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Help Unrooting (Rooted with motochopper)

Hi Guys,
I rooted my Samsung S4 (GT-9505) using motochopper, but since discovered some of my apps don't work with a rooted device.
I would like to unroot it back to factory settings.
What do I need to do? Is it a case of downloading an official ROM and using ODIN to flash the official bios back on?
I have reset the counter with TRIANGLE but my device status is still 'custom' and not official.
Is there a simple way of removing the root that motochopper adds or is an official ROM the only way?
Im in the UK and would like to flash to the latest Vodafone ROM and unrooted as new.
Many thanks

First of all, there's no app that would stop working because of a rooted device. Rooting just gains you administrator privileges, nothing more, nothing less. And yes, the best way to unroot and get the official status back is to download and flash an official rom through Odin.
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techfreakgag said:
First of all, there's no app that would stop working because of a rooted device. Rooting just gains you administrator privileges, nothing more, nothing less. And yes, the best way to unroot and get the official status back is to download and flash an official rom through Odin.
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Many thanks for your reply,
Unfortunatly your wrong there, Barclays PingIt (my bank account) knows when a phone has been rooted and displays an error page saying its breaching security and stops the app from working!! Crazy I know.

You can uninstall super su then reboot the phone.
You can get instructions from the Exynos Abuse thread by chainfire. It's at the bottom.
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Hello there
I found that flixster wouldn't stream ultraviolet movies with root. I did find that using voodoo ota root keeper from play store helps that. Click on temp unroot, then when you've finished using that app that doesn't allow root, restore root. Unsure that this will work for you, but no harm in trying.
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I used this guide and it worked quite well. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2265477
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Root without custom padlock

Hey guys. I know 3 different methods of rooting i9505(motochoper, cf auto root and pre-rooted roms). But apparently all of them makes your phone turns to a custom status and showing a custom padlock on boot. Does anyone knows a root method that keeps the phone official? Cause I remember that on my old galaxy s2, I rooted my phone using a very simple method, flashing a temporary cwm from external SD card and flashing a busy box that gived me root. Anyone knows if is it possible on s4? Thanks guys
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renanrolim said:
Hey guys. I know 3 different methods of rooting i9505(motochoper, cf auto root and pre-rooted roms). But apparently all of them makes your phone turns to a custom status and showing a custom padlock on boot. Does anyone knows a root method that keeps the phone official? Cause I remember that on my old galaxy s2, I rooted my phone using a very simple method, flashing a temporary cwm from external SD card and flashing a busy box that gived me root. Anyone knows if is it possible on s4? Thanks guys
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Hi,
Using these Pre-rooted ROMS , it keeps the phone "Official" as long as you do not install anything custom.

malybru said:
Hi,
Using these Pre-rooted ROMS , it keeps the phone "Official" as long as you do not install anything custom.
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Thanks a lot. Do you know if using those pre rooted roms OTA updates still works? And if it is, update will unroot the device? Again, thank you so much
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renanrolim said:
Thanks a lot. Do you know if using those pre rooted roms OTA updates still works? And if it is, update will unroot the device? Again, thank you so much
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Hi,
Yes, you can still get OTA.
But I am not sure why you would do that when the [OP] will keep the ROMS up-to-date anyway.
And yes , you would lose root if you updated.

4.3 Root because i am a moron

So i was in such a rush to update to 4.3 that I Odined back to stock MF9 and then flashed the 4.3 update zip. Im really happy i got my watch working but now i miss Titanium Backup and all the goodies....has there been any word on a root process for 4.3 (flag indictator or not)

Cf auto root works I hear. Sets the flag off though.

Stealyourface said:
Cf auto root works I hear. Sets the flag off though.
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CF auto root works, but restoring with Titanium f***ed up my phone.
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I have the cf autoroot....it works? I wana use it to debloat my rom......should i be ok???? I dont want a brick
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maxpower7 said:
CF auto root works, but restoring with Titanium f***ed up my phone.
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Yea, saw that in the other thread. That sucks. Glad I don't rely on TiB for a phone. Because I don't use many apps anyway.
chris-allen said:
I have the cf autoroot....it works? I wana use it to debloat my rom......should i be ok???? I dont want a brick
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Yes, you should be fine.

Stealyourface said:
Yea, saw that in the other thread. That sucks. Glad I don't rely on TiB for a phone. Because I don't use many apps anyway.
Yes, you should be fine.
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Can someone link me to the cf auto root....not sure I ever used it
Actually can i use qbking old video to root with cf auto root? And then use goo manager to install TWRP? Work for others?
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I installed...rooted with cf..now can i use goomanager to install a recovery????????
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...or rom manager??
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CF Root
CF root works and everything went pretty straight forward. I had issues with root sticking but after i ran it again it was good. But, I learned the hard way KT kernel does not work with 4.3 TW at this time. I did the noob thing and forgot to back up before. But, I was able to go back to TriForce till a better flash is capable of the 4.3, due to my firmware is updated.

