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[Q] Unroot

I rooted the SM-900V MI9 build via de la vega and was successful, then the MJ7 build came out and i was able to keep root after that. after that I proceded to delete bloatware and one of which was my magazine. Since doing so, when i hit the home button from the home screen TW fc's every time, also the native mail app fc's every time i get a new message and try and open it. I have tried to install both the lounge.apk and the magazinehome.apk into system/app and then changed the permissions to rw-r-r, then rebooted. Nothing worked. I have tried to delete them from system/app and then reboot and try to add them back in, change permissions again, but still to no avail. Today I thought that simply doing a factory reset will wipe my root and put everything back to the condition i bought it in, then i would re-root knowing once done not to un-install my magazine. Any help on how to get my device back to the condition that it was from day 1 or what I am doing wrong that my magazine shows no application installed after i have put into system/app, changed permissions to rw-r-r and rebooted?

Flash back to stock.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2483380
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haza12d said:
Flash back to stock.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2483380
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Looks like I cannot get the MI9 build back? Do you know if there is a de la vega root yet for the MJ7?

You would have to use Kingo for MJ7.
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haza12d said:
You would have to use Kingo for MJ7.
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is kingo safe and are there instructions on it? Does it keep knox at 0x0? From what I have read they get some vital info off the phone like imei number and all, can i trust them?

People are using it. And it keeps Knox at 0x0. There is a thread in the General forum that you can read up on. I can't say if it's 100% safe though. But most people that are on MJ7 and want root use Kingo.
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Flash Gordon has ruined my note 3

Well...(ruined) hopefully it's nothing that can't be remedied........?
I must have done something wrong. I installed busy box and downloaded inverted hangouts, selected the zip in Flash Gordon and wiped dalvik and pulled the trigger. My note 3 does nothing but display errors I guess system iu is screwed.......help!!!
Nothing will run getting the "unfortunately fill in the blank has stopped" error. I am afraid to reboot.
Am I hosed?
also I only have access to a Mac...does that make this worse?
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What update are you on. worse comes to worse put it in download mode (vol down+home button+power button from phone off) and odin the pit file and tar for the update you are on
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2483380

I am still on 4.3 I have never messed with Odin ....coming off of a galaxy nexus I don't remember what I used to obtain root and unlock boot loader on gnex.
Can this be accomplished using Mac?
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mtnbst said:
Well...(ruined) hopefully it's nothing that can't be remedied........?
I must have done something wrong. I installed busy box and downloaded inverted hangouts, selected the zip in Flash Gordon and wiped dalvik and pulled the trigger. My note 3 does nothing but display errors I guess system iu is screwed.......help!!!
Nothing will run getting the "unfortunately fill in the blank has stopped" error. I am afraid to reboot.
Am I hosed?
also I only have access to a Mac...does that make this worse?
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Some bit of info is missing sir.
1. What Build you on? MJ7, MJE?
2. Rooted?
3. SafeStrap installed?
You dont need to wipe dalvik in Flash Gordon.. Just flash the the zip. Flash Gordon will not flash any flashable 100%. Check with dev of flashabel to see if compatiable.. If flashable is not written well it will not work. However the flashable(unless it messes with SystemUI) will not cause harm to phone.
Was is causing all the issues most likely is you wiped Dalvik... Just a shot in the dark sir.

Yes rooted
No safe strap
Mj7 (pretty sure)
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Gunthermic said:
Some bit of info is missing sir.
1. What Build you on? MJ7, MJE?
2. Rooted?
3. SafeStrap installed?
You dont need to wipe dalvik in Flash Gordon.. Just flash the the zip. Flash Gordon will not flash any flashable 100%. Check with dev of flashabel to see if compatiable.. If flashable is not written well it will not work. However the flashable(unless it messes with SystemUI) will not cause harm to phone.
Was is causing all the issues most likely is you wiped Dalvik... Just a shot in the dark sir.
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So, with the provided information...what is the fastest why out of this mess. I have windows on vm on my Mac but USB connection is flakey
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I guess I am used to flashing on the gnex,,,wipe dalvik was common practice. FG is a different beast...I should read more carefully. If anyone can help turn this $700 paper weight into a functioning device again. I will hit you up with a little something via paypal. I feel dumb I did this....Got into a few hairy situations with the Gnex also. One day I might learn. Its hard when you have crackflash tendencies.
Thanks all
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I could be wrong here but I've read time and time again about failures using virtual machine in lieu of the real thing. good luck.
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I think you are right. ... kingo would not work on vm. Had to use a relatives pc over Thanksgiving:/
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mtnbst said:
I think you are right. ... kingo would not work on vm. Had to use a relatives pc over Thanksgiving:/
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You're able to boot to Android, but can't navigate around correct? Everything just FCs and doesn't allow for input?
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Yes, exactly. ... pulled sim and battery. . And it all came back. And yes. .. hangouts is now inverted. I am safe straped and nandroided. Can't receive ota because I deleted bloat ware. I can live with mj7. Phew. ... Thanks for the reply
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Just FYi... I use a Mac, don't know about using a regular VM... but parallels desktop works perfectly for everything. You can get it free from everyone's favorite torrent site.

toddnbrown said:
Just FYi... I use a Mac, don't know about using a regular VM... but parallels desktop works perfectly for everything. You can get it free from everyone's favorite torrent site.
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Wow parallels is legit!! VM firmware was not getting the job done. I was able to Odin MJE update then kingo back to root access. Thank you sir!!
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Kingo Root fails repeatedly. HELP!!!!!

