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Hi - I have rooted my N7000 with no problems and have CWM installed as per the instructions at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1446987.
I am new to Android (previously an IOS user) so the rooting/unrooting thing is new to me. I have searched the forums here and on android forums but most of the information I have found winds up being more advanced than the basic questions I have. Please forgive me for this basic question ahead of time.
Once rooted, do I need to manually unroot before upgrading to an official ROM? I am not interested (at this point) in flashing any custom roms - just the official ICS rom when it is released. I understand that if I accept an OTA rom upgrade, it will unroot the device. Is the only consequence of that having to re-root the device?
Thanks!
I dont know wat you make sense to follow Nook Table rooting guide instead of Rooting guide for Galaxy Note. which is sticky thread on development section.( and as much other device section i have seen, here it is most easy n state of the art guide available for note.)
Shrink said:
Once rooted, do I need to manually unroot before upgrading to an official ROM? I am not interested (at this point) in flashing any custom roms - just the official ICS rom when it is released. I understand that if I accept an OTA rom upgrade, it will unroot the device. Is the only consequence of that having to re-root the device?
Thanks!
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- You need not to unroot to update your device
- Yes you understand right, it will unroot your device
- Re Rooting is not only consequences, Rerooting is not easy after it. b'coz newer ROM is non rootable directly.
So in case of update, you have to use CWM / Mobile Odin instead of Kies/OTA
I have not read detail on link you have mention to root your device.
I just request to check your flash counter (Boot to download mode n check it on Rt upper corner)
Your CWM is working ?
Forgive me - I copied and pasted the wrong link. It was your rooting guide that I followed. CWM is working - I have already created an image of the device as backup.
When I enter download mode, I see no mention of flash counter. Upper right corner is empty. Upper left says:
Odin Mode
Product Name: GT-N7000
Custom Binary Download: No
Current Binary: Samsung Official
Is there some concern?
Thanks again for replying! So when an official rom update is released, if I want to maintain root for the purpose of doing backups, I should not upgrade using Kies or OTA. Otherwise, if I don't care about losing root (and hope that the new ICS rom is rootable) just use the OTA method, correct?
Shrink said:
Product Name: GT-N7000
Custom Binary Download: No
Current Binary: Samsung Official
Is there some concern?
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Everything's fine with your Note - your binary counter is No (or zero), which means that your warranty is still OK should anything happen to your Note. Binary counter 1 or higher is bad news - warranty is void.
Shrink said:
Thanks again for replying! So when an official rom update is released, if I want to maintain root for the purpose of doing backups, I should not upgrade using Kies or OTA. Otherwise, if I don't care about losing root (and hope that the new ICS rom is rootable) just use the OTA method, correct?
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I'd forget about OTA or Kies for two reasons:
1. you lose root and all the fun it brings
2. you wait until someone (either Samsung or your provider) sees fit to deliver the update - the same update is available here a day or two after its first release. In other words, you are in better hands here at XDA.
I will stick with here then.
I am disabling Auto update under Software Updates. That will only prevent OTA rom updates won't it?
Thanks again!
Shrink said:
I will stick with here then.
I am disabling Auto update under Software Updates. That will only prevent OTA rom updates won't it?
Thanks again!
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Yes, it will. Welcome to the fold.
If you followed guide for note thn itz ok, b'coz that link u shown was totally wrong. I read your data regarding counter n it is perfaxt, as of now nothing to worry,just atay tuned on xda, when you want to keep root use cwm to update, otherwise kies/ota.
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Hi, I know it may have been foolish of me to get the Dev edition and im not a dev but it's unlocked, more storage and i think it was the better choice.
With that being said, is there a way to root this device permanently? I see there's an HTC One toolkit but it seems to be only for the ones with the Bootloader locked. This bootloader is unlocked so is there a thread yall can direct me to in order to root and flash a custom rom?
I'd appreciate it Folks
stepinmyworld said:
Hi, I know it may have been foolish of me to get the Dev edition and im not a dev but it's unlocked, more storage and i think it was the better choice.
With that being said, is there a way to root this device permanently? I see there's an HTC One toolkit but it seems to be only for the ones with the Bootloader locked. This bootloader is unlocked so is there a thread yall can direct me to in order to root and flash a custom rom?
