Hello Gents, I'm new to android and have a few issues so far
I rooted my ATT Note 3 (SM-900A via Kingo and deleted manually a lot of the AT&T and Samsung bloatware apk's and odex files. Since then, I will be using the phone and randomly something that I'm not even using will stop. "Unfortunately 'some app name' has stopped." Its accompanied by small hang just before the message
I'm not using any other apps that utilize root. I tried reset factory settings but stock apps didnt return and still seeing some bugginess. is there anyway to go completely back to factory image with all bloatware, no root etc so that I can start over?
Can I flash a stock ROM back onto the device?
Thanks for all your help guys
Kies has an emergency recovery system which will return to stock. It might even back up what you have and restore it after the recovery.
Next time you try to remove bloat, just "freeze" the app. Don't delete it! We've got plenty of space we really don't need to delete. But if you want to delete. Back it up first. Freeze it. Wait till its been frozen for few days and no issues arise. Then delete.
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Kies has an emergency recovery system which will return to stock. It might even back up what you have and restore it after the recovery.
Next time you try to remove bloat, just "freeze" the app. Don't delete it! We've got plenty of space we really don't need to delete. But if you want to delete. Back it up first. Freeze it. Wait till its been frozen for few days and no issues arise. Then delete.
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Thanks. How do I use Kies? what is it?
http://www.samsung.com/us/kies/
I don't think Kies has att note 3 firmware. Sm900a
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That sucks because sammoblie doesn't have it yet either.
Yeh I'm still a little confused. Can you do tools -> update firmware and have it wipe/restore? I saw that in another thread.
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How would I restore my Captivate completely back to stock - as if I were to just purchase it and pull it out of the box?
The situation is I uninstalled some apps with titanium backup and it wouldn't let me reinstall them or restore them. My swype lags and freezes the phone, it was actually doing that before I played with the AT&T apps - but now I need to get it back to stock so I can take it in for a replacement. Or, if taking it back to stock would fix swype then things would be fine.
How do I get all the original applications back on the device and get things back to normal so the people at AT&T do not notice it was played with and try and blame the swype issue on me?
I appreciate it!
You can restore the /system directory to stock.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=730887
That is the best we can do until the stock rom comes out.
I had a situation in which i was stuck in FC situation loop...nonstop. Made it to settings and factory reset in between FC's and fixed my problem. Had previously booted into recovery to reset and i believe this to be the source of corruption.
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ODIN from Designgears is the way to go....
My program AIO Captivate tools has the restore to stock option in it. Here's the link.
EDIT: Holy Craptivate! This is an ancient thread.
rockosifraldi said:
ODIN from Designgears is the way to go....
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@rockosifraidi, Why do you keep resurrecting ancient threads? This is your third one...This is just as annoying as someone posting a question in the dev forum....
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hey guys i accidently deleted my bloatware instead of freezing it and or renaming it and now my phone randomly powers itself off. is there something i can do about this? would a system dump work (deodexed) and if so what exactly would that do? would it replace all the stuff i deleted so i can freeze it like i should have to begin with. i am new at this so any input would be a great help .
you can (carefully) restore your phone using the FXZ
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1262540
did i mention i was rooted
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did i mention i was rooted
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No need since you can't remove bloat without root.
Reinstall all the missing apps and see if that helps.
no i am rooted then i deleted accidently my bloatware so there is no way for me to reinstall it. so if i use this new restore or recovery i should be good to go again right? then i can root again and walah!!!!
just follow the link streetr8cer13 posted and then root again if need to. you will lose all of your settings and apps, unless you back them up with T.B
I just got the the phone for my mom and within seconds had root. Installed titianium backup and started to remove Bell/Moto bloat and in that process I deleted google com file in stead of the gmail app. Now the phone still works and I restored to factory which resolved some fc issues but the "text messaging" app still fc's I also removed the "messaging" app which I think is causing the fc for the text messaging app but when I try to restore it from titanium it gets stuck at restoring and never actually restores.
I'm thinking of just reflashing the firmware again and start over do to my stupidity but never owned moto devices so please guide tell me where I can get the stock bell firmware and how to flash it.
Also will I loose root?
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I'd just reflash another ROM and be done with it. Not sure why you're manually removing apps, most roms are de-bloated.
edit: you're on XT860??
Yes xt860
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plus i like stock she does not need much more then that i just need a link to stock update and the program used to update it.
first thing is that im rooted and tried to update the small "pre kitkat" update and all goes good til it gets to 25% then it says update fails and ive searched til i cant go anymore about ways to fix it so my question is that can att force update my phone to kitkat or should i wait til ss is updated for kitkat and if thats the case will i be able to flash in rom slot one and leave the stock slot alone ? im new to all this flashing roms and i dont have a computer so im trying to do everything from my phone any and all suggestions will help.
In on the same boat but I'm not rooted. It goes to 25 and then gets interrupted.
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first thing is that im rooted and tried to update the small "pre kitkat" update and all goes good til it gets to 25% then it says update fails and ive searched til i cant go anymore about ways to fix it so my question is that can att force update my phone to kitkat or should i wait til ss is updated for kitkat and if thats the case will i be able to flash in rom slot one and leave the stock slot alone ? im new to all this flashing roms and i dont have a computer so im trying to do everything from my phone any and all suggestions will help.
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Borrow a friend's pc or go to a library and use Samsung Kies, but you will lose root.
