Did the firmware load OK?
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No, didn't work either. I'm going to get an insurance replacement
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le0.br4zuc4 said:
No, didn't work either. I'm going to get an insurance replacement
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Are you saying that the full firmware didn't flash either? At what point does it fail?
Anyway don't worry I'll upload the stock AQA3 firmware later.
EDIT: I think this is all you'll need to get booting again. Flash via AP in ODIN.
If not I'll give you the link to the entire firmware.
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=745425885120718683
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i have the AQA3 as well, which files should i use first to help with this?

rootisthebest said:
i have the AQA3 as well, which files should i use first to help with this?
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To do what, Root?

youve posted multiple files, i just wanna make sure i flash the right one(s), and can relay my results