I'd appreciate it Folks
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you don't need to root it, just flash a recovery and then a custom rom and then you'll have a rooted device cause custom roms are all rooted
matt95 said:
you don't need to root it, just flash a recovery and then a custom rom and then you'll have a rooted device cause custom roms are all rooted
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Thank you! Awesome
matt95 said:
you don't need to root it, just flash a recovery and then a custom rom and then you'll have a rooted device cause custom roms are all rooted
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One more stupid question about Dev edition: will I be able to flash mods/apps from zip files using custom recovery, without rooting the phone/installing custom rooted ROM? There is a reason I don't want to root - my corporate mail will not work on rooted device, then I will need to use something like Voodoo OTA Root keeper and hide my root all the time, then restore it when I need, do what I need and after it I will need to re-install corporate email and re-enroll to company's server, in order to not get in trouble with company's Information Security, which I do not want.
I am not so interested in custom ROMs, but do interested in few mods and addons that will definitely come soon (e.g. separation of Ringtones sound level from Notification, battery charge percent on the battery icon in status bar, etc)
Thanks!
EugeneR said:
One more stupid question about Dev edition: will I be able to flash mods/apps from zip files using custom recovery, without rooting the phone/installing custom rooted ROM? There is a reason I don't want to root - my corporate mail will not work on rooted device, then I will need to use something like Voodoo OTA Root keeper and hide my root all the time, then restore it when I need, do what I need and after it I will need to re-install corporate email and re-enroll to company's server, in order to not get in trouble with company's Information Security, which I do not want.
I am not so interested in custom ROMs, but do interested in few mods and addons that will definitely come soon (e.g. separation of Ringtones sound level from Notification, battery charge percent on the battery icon in status bar, etc)
Thanks!
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well i don't think so... if you do not want to be rooted you have to remain with the stock rom and i don't know if every mod is compatible with that
Root issues
matt95 said:
you don't need to root it, just flash a recovery and then a custom rom and then you'll have a rooted device cause custom roms are all rooted
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I did the same. I just flashed CWM Touch Recovery and Superuser, but AdAway disables every time I reboot and I can't get rid of the Google Bloatware and FB/Twitter - which I don't use. I tried deleting them using ES File Explorer, but they come back every time I reboot. Please help. I hate having the bloatware and knowing that it takes up almost 150 MB makes me mad!!!
/system has kernel protection and you need to flash either a kernel or rom that disables it.
Ah!
gunnyman said:
/system has kernel protection and you need to flash either a kernel or rom that disables it.
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Ah! I see. Do you know of any kernel that I can safely flash and not break my phone? It's only a week old and I don't want to end up bricking it or something. Also, do you know if I can still receive OTA updates from HTC? Whenever they do come out, that is. Sorry to be asking such a noob-ish question..
Also, is that the same reason AdAway gets auto-disabled at every boot?
Faux123 has a great kernel, and yes the hosts file gets reset for the same reason.
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Faux123 has a great kernel, and yes the hosts file gets reset for the same reason.
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Can you please tell me what the potential issues are, if I flash the kernel? Also, please let me know about the OTA updates and if it'll work after rooting and/or flashing a new kernel. Thank you!
Flash the kernel known as elemental X. It seems to have zero issues, I've been running it for a while now and the only difference is I am fully rooted with this kernel.AS far as OTA updates..
well whenever you unlock the bootloader at HTC's website it will definitely reset a non developer edition phone to factory defaults and from there it will remove calculator and a couple of other apps so that HTC knows you're no longer boot loader locked and yes this will prevent OTA updates.
since yours came with an unlocked bootloader in theory you could just flash the kernel and from there when you install SuperSU you will be able to do anything you need to do. With SuperSU you can temporarily turn off root so that you can do things that would normally be prevented/notice that you are rooted.
The Redbox streaming video service app is an example, it will not work on rooted devices but if you go in the SuperSU app and turn on temporary un-root. Then you are able to load the app, watch a show then close the app and restore root all without rebooting..
