Hi
I have what appears to be a hardware problem with my device. The power button works sporadically and the usb port is no longer recognized by the PC. I tried three different USB cables and three different computers and still no luck.
My phone is still under warrant so I would like to send it back for repair. I got the stock rom back on, but I would like to get rid of the Super User app so that the LG center doesn't realize that the device was rooted.
I searched high and low, but all the unrooting methods I could find involve the use of a PC. Is there any way to unroot the phone without a USB connection to a PC? or even just hide the Super User app?
Thanks!
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So I managed to "unroot" the phone or at least remove the Superuser app so that it will not be obvious that the phone was rooted.
I tried to use Gingerbreak but it didn't seem to do much.
Then I downloaded Astro file manager and used it to uninstall the Superuser app. Astro said that it failed to uninstall but after a reboot the Superuser icon was no longer there. I then used Astro to uninstall Gingerbreak and finally removed Astro. Now the phone has a stock rom and no Superuser icon, I doubt that LG would refuse to honor the warranty especially since the problem is clearly hardware related.
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In superSU app by chainfire there is an option to unroot i think.
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If you manage to do it , dont forget to remove sd card from device , on my previous phone i managed to unroot everything , but i left sd card inside , full of cm nightlies and other root / rom stuff, they denided my warnity(whatever its called like) .
d1rekt0r said:
If you manage to do it , dont forget to remove sd card from device , on my previous phone i managed to unroot everything , but i left sd card inside , full of cm nightlies and other root / rom stuff, they denided my warnity(whatever its called like) .
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Luckily i thought about that when i bricked my phone
$3nt fr0m my P4r4n0id Ph0n3
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RomWiz said:
dont forget to remove sd card from device
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That is sound advice. I removed SIM and SD cards and reset the phone to factory settings. Sending back for repair today.
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Hey guys,
This problem is here longer for me, I've already sent back my phone 2 times, and they won't resolve the issue.
My problem is that the accelerometer is not calibrated right. One side is ok, but in landscape mode it's calibrated horrible. For example, when I use the app 'Google Sky Map' holding the phone in portrait mode just works ok (the horizon is in a straight line). Switching to landscape makes it bad, the horizon is now from 1 corner into another corner...
As I said before, i've already returned it twice to HTC via the shop I bought it. They say I can calibrate it in the program settings. But that's the problem, in al lot of program's / games i cant. Also the plain android homescreen rotates irritating because of the bad callibration.
So, I googled about the issue and couldn't find any solution. But I did find some folder / file (akmd_set.txt) where the sensor info is stored. I have rooted my device, and am running the latest CyanogenMod on it. I already wiped, returned old (non root, stock) android versions on it, rooted again, flashed cyanogen. But none of this works....
Does anyone know a solution to calibrate my settings? Can I get that file, edit it on my PC and flash it back in maybe?
If yes, please explain me
Thanks in advance!
Don't take my word for gospel or anything but....
As far as I know, that file is auto-generated, meaning you can delete it and it will force the accelerometer to recalibrate itself.
I think Cyan's and RA's recoveries both have an option to "Wipe Rotate Settings" which I've done several times, so I know it's safe. Try this if you haven't already. Hope this helps.
Thanks for the reply, trying it out now.
Did the wipe rotation settings option I have to see if it worked, because none of my aps are working now.... they all have an plain android box icon and clicking on them says the app is not installed.
Yeah, i've got Apps2SD and the SD card is loaded, how to fix this? Then I can check if it worked with the Sky Map program.
Oh, and if not, how do I remove that file via terminal?
EDIT: Damn, can't get the apps to work again my whole phone seems broken now. I even can't install new apps :S
EDIT2: Just checked my SD card, it is still working good at my PC, but not in my phone. At once the phone can't read SD cards... Please, does somebody a solution?
It sounds like you wiped ext through recovery. Search on how to explore your sd card as root and see if your apps are there. You may need to reflash your rom unless you have a nandroid backup you can restore.
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It sounds like you wiped ext through recovery. Search on how to explore your sd card as root and see if your apps are there. You may need to reflash your rom unless you have a nandroid backup you can restore.
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Nope I didn't do that, it was just a file in the CM Rom that was changed. The phone wasn't able to read the SD card, but the PC was and in recovery mode it could read it too... So I just flashed the CM Mod again and it's working now.
Problem is, my sensors still don't work Please does anyone has a solution, or a how-to on how to change the file?
Sorry you're having so much trouble with this, but it's beyond my scope of knowledge at this point. Hopefully someone else can check it out. If the Cyanogen IRC channel is still around you might be able to find help there.
