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[SOLVED] Return to stock (unroot) without USB or without a computer (non-RUU method)?

Hey guys, please forgive me if I misuse my terminology here but I am still a padawan learner.
My wife's hero is rooted and running a cyanogen rom. All was well for months but now her usb plug is broken and NOT charging. I have not yet verified that the usb won't talk to the pc but I assume it's the case because I can't get the thing to charge. Of course i have tried 5 or 6 diff chargers, tried wiggling, etc. but i am convinced that there is a broken prong in the phones plug. The phone is under warranty for 2 more days but I understand that I need to flash it back to stock before trying warranty stuff.
I have searched and the answers I have found are to simply run the latest RUU from the htc website. I found it, no problem, but it is an .exe file and would require the usb to work, right? The phone is dead right now or i would test the usb>pc connection and I have arranged to briefly borrow a friend's battery later tonight. If i can't get the connection to work is there any other way to flash this thing back to stock? If I just download a stock rom and flash that then i will still be rooted right? Do they check that? and lastly what about running an OTA update? Any advice/ideas are greatly appreciated.

Come to think of it, I might have the original naandroid backup that i did of the phone back in the day. If i restore this, would it go back to stock?

Here's what you can do:
Go HERE and download the S-OFF bootloader.
Flash it
Download THIS - its the zip that gets uploaded/flashed when you run the RUU.
And..as per instructions on that page:
Simply rename this to HERCIMG.zip and place on the root of your SDCard.
Power your phone completely off.
Press and Hold VOL DOWN and POWER until your phone boots into HBoot mode.
Wait for it to verify the zip, then click <ACTION> (Trackball) to update, or <SEND> (Green Call) to cancel.
After it flashes you'll have a stock phone, with the stock bootloader
Its the same setup I have on my phone..Just in case I need to un-root on the fly Except I have two zips. One with the stock bootloader and one without so I can keep it unlocked.

Gotta love XDA, thanks so much. I may have found it if I had thought about searching for "stock sprint zip format". Hopefully the next guy will find this. I have been helped by your advice many times throughout the forums in my searches.

drumstyk1 said:
Gotta love XDA, thanks so much. I may have found it if I had thought about searching for "stock sprint zip format". Hopefully the next guy will find this. I have been helped by your advice many times throughout the forums in my searches.
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You should add "or computer" to the title as well For those that may search 'unrooting without a computer'
And you're welcome that's why I'm here

Not working (yet)
Hi, another noob here: SAKKA.
I also need to revert to stock. I already switched the phone number (just upgraded and giving Hero to daughter). So have to push everything from Mac via USB. Unable to d/l md5sum: a77a2dee8e903e8f1a18b28b5c5e0b40 b/c it won't connect (too old?) Have HERC in root, did steps 1-4. But no go. Is there someway I can chat and get some help? Or do you know where i can chat now that AOSP is no longer running an online chat room (as far as I know)?

do u have any idea how old this thread is

Oh.
D'oh. Thanks.
That being said. Know how I can find someone to talk me through this?

sethfriedman said:
Oh.
D'oh. Thanks.
That being said. Know how I can find someone to talk me through this?
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There is this help page :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=13479613
I always unroot with this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=8551240
Then I root with the "one click method"
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=743289
Both never fail me....
Good luck
V's CDMA Hero
V's CDMA Hero

i tried this! it was on the updating part and when it was almost done, the htc screen appear and it started all over with s-off. so it said fail.

Just curious, if phone is already activated to her # then why go back to horrible stock.
If u want a stock ROM flash liquid sense or nfx.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=643
From either of those two ROMs u can do all that stock can.. like activation, PRL updates, etc.....
So unless its going for service under warranty there is no need to unroot to stock.
Good luck
V's CDMA Hero

[Q] Removed touch wiz woops!

Morning all,
I apologise if this is in the wrong section but I am new to the forum and in a bit of pickle.
Around a week ago I rooted my lovely new note 3 to hopefully one day install some nice new ROM to get rid of the horrid touch wiz and actually see the full potential of the phones power. However, for some silly reason while I was using titanium backup on my phone I thought it would be a good idea to uninstall touch wiz thinking it would magically go back to basic android however it didn't. It is completely broken now, woops. The first issue I had was it would boot up and stick to the Samsung logo and just glow so I thought it would be an idea to install stock ROM via ODIN to try and revert it back to normal. Once I downloaded the correct stock ROM it was uploading through download mode however at the last minute it failed with a ext4 error which I think it means it's bricked? Not sure, completely new to this. I am now a bit stuck as I am not 100% sure what to do next.
The phone will only boot into either the firmware upgrade has encountered an issue, basically Odin mode or download mode. I have tried recovering it through kies however it cant connect to it. It knows it is there as it will start searching for it when it's connected however says it can't find it.
My phone is a note 3 SN SN-9005. The system status is custom, reactivation lock is off, Knox kernel lock 0x0, Knox warranty void 0x1 and write protection is enabled.
Obviously I would like to get the phone back to normal, I don't care if it has to be completely wiped and brought back to normal I would like it to just work. I've been an complete idiot and fiddled with something I'm not 100% sure on and I would like to not have a 600 quid paper weight hehe.
I will greatly appreciate any help or feedback.