Had root on Mj7. Rumning Beans 4.
Odined back to MJ7-went perfectly.
Factory restored the phone.
Took the new UPDATE.
Now on MJE
Installed and opened Kingo.
Gave USB permission.
Kingo runs, and FAILS. Says NOSUPPORT.
I've tried 5 times....FAILS!!
I'm beside myself!!!
I can't lose the ability to root, I just cant. I cannot stand an unrooted phone.
PLEASE HELP!!! :crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying:

Nidisa said:
Had root on Mj7. Rumning Beans 4.
Odined back to MJ7-went perfectly.
Factory restored the phone.
Installed and opened Kingo.
Gave USB permission.
Kingo runs, and FAILS. Says NOSUPPORT.
I've tried 5 times....FAILS!!
I'm beside myself!!!
I can't lose the ability to root, I just cant. I cannot stand an unrooted phone.
PLEASE HELP!!! :crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying:
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make sure you don't have an antivirus running, make sure you phone is on debug mode, try a different usb port, set you display timeout to 10 minutes and last but not least select always accept when it prompts you on your phone for access

Try a different USB port or if not a cable. It happened to me too and my computer wouldn't recognized my phone even when I have all the drivers installed. Nothing to worry about.
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Nidisa said:
Had root on Mj7. Rumning Beans 4.
Odined back to MJ7-went perfectly.
Factory restored the phone.
Took the new UPDATE.
Now on MJE
Installed and opened Kingo.
Gave USB permission.
Kingo runs, and FAILS. Says NOSUPPORT.
I've tried 5 times....FAILS!!
I'm beside myself!!!
I can't lose the ability to root, I just cant. I cannot stand an unrooted phone.
PLEASE HELP!!! :crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying:
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You sure you reenabled Developer Options and USB debugging? After the update you will need to do that. Also is Kingo recognizing your device is connected?
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All is well. Phone was always recognized by the computer. I shut off virus protection and it worked! !
I am rooted again and all is right with the world
Thank you for all the help!
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Nidisa said:
All is well. Phone was always recognized by the computer. I shut off virus protection and it worked! !
I am rooted again and all is right with the world
Thank you for all the help!
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What if it turns out that your anti-virus program is reporting correctly that Kingo is a virus?

I scanned the kingo app, then turned off virus scanner n the installed kingo!
I'm a careful girl
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[Q] Is Kingo not working at all?

I'm interested in the new ROMs that are out but before I start playing I want to have my odin and root steps up to date. I notice that there have been several folks have had kingo fail and have had to use vroot. Is this the standard to use now? Just want to be sure I'm doing this correctly.
I'm on the current baseband and kernel, if that helps.
Thanks in advance.

Oh_wow said:
I'm interested in the new ROMs that are out but before I start playing I want to have my odin and root steps up to date. I notice that there have been several folks have had kingo fail and have had to use vroot. Is this the standard to use now? Just want to be sure I'm doing this correctly.
I'm on the current baseband and kernel, if that helps.
Thanks in advance.
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I am one of the folks who had to use Vroot. I would try Kingo first and if that does not work then switch to Vroot.

oconnell84 said:
I am one of the folks who had to use Vroot. I would try Kingo first and if that does not work then switch to Vroot.
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Great! Thanks for the quick reply!

I tried everything under the sun to get kingo to work and it never did. I went to vroot and it worked first try
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I used vroot about a week ago. Super easy, took maybe 30 seconds, and my knox WAS NOT tripped. I couldn't be happier.

Kevins89notch said:
I used vroot about a week ago. Super easy, took maybe 30 seconds, and my knox WAS NOT tripped. I couldn't be happier.
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Are you using the chinese super user app?
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I used Vroot the other day to re root my phone after a reset and replaced the Chinese superuser with Chainfires supersu. You can install it either via Playstore or flash it in safestrap witch I prefer. Also be sure to uninstall whatever other Chinese app gets installed. I have no idea what it is because I can't read it. As a added precaution I also removed my sim card during root. As for Kingo It didn't work for me but there is activity on their twitter account.

recDNA said:
Are you using the chinese super user app?
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No, right away I installed the proper english version, and then deleted the chinese one.

Just tried Kingo and it's working again.

