Here's the deal: I rooted my DROID 2 Global using Pete's Motorola Root Tools in order to perform a full backup (using MyBackupPro) as I was having what looked to be a possible HW issue and didn't want to lose App data. The backup went well.
I inadvertently did a factory reset without unrooting first. When I try to unroot now, I get an error message saying, "ERROR /restore/ backup doesn't exist or is incomplete!" The Tool says there are links to the files I needs but I cannot find them.
So I think I may be stuck in a strange state - but I don't have enough knowledge to know for sure. I have seen other threads talk about similar issues but after using different rooting tools and/or different phones. I want to get back to a state where I can now call my carrier to discuss the HW issue (the touchscreen flips out and randomly and on it's own starts registering touches/keystrokes.)
On top of this, for some reason, I can't log into my Google account from my phone to start the process of doing a data/app restore and I'm don't know if this is related to factory-reset-after-rooted state or something else.
Any and all advice is appreciated.
Here's what I learned....
After trying some more and fiddling, here is what I found.
A factory reset does not unroot. (Obvious to experts, but not so to newbies perhaps. The key observation: the "superuser" app was still installed.)
You can unroot after a factory reset. Not sure why it didn't work at first - perhaps I used the wrong options (the toolkit works with multiple Motorola phones - for non-DROID 3, do NOT say "yes" to restore /system/app; the instructions are clear on this.)
It took several times, but it was successful. Pete's Motorola Root Tools are quite good. Thanks.
BTW, the account issue I had was unrelated to rooting - I use Google 2-Step Authentication, but after the factory reset, the authentication app and credentials were lost. Had to disable 2-Step Authentication on the website to get by this.
Overall a good learning experience....
-Tim
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I'm preparing to exchange my Droid Bionic because of issues with hardware and responsiveness. I one-click rooted the phone and also modified the Hotspot to enable it using a SQL editor.
I wanted to get my Bionic back into fresh-out-of-the-factory conditions. I used Pete's Unroot tool and also did a factory reset. Is this enough to pass any checks Verizon can do to void my warranty? Or will I have to use RSD Lite to reinstall the firmware?
Thanks in advance.
if you didn't delete anything then yeah it's good.
I think the worst I did was freeze apps. I didn't unfreeze any of them before I unrooted and did a factory reset, but I double-checked and they're all back and working (e.g., VZW Navigator, Blockbuster, etc.).
I just want to make sure that when Verizon gets this and they're doing their inspection, a directory doesn't appear that has extra files in it, the firmware seems modified, or anything else that could indicate the firmware was tampered with.
a factory reset doesn't wipe the SD card right?
fine. i meant the SD-ext you stupid phone
you might have rootish directories/files hanging around there...unless i'm wrong
Truly you should just do the rsdlite restore. Minus the download time, it takes like 7 minutes. And it is completely stock.
Thanks for the info. I ran the RSDLite restore on my phone. I started freaking out at first - my phone went from booting up and being ready to be delivered back to Verizon, to not even getting to the Motorola logo during boot-up. I thought I bricked my phone because RSD kept failing. I read through some posts, and it apparently RSD is successful after repeating the steps over and over and over and over and over... again.
Anyway, I ran RSD with the full Bionic restore possibly 100 times. After 2 hours, it was successful. I re-checked the settings and apps and everything was okay (I had read some people were missing the camera app, but mine was there and working). The phone was good-to-go (hopefully). If I get a huge bill from Verizon, I'll update this post in the next 2-3 months (*knock on wood*).
Hello! This is my going to be my first post, so please bear with me.
I own a Samsung Galaxy S4 Active (SGH-I537) from AT&T. I've owned the device for about 6 months now and love it. Recently, I encountered a problem with connecting to GApps/Google services and adding a Google Account.
I rooted my S4 Active with this method from geohot I found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2347793
After tooling around with it for a day, I had trouble getting on the Play Store. My screen displayed "No Connection; Retry). After trying various solutions I removed my Google Account from the device.
When I couldn't log back in to my Google Account, I disabled 2-step verification and tried application-specific passwords. No avail.
I performed many factory reset, both from the Settings page and by a hard reset. I've wiped all the user data, so I have no apps or anything.
I keep getting this error message, see attachment below.
TD;LR #1 : I rooted my GS4a and I can't use my Google Account. Period.
My guess is that I need to restore the stock firmware onto my Galaxy S4 Active. I haven't been able to find a safe method of doing this yet. I think that this will "restore" my device as if I was doing this to an iOS device (I'm a convert from the Apple ecosystem )
Does anyone know how to flash the stock TouchWiz firmware onto the Galaxy S4 Active. I'm open to alternative solutions too, such as Cyanogenmod or stock Android 4.4.
TD;LR #2 : I need to flash stock firmware or something on my GS4a!
I appreciate all the help I can get. For now, I'm sitting with the Amazon Appstore and Google Chrome for Facebook, Gmail, Twitter, etc.
-Z3RODay
The method used for rooting shouldn't cause any problems with your phone since it only touches a couple files. I doubt that rooting your phone caused GApps to stop working, I'm guessing that either a root file got deleted or another app is incompatible and causing problems.