You won't get the best feedback for a 9005 model here. We are the 900A version stuck on AT&T. Yes, however, we have plenty of intelligent people here. It's best to post your question here in the main Samsung Galaxy Note 3 thread next time:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-3/help
Next, since you've voided your warranty as Knox being 0x1 - you're pretty much screwed for a refund or replacement based on PRESENT development from what I have read all over the AT&T threads. Understand this. Now, that being said, did you install a custom recovery or have your original recovery?
Here's my input/help. Forget about ODIN. You don't need that if all you did was remove your touch wiz.
Take out your battery, put it back in and hold VOLUME UP, POWER, and HOME together until you reach a recovery. Then if it's the stock recovery, wipe your cache partition, then wipe data/factory reset. Then reboot and you're good back to starting over. Check with a rooting application to see if you still have or not. If not, then obviously reroot
Also, don't ever do anything like that again without thinking what it could do, lol . Always tread carefully whenever you are new to something. Just my two cents for you. If you came here to root and learn it, don't be afraid to ask questions about applications and expanding your knowledge. No one will ignore you if you ask a simple question in the right manner/thread.
Good luck!

Thank you for the feedback. I have defiantly learnt from my mistake with this one. I have usually been lucky diving into things blindly hehe. I have tried to put it into recovery mode however it just vibrates like it should and then comes back up to firmware upgrade issue with the two computer screens an a attention sign in the middle. Is there anyway to get recovery mode back.

apdnote said:
Thank you for the feedback. I have defiantly learnt from my mistake with this one. I have usually been lucky diving into things blindly hehe. I have tried to put it into recovery mode however it just vibrates like it should and then comes back up to firmware upgrade issue with the two computer screens an a attention sign in the middle. Is there anyway to get recovery mode back.
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Wish you had come here when you deleted touchwiz only instead of playing with Odin. Looks like you messed it up even further and have to now use Odin to reinstall your firmware. I'm about to go to sleep, but do this.
1) Take out battery and put it back in. Then press and hold VOLUME DOWN + HOME + POWER at the same time until you reach DOWNLOAD MODE.
2) Follow the steps here and use your odin or latest odin (shouldn't matter):
http://www.androidrootz.com/2013/10/how-to-unrootunbrick-galaxy-note-3.html
Oh, and google is your friend. It's how I learned things over the years...READING, then tinkering....you're welcome .

I wish I did as well. I will try this when I get back from uni this evening and post back results.
Thank you again.

apdnote said:
I wish I did as well. I will try this when I get back from uni this evening and post back results.
Thank you again.
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You're very welcome, bro.

opasha said:
You're very welcome, bro.
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I used what you have said to do and downloaded the correct firmware however when I try and install it via odin in download mode I get a FAIL(SIZE!) message at the end. Its not an ext4 error anymore but im worried at what is going on now. I have tried searching it up on google however nothing has come up. Looks like ive completely broken it... ='(

apdnote said:
I used what you have said to do and downloaded the correct firmware however when I try and install it via odin in download mode I get a FAIL(SIZE!) message at the end. Its not an ext4 error anymore but im worried at what is going on now. I have tried searching it up on google however nothing has come up. Looks like ive completely broken it... ='(
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You have the 9005 right? I think you have the wrong file to odin. What is the exact model number of your phone and where are you located in the world? (reason I ask is there are different regions to choose from)

agent929 said:
You have the 9005 right? I think you have the wrong file to odin. What is the exact model number of your phone and where are you located in the world? (reason I ask is there are different regions to choose from)
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SSN: SM-N9005GSMH
S/N: RF1D96B6ELB
United Kingdom Vodafone.
Im sure I downloaded the 9005 for samsung in the uk but I wil try again from a different site that specficly says what country and code.
If not would you be able to post me a link to the exact one?
Many thanks

Thank you so much everyone for your input. I hunted out the correct EU snapdragon firmware and booted it on, emptied the cache and restored to factory settings and its finally running! Only took 2 days hehe but at least its working. Thanks again everyone

Good to hear!

apdnote said:
Thank you so much everyone for your input. I hunted out the correct EU snapdragon firmware and booted it on, emptied the cache and restored to factory settings and its finally running! Only took 2 days hehe but at least its working. Thanks again everyone
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Your welcome, don't forget to hit the thanks button for anyone that helped you!

apdnote said:
Thank you so much everyone for your input. I hunted out the correct EU snapdragon firmware and booted it on, emptied the cache and restored to factory settings and its finally running! Only took 2 days hehe but at least its working. Thanks again everyone
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Hi, I am using same SSN. Can you please confirm the working rom download URL? Appreciate your help.
Thank you.

