Ok, so I have just a few questions regarding the restore process of rooting.
I am running xposed on the ZV6 Ultrapop rom
1. When I unroot, how should I do it? Would I uninstall xposed then unroot with supersu then finally flash the stock image over my phone? Or is there an easier way?
2. If I restore my phone to stock, will the rooted apps still be there. I am worried because I can't see an uninstall option on some of the rooted apps currrently.I believe that is because I am still rooted but will I be able to uninstall them after the unroot process? (Ex. Adaway, supersu, etc). Basically how would I go about removing these apps? Are then uninstalled when I flash the stock image?
3. In total, how would I return my phone completely to stock? No rooted apps, nothing from the root. If I needed to turn in my phone to sprint they wouldn't have the slightest idea I rooted.
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I have a stock Bionic (OTA 902). I rooted via Motofail. Then I installed Safestrap. Then I installed CMR. I'm Backing up my current stock + root. Am I then safe to remove bloatware w/o fear of getting back to stock?
knitpurlgurl said:
I have a stock Bionic (OTA 902). I rooted via Motofail. Then I installed Safestrap. Then I installed CMR. I'm Backing up my current stock + root. Am I then safe to remove bloatware w/o fear of getting back to stock?
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Here is a great guide to follow... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1455888
As for deleting the bloatware...I would not delete any bloat. I would buy Titanium Backup Pro and just freeze the bloat. There is a list of safe bloat to freeze around somewhere.
Also, with safestrap you can just install a custom ROM without any of the bloat.
Hey guys. I've been holding off on KK until the root came out so it sounds like I can finally make the swap. My questions are more concerned with going from 4.3 MJ5 to 4.4.2. Currently I have my MJ5 rooted, along with apps like TB, Greenify, Xposed, etc.
If I do the OTA (currently disabled in TB) I assume it will upgrade to KK, keep all my apps, and also take away root. However, what about the fact xposed is installed without root? Or say the frozen apps I have in TB? What happens to them? Will I need to first uninstall Xposed and TB before installing the OTA or can I safely move to an unrooted KK before applying the new towelroot?
Thanks
First of all if your on 4.3 mj5 you have to update to 4.3 nb4. Then again you will have to update to 4.4.2 nc2.
The first scenario is updating to nb4. If your rooted you will lose it, but you'll update. The problem starts when you want to update to nb4. If you have deleted any system apps in mj5 your update will probably fail. If it works superuser will remain installed but useless. Same with xposed etc... so then you can re-root with towellroot. You'll need to uninstall superuser and reinstall superuser version 1.99 because the previous version won't work. Then your xposed and whatnot will need to be updated but still work.
If your update to nc2 fails you need to find the thread in the general section that restores mj5. Then again update to nb4, and again to nc2. Then root and reinstall xposed etc.....
If I were you I'd restore any frozen or uninstalled apps with titanium. Uninstall any apps requiring root like xposed etc... Then un-root mj5 and pray you update all the way thru.
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First of all if your on 4.3 mj5 you have to update to 4.3 nb4. Then again you will have to update to 4.4.2 nc2.
The first scenario is updating to nb4. If your rooted you will lose it, but you'll update. The problem starts when you want to update to nb4. If you have deleted any system apps in mj5 your update will probably fail. If it works superuser will remain installed but useless. Same with xposed etc... so then you can re-root with towellroot. You'll need to uninstall superuser and reinstall superuser version 1.99 because the previous version won't work. Then your xposed and whatnot will need to be updated but still work.
If your update to nc2 fails you need to find the thread in the general section that restores mj5. Then again update to nb4, and again to nc2. Then root and reinstall xposed etc.....
If I were you I'd restore any frozen or uninstalled apps with titanium. Uninstall any apps requiring root like xposed etc... Then un-root mj5 and pray you update all the way thru.
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I was afraid you were going to say that. I guess it wont be the end of the world but will definitely be time consuming. So if I restore all hidden apps (didnt delete any), unroot, etc, once I turn the OTA services back on, which should it download? Or can I manually flash a version from somewhere on the net?
Also there is no way to avoid the nb4 route and go right to nb2? Thanks
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2786043
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thanks. is there a file for nb4 though or will the OTA bring me there? I believe I have to do MJ5 to NB4 to NC2?
Kingo has an unroot option might try unfreezing all your apps and removing all your root apps and settings then running unroot I'm really curious if this will work.
My wife's phone is rooted mj5 and I'd like to update but my wife won't let me so I've been wondering the best way to not lose all my settings
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When I purchased my Droid Maxx it was running 4.2.2 and I used the PIE exploit to root it. At the time, I didn't realize that allowing the 4.4.4 OTA update would completely frag the root so I took it. Now, on 4.4.4 I of course have very buggy and inconsistent root access. So, I decided to just unroot and forget about it for this phone. To that end, I ran a full unroot from SuperSU and the app disappeared. Great...until I rebooted and it came back. I went back into the app, disabled it via the app settings, full unroot again, and again the app reappears on reboot. I can't delete the apk from the System folder because even with SuperSU enabled it won't grant me write access (see above: root fragged). So what the hell am I supposed to do? The phone is essentially unrooted, but on every reboot, regardless of unroot attempts, SuperSU reinstalls itself.
Any ideas on how to get rid of it?
Either root it properly and use that to remove it, or reflash your full stock firmware.
On XT1095 - Pure Edition running 5.0 stock, unlocked.
I used ChainFire's autoroot batch (semi-)successfully. SuperSU is updated and prompts normally when apps request access. Problem is that even though they have been given root access, they don't. Root Checker app verifies that my device is rooted.
I have also tried the Multi-Tool which again rooted but same results (then soft bricked when I tried to install custom recovery). I have brought back my device to stock with SolarTran's Guide and tried the whole process over, again nothing seems to work.
Any help would be appreciated.
[HELP] unrooted phone without uninstalling xPosed
Hi, I have a Wiko Highway that I want to send to warranty.
So i had my phone rooted, and unrooted it and then factory reseted it, but i forgot to uninstall xPosed and its modules.
Now i started to install some apps so i dont send the phone empty, and when installing snapchat it wont let me login (as it block's rooted phones)
So, by some way snapchat "thinks" i'm still rooted, i'm afraid the provider can tell that :/
Is there anyway to prevent this?
Thanks
Assuming you don't have a backup...
If it's a kitkat or older phone then reroot and uninstall using the xposed app.
If it's lollipop+ then, first off shame for not making a backup since you need a custom recovery to install lollipop version, use the uninstaller from the main download thread.
If it's kitkat or older and you can't root and the app claims xposed is active then when you boot the phone repeatedly press your power button til the phone vibrates a bunch and that should at least disable xposed.
As for sending it in for warrenty if they were going to reject it then they'd look at a tamper flag and there's a precious few devices that you can reset that on. Cross your fingers basically.
Hi, thanks for the reply
I tried rerooting and i'm not being able to :s
As for rebooting with xposed disabled it didnt make the app work
And how could i reset that flag?
Thanks again for the reply