Unroot?

magicelf · Aug 29, 2011

Is it possible to unroot after using the 1 Click Root? I'm coming from a rooted Droid Eris and I remember the first few people who rooted their Erises had lots of problems and I just wanna make sure we can go back and re-root if a better root process comes along later on...

psouza4 · Aug 29, 2011

magicelf said:
Is it possible to unroot after using the 1 Click Root? I'm coming from a rooted Droid Eris and I remember the first few people who rooted their Erises had lots of problems and I just wanna make sure we can go back and re-root if a better root process comes along later on...

Yes, but you'd have to do it manually at this point.

You'd delete busybox and su, uninstall superuser.apk, and there may be a symlink you need to undo, but I think the latest one-click cleans that up. I'd have to go back and check.

And any bloat you froze needs to be unfrozen, or bloat removed needs to be restored.

psouza4 · Aug 31, 2011

Okay, first version of this tool, be kind and let me know if there are any problems with it.

Also: NO GUARANTEES. If it does something that breaks your phone, I am not liable. Use at your own risk. Etc., etc.

http://www.psouza4.com/Droid3/PetesMotorolaRootTools_v1.03.zip

UPDATE 9/1/2011: version 1.03

Abradax · Aug 31, 2011

I'm trying the one touch unroot and keep getting an error about the /sdcard/d3unroot folder missing files.

I extracted all of the APKs from your link to my /sdcard/d3unroot directory, but for some reason one touch unroot will not work.

The root worked great

ultima86 · Sep 1, 2011

same error here...

DroidXY · Sep 1, 2011

Get that error as well

jediman · Sep 1, 2011

Same here.
Why does it even need that to un-root @ that point?

dizzydrew247 · Sep 1, 2011

I'm getting the same error.

redddog · Sep 1, 2011

Is it really a one-click method?

I'm a dummy so I think I'm gonna wait for some clarity.

Thanks for doing this, man!

psouza4 · Sep 2, 2011

Fully re-written and should un-root and restore /system/app for both v5.5.959 and v5.6.890. Enjoy!

http://www.psouza4.com/Droid3/PetesMotorolaRootTools_v1.03.zip

This program is for Windows only and can:

root your device (most Motorola Gingerbread devices)
unroot your device
restore your /system/app, even if you deleted files

And a bit more, such as un-freezing apps if you un-root just like Titanium Backup can.

spacecasespiff · Sep 2, 2011

So how do I do this. Is it the same as the one click root meaning unzip the file and put my phone into charging mode and let it do its thing

Sent from my DROID3 using XDA App

psouza4 · Sep 2, 2011

spacecasespiff said:
So how do I do this. Is it the same as the one click root meaning unzip the file and put my phone into charging mode and let it do its thing

Sent from my DROID3 using XDA App

Pretty much -- this is an all-in-one. It'll tell you where to download files and where to put them when you begin.

Yonnor · Sep 2, 2011

I guess I'm just retarded I can't get this to work. I give up. Looks like I'm gonna have to get VZ to mail me a new D3

psouza4 · Sep 2, 2011

Yonnor said:
I guess I'm just retarded I can't get this to work. I give up. Looks like I'm gonna have to get VZ to mail me a new D3

Why can't you? More than willing to help, but have to tell me what the problem is. And bear in mind that I put out a new version less than 2 hours ago that fixes a LOT (it's a full rewrite).

spacecasespiff · Sep 2, 2011

ok ive downloaded the file to my computer.

Yonnor · Sep 2, 2011

Keep getting the error for the Restore data not being in the right place. I've extracted the files to the right spot (I think)

is the restore folder supposed to be located in the Root Tools folder, and then all the apk's placed that Restore folder?

psouza4 · Sep 2, 2011

Yonnor said:
Keep getting the error for the Restore data not being in the right place. I've extracted the files to the right spot (I think)

is the restore folder supposed to be located in the Root Tools folder, and then all the apk's placed that Restore folder?

Basically, yes.

I'll use your desktop as an example, so if you have:

Desktop\New Folder\Pete's Motorola Root Tools.exe

Then you'll want to extract all the files for the /system/app fix to:

Desktop\New Folder\restore

So that you have:

Desktop\New Folder\restore\AccountAndSyncSettings.apk
Desktop\New Folder\restore\AccountAndSyncSettings.odex
Desktop\New Folder\restore\AdminFeedNotifier.apk
etc.

This assumes you are using my new version 1.03.

Yonnor · Sep 2, 2011

psouza4 said:
Basically, yes.

I'll use your desktop as an example, so if you have:

Desktop\New Folder\Pete's Motorola Root Tools.exe

Then you'll want to extract all the files for the /system/app fix to:

Desktop\New Folder\restore

So that you have:

Desktop\New Folder\restore\AccountAndSyncSettings.apk
Desktop\New Folder\restore\AccountAndSyncSettings.odex
Desktop\New Folder\restore\AdminFeedNotifier.apk
etc.

This assumes you are using my new version 1.03.

Ok thank you, I'll give this a shot again.

EDIT: I have it set up as:

Desktop/PetesMotorolaRootTools_v1.03/restore/(all the apk's)

And I'm still getting the:

ERROR: /restore/ backup doesn't exist or is incomplete! etc etc

spacecasespiff · Sep 2, 2011

ok i just unrooted and all is good now im rooting agian. so thank you for this on click unroot meathod. its good to know that if i want to unroot i can. You should put this on every forum that you can. I will aslo tell people about it. You did a good thing for the people on this one. I think a lot of new people will whant to root now that they have a way to undo it.

Yonnor · Sep 2, 2011

Lol well like 8th try and I got it to work. Sorry for pestering you so much.

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