You're asking how to return your phone to stock and you're correct in that it will "restore" your device, but in doing so it will completely wipe your device and you will lose everything. It will essentially return your phone to the state of when you first pulled it out of the box. This question has been asked and answered a few times and you could probably find the answer by searching, but I'll post the answer here too. For the i537 below are the only known ways to get stock firmware back on your phone:
Devo7v said:
You can Odin back to a pre-release version and have a fully functioning phone, but you will no longer receive official OTA updates (read more about this option here), or
You can take it to the Samsung Experience Shop at your local Best Buy and have them restore your phone to official stock MF3 (read more about this option here).
Other than that I don't really know what else you can do.
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Devo7v said:
The method used for rooting shouldn't cause any problems with your phone since it only touches a couple files. I doubt that rooting your phone caused GApps to stop working, I'm guessing that either a root file got deleted or another app is incompatible and causing problems.
You're asking how to return your phone to stock and you're correct in that it will "restore" your device, but in doing so it will completely wipe your device and you will lose everything. It will essentially return your phone to the state of when you first pulled it out of the box. This question has been asked and answered a few times and you could probably find the answer by searching, but I'll post the answer here too. For the i537 below are the only known ways to get stock firmware back on your phone:
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Thank you so much! I'm going to take my phone to Best Buy tonight. I backed up everything on my SD card which is still intact (Thank God!).
First Root Ive ever done.
I have a few questions.
I'm done rooting my phone with cwm, and root-stock, I'm confused what to exactly do next,
I am using Titanium backup, and I've frozen several apps including the ones that were running w/o my say so, I haven't removed anything as of yet, but I feel as if I'm still missing a few steps somewhere, and that's why I haven't moved forward as of yet.
I wondering is there anything else I need to before removing the bloatware?
Is there a program available to debug, partition, or make adjustments to it while connected to a computer?
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Is there a way to see what is sending loads of data out, I am using avast to block most of the apps from using my network data, exception of the ones I use on a regular basis.
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And what settings should everything be on, in the *#197328640# menu, I may have buggered a few things up in it. *a few days prior to root.
Any and all help will be great, thank you
*I used the info from this site, found a few broken kinks, searched some more, and found the files for the root.
I mistakenly did a factory reset and I need to recover files. My device is not rooted and cannot be rooted (G925VVRU2OAF1), and the recovery tools I've come across while searching the forums require root to work fully. This also renders DiskDigger and Undelete useless to me. Is there ANY WAY possible for me to recover my files? Or I'm done for without root?
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Here is your post(I mistakenly did a factory reset and I need to recover files. My device is not rooted and cannot be rooted (G925VVRU2OAF1), and the recovery tools I've come across while searching the forums require root to work fully. This also renders DiskDigger and Undelete useless to me. Is there ANY WAY possible for me to recover my files? Or I'm done for without root? )
and answer is given below
Many reasons may cause the data loss, such as, mistakenly tapping the “Delete” button when you are exploring the new features of S6.Thats why you should avoid the deleted button. The available backups is far enough to avoid data loss. To get back you can follow this link and i hope you will get your answer(http://www.jihosoft.com/android-recovery/galaxy-s6-data-recovery.html )
I feel like im in the twilight zone and there's all these body snatchers trying to make me pay 50 dollars to recover a ten minute video.
I'm in the same boat as OP. Was in Maintenance Mode and forgot that menu is select and not power. Also on OF1.
I've tried more things than I can count. My solutions thus far has been to just wait until somebody discovers a root method. Preferably something to bypass the locked bootloader altogether but...meh.
In the meantime, my S6 gathers dust as I don't want to chance overwriting anything.
Try some recovery professional app.
My wife's phone is in the similar boat.
Word from the wise- 1) turn OFF the "factory reset after 15 failed screen unlock attempts" security feature, or 2) NEVER let a young relative handle your phone when it's been locked.
My wife had already maxed out her backup storage, so there's a couple months worth of pics that are in danger of being forever lost if she dares use the memory.
And it's been updated to 6.0.1, so root options seem to be nil at this time. So frustrating.
I have searched all over this site for hours, and all I find are old descriptions to restore S5 to factory default. Most of them I know do not work any more.
The guides that I have found to do this are old, and we need a specific guide. Like some mention to use Samsungs old app, Kies. It is now Smart Switch. And Kies wouldn't install factory settings on certain phones including the Galaxy.
I know that with Super SU, I can remove the root from my device. But if my the OC4 is something I downloaded from here, with "rooted" in the title, then I probably shouldn't just use Smart Switch to restore to factory default.
What do I need to download besides Odin? Or if there is an updated article on here for OC4 that I am somehow missing, please give the link. I used FlashFire for the rooting.
Thank you!
Lets say I want to not void my warrenty. How do I get back to factory settings. I want to wipe everything.
My phone is getting too slow, and most of it has to do with rooting. Apps crash, phone camera is almost unusable, and getting back to the home screen takes some time, and major delays in switching apps. I don't want to do this and find I bricked the phone by unrooting with SuperSU, then doing the regular method of restoring factory settings.
Thanks.