IIHomieII said:
Flash the kernel known as elemental X. It seems to have zero issues, I've been running it for a while now and the only difference is I am fully rooted with this kernel.AS far as OTA updates..
well whenever you unlock the bootloader at HTC's website it will definitely reset a non developer edition phone to factory defaults and from there it will remove calculator and a couple of other apps so that HTC knows you're no longer boot loader locked and yes this will prevent OTA updates.
since yours came with an unlocked bootloader in theory you could just flash the kernel and from there when you install SuperSU you will be able to do anything you need to do. With SuperSU you can temporarily turn off root so that you can do things that would normally be prevented/notice that you are rooted.
The Redbox streaming video service app is an example, it will not work on rooted devices but if you go in the SuperSU app and turn on temporary un-root. Then you are able to load the app, watch a show then close the app and restore root all without rebooting..
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Thank you for allaying my fears. I flashed the faux123 kernel because it was suggested "first!" Working fine now. I rebooted and the apps haven't come back after uninstalling them. Thank you so so much for educating me!
PS: How do I Thank you officially? Is there some thank button on here?
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IIHomieII said:
Flash the kernel known as elemental X. It seems to have zero issues, I've been running it for a while now and the only difference is I am fully rooted with this kernel.AS far as OTA updates..
well whenever you unlock the bootloader at HTC's website it will definitely reset a non developer edition phone to factory defaults and from there it will remove calculator and a couple of other apps so that HTC knows you're no longer boot loader locked and yes this will prevent OTA updates.
since yours came with an unlocked bootloader in theory you could just flash the kernel and from there when you install SuperSU you will be able to do anything you need to do. With SuperSU you can temporarily turn off root so that you can do things that would normally be prevented/notice that you are rooted.
The Redbox streaming video service app is an example, it will not work on rooted devices but if you go in the SuperSU app and turn on temporary un-root. Then you are able to load the app, watch a show then close the app and restore root all without rebooting..
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Thank button found and clicked!
Ok so I rooted my galaxy note3(about a month ago), but today when I turned it on the phone instantly installs a new update without my permission and takes away my root. This would be fine, but now my phone says "custom" when booting up and it is not rooted anymore. How would I be able to take away the "custom" boot image? I am seriously considering selling att GN3 at this point(tired with ATT bs and lack of any info on updates) and opting for a nexus 5. My only problem is that people will be turned off by my previous evidence of rooting my device because it says "custom". I essentially would like to return my phone to all stock settings.
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Ok so I rooted my galaxy note3(about a month ago), but today when I turned it on the phone instantly installs a new update without my permission and takes away my root. This would be fine, but now my phone says "custom" when booting up and it is not rooted anymore. How would I be able to take away the "custom" boot image? I am seriously considering selling att GN3 at this point(tired with ATT bs and lack of any info on updates) and opting for a nexus 5. My only problem is that people will be turned off by my previous evidence of rooting my device because it says "custom". I essentially would like to return my phone to all stock settings.
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Try simply rebooting. That worked for me after unrooting via odin one click on mi9. The first boot showed custom wich confused me but after just a reboot it went away. I think it softbooted after odin and didnt run through the whole process.
If not then the only option currently to remove custom is to re root using kingo then use xposed to fake custom system status. The latter would be shady however if you plan to sell the device.
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Try simply rebooting. That worked for me after unrooting via odin one click on mi9. The first boot showed custom wich confused me but after just a reboot it went away. I think it softbooted after odin and didnt run through the whole process.
If not then the only option currently to remove custom is to re root using kingo then use xposed to fake custom system status. The latter would be shady however if you plan to sell the device.
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Sorry to bother you, but I am not too familiar with how to do this. Would you be able to show me some sort of step-by-step guide which I would be able to use? Also how do I check if I'm on mi9 and not something else(because I currently have the most updated firmware on my phone)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1574401QUOTE=nigerson;47504941]Sorry to bother you, but I am not too familiar with how to do this. Would you be able to show me some sort of step-by-step guide which I would be able to use? Also how do I check if I'm on mi9 and not something else(because I currently have the most updated firmware on my phone)[/QUOTE]
The most updated is mj5 if you took the ota update that hit recently. You can check by going to settings then about phone then look at the last 3 digits of the baseband.
