Wednesday, November 11, 2015
How to UnRoot Galaxy S3/S4 + Reset Flash Counter + Restore OFFICIAL Status
![](http://i.imgur.com/RZXdLps.jpg)
It is useful also if you soft brick your phone.
THIS METHOD IS WORKING ONLY ON ANDROID 4.2.2
Don't forget to read the notes
What will introduce this tutorial
- How to flash official firmware and back to stock
- How to ROOT your device
- How to reset flash counter
- How to UnROOT your device
What will this tutorial leave your device at the end
- Official firmware
- No custom (kernel, recovery, ... etc) all are stock
- Reset device status back to OFFICIAL (NORMAL)
- Ability to update using OTA update
- Flash (binary) counter set to zero
- Full root access
- Remove the yellow triangle
- Completely unroot your device Optional
- Restore warranty
- Your device will be like you just take it out of the box
- Charged Samsung galaxy S3 / S4 / Note
- Official firmware
- Odin3
- Root files
- "Triangle Away" App
- USB cable
- Windows PC
- BACKUP all your important data because this process will wipe all data on the internal storage
- Check if "Triangle Away" App is compatible for the model number of your device
- Download and install Samusng mobile driver (link below)
- Download official stock firmware from SamMobile or Samsung-Updates
- Download Odin3 (link below)
- Download Root files
- Close Kies and disable your antivirus software
Flashing FW process
1- Unzip FW.zip file only one time and Odin
2- Run Odin as administrator then click on PDA and navigate to "FW.tar.md5" file
3- Put your device into download mode (Vol down+Home+Power then Vol up)
4- Connect your device to PC and wait until you see a sign in Odin (Added in message box)
![](http://i.imgur.com/L2HCXvM.png)
5- Click Start button in Odin and wait a few minutes until Odin display PASS!
![](http://i.imgur.com/KtCXd7P.png)
1- Open "CF-Auto-Root ....zip" file, drag and drop "CF-Auto-Root ....tar.md5" file
2- Run Odin as administrator then click on PDA and navigate to "CF-Auto-Root ....tar.md5" file
3- Put your device into download mode (Vol down+Home+Power then Vol up)
4- Connect your device to PC and wait until you see a sign in Odin (Added in message box)
![](http://i.imgur.com/GOC6xfS.png)
![](http://i.imgur.com/b5v6JNL.png)
1- Download "Triangle Away" App Google play link Lite ver (link below)
2- Open the App, continue [ONLY] if it display the model number of your device and follow the notifications shown.
3- Press "Reset flash counter" and continue
![](http://i.imgur.com/717EVfP.jpg)
4- Press volume up to continue
Now you have been reset the flash counter of your device (Check it by putting your device into download mode) and get back the warranty
![](http://i.imgur.com/oFW6kPS.jpg)
If you check the status of your device : Settings > More > About device > Status you will find that it's "Custom" or "Modified"
![](http://i.imgur.com/46c740O.jpg)
2- Navigate to "wipe data/factory reset" (using vol down button) and Press OK (power button)
![](http://i.imgur.com/0EStuy6.jpg)
Now, your device's status is OFFICIAL + Full ROOT access
![](http://i.imgur.com/Cd2q4Qs.jpg)
![](http://i.imgur.com/8UpnaLJ.jpg)
- Open "Super SU" App then Settings tab
- Tap on "Full unroot"
![](http://i.imgur.com/Qejk2IN.jpg)
- Don't unplug the cable while flashing or rooting process.
- This precess will delete all your data.
- If your device stuck in bootloop after flashing stock FW, wipe data/factory reset from recovery.
- I am not responsible if something wrong happened to your device (USE AT YOUR OWN RISK)
- Devices which running on full stock FW (skip flashing) and start by rooting process.
- Devices which running on full stock FW & rooted (skip flashing and rooting) and start by reset flash counter process (you don't need computer)
- DON'T continue if Triangle Away display a different model number of your device.
- This tutorial not only for Samsung galaxy S4, Samsung galaxy S3 it's also for Galaxy Note 2 and many galaxy devices.
- Devices which have locked bootloader, you need to unlock it first.
- Credits goes to "Chainfire" Dev who create for us "CF-Auto-Root" and "Triangle Away" App.
- If you update your device by OTA, Kies or Odin you will lose root access.
- If you flash any custom file by Odin, it will change the binary to custom.
- Before starting Check autoroot.chainfire and Triangle Away app to see if your device is supported or not.
Some supported devices (not all) :
- Samsung Galaxy S3 all devices [international, AT&T SGH-I747M, Sprint SPH-L710, T-Mobile SGH-T999, Canada, MetroPCS, LTE, US Cellular, Cricket SCH-R530, C-Spire and Verizon SCH-I535 (unlocked bootloader)]
- Samsung Galaxy S4 [international LTE, T-Mobile SGH-M919, Sprint SPH-L720, US Cellular SCH-R970, Canada SGH-I337M]
- Samsung Galaxy Note 2 [GT-N7100/T, GT-N7102, GT-N7105/T LTE, SPH-L900 Sprint, SGH-T889 T-Mobile, SGH-R950 US Cellular, Canada SGH-I317M, SCH-I605 Verizon (unlocked bootloader)]
and more .....
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