This is most likely because you deleted some the system apps that came with the stock rom..... This is why I never delete them only freeze with titanium backup! This happen to me on Ml9 so I had to restore stock rom reroot put super su in survival mode and then take the update!
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how would i go about doing that?
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shane1981 said:
how would i go about doing that?
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Kies is just going to tell you that your firmware is up to date. Either factory reset or you may have to use this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2559715 < This is how I had to do it.
So if I am rooted and deleted the AT&T bloat apps, I can't install the KitKit update? What I unroot completely? I know that won't bring back the garbage AT&T apps back, but would I be able to OTA to kitkat then?
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So if I am rooted and deleted the AT&T bloat apps, I can't install the KitKit update? What I unroot completely? I know that won't bring back the garbage AT&T apps back, but would I be able to OTA to kitkat then?
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You will not be able to ota unless you do a full restore. You also must have att sim card. At&t is just dirty like that.
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You will not be able to ota unless you do a full restore. You also must have att sim card. At&t is just dirty like that.
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Wow. Anyway, I was rooted, but had Wanam installed and successfully updated to Nb4. I had the fake system status set to official. I was alwasy under the impression if it said Official you could update.
And great, because now we all have to follow a really complicated guide to restore back to MJ5 if we want kitkat.
I was rooted on mj5 no wanam or anything and my phone update to nb4
It didn't even ask.
What you probably did was delete the att update software so now it's not even looking.
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I don't think being rooted affects your updating. I have read many people accidentally updating and loosing their root. If you couldn't update with root, people wouldn't freeze at&t update.
ive tried unrooting factory reset andthe only thing i can think of is that ive deleted something . i guess the lesson learned is juat freeze apps instead of deleting them
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As the title says I can't get rid of the super user icon on the official kitkat. Does anyone know a fix for this? I have super user but no root.
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You could try going to best buy and have them flash it... Other than that as of now no. There isn't a way
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You can only disable the app by going to System-App- and click disable. To 'get rid' of the app will require root but unfortunately there is no such thing as of now
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did you try uninstalling it from inside the playstore app?
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did you try uninstalling it from inside the playstore app?
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I'm experiencing the same issue, and no - since the phone thinks it's a system app, it will not let you completely uninstall it. It will however give you the option to uninstall any updates.
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You could try going to best buy and have them flash it... Other than that as of now no. There isn't a way
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Has this been done? I mean re-flash a stock NC2 over NC2 with the upgraded bootloader? If so, this will definitely get rid of that pesky SU app! Also, if it can be done, what do I say to the Samsung tech nerds about why i want it flashed?
Just asking.
Sounds like you're stuck with even more useless bloat then most.
Go to your nearest Samsung kiosk at your best buy and they will redo the update and that will get rid of the superuser files and all files associated with root. I just went and I'm root anything free. How I know is I used isis and didn't get the your phone is rooted message. Good Luck. O PS you won't loose anything meaning their update don't wipe your phone back to factory. But just in case do a BACKUP.
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Thanks guys for all you replies. Will try going to best buy soon to see if they can do it for me.
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Going bestbuy in your current state won't work. They are only able to do a update or emergency recovery to NC2, so you will still be stuck with non-working SuperSU still under /system/app even after reflashing. Unfortunately they don't have full factory reset image for 4.4.2 NC2 yet as of 5/17/2014.
What I did to remove that is to flash leaked Kitkat MLG with NC2 bootloader (look for the thread posted by Carl) using Odin, and this will wipe everything out. Then go to Bestbuy Samsung and update to NC2. This is the only way to remove SuperSU or any junk left behind.
As a precaution I did factory reset after I got mine updated to NC2 and after installing some stuff my PlayStore dissappeared so I had to do a factory reset another time. Now I think everything is pure stock.
And you don't have to make up any excuses about why you want it reflashed. Just tell them you had it rooted and now because att MFs locked down everything so bad you couldn't even get rid of it without flashing with leaked Kitkat. Samsung guys are there to help you.
I'm never going to buy another At&t crap again.
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Going bestbuy in your current state won't work. They are only able to do a update or emergency recovery to NC2, so you will still be stuck with non-working SuperSU still under /system/app even after reflashing. Unfortunately they don't have full factory reset image for 4.4.2 NC2 yet as of 5/17/2014.
What I did to remove that is to flash leaked Kitkat MLG with NC2 bootloader (look for the thread posted by Carl) using Odin, and this will wipe everything out. Then go to Bestbuy Samsung and update to NC2. This is the only way to remove SuperSU or any junk left behind.
As a precaution I did factory reset after I got mine updated to NC2 and after installing some stuff my PlayStore dissappeared so I had to do a factory reset another time. Now I think everything is pure stock.
And you don't have to make up any excuses about why you want it reflashed. Just tell them you had it rooted and now because att MFs locked down everything so bad you couldn't even get rid of it without flashing with leaked Kitkat. Samsung guys are there to help you.
I'm never going to buy another At&t crap again.
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I'm going to have to disagree with you since I was in the same boat as the OP. I went to Best Buy Samsung and they did the update from Samsung site and it wiped out all traces of root files and supersu. They first had to download the update from Samsung site and then they connected my note 3 on nc2 with superus still there. Once they finished I checked my disabled apps and superus was no longer listed. I did a complete factory restore to verify it worked and superus was nowhere to be found. Not sure what is different from AT&T update and Samsung but Samsung version completely wipes out root.
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