My phone is currently rooted with the victorious rom. Lately it has been really buggy and phone has been all wacky. Is there anyway to wipe out everything and start over?
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Root [Virgin Mobile] Can I UnRoot a Virgin Mobile Victory?
- Thread starter KrazyKrackaPDJ
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sorry should have ask first do you have the mg5 baseband if you do follow below
http://androidforums.com/virgin-mobile-victory-4g-lte-all-things-root/795560-full-twrp-mg5-stock-deox.html
add this to your twrp backup folders boot into recovery wipe dalvik cache and cache then do factory reset then restore the backup posted above.
http://androidforums.com/virgin-mobile-victory-4g-lte-all-things-root/795560-full-twrp-mg5-stock-deox.html
add this to your twrp backup folders boot into recovery wipe dalvik cache and cache then do factory reset then restore the backup posted above.
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Is there any way to go from TWRP back to stock recov or remove the nag popup for the system update? I've attempted to follow the instructions to update it in the other thread and have had zero luck.
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That update is for mc1 update to mg5. Its the end 3 digits in baseband in about phone in your settings. If mc1 then this is the proper update thread http://androidforums.com/showthread.php?p=6054761
But here is stock recovery if you need it http://androidforums.com/showthread.php?p=6065021.
But here is stock recovery if you need it http://androidforums.com/showthread.php?p=6065021.
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Stock recovery was flashed back once during a test we did on irc I'll see if I can find the files and info.
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I am in a similar situation, where I want a completely stock phone to sell. I have restored the backup I made after rooting and updating to MG5. I have flashed back the stock recovery and performed a factory reset. Now when the phone boots I get a SuperSU needs to fininsh installing. How can I remove this so teh phone will be stock? Thanks
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you can remove it with a root-enabled file explorer or if you adb into the phone while its in recovery mode you can su and mount the system partiton rw and remove the superuser.apk from the system/apps directory
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Thanks for pointing me in the correct direction. I found this post that seems to have worked perfectly...
How to Unroot The Device using ESFile Explorer:
open ESFile Explorer
Grant Root permissions
click menu
Click Root Explorer on the left
Click Mount R/W
Check all the RW boxes and click OK
On the top of the app, click the / icon
navigate to System/xbin
delete busybox and SU
close ESFile Explorer
Go to System setings
Click the More tab
Click Applications and uninstall SuperSU
Now reboot the device twice and you should have a 100% clean system and be fully unrooted.
This worked up to the point that I still had SuperSU installed after reboot, so I went into recovery and mounted system, used the file explorer in TWRP and deleted the supersu.apk from the system/apps directory.
rebooted and all was good.
flash the stock mg5 recovery and now 100% stock.
Thanks again for the help.
How to Unroot The Device using ESFile Explorer:
open ESFile Explorer
Grant Root permissions
click menu
Click Root Explorer on the left
Click Mount R/W
Check all the RW boxes and click OK
On the top of the app, click the / icon
navigate to System/xbin
delete busybox and SU
close ESFile Explorer
Go to System setings
Click the More tab
Click Applications and uninstall SuperSU
Now reboot the device twice and you should have a 100% clean system and be fully unrooted.
This worked up to the point that I still had SuperSU installed after reboot, so I went into recovery and mounted system, used the file explorer in TWRP and deleted the supersu.apk from the system/apps directory.
rebooted and all was good.
flash the stock mg5 recovery and now 100% stock.
Thanks again for the help.
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This is the best way I've found to unroot. Flashable zip. http://androidforums.com/showthread.php?p=6311509
All thanks, once again, to moonknightus.
It installs the stock rom, and also gives the options for stock kernel and stock recovery. The result? Completely stock and unrooted victory.
Also gives the option to root as well.
All thanks, once again, to moonknightus.
It installs the stock rom, and also gives the options for stock kernel and stock recovery. The result? Completely stock and unrooted victory.
Also gives the option to root as well.
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