Noob here - screwed up my T-Mobile One M9?

Hi XDA community,
I'm scared out of my mind. Tried rooting for the first time ever, but don't actually know what I'm doing. Using various guides I found in these forums, I:
1. Used HTCdev to unlock the bootloader
2. Used ADB to install TWRP 3.0.2-0
3. Used TWRP to install UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.76.zip
Once that finished, my phone tried booting up (the white HTC logo) but now it has the red development build text at the bottom.... and then it gets into an infinite boot loop.
I don't know how to fix my phone. Please someone here with guidance, please help.

I've got the same identical issue.
I was able to get out of the boot loop by holding volume up and power, and I got back to download mode. From there, since the SU update I tried to install boot looped me (I was following this tutorial), I jumped ahead and just installed cm13 as I was planning to.
This install went fine, but then I ran into the issue of the rom not recognizing my sim card. I've been researching this problem and I guess I need to update my baseband? I tried for hours but I do not know how to accomplish this, and couldn't figure it out for the life of me. This thread on the cyanongenmod forum seemed to be the closest thing to help I could find, but still it didn't help very much.
So at this point now I'm trying to back out and unroot my phone and get everything back to factory settings; it doesn't feel worth it anymore to me since I've just had trouble every step of the way. I've been trying to follow this post to get back to at least a usable factory rom. But I can't even get this one to install because I cannot access my phone through adb while it's in download mode. Furthermore the instructions are just confusing me because I'm not so versed in the nomenclature of these procedures.
Is there anyone that can help me get back to complete stock t-mobile sense? Or if not, help me get my cm13 rom to recognize my sim card so I can at least have my phone working in some capacity? I'd be tremendously grateful of either. I'm really in over my head here and quite scared I won't be able to figure this out.

[Emergency] Phone stuck on bootloader!

Hi, so let me get to the point.
I attempted to root my phone with towelroot, and had no success. I did some googling and found this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=55133105&postcount=1
I flashed the kernel following the instructions and my phone gets stuck on boot now. I was naive to think it would work... someone please help! This phone is my only phone and it's literally my job to have this phone. I don't know a lot about this stuff but here is my model version : SM-G900A
Also, in hopes of trying to fix my phone, i tried finding an original kernel file which im currently downloading this : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2785185
Although i would REALLY appreciate it if I could keep all my files and such. I dont want my phone resetting completely.
Also when i booted into recovery mode, this was at the top: G900AUCS4CPA3
I don't care about rooting anymore, I just need my phone to be back to normal!! Please and thank you! It's 3:38 AM and i've been in a HUGE panic for the past 3 hours...

(uNLKd_BLDR) boot problem.. Unable to enter DL or Fastboot.. Can anyone help? I made

I made a vid so I can show exactly what it's doing.. Its only like 15 seconds
https://youtu.be/And3oxigBnM

Redacted Kaos said:
I made a vid so I can show exactly what it's doing.. Its only like 15 seconds
https://youtu.be/And3oxigBnM
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Tfat has to be frustrating, I don't want to waste your time, but hate to see someone with a dead device, so you've already tried qfil and lgup, and fastboot commands? And you've also attempted to get into EDL again I'm assuming, and have you looked to see what your device is named in device manager in this state, meaning I'd it labeling it a modem or ADB device.? I'm just throwing some stuff out there because if it's fixable, and I'm sure it is, you have to get it into some other mode. I get that screen too but it boots and everything. If these guys can't get you hooked up than that vlad dude can do remote work and I think he knows LG very well. Just a thought.

Can you describe what you have done to get to this point? I was in a similar situation last week that took about 12 hours of troubleshooting but eventually got it fixed and set up the way I want.
I made a mistake somewhere and flashed something or failed to flash something that got me in a similar state.
I will just throw out what worked for me. I had lost every bootable mode except for 9008 (edl?). So I tried using QFIL to flash Pie laf_a and laf_b or the Oreo version. This gets you LG Download mode back. From here I recommend using a KDZ to get back to stock and boot in to make sure you can. My first attempt at this point was flashing a Pie KDZ US unlocked (I have AT&T ). Would not boot. So I tried flashing the Oreo KDZ US unlocked… lo and behold it booted all the way up. From here I was able to start over and follow the guide to get Lineage OS.
Anyway hopes this helps you.

Thank you guys for answering me I will basically I've got magisk installed bootloader unlocked rooted and I was just my phone will boot up and stuff but you know what happens whenever I want to go into download mode or go into sucking whatever you know.. I went through all this trouble got this phone unlocked and rooted and stuff 90% of the s*** that I can use what does rooted phone requires a custom recovery which is the one sucking thing I guess you can't do so I'm thinking about just flashing back stop because I don't have this kind of irritated cuz there's so many modules I want to use and stuff and I can't because there's no way to flash custom recovery whatever seed wrmn whatever