To install xposed go to the link at the top it pasted there on my tablet for some reason. Instructions are there for installation.
download the xposed installer apk. You must be rooted. Use kingoapp for that if necessary. Open xposed installer and go to framework. Install the most recent framework. Then go to download. Download cosmetic device status normal modification. Use that to remove the custom padlock. Reboot. Hit thanx
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1574401QUOTE=nigerson;47504941]Sorry to bother you, but I am not too familiar with how to do this. Would you be able to show me some sort of step-by-step guide which I would be able to use? Also how do I check if I'm on mi9 and not something else(because I currently have the most updated firmware on my phone)
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The most updated is mj5 if you took the ota update that hit recently. You can check by going to settings then about phone then look at the last 3 digits of the baseband.
To install xposed go to the link at the top it pasted there on my tablet for some reason. Instructions are there for installation.
download the xposed installer apk. You must be rooted. Use kingoapp for that if necessary. Open xposed installer and go to framework. Install the most recent framework. Then go to download. Download cosmetic device status normal modification. Use that to remove the custom padlock. Reboot. Hit thanx [/QUOTE]
So, I am on mj5 right now since I got the OTA update and I am no longer rooted because of this. How can I flash to stock or reroot and install xposed? Or am I ****ed?
*EDIT USED KINGO INSTALLED FRAMEWORK ALL IS GOOD IN THE HOOD *
Recently wanted to update to kitkat after i rooted my phone and got frustated with it so I unrooted it and noticed the custom padlock logo was still on. after further review I see it was left with the device status set to custom as per normal when you root your phone. i did some digging and heard a lot of people stating some times if you used a 64 gig sd card it can trigger the custom status, well i use one and have since it was rooted and sadly enough after rooting and unrooting both with the sd card in and out it stays locked at the custom status. i really want to update the phone to kitkat from 4.3 because rooting really doesnt do it for me anymore. but i can not for the life of my figure out how to get it to switch back to official. i know if you used xposed module you can fake it to official. but when i upgrade to kitkat i will lose root permission and this is where my problems arise.
1. If i go ahead and update using xposed to fake my offical status will knox be triggered?
2. When i upgrade and lose root will the device automatically switch to back to official after upgrading or will i be stuck with the custom status and not be able to get anymore updates?
3. Is there any proven method to actually switch back to official permanately and not fake it like with xposed?
cynicalsinner91 said:
Recently wanted to update to kitkat after i rooted my phone and got frustated with it so I unrooted it and noticed the custom padlock logo was still on. after further review I see it was left with the device status set to custom as per normal when you root your phone. i did some digging and heard a lot of people stating some times if you used a 64 gig sd card it can trigger the custom status, well i use one and have since it was rooted and sadly enough after rooting and unrooting both with the sd card in and out it stays locked at the custom status. i really want to update the phone to kitkat from 4.3 because rooting really doesnt do it for me anymore. but i can not for the life of my figure out how to get it to switch back to official. i know if you used xposed module you can fake it to official. but when i upgrade to kitkat i will lose root permission and this is where my problems arise.
1. If i go ahead and update using xposed to fake my offical status will knox be triggered?
2. When i upgrade and lose root will the device automatically switch to back to official after upgrading or will i be stuck with the custom status and not be able to get anymore updates?
3. Is there any proven method to actually switch back to official permanately and not fake it like with xposed?
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Use triangle away.
you will need root.
graydiggy said:
Use triangle away.
you will need root.
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Can you give me a bit more detail then rhat? I downloaded it and I am currently rooted
cynicalsinner91 said:
Can you give me a bit more detail then rhat? I downloaded it and I am currently rooted
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i had that problem i had to do a factory reset to get it to go away
I used Kingo to root. Decided to return to stock. After several manual reboots FINALLY removed "Custom" unlock and FINALLY RETURNED TO "Official".
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jerrycoffman45 said:
i had that problem i had to do a factory reset to get it to go away
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Sadly I have many times and it still persist. This is exactly what has happened since I got my phone a few months back. Bought it from at&t > rooted it > uprooted it because j couldn't figure out safe strap or how to install toms > rerooted it and tried again > successfully that time > got bored and wanted return to stock and upgrade > custom status issue now
There isn't much else to explain. You install triangle away, open the app and click reset flash counter.
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There isn't much else to explain. You install triangle away, open the app and click reset flash counter.
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Oh wasn't sure if that was it or not my count is still set to 0 so I was thinking there was something else to it
Nope. It resets the flash counter and should reset the custom splash screen and custom status in settings.
I have never had issues with it.
