[[RESOLVED]] Can you s-on after unroot?

[caguirr4]

I had to unroot my phone so that i could take it back to sprint. I am taking it back to sprint because my power/wake button is not working. i ran the ruu.exe but i forgot to turn the s back on before unrooting. so baically my phone is stock with s-off. did i screw myself. do i have to reroot my phone then turn s-on then unroot again. or can someone please tell me how to turn s-on while stock.

thanks

Edit: See final post for fix.

 

[gamefreke89]

I think you have to reroot your phone. You need to get into recovery to flash the S-on tool.

 

[caguirr4]

I think you have to reroot your phone. You need to get into recovery to flash the S-on tool.

well bud since you are the only to respond i guess root it is. i tried unrevoked3 but thats a no go since i cant use the power button. i cant get it into hboot usb. but thanks.

 

[m3xicanprid3]

well bud since you are the only to respond i guess root it is. i tried unrevoked3 but thats a no go since i cant use the power button. i cant get it into hboot usb. but thanks.

mmm i run the RUU the other day and i didnt lost root. i have the s-off n i can still go to recovery. hey i think u can flash a recovery zip (PC36IMG) that mite work.. HERES DA LINK U HAVE TO COPY N PASTE scroll down where it says downloads n download the recovery zip. PC36IMG_RECOVERY.ZIP http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=829045

 

[caguirr4]

[[RESOLVED]]

So I flashed the RUU.exe(3.29.651.5). it replaced everything back to stock.(i.e. the splash1.img, removed custom recovery,stock boot animation,and removed superuser permissions.) but i forgot to run unrevoked forever s-on.zip. so I had completely unrooted my phone but it was nand unlocked. and because of the problem i was having with the phone i couldnt just run unrevoked3 for a quick root. so here's what i did:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=690762
this is toast's method of rooting. but i only did the first half. the part where you download the pc36IMG.zip and update. pretty long and tedious process but it got the job done. maybe it will hel someone else.

for the recovery i just installed from the market, rom manager and chainsdd superuser permission app. the su app was to grant permissions to rom manager. then just flashed recovery img with rom manager.

i then put Unrevokedforeverson.zip on the root of sd card and ran the zip from rom manager so that i wouldnt have to use power or volume buttons.
verified that s was on. and then ran the ruu.exe again.

 

[ucf.elk]

Thanks for this!!!!
I had the same issue and followed your instructions and IT WORKED!!!

One question - how did you check if S was ON after running the RUU?
Since I can't use the Power button, I was wondering how you did it?

THANKS AGAIN!!!!!

 

[caguirr4]

Thanks for this!!!!
I had the same issue and followed your instructions and IT WORKED!!!

One question - how did you check if S was ON after running the RUU?
Since I can't use the Power button, I was wondering how you did it?

THANKS AGAIN!!!!!

My power button was stuck in the held position I think. I just did a battery pull and before reinserting. The battery I held the volume. Down and power down too boot into boot loader. That is where you see s—on or s—off.



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[Bizdady]

Thanks for this!!!!
I had the same issue and followed your instructions and IT WORKED!!!

One question - how did you check if S was ON after running the RUU?
Since I can't use the Power button, I was wondering how you did it?

THANKS AGAIN!!!!!

You can also use the adb reboot recovery command in adb to reboot the phone into recovery. I plan on unrooting and using this ruu later since my mic isnt working and need to take it to sprint. I dont want to use the newest ruu's since I dont want to risk my hboot getting switched to one of the more difficult hboots since I plan on rerooting once the mic gets fixed. Hopefully the mic can get fixed and I can keep my current phone.