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[Tut] Unroot the Galaxy SIII (for stock updates/warranty)

Hi All,
I put together a tutorial on how to unroot the galaxy s3 and get it back to stock (for warranty or to get stock updates)
Things you will need...
1. PC Odin
(Check Attachment)
2. Your Firmware
Sammobile.com
Video Instructions
Written Instructions
1. Backup what you need to
2. Install ADB Drivers (Samsung Kies)
3. Put your phone in download mode - Hold Vol Dn + Power + Home for 10 seconds then press Vol Up to continue
4. Check if Custom Binary Download is NO, if Yes then proceed to step 6 if it says 1 count or something like that then go to step 5
5. Follow the thread below to reset the binary counter (or check my video tutorial to do so...) once reset get back to download mode
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1494114
(Thanks to Chainfire)
6. Go to SamMobile.com and download the latest firmware for GT-I9300 (Galaxy S3)
http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/?page=3&t=1&o=1&m=GT-I9300&r=-1#modelsa
7. The downloaded firmware would be a zip file right click and extract it to get a .tar.md5 file
8. Connect the phone to the pc via usb cable
9. Run Extract the zip file that you downloaded from the attachment below and run Odin3 1.85. exe
10. Make sure that only Auto Reboot and F.Reset Time are checked and click on PDA, select the .tar.md5 file that we just extracted
11. Now hit Start
12. Once the phone is up go to Settings -> About Device -> Status, check if the device status says NORMAL... if it does, then the device is unrooted if it still says MODIFIED continue...
13. Reboot into Android Recovery by holding Vol UP + Home + Power till you see Samsung Galaxy S3 displayed on screen...
14. Do a factory wipe and wipe cache then reboot
15. Check Download mode again, if 0 or NO you are done and the S3 can be sent in for warranty if it still shows 1 go to step 16.
16. If the counter stays at 1 it means u were on a non stock kernel... what u need to do now is root (since u have just unrooted you are now on a stock kernel) use triangle away and then flash the stock rom again.... the counter will then be 0 but status might show modified, in that case do a factory wipe and youd be back to a totally stock s3
Hope this guide helps someone
Ash aka Cursed4Eva

Is there a way to keep all my files on the phone?
Specifically when I get my SGS3, I want to keep/transfer my data files of my games from my old X10, you think it'll be possible?

OK, just to make sure I understand everything:
- Step 2 means "Install Kies"
- I will be able to update from Kies and whatnot after the "unroot" is over.
- Any SD card files will still be accessible, as long as they're official (say, an app loaded onto the SD card).
Thanks for your help in advance.

My system shows NORMAL yet Titanium backup still works just fine????????

custom rom
Does this work if i come from a custom rom galaxy s3? or i should first restore phone to rooted stock rom then follow the steps?

zaid10 said:
Does this work if i come from a custom rom galaxy s3? or i should first restore phone to rooted stock rom then follow the steps?
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This will work no matter what's on your phone.
It's so easy.
1. Download your firmware and extract it to your Odin folder so you have your .tar.md5 file, flash it to your phone while your phone is in download mode using Odin. Use it as the PDA in Odin. Wait 5-15 minutes. Go to recovery and wipe everything. Done.
I'm doing it now

Hey guys,
i have cm10 on my i9300 and i'd like to revert back to stock rom, unrooting is not needed, nor is triangle away needed. just want to try stock JB.
Problem is that i have Linux on my machines. I flashed my i9300 using cfroot and heimdall. can something similar be done with stock rom? i got the rom from sammobile.com.
Should i search for windows machine or?
Thanks in advance!
Edit: after untaring that .tar.md5 file i can see -rwxr--r-- root/root 1101420964 2012-08-21 10:44 system.img
-rwxr--r-- root/root 4964608 2012-08-21 10:44 boot.img
-rwxr--r-- root/root 52855268 2012-08-21 13:04 cache.img
-rwxr--r-- root/root 109941124 2012-08-21 13:04 hidden.img
-rwxr--r-- root/root 5652736 2012-08-21 10:44 recovery.img
-rwxr--r-- root/root 12583168 2012-08-27 08:43 modem.bin
should i try with heimdall -- cache cache.img --modem modem.bin --hidden hidden.img --recovery recovery.img
what to use for boot?
--primary-boot or?
anyone tried that?

wrong forum {deleted)

How do you check which country your handset is from? Thanks.