Ive been reading around for about 2 weeks and so today I tried to root my hero. I ried frist to go the long way useing the android-sdk-windows route but it didnt work so I then went for the z4 root method as seen in a earlyer post. I installed the app. I clicked on root in my phone and it did its thing I guess? It didnt ask me to do a temp install or a perm install. It finally rebooted and all my apps were still on there from android market and it was running horribly slow so did a factory reset. I can see superuser app. I downloaded rom manager and every time I go to click install rom from sd card it says you must install clockworkmod recovery fist and so forth. I am just getting really lost in this hole process. All I wana do is get rid of the damn stock apps... make my hero run faster and if a rom is pretty much a custom background and stuff then install that. At this point I dont even know if the damn thing is rooted or not and I havent been able to find a clear answer on how to root ANYWHERE on any site that will work. It seems 2 different methods ive tried both have failed. If anyone can help that would be great.
I'm not a dev but i had a hard time my first time too. So did you look at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=674833. and have you tried to see if you can adb in cmd on your computer? If so and nothing happened and your phone in working like crap now then find the news 2.1 ruu use that then start over. I used this tread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=583291). Hope this helped and good luck!!
The lag u experienced is a known issue when u reboot simply run z4root again and it should fix it and clockworkmod recovery is the custom recovery u need to install in order to use a Rom and u flash it through Rom manager and if u just want to remove system apps try root explorer from the market its 4$ but well worth it
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Ive been reading around for about 2 weeks and so today I tried to root my hero. I ried frist to go the long way useing the android-sdk-windows route but it didnt work so I then went for the z4 root method as seen in a earlyer post. I installed the app. I clicked on root in my phone and it did its thing I guess? It didnt ask me to do a temp install or a perm install. It finally rebooted and all my apps were still on there from android market and it was running horribly slow so did a factory reset. I can see superuser app. I downloaded rom manager and every time I go to click install rom from sd card it says you must install clockworkmod recovery fist and so forth. I am just getting really lost in this hole process. All I wana do is get rid of the damn stock apps... make my hero run faster and if a rom is pretty much a custom background and stuff then install that. At this point I dont even know if the damn thing is rooted or not and I havent been able to find a clear answer on how to root ANYWHERE on any site that will work. It seems 2 different methods ive tried both have failed. If anyone can help that would be great.
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The laginess is normal after z4root...tap on Flash ClockworkMod Recovery, install it (It takes a bit since it has to download it first). Note that if it doesnt do anything when u press it, uninstall it, reboot your phone and download it again from the Market, that was the only issue i had, everything else went by smoothly.
Just follow what I did on here
(http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=875351) and feel free to keep asking questions, i am new to this also. Looking back, its a process that should take longer than 30 minutes.
I put the step by step of the process on the first post as an edit.
Help! I'm trying to return to as close to stock as possible so I can get a warranty replacement (SD won't mount, random shutdowns recently, Facebook/Twitter unable to sync). I was rooted, but have unrooted & done a master reset, but superuser.apk is still showing. How can I delete this without being able to mount to a computer via USB?
I've tried every USB port on my MacBook Pro & work Dell laptop and 2 different USB cords. No dice. Help!
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shoulda removed before un-rooting... but still
pretty simple. do a factory reset. or use Odin3's 1 click (NOT Odin3 flasher) to restore it to factory At&t.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=731989
but at the same time the dumbass at the store wont know what superuser is. return it anyway, Samsung will just test and wipe it anyway
Trusselo said:
but at the same time the dumbass at the store wont know what superuser is.
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LOL haha haha
ok there might be one or two.. but they will smirk at you.
Superuser app should go away if the phone is unrooted.
Unroot your phone again. I had to return a phone with a dead USB port and had to do this as well. I downloaded One Click Root/Unroot, and from the download, took the "unroot.zip" package, downloaded to my phone (email to self, dropbox, etc), renamed it "update.zip", and "reinstalled packages" in Android Recovery.
Reroot, delete it with root power, unroot.
Thanks for the responses, folks. Most of the research I found said to reroot/delete/unroot, so I'll try that. Easiest method I think I have available is the update.zip packages from the One Click Root/Unroot program. Will update after work today when I get a chance. Thanks again!
Thanks!
Thanks to everyone. Rerooted, deleted the apk & unrooted again. Looks like I'll be venturing out in Denver's icepocalypse to AT&T/Best Buy to try for a replacement after all.
Oh, and +1 Trusello! I may be an unabashed noob, but I know a lot more than any AT&T rep I've come across.
So i have a captivate that has a broken usb port, so i need to flash it back to stock so i can exchange it.
I already flashed JH7 OTA, so now i just have to remove root. I have the galaxy one click root program, but since i cant do it via usb, i placed the unroot file on the phone and installed it via recovery. It says it installed packages and looks all good, but then when i boot back into the phone superuser is still there.
