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hey guys i tried searching for answers. but had no success. i have a note 3 that was rooted with kingo. AT&T automatically installed an OTA update and of course it un rooted my phone. i still get the custom boot screen as well as still have safestrap on my device. my question is how do i reroot my device? ive tried kingo again and it fails after rebootong the phone 5 or 6 times. im still running 4.3 build is JSS15J.N900AUCUBNB4
i know a little on some things but im not as technical as most of you. but any help would be greatly appreciated.
Survivor058 said:
hey guys i tried searching for answers. but had no success. i have a note 3 that was rooted with kingo. AT&T automatically installed an OTA update and of course it un rooted my phone. i still get the custom boot screen as well as still have safestrap on my device. my question is how do i reroot my device? ive tried kingo again and it fails after rebootong the phone 5 or 6 times. im still running 4.3 build is JSS15J.N900AUCUBNB4
i know a little on some things but im not as technical as most of you. but any help would be greatly appreciated.
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What version of Kingo did you try? Use 1.1.5 or 1.1.8. People have had success with that. 1.1.8 worked for me. Just Google around and you will find the download on the net somewhere.
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What version of Kingo did you try? Use 1.1.5 or 1.1.8. People have had success with that. 1.1.8 worked for me. Just Google around and you will find the download on the net somewhere.
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it was 1.2.0 ill try an older version
In case you have trouble finding a copy
https://mega.co.nz/#!AxdHUCCQ!86DzctSWlXK4VfbInPYBgC_4QYAM2wUR8cewrflAyk0
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In case you have trouble finding a copy
unfortunately that did not work. the root failed. that was version 1.1.5, last night i tried 1.1.8 failed and tried the latest 1.2.0 with no success. would you recommend something else? i did try theese root methods with the sd card inserted im not sure if that is a no no or not
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I'm at a loss. I had my SD card in by the way. Maybe someone else will have some ideas.
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theorioles33 said:
I'm at a loss. I had my SD card in by the way. Maybe someone else will have some ideas.
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that sucks. factory reset? ill most likely still have the issue but maybe not. isnt there a way to completely wipe the phone from the boot screen? id rather not if i dont have to.
You can try a factory reset and then root. If not there is a thread in the general section to go back to stock. Works great. I used it.
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theorioles33 said:
You can try a factory reset and then root. If not there is a thread in the general section to go back to stock. Works great. I used it.
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but arent i technically back to stock? since i dont have root access? this is very confusing to me. if my carrier didnt push that update i wouldnt be in this boat
You are but we can't figure out why you can't root when others in your situation can. There is Kingo thread you can check out. Maybe you can find some answers there.
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anyone have any suggestions?? 139 views in less than an hour someone has got to know something lol
Survivor058 said:
anyone have any suggestions?? 139 views in less than an hour someone has got to know something lol
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Factory Reset after the update to NB4, also go to recovery wipe cache, then try the 1.18, during the rooting process, look your phone screen, you need to click accept something twice,
I don't know how it all works terribly well but you said you still have Safestrap? Can you still install ROMs and can they have root?
Also, for when you eventually do get it working again. I recommend freezing the ATT updater. It can be awful when it eventually FORCES an update.
I got a free app called App Quarantine and froze "AT&T Software Update".
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Factory Reset after the update to NB4, also go to recovery wipe cache, then try the 1.18, during the rooting process, look your phone screen, you need to click accept something twice,
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ok yea this is all french to me. you want me to factory reset? im not sure what the NB4 is?. and i thing i know how to wipe the cache.
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I don't know how it all works terribly well but you said you still have Safestrap? Can you still install ROMs and can they have root?
Also, for when you eventually do get it working again. I recommend freezing the ATT updater. It can be awful when it eventually FORCES an update.
I got a free app called App Quarantine and froze "AT&T Software Update".
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safestrap is on my phone but it cant be removed and just says that the phone isnt properly rooted. so no i cannot install roms and i will make sure that once i resolve this ill freezr that app
sorry for the delay guys im back at this again. i do very much appreciate all who are trying to offer assistance
ok guys so ive wiped the cache. and have done the factory reset. kingo 1.1.5 and 1.1.8 both have failed...... what is going on here maybe someone can skype with me the steps to completely flash my phone to the day i got it i see the thread but im scared ****less to try it lol
You will just have to follow the restore to MJ5 thread. The instructions are simple and very easy to follow. Go slow and follow them to the T.
What they do not mention however is do not use a 3.0 USB port. Only 2.0 will work.
Just follow that.
It is literally impossible to brick this phone to the point of it being unrecoverable. There is a tutorial to restore from hard bricks without J-Tag.