Yeah, I have a similar query. Which firmware would I need? Even after selecting my country and network I see a massive list of firmwares for the phone on SamMobile.

Take the latest one according to the date...all will work fine.....
Just in case if you will take the old one, you will need to do OTA Update or from kies to update the latest one

awesome tut..
thanks a lot, you saved me, very easy steps for unrooting SGS3 and resetting flash counters. Done it without any problems, but hard had to hard reset at the end. Thanks again, awesome work.:good:

After I unroot my S3 can they check my root record??
Sent from my GT-I9300 using xda app-developers app

Great work, thanks for the info, easy & clean. :good:

I need to use my warranty coz i can't connect my pc to charger/ pc, any way to roll back to stock stuff?
To know more read this lol: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1929215

I cant find my exact firmware guys i need help... the PDA and CSC limit it to singapore and malaysia. Its region is SFR(france). I live in pakistan and i am not receiving updates on my SGS3. While all others are. That led me to conclude that something was wrong. And this issue is more related to flashing stock firmware than unrooting but the latter is also a problem. I cant unroot as i cant find my exact firmware. If i need to claim my warranty i have to have my device status normal, no modifications,stock everything etc BUT the same product code with which i bought it and the same IMEI. Strange issue yes and im quite unlucky. Will those remain unchanged? region can be changed to france by an app but its the product code and IMEI im worried about. Any sugessions guys?

Can any one help me please im using 4.0.4 ics rooted but want to update to offical 4.1.1 jellybean?
Sent from my GT-I9300 using xda premium

I can't find the firmware for the United States. Can someone direct me to it?

how to unroot galaxy s3 I9300 on MAC. Kindly help.

What if our screen gets broken or a button stops working? What if the only thing we can do is handing the phone to service?

Unbrick your phone working 100 %

Only for 4.4.2 user who downgrade to 4.3 and starting bricking can go to download mode and flash firmware (4.4.2) it work but i only stuck at recovery booting ......
all you have to do is flash this unbrick firmware 4.3 it work on 4.4.2 firmware and 4.3 without issue work like a charm
How to install (must read)
download odin 3.10 or other version of odin ...
click pda choose firmware downloaded and uncheck auto reboot click start
done take out the battery for 20 second put it back and then boom ...
DOWNLOAD LINK ::::
http://pan.baidu.com/wap/link?uk=3779133922&shareid=762116598&third=4
amazing

[Q] Flashing and rooting Official Lollipop on N9005?

Hi,
so official Lollipop just became available on SamMobile, downloading as I type.
Model: SM-N9005
Model name: GALAXY Note 3 LTE
Country: United Kingdom (Vodafone)
Version: Android 5.0
Changelist: 3643614
Build date: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 14:05:43 +0000
Product Code: VOD
PDA: N9005XXUGBOA5
CSC: N9005VFGGBOA2
MODEM: N9005XXUGBOA1
1) Coming from CM, should I first wipe/factory reset AND THEN use Odin, or can I go straight to Odin for flashing the firmware?
2) How do I root my phone after Lollipop is flashed?
Appreciate all the info in advance.

Ok I flashed it fine, how do I root the damned thing now? When trying to load the TWRP file inside Odin AP, it takes forever. It's literally taking 15 minutes now, "processing" something in the background after i double-clicked the file. The "AP" button is grayed-out, like it's waiting to load the file somehow. What gives?

Misce said:
Ok I flashed it fine, how do I root the damned thing now? When trying to load the TWRP file inside Odin AP, it takes forever. It's literally taking 15 minutes now, "processing" something in the background after i double-clicked the file. The "AP" button is grayed-out, like it's waiting to load the file somehow. What gives?
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Try to flash TWRP for your device: HERE via ODIN (seems the latest version 2.8.5.0 have some bugs and don't work correctly) and then root it with CF-Auto-Root.

Tried it, same problem persists. It's stuck at "Checking MD5", and after a minute the whole Odin gets "not responding" and it just sits there like that...
I'm desperate. How do I root my phone?