I did the cf autoroot..i dont see SU anyplace...i downloaded from the market. Nothing seems to be requesting SU But, apps that need root ARE working WITHOUT requesting Su ....strange
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chris-allen said:
I did the cf autoroot..i dont see SU anyplace...i downloaded from the market. Nothing seems to be requesting SU But, apps that need root ARE working WITHOUT requesting Su ....strange
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So ha e you tried restoring any of you mf9 backups? Just wondering cause I actually hate full stock, more than I thought haha
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chris-allen said:
I did the cf autoroot..i dont see SU anyplace...i downloaded from the market. Nothing seems to be requesting SU But, apps that need root ARE working WITHOUT requesting Su ....strange
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I was able to delete all the samsung/sprint bloat using a root uninstaller...
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jbarresi19 said:
Can someone link me to the cf auto root....not sure I ever used it
Actually can i use qbking old video to root with cf auto root? And then use goo manager to install TWRP? Work for others?
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chris-allen said:
I installed...rooted with cf..now can i use goomanager to install a recovery????????
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...or rom manager??
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As far as I know, custom recovery install through goo doesn't work on 4.3

Stealyourface said:
As far as I know, custom recovery install through goo doesn't work on 4.3
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How would we install TWRP then....i was used to installing it through goo manager.

Stealyourface said:
As far as I know, custom recovery install through goo doesn't work on 4.3
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How would we install TWRP then....i was used to installing it through goo manager.
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It's because of the install-recovery.sh file in system/etc. It restores the stock recovery, if you have a modified one, one each boot. Just delete that file and reinstall recovery.
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ROMANTiC KiD said:
It's because of the install-recovery.sh file in system/etc. It restores the stock recovery, if you have a modified one, one each boot. Just delete that file and reinstall recovery.
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Well i rooted with CF root following QB kings video and then used GOO manager to install TWRP and everything seems to be working fine.....could i be wrong and its actually not right?
I booted into TWRP a few times now with no problem so i should be good right?

ROMANTiC KiD said:
It's because of the install-recovery.sh file in system/etc. It restores the stock recovery, if you have a modified one, one each boot. Just delete that file and reinstall recovery.
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I just renamed that install-recovery.sh file to install-recovery.sh.bak and i am able to boot into TWRP everytime without an issue....i should be good from this point correct? thanks for your help
To be honest renaming it made me lose root....so i just re rooted and reinstalled twrp through goo manager and everything seems to be working fine...all my root apps work so im happy for now....

wow im not even going to update.. i wake up to see all these issues.. im all set!! i love my MF9 rom im running.. seems like a whole lota bs

P.Mobile said:
wow im not even going to update.. i wake up to see all these issues.. im all set!! i love my MF9 rom im running.. seems like a whole lota bs
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I am really not having one issue at all.....i updated to 4.3 yesterday and then this morning i rooted using CF Root and installed TWRP through GooManager without an issue....I have booted into TWRP numerous times without an issue....gonna actually try doing a backup soon

P.Mobile said:
wow im not even going to update.. i wake up to see all these issues.. im all set!! i love my MF9 rom im running.. seems like a whole lota bs
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The only issue I had was tripping the knox flag. Oh, well... I've rooted every HTC phone I had and actually returned a couple for warranty without any issues from Sprint.
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lanewhit said:
The only issue I had was tripping the knox flag. Oh, well... I've rooted every HTC phone I had and actually returned a couple for warranty without any issues from Sprint.
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Yeah im with ya on that...im on 4.3 and my galaxy gear is working 100% now....and the whole root process with cf root and twrp install went down without an issue...got greenify and rom tool box working without an issue.....