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graydiggy said:
Nope. It resets the flash counter and should reset the custom splash screen and custom status in settings.
I have never had issues with it.
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Custom is gone away from the boot logo and in download it reads as official however under settings it still says custom. If I were to just go ahead with the update even though under settings it says custom would it fail and trip knox? Or would everything get reset to official stock?
It will not trip knox.
If you have never done the "revert to MJ5" thread it should be fine.
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Everything would go back to official
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Did you delete system apps while you were rooted (maybe via TitaniumBackup)? I'm in the same boat: TriangleAway made the padlock go away but the "Custom" status is still in device settings. I think it's because the system partition is no longer stock because I deleted some AT&T bloat. I have NB4 and can't update to KitKat (probably because it detects this custom status) and I can't downgrade to MI9 because bootloaders for NB4 and MI9 are not compatible. Looks like I'm stuck until I can use Odin with official KitKat.
Hi,
I have a Nexus 6 that I am going to start using for work.
My work has a policy that they do not allow rooted devices.
I rooted my Nexus 6 simply to get LED LightFlow to trigger the hidden LED.
When I rooted I used the Nexus Root Toolkit from Wugfresh. I did not use a Custom Recovery and I kept the stock OS (5.0.1 LRX22C)
I really would rather not have to do a wipe/reset if I don't have to. I just need the device unrooted to adhear to company policy.
(and ideally to be able to get the 5.1 OTA when it is released later this month)
D.
GADGTGUY said:
Hi,
I have a Nexus 6 that I am going to start using for work.
My work has a policy that they do not allow rooted devices.
I rooted my Nexus 6 simply to get LED LightFlow to trigger the hidden LED.
When I rooted I used the Nexus Root Toolkit from Wugfresh. I did not use a Custom Recovery and I kept the stock OS (5.0.1 LRX22C)
I really would rather not have to do a wipe/reset if I don't have to. I just need the device unrooted to adhear to company policy.
(and ideally to be able to get the 5.1 OTA when it is released later this month)
D.
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Um how will you work know? do they have software they put on the phones? also if your worried just use root cloak. It hides root from set apps.
You can flash the images from the Google Stock image file, and skip userdata - that will restore your phone to stock, without wiping data. Look at the stickies in the general forum for N6
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Um how will you work know? do they have software they put on the phones? also if your worried just use root cloak. It hides root from set apps.
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They push a BES client that checks. They already told me they know the phone is rooted. (big brother)
jj14 said:
You can flash the images from the Google Stock image file, and skip userdata - that will restore your phone to stock, without wiping data. Look at the stickies in the general forum for N6
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Thanks for this info....
I just noticed that in SuperSU there is a feature called: Full unroot
Can I simply do this and presto... the phone is unrooted?
Since I kept the stock OS and didn't put a custom recovery on the phone... do you think this might do the trick?
D.
GADGTGUY said:
I just noticed that in SuperSU there is a feature called: Full unroot
Can I simply do this and presto... the phone is unrooted?
Since I kept the stock OS and didn't put a custom recovery on the phone... do you think this might do the trick?
D.
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It may - but it still won't get you direct OTA (since OTA now checks for any change to system files)
GADGTGUY said:
[snip]I just noticed that in SuperSU there is a feature called: Full unroot
Can I simply do this and presto... the phone is unrooted?
Since I kept the stock OS and didn't put a custom recovery on the phone... do you think this might do the trick?
D.
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Just to echo what jj14 said. The "Full unroot" option in SuperSU will remove root, but it won't (at least it hadn't on the last version of it that I tried) revert one file that root modifies, so, while you won't have root, and the BES client should work, the update checks the entire file system, so it will fail. A quick flash of only the system.img file using fastboot will remove root and leave everything else untouched.
Thanks for all the advice guys!
I appreciate the assistance... this is why this community rocks!
D.
I should have paid closer attention to the Nexus Root Toolkit from WugFresh.
There is a built in option that unroots without a refresh.
D'oh
D.
GADGTGUY said:
I should have paid closer attention to the Nexus Root Toolkit from WugFresh.
There is a built in option that unroots without a refresh.
D'oh
D.
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Many of us would recommend you learn fastboot commands manually rather than relying on toolkits. This helps you get out of trouble when things go wrong. That said, its too late now