I even re-flashed the firmware (Lollipop, Polish), SAME THING. Has anyone got any ideas? Please?

After flash lollipop, can you back on kitkat ?
I dont know when you flash lollipop via odin, do you need to re-install custom recovery ?
If you do not have, just enter in recovery and flash SuperSU v2.40
I think you have root after flash SuperSU.
Considering to install and I Lollipop, but do not know will I be able to go back to kitkat, will delete it my PhilZ recovery and how I root my phone ?

Hi
I was on CM12 BlissPoP before I flashed the new 5.0 today. With Odin went back to 4.4.2 KK booted up then back to Odin flashed 5.0 phone booted in less than 2mins. I did lose root and PhilZ so just had to put them back on.
So far all OK just trying to get all the BLOAT out now.
Also OP has a video on the 1st post now if you need help.

Eh that's exactly the problem. I can't flash custom recovery, because it hangs at "Check MD5". It just sits there and nothing happens. Can I root my phone without the custom recovery somehow?

[Q] Give me some help please.

Hi , i'm new in "android things" and i've got a Samsung S4 (GT-I9505) running on last firmware update in Romania (Android 5.0.1) NO ROOTED , WITH STOCK RECOVERY.
I've readed and watched a lot of vids to learn how to root , to change rom , recovery etc so i tried to change my recovery by myself but it just doesn't do anything , i used odin 3.0.9 on win 8.1 , i get the samsung drivers and i tried to install twrp recovery 2.8.6.0 : I get into download mode , plugged the usb , i've go into odin and then selected the ap and start AFTER ALL OF THIS WORK odin loads everthing in ~ 5 secs i didn't touched anything untill i get the green signal and now when i try to open recovery give me the same sick custom recovery. I did the same opernation 3 times and everytime i get the same result . (i've tried with odin 3.10 and cwm recovery too)
When i tried too root with kingoo root , the program gets stucked to 44%.
Tell me what to do to get my root and a custom recovery PLEASE.
In final i apologize for my pretty bad english .

alex2600 said:
Hi , i'm new in "android things" and i've got a Samsung S4 (GT-I9505) running on last firmware update in Romania (Android 5.0.1) NO ROOTED , WITH STOCK RECOVERY.
I've readed and watched a lot of vids to learn how to root , to change rom , recovery etc so i tried to change my recovery by myself but it just doesn't do anything , i used odin 3.0.9 on win 8.1 , i get the samsung drivers and i tried to install twrp recovery 2.8.6.0 : I get into download mode , plugged the usb , i've go into odin and then selected the ap and start AFTER ALL OF THIS WORK odin loads everthing in ~ 5 secs i didn't touched anything untill i get the green signal and now when i try to open recovery give me the same sick custom recovery. I did the same opernation 3 times and everytime i get the same result . (i've tried with odin 3.10 and cwm recovery too)
When i tried too root with kingoo root , the program gets stucked to 44%.
Tell me what to do to get my root and a custom recovery PLEASE.
In final i apologize for my pretty bad english .
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- Dial *#1234# and tell me what appears.
- Kingo root doesn't work with latest firmwares.

Joku1981 said:
- Dial *#1234# and tell me what appears.
- Kingo root doesn't work with latest firmwares.
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I made a screenshot , look : postimg.org /image/qk93men6n/b876511c/
I can't post the link because i didn't reach 10 posts so i put a little space between .org and /

alex2600 said:
I made a screenshot , look : postimg.org /image/qk93men6n/b876511c/
I can't post the link because i didn't reach 10 posts so i put a little space between .org and /
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1. All seems correct. Do you know TWRP looks like the image attached?:
2. For root you device -> CF-Auto-Root.