Is there something im doing wrong?
just make sure the phone is broken in a way that it doesnt turn on...
large speaker magnet.
microwave for 2 second intervals...
lots of fun stuff to youtube....
I may just try to uninstall super user before I nuke it
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well .....
without being rooted - CANT UNINSTALL SYSTEM APPS
without USB - CANT ADB REMOVE
cant uninstall with android or tibu...
mcord you are more than welcome to make a usefull suggestion.,..
Trusselo said:
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without being rooted - CANT UNINSTALL SYSTEM APPS
without USB - CANT ADB REMOVE
cant uninstall with android or tibu...
mcord you are more than welcome to make a usefull suggestion.,..
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Ok there pal, not worth my time
Op, so you still have super user app but do you still have root privileges?
Try olcf app from market, use unroot option
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mcord11758 said:
Ok there pal, not worth my time
Op, so you still have super user app but do you still have root privileges?
Try olcf app from market, use unroot option
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oclf worked!!!!
thank you so much!
lourivellini said:
oclf worked!!!!
thank you so much!
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Happy you did not stick your phone in a microwave
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I have a refurb I897UCKB2 that I rooted and later lost USB connectivity. It is not drivers, pcs, or cables - I tried multiple and they all work for other Captivates. I have root explorer, titanium backup, etc working. I searched for files >1 and <60 days and found MANY in /system/xbin beyond the 3 that come on stock kb2. Can I safely use root explorer to delete them since it already has root access and is in memory? Will I be able to uninstall super-user after? What is the best process to remove roor traces without flashing via ODIN. I can transfer files wirelessly if that helps. Come on gurus... Who can figure out the best solution...
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Open another thread on the exact same thing?
Did you even try the dialer codes I posted in the other thread? If so did it do ANYTHING?
studacris said:
Open another thread on the exact same thing?
Did you even try the dialer codes I posted in the other thread? If so did it do ANYTHING?
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I will try that and report back. However, once the superuser app is gone I have no way to re-root without USB and I really doubt it will delete all those system files. I normally am willing to give anything a shot but I only have one chance to clean up before sending it back. I created a new thread to clearly show what I am up against and it is NOT a typical problem. There is no "automated" way that I can use (with high confidence) so I think a manual process makes sense in this case. I got no other feedback. I do appreciate your help - I just want to see if there are other options since it could easily wind up unrooted with no way to re-root and lots of trace files left over...
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I highly doubt samsung will take the time to go through your returned phones file system to make sure you didn't root. If they did that to your phone they would do that with all of them, that is a waste of man hours thus a waste of money for them.
They will fix the usb, reflash/master clear it, then give it to another person...
studacris said:
I highly doubt samsung will take the time to go through your returned phones file system to make sure you didn't root. If they did that to your phone they would do that with all of them, that is a waste of man hours thus a waste of money for them.
They will fix the usb, reflash/master clear it, then give it to another person...
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Thanks - my only concern is that they could have automated the check. Run a program that generates a "checksum" of stock files that can't change without root and they would know immediately. You are probably right but what I listed would no be hard at all..
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Disclaimer: I am still an android noob. Most of the information below is speculation based on what little i do know. Please flame accordingly
Some quick browsing came up with this link...
http://androidforums.com/captivate-all-things-root/170237-heres-how-you-unroot-your-captivate.html
The first post has a zip you can download to remove root. If you have the ability to sync files via network (such as dropbox) you can download the file to a PC and transfer it to your SD that way. Just replace the update.zip that you used to root the phone in the first place with the one you download through the link and run it through recovery mode.
(Note: you may be able to download it directly through the phone, haven't tried it so i dont know if it will work that way)
I do not know if this will remove any "trace" of the phone being rooted such as modified or extra files but it might be a good start..
If you want to do a full wipe such as ODIN (w/o cables) i think you can find the stock ROM somewhere that you could flash with CWM and then reflash the 2e recovery to cover up your tracks. Again, i dont know what specific traces, if any, this may leave on your phone as "evidence".
I dont have the specific links for the stock ROM or recovery but some googling should turn something up pretty quickly.
If you have Wifi access, search to the forum for the stock 2.2 cwm flashable. I've got that floating around on my PC somewhere. I used to use that when I would Odin to stock 2.1, the install CWM, then flash stock 2.2 on top. That would get rid of root.
Edit, Heh, just saw the last paragraph in the post above. Yeah, what he said.
I wiped it via factory reset
Thanks but I didn't use ODIN because there would be no way to get KB2. I eventually unrooted and then did a factory reset. The extra files were still there but I am sending it back the way it is.
Forgive me for being a noob here,but there is a app called Z4 root get the apk file install it and select unroot....!
it will uninstall superuser !