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You will just have to follow the restore to MJ5 thread. The instructions are simple and very easy to follow. Go slow and follow them to the T.
What they do not mention however is do not use a 3.0 USB port. Only 2.0 will work.
Just follow that.
It is literally impossible to brick this phone to the point of it being unrecoverable. There is a tutorial to restore from hard bricks without J-Tag.
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Hey graydiggy, I did the restore back to MJ5, but can't seem to get the last step for rooting to work. I tried every way with putting the rdlv on internal...unzipped and zipped. I even tried doing the same on the external sd as well. When I reboot supersu doesn't do anything. Any suggestion on how to get the last step to work?
Thanks in advance for your help.
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Hey graydiggy, I did the restore back to MJ5, but can't seem to get the last step for rooting to work. I tried every way with putting the rdlv on internal...unzipped and zipped. I even tried doing the same on the external sd as well. When I reboot supersu doesn't do anything. Any suggestion on how to get the last step to work?
Thanks in advance for your help.
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It has to be unzipped and on the internal. You have to reboot a few times for it to activate. After the first reboot, let the phone sit for a few minutes and then reboot again. You should be good to go after that.
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It has to be unzipped and on the internal. You have to reboot a few times for it to activate. After the first reboot, let the phone sit for a few minutes and then reboot again. You should be good to go after that.
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Wow that did the trick!!! Thanks for holding my hand lol. I hit your thanks and I appreciate your help.
Every time I try to factory reset the phone a new password page comes up and ask me to enter a password and confirm. How do I not have to enter a password every time I factory reset ?
This what it looks like upon every factory reset
Please any idea ? I'm trying to sell the phone, don't wanna sell with some kinda of password on there
Factory reset it in recovery.
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Factory reset it in recovery.
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Just did. Still asking for new password upon factory reset
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Just did. Still asking for new password upon factory reset
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Cant disable it in lockscreen settings? Weird that the password should've been erased when you factory reset it. Try to look into security settings and apps in your phone that is enabled and try to turn it off and do the factory reset again to see if it still there.
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Cant disable it in lockscreen settings? Weird that the password should've been erased when you factory reset it. Try to look into security settings and apps in your phone that is enabled and try to turn it off and do the factory reset again to see if it still there.
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Thanks for getting back to me. There is no password, It just asks me to enter new password upon every reset, which I don't find very normal. Setting look normal
Edit : every time I hit Delete All button new password set up page shows up
optimusv45 said:
Thanks for getting back to me. There is no password, It just asks me to enter new password upon every reset, which I don't find very normal. Setting look normal
Edit : every time I hit Delete All button new password set up page shows up
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Do you have encryption on?
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Do you have encryption on?
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Don't think so. If I did I probably would have known already since I factory reset in the recovery once and rebooted a bunch of times. I'm afraid to click on encryption to see ..
It says "password required to encrypt device each time you turn it on" I don't have to enter password to use the device, ONLY upon each factory reset, first photo in post #8, it asks for NEW password , like picture in second post, as if I'm setting up a password
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Don't think so. If I did I probably would have known already since I factory reset in the recovery once and rebooted a bunch of times. I'm afraid to click on encryption to see ..
It says "password required to encrypt device each time you turn it on" I don't have to enter password to use the device, ONLY upon each factory reset, first photo in post #8, it asks for NEW password , like picture in second post, as if I'm setting up a password
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Edit; and 5th post from general specifically says we shouldn't be here we should be in Q&A
Well dude im out of ideas, one thing im sure of is it involves security lol, are you on official kk if i may ask? Edit; did you try a battery pull? Im pretty sure you did already just maybe of you haven't yet.
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Edit; and 5th post from general specifically says we shouldn't be here we should be in Q&A
Well dude im out of ideas, one thing im sure of is it involves security lol, are you on official kk if i may ask? Edit; did you try a battery pull? Im pretty sure you did already just maybe of you haven't yet.
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I'm on ota kitkat
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I'm on ota kitkat
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Hope someone with official kk here can chime in about your issue.
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Hope someone with official kk here can chime in about your issue.
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Yea hopefully. Thanks for your help man
Post a picture when asks for password.
Do you have your att sim card in. If not it will ask for pass code every time. Not sure why it does that but it does. It has nothing to do with kk.
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Post a picture when asks for password.
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If you look at post #8 first picture 1. It asks for new password right after I hit Delete All
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Do you have your att sim card in. If not it will ask for pass code every time. Not sure why it does that but it does. It has nothing to do with kk.
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No, I don't have a sim in. I see. I'll try with a sim in and see what it does
That was it. I put a sim in and didn't ask me to set up new password thanks
Glad it worked.
