Root [Verizon] Question about rooting?

Zealex · Nov 24, 2012

Hello,

I'm interested in rooting my Galaxy S3 4G LTE from Verizon. I skimmed the guides but didn't see any mention of this, if I root my phone, can I format my phone and it'll be unrooted so that no one "offical" will be able to trace I rooted my phone? I understand rooting my phone can void warranty possibly.. however if I have to is there a way to remove any trace and start from a fresh factory default?

Thanks.

Metfanant · Nov 25, 2012

zealex said:
Hello,

I'm interested in rooting my Galaxy S3 4G LTE from Verizon. I skimmed the guides but didn't see any mention of this, if I root my phone, can I format my phone and it'll be unrooted so that no one "offical" will be able to trace I rooted my phone? I understand rooting my phone can void warranty possibly.. however if I have to is there a way to remove any trace and start from a fresh factory default?

Thanks.

Yes you can unroot as easily as you root

thornev · Nov 27, 2012

Be aware that if you customize/flash anything, my understanding is that there is a counter in the phone's system that tracks how many times you've flashed. I've read there is a utility to reset it to zero. You can get some good info over at XDA:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1672

Metfanant · Nov 27, 2012

thornev said:
Be aware that if you customize/flash anything, my understanding is that there is a counter in the phone's system that tracks how many times you've flashed. I've read there is a utility to reset it to zero. You can get some good info over at XDA:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1672

it will NOT be tripped every time you flash...ive flashed this phone probably 100 times and its been tripped once...

Hrethgir · Nov 27, 2012

Doing a Factory Reset will erase all evidence of previous root as far as I know.

Metfanant · Nov 27, 2012

Hrethgir said:
Doing a Factory Reset will erase all evidence of previous root as far as I know.

Nope

Hrethgir · Nov 28, 2012

Metfanant said:
Nope

Really? I though a FR reformatted the internal everything, and that removed root?

Rolo42 · Nov 30, 2012

Rooting and flashing are two completely different things. Rooting has nothing to do with the flash counter. Additionally, even Method 2 does not increment the flash counter since it doesn't change the kernel.

Changing the recovery partition (CWM, TWRP, et. al.) will put "Modified" in the about page, rather than "Official". If the VZW tech cares, he should know where to look. My theory is that he'll care if you're asking him to clean up your mess or otherwise troubleshoot an unproven ROM/self-injected problems. Proper troubleshooting (before you even think of going to VZW) would be to flash bone stock OEM ROM anyway (there's one linked in the other sticky).

Metfanant · Nov 30, 2012

Rolo42 said:
Additionally, even Method 2 does not increment the flash counter since it doesn't change the kernel.

for the record...I've changed my kernel probably 20-30 times...counter is 0

Rolo42 said:
Changing the recovery partition (CWM, TWRP, et. al.) will put "Modified" in the about page, rather than "Official".

Not completely true...you can see in the attachments...

Device Status: "normal"
Counter: 0
Binary: "official"

In have triangle away installed simply in case...have never reset the counter..

Custom ROM...Custom Recovery...Custom Kernel...

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