Misterxtc said:
I used Vroot the other day to re root my phone after a reset and replaced the Chinese superuser with Chainfires supersu. You can install it either via Playstore or flash it in safestrap witch I prefer. Also be sure to uninstall whatever other Chinese app gets installed. I have no idea what it is because I can't read it. As a added precaution I also removed my sim card during root. As for Kingo It didn't work for me but there is activity on their twitter account.
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Removing the simm card during root sounds like a great idea.
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Misterxtc said:
I used Vroot the other day to re root my phone after a reset and replaced the Chinese superuser with Chainfires supersu. You can install it either via Playstore or flash it in safestrap witch I prefer. Also be sure to uninstall whatever other Chinese app gets installed. I have no idea what it is because I can't read it. As a added precaution I also removed my sim card during root. As for Kingo It didn't work for me but there is activity on their twitter account.
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I miss the good old days when there would be a separate thread for each rooting process with suggestions and questions. Now it's search here, search there, search everywhere!
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Turmin said:
Thank you.
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Your welcome. It did take a few tries but it went. Be sure to update supersu when you finish, Kingo is out of date a couple of versions.

I tried 1000000 times last night and it did not work. I used Vroot and it worked great. But remember to do I factory reset to get rid of all the bad crap it loads.
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NissanNick said:
I tried 1000000 times last night and it did not work. I used Vroot and it worked great. But remember to do I factory reset to get rid of all the bad crap it loads.
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They must have just got Kingo working because I used it twice today. The second time worked on the first try. I tried it a second time after a full Oden reset just to make sure. Had some extra time today to play around.

Misterxtc said:
They must have just got Kingo working because I used it twice today. The second time worked on the first try. I tried it a second time after a full Oden reset just to make sure. Had some extra time today to play around.
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What firmware are you on? MJE?
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Yes, MJE.

Misterxtc said:
Yes, MJE.
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Worked for me too with MJE. Used USB 3.0 cable in USB 3.0 mode MTP. Prior to that failed in ODIN mode and in MTP mode without USB 3.0. But may be just random luck. Now have Supersu app.
Questions:
1. Should I use that Supersu or change. Looks like same old Supersu, but the version with yellow superman shield and red # sign.
2. Also, it asks if I want to disable Knox. Should I do that? Does that risk tripping know counter?
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yearn2burn said:
Worked for me too with MJE. Used USB 3.0 cable in USB 3.0 mode MTP. Prior to that failed in ODIN mode and in MTP mode without USB 3.0. But may be just random luck. Now have Supersu app.
Questions:
1. Should I use that Supersu or change. Looks like same old Supersu, but the version with yellow superman shield and red # sign.
2. Also, it asks if I want to disable Knox. Should I do that? Does that risk tripping know counter?
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Keep supersu but update it to the current v1.93 either by Play Store or flashing in safestrap and yes disable Knox it will not trip the counter. Enjoy.

Yes K works even though it says it fails. I posted my experience back on Feb 3 in another similar thread or look via my profile. In short it will say that it failed but su app shows up and use a root checker to verify. Removal of sd card and pulling and replacing the sim card before root might help. Also watch you phone for a security permission to add an app. I sat an extra five minutes before realizing it.

danthepunman said:
Yes K works even though it says it fails. I posted my experience back on Feb 3 in another similar thread In short it will say that it failed but su app shows up and use a root checker to verify.
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For me it realized it succeeded.
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NK2 available via KIES

I just updated to NK2 via Kies. My phone was rooted but otherwise stock. The update took about 7 or 8 minutes, it DID NOT delete data. I did lose root, but I rerooted with CF autoroot without problem.
From the Sprint product forum:
Samsung Galaxy Note 4 Software Update - NK2
Enhancements/Fixes
Samsung Galaxy Gear VR suport
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poit said:
I just updated to NK2 via Kies. My phone was rooted but otherwise stock. The update took about 7 or 8 minutes, it DID NOT delete data. I did lose root, but I rerooted with CF autoroot without problem.
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I'm going to try this right now my phone is totally stock other than root also, I think Samsung really nailed it with the smoothness of the stock ROM. Thanks for posting your results man I didn't wanna be the first to try haha!
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worked fine for me too via kies e/ rooted stock rom. cf autoroot afterwords.

Yup everything runs great! So does anyone know if "Itson" is supposed to be enabled now that we took the NK2 update?
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It's on is off on mine. You can check from the ##data# dialer screen. By the way, after the update my phone was set to CDMA only, and I had to switch it back lte in settings. Might be worth checking.
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Longtime lurker, first time poster.... unfortunately, it is not working for me. Previously rooted, suddenly lost hotspot, but it kept root about a week ago. Did the kies download (what could it hurt) then tried the cf autoroot again, and it will not fully recognize my phone like last time. It shows that there is something on a Com port, just not my phone like last time.

testshoot said:
Longtime lurker, first time poster.... unfortunately, it is not working for me. Previously rooted, suddenly lost hotspot, but it kept root about a week ago. Did the kies download (what could it hurt) then tried the cf autoroot again, and it will not fully recognize my phone like last time. It shows that there is something on a Com port, just not my phone like last time.
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Reinstall drivers.

Cbass15 said:
Reinstall drivers.
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That was my first step on failure. changed cables, reinstalled drivers, rebooted (pc/droid), changed usb ports....
Ok, I got it to work after a removal of my phone battery and 5 minute time out.
Now, just to get the hotspot to work again.
Error: "unable to connect to data network.....see subscription options?"

HELP
How did you get kies to work with your sprint version ive tried but when it ask for serial number what am i supposed to type in
i have SM-N910P