God bless you joku , i just rooted my phone and used mobile odin to flash twrp. Ty a lot man .

can someone upload full G950FOXM3CRG1 firmware or the new recovery ? got a problem

hello
today i updated my phone to G950FOXM3CRG1 using the ota update from here.
everything was fine until i decided to install TWRP
since than i got boot loop , so i tried to install full firmware from sammobile
i tried to install firmware with june path ( i cant fine full G950FOXM3CRG1 !!!!) and now my phone is stuck on " an error has...)
where can i find full G950FOXM3CRG1 or G950FOXM3CRG1 recovery ?
thanks !

lidor578 said:
hello
today i updated my phone to G950FOXM3CRG1 using the ota update from here.
everything was fine until i decided to install TWRP
since than i got boot loop , so i tried to install full firmware from sammobile
i tried to install firmware with june path ( i cant fine full G950FOXM3CRG1 !!!!) and now my phone is stuck on " an error has...)
where can i find full G950FOXM3CRG1 or G950FOXM3CRG1 recovery ?
thanks !
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maybe this helps, firmware crg1
http://renovate-ice.com/firmware.html

Thor1964 said:
maybe this helps, firmware crg1
http://renovate-ice.com/firmware.html
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thanks but i need stock recovery not twrp

now i cant install firmware from odin !!! its faild after 1 secend

lidor578 said:
now i cant install firmware from odin !!! its faild after 1 secend
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you do not have root? This firmware can only be flashed with root.
wait a few days until the official firmware comes out

i do not have root
twrp destroyed my phone
what can i do so i could use it ?

lidor578 said:
i do not have root
twrp destroyed my phone
what can i do so i could use it ?
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guess you have to wait until the official firmware from samsung comes out, then you can install the with odin.
I do not know any more, sorry

i think the reason i can not install version f7 with odin that the twrp destroyed something in my data
when i press start after 1 secend its failed
and its official firmware
but not G950FOXM3CRG1...one erlier...

lidor578 said:
i think the reason i can not install version f7 with odin that the twrp destroyed something in my data
when i press start after 1 secend its failed
and its official firmware
but not G950FOXM3CRG1...one erlier...
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you use twrp without root ?? twrp = works only with root

lidor578 said:
i think the reason i can not install version f7 with odin that the twrp destroyed something in my data
when i press start after 1 secend its failed
and its official firmware
but not G950FOXM3CRG1...one erlier...
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You have already upgraded your bootloader to version 3. You cannot flash older firmware now. You will have to wait for an official CRG1 firmware to be released
Sent from my SM-G950F using Tapatalk

use samfirm and zto region manual mode !
And you will can download the fw, i did it yesterday because i was stuck on blue screen and cant flash earlier fw because i updated through twrp fw of CRG1
https://4pda.ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=819057&st=7220

Thor1964 said:
maybe this helps, firmware crg1
http://renovate-ice.com/firmware.html
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coroneta said:
use samfirm and zto region manual mode !
And you will can download the fw, i did it yesterday because i was stuck on blue screen and cant flash earlier fw because i updated through twrp fw of CRG1
https://4pda.ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=819057&st=7220
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when i use samfirm i can download all the versions exept the new !
when i tried i got this
Checking firmware for SM-G950F/ZTO/G950FXXS3CRG1 /G950FOXM3CRG1/G950FXXS3CRG1 /G950FXXS3CRG1
Error: Could not send BinaryInform. Status code 200/400
Request was invalid. Are you sure the input data is correct?
can you upload for me the full firmware ?

You have to put the region in manual mode and write the name of the fw like in the thread i linked before of 4pda.ru !

coroneta said:
You have to put the region in manual mode and write the name of the fw like in the thread i linked before of 4pda.ru !
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i did it = the same error

This is why you create a back up

Help ? I flashed the new firmware and now i cant use :
Samsung browser - secret mode
Secure folder
Samsung health
What can i do ? I didnt root my phone just flashed twrp
Now i have stock rom

lidor578 said:
Help ? I flashed the new firmware and now i cant use :
Samsung browser - secret mode
Secure folder
Samsung health
What can i do ? I didnt root my phone just flashed twrp
Now i have stock rom
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Installing twrp trips your Knox.
So you never be able to use secure folder, s health etc ...
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S8 using XDA Labs

lidor578 said:
Help ? I flashed the new firmware and now i cant use :
Samsung browser - secret mode
Secure folder
Samsung health
What can i do ? I didnt root my phone just flashed twrp
Now i have stock rom
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Don't know if still helps but some custom roms let you use s health an other apps that got locked by tripped knoxx but in regards to secure folder it's lost