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It's a shame note 3 4.4.2 currently has no root and a locked bootloader. Would love to keep it, such an awesome device
Can I install stock recovery and then try to take a ota to update. Will I loose root and will I loose my rom? Will I be able to reinstall a rom or will I need to reroot?
you can try, you shouldn't loose root or anything but once you have unlocked and flashed stuff I doubt stock recovery will like your system enough to take the update. try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=53518227
HOW Change ...... ???
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From my understanding, as long as /system is stock, you can install the stock recovery and then take the OTA. Afterwards, you'll need to re-root your phone. Make a backup of your current setup before you get started. Once you've taken the update and get rooted again, you can always restore your backup.
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Magnum enforcer is correct.
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I will give it a try this weekend and let you know how it goes.
Edit does not work but thanks for helping me.
Must be the fact that I am s on. We need that s off before we can do anything as far as updating
This one is tricky. I flashed the stock rooted rom from mikmik, I then unrooted and flashed the stock recovery via fast boot. When applying the Ota, it fails because the build.prop is not stock. Comes back with an error like /system/build.prop unexpected.
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This one is tricky. I flashed the stock rooted rom from mikmik, I then unrooted and flashed the stock recovery via fast boot. When applying the Ota, it fails because the build.prop is not stock. Comes back with an error like /system/build.prop unexpected.
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I just tried it to and did the same exact thing except I had boot loops as we'll.
when I flashed back to the stock recovery to take the recent OTA, I had a reboot bootloop like every 2-3 minutes, I was ready to throw the phone against a wall, then it hit that I read recently someone else had the same issue, and mentioned a factory reset fixing the issue, yup after a factory reset, the reboot bootloop was gone, I just now rerooted and flashed a backup
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when I flashed back to the stock recovery to take the recent OTA, I had a reboot bootloop like every 2-3 minutes, I was ready to throw the phone against a wall, then it hit that I read recently someone else had the same issue, and mentioned a factory reset fixing the issue, yup after a factory reset, the reboot bootloop was gone, I just now rerooted and flashed a backup
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But after all that we're you able to update the radio and second did it fix the signal issues?
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But after all that we're you able to update the radio and second did it fix the signal issues?
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yes, I was able to take the latest OTA, and no, it did not help with my signal at all, my device didn't drop calls or anything, but it has a hard time latching onto lte at times before and after the OTA.......
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Do we know how to get passed the build.prop error?
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this might be a really stupid question (and my first post no less), but does performing a factory reset take me back to stock, unrooted form?
currently i am rooted with S-on, TWRP and Chainfire SU.
i followed a youtube video to root and im basically clueless with regards to doing anything more.
thanks in advance.
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this might be a really stupid question (and my first post no less), but does performing a factory reset take me back to stock, unrooted form?
currently i am rooted with S-on, TWRP and Chainfire SU.
i followed a youtube video to root and im basically clueless with regards to doing anything more.
thanks in advance.
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no, a factory reset will not unroot you, you need to restore a stock backup, then flash stock recovery in fastboot to unroot while s-on
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scott_0 said:
no, a factory reset will not unroot you, you need to restore a stock backup, then flash stock recovery in fastboot to unroot while s-on
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Thank you. I saved a stock backup (i think) while rooting so ill see what i can do tonight. fastboot is the white background screen that uses volume buttons to select, right?
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Thank you. I saved a stock backup (i think) while rooting so ill see what i can do tonight. fastboot is the white background screen that uses volume buttons to select, right?
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yes sir, power off the phone completely, hold down power and volume down, select fastboot
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Hey everyone.
I've spent the better of the last three hour scouring the inter webs, Google, and these forums trying to find the answers to my questions - but to no avail (I've found partial answers, but I am afraid a partial answer could lead to a total brick).
Here we go:
I bought one of the first Sprint HTC One M8's through Amazon. Here are the details:
Model: 831C
Android Version 4.4.2
Software Version 1.12.651.17
Unlocked but S-On (Using TWRP)
Naturally, right out of the box I rooted it. However, I did not save the original ROM.
* I want to restore the phone to its original state so I can accept the OTA update and hopefully address the god-awful cell signal.
I've found a lot of stock recoveries online, but none that match 1.12.651.17.
Do I need to find that specific recovery to flash to my phone? Will another one work (e.g. 1.54.654.13)?
I've never worried about saving my stock recovery in the past (been rooting since the HTC Evo days) but it looks like not doing so finally caught up with me.
Thanks in advance.