Advice for a trouble free phone

Thank you to everyone who helped with the new root and BL unlock ability on the 4.4 RAZR m.
I'm currently have the current ota 4.4 unrooted with a locked bk. The phone runs great mist of the time, but the screen goes blank and reboots at least once a day. Would it be a good idea to reflash to jb, and do a complete wipe of the phone? Are my old apps from jb maybe messing things up? Google maps froze up a couple times which had never happened before, so I'd like to fix that as well.
Thanks
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tronjojo said:
Thank you to everyone who helped with the new root and BL unlock ability on the 4.4 RAZR m.
I'm currently have the current ota 4.4 unrooted with a locked bk. The phone runs great mist of the time, but the screen goes blank and reboots at least once a day. Would it be a good idea to reflash to jb, and do a complete wipe of the phone? Are my old apps from jb maybe messing things up? Google maps froze up a couple times which had never happened before, so I'd like to fix that as well.
Thanks
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You could root, back up necessary apps and their datas with titanium backup, do a factory reset, reroot after that, and restore your apps. Might get rid of the glitch.
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poppers162 said:
You could root, back up necessary apps and their datas with titanium backup, do a factory reset, reroot after that, and restore your apps. Might get rid of the glitch.
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thanks, i was trying to use matt's utility and can't figure out how i used it last time. i'm on win 7 64-bit, wit hthe drivers installed. and in usb debugging mode, but when i load the .bat file, it opens, but when i press any key to continue it closes down. i've tried running it as admin as well. i can't remmeber what i did last time. . . .

tronjojo said:
thanks, i was trying to use matt's utility and can't figure out how i used it last time. i'm on win 7 64-bit, wit hthe drivers installed. and in usb debugging mode, but when i load the .bat file, it opens, but when i press any key to continue it closes down. i've tried running it as admin as well. i can't remmeber what i did last time. . . .
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His utility does not work for KitKat. It was made for an earlier version. But motopocalypse in Matts utility works if your phone is rooted on stock KitKat. Which is possible now.
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His utility does not work for KitKat. It was made for an earlier version. But motopocalypse in Matts utility works if your phone is rooted on stock KitKat. Which is possible now.
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so i can use motopacalypse to unlock my BL? I'm rooted already from towelroot. sorry for noob question. do i just copy it onto the phone and install it?
thanks for your help

tronjojo said:
so i can use motopacalypse to unlock my BL? I'm rooted already from towelroot. sorry for noob question. do i just copy it onto the phone and install it?
thanks for your help
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Yes! You can use the motopacalypse apk! It's very easy.
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One quick question:
If I wanted the status and Nav bars to be somewhat transparent like in jb stock, any advice?
I've xposed and gravity box, but couldn't find anything that wasn't 100% transparent.
Thanks
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Help on how to root samsung galaxy s4 i9505 4.4.2 xxugng8

I want to root my s4 i9505 running android 4.4.2. I cant find guides on how to root my version (XXUGNG8). I always find so many tutorials but they say you have to be versions like xxufnb8 or something like that and other ones. Please can someone find me a tutorial kn how to root my s4?
Thanks
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lol123lol said:
I want to root my s4 i9505 running android 4.4.2. I cant find guides on how to root my version (XXUGNG8). I always find so many tutorials but they say you have to be versions like xxufnb8 or something like that and other ones. Please can someone find me a tutorial kn how to root my s4?
Thanks
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Take a look: HERE.

I already found a way to root my phone and it worked. But thanks anyway
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If i flash cwm recovery, will my device be wiped?
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lol123lol said:
If i flash cwm recovery, will my device be wiped?
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I recommend you better TWRP or Philz Recovery. Flashing custom recoveries don't wipe your device :highfive:

No. Flashing recoveries will not wipe your device., but it will trip knox to 0x1. This will void your warranty.
I also recommend TWRP. I couldn't flash CWM recovery. I did, but it just booted into the stock recovery instead of CWM. So I flashed TWRP.

Now that i rooted my phone, sometimes after im dome using it, when i hit the power button to off the sceeen, the phone randomly reboots. It Just straight away goes to the samsung spinning logo and then goes to the homescreen. But during the reboot it doesnt play the song and it doesnt go to the screen that says samsung galaxy s4 gt i9505. It's like its a quick reboot idk. This has happened three times now. Is there a way to fix this?
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It also happens after i end a call
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It also happens after i end a call
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Flash the latest firmware for your device for solve your problems.

Where do i get the latest firmware from? And i dont know which is the latest one. Also will this remove root?
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And has flashing the latest firmware removed this problem for other people?
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Is this happening because of something called knox? Also can you explain what will happen after i flash the latest firmware? Will i lose root?
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Amazing!
Hi, I have the same problem.
I do a wipe reset and a root: root is not working.
I removing root and make some root tentatives:
In Windows (Odin): not working
In Linux (motoshopper): not working
I have the XXUGNG8 and I don't understand why since this update, I can't root again!
Do you have an idea please?

If your talking about the random reboots, it happened to me because i let supersu app disable knox. After that the random reboots started. I fixed that by unfreezing the apps through titanium backup. For me 2 apps called knox notification manager and migration agent were frozen so i unfroze them through titanium backup. Then the random reboots stopped
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After that you have to remove all the knox files in your phone. Check here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2514703
However, DO NOT delete a file called libknox_encryption.so otherwise your phone will not boot up.
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