PS I did find something 1.12.651.17 related here, but how to flash this to my phone (or whether or not it will brick) is beyond me. I've downloaded all 6 files and am waiting to figure out how the heck to get them to my phone.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2736048
Im sorry if this was already posted elsewhere...but I cannot find what I am looking for. I even checked the sticky and under (root/temp root) there is nothing listed.
I have an HTC One M7 with T-Mobile. It is running slow and I want to wipe it fresh and get everything reinstalled back on. I do not currently have root and I am trying to find a way to root or temp root the phone so that I can use Titanium to backup game/app data.
Every thread I read says the phone will have all the data wiped to obtain root. Is there any way to get root so I can backup my data first?
Thank you for the help in advance!
Yes but go to question and answer section to ask that
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Yes but go to question and answer section to ask that
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Can someone move my thread to the Q&A section then please. Not seeing anywhere in the editing to change where its located. Thanks.
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Can someone move my thread to the Q&A section then please. Not seeing anywhere in the editing to change where its located. Thanks.
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rooting will not wipe your data, however in order to root you must have the bootloader unlocked, and if your bootloader isn't unlocked then unlocking it will wipe your data and factory reset your phone, if this is the case for you then your best option is to download Helium from play store and backup all your data including game data to cloud, if you backup to internal storage, be sure to copy it to your computer before unlocking, as unlocking will also wipe your internal storage.
next, unlock your bootloader at HTC dev if not already done, skip this part if your already unlocked.
then flash TWRP 2.6.3.3 ( I know there are newer versions, but this is the most reliable and stable)
enter twrp recovery and backup your rom, upon exit it will say you are not currently rooted, do you want to install root, simply say yes, this is the easiest way to root.
you will need to complete the root setup upon booting into your rom and update the binary file, its all automated, just follow the SuperSU installer when it pops up, and when given the option to update the binary file, select automatically update in TWRP.
I rooted my tablet awhile back and did all types of things to it to make it that much better but now that lollipop is out I want to update. The problem is that every time i go to update it gives me an error message & says "The operating system on your device has been modified in an unauthorized way. Try downloading software updates using samsung kids on your PC, or visit a customer service center." also I disabled my soft touch keys (back and app switch) and now it won't let me turn them back on which is a huge problem...
The question I have is how can i completely reset my tablet to factory files and settings? CAN YOU PLEASE PROVIDE STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS. I know about hard reset and wipe cache during start up but I feel like theres more. Please help me out on this guys. thanks in advance
From the backup & restore section of the settings you can do a factory reset, this will put back to stock, then you can install the update even with Knox tripped it will then allow you to do an OTA.
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I rooted my tablet awhile back and did all types of things to it to make it that much better but now that lollipop is out I want to update. The problem is that every time i go to update it gives me an error message & says "The operating system on your device has been modified in an unauthorized way. Try downloading software updates using samsung kids on your PC, or visit a customer service center." also I disabled my soft touch keys (back and app switch) and now it won't let me turn them back on which is a huge problem...
The question I have is how can i completely reset my tablet to factory files and settings? CAN YOU PLEASE PROVIDE STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS. I know about hard reset and wipe cache during start up but I feel like theres more. Please help me out on this guys. thanks in advance
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I don't believe you can update your software if you have a custom recovery and root.
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From the backup & restore section of the settings you can do a factory reset, this will put back to stock, then you can install the update even with Knox tripped it will then allow you to do an OTA.
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I don't want to do just a factory reset because I'm afraid of my soft touch buttons never coming back on because i can't change the system files because i wont have root anymore and than me being screwed. Also i don't believe a factory reset puts files back into the directory.
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I don't believe you can update your software if you have a custom recovery and root.
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i understand that but I want to unroot and put back all my original files to the default locations like the tablet just came out of the box .
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i understand that but I want to unroot and put back all my original files to the default locations like the tablet just came out of the box .
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You will need to download your stock software or the latest Lollipop and install using Odin.
And you will obviously lose root and soft buttons with a factory reset.
If you modified the Generic.kl file there should be a Generic.kl.bak, just replace Generic.kl with Generic.kl.bak and rename that file and set it's permissions to 0644.
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I ended up getting everything to work out and I installed lollipop with no problems, thanks for everyone's help
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tdphotos said:
I ended up getting everything to work out and I installed lollipop with no problems, thanks for everyone's help
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Would be greatly appreciated if you can post what you did.
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Would be greatly appreciated if you can post what you did.
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I ended up just downloading a 4.4.2 stock official rom and opened Odin, went and did the normal procedure on to load a ROM. The tablet passed and everything was working smoothly. The good thing was that it didn't erase all my data and apps. it just took off the root and made it like a stock device. then I just updated it with all the normal updates over the air until it was up to the newest one (5.0.2.) and BAM. We in business ?
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