Hi guys, I rooted my phone about a year ago and i've completely forgot how I did it, I want to rever back to the stock rom, can anyone post me some links on a noob friendly guide on how to rever it please, I know it has been asked a few times I am sure, but I dunno what to really be looking for.
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Need S2 stock rom please help a noob.
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Roman4604
Executive Member
Might be easier to go for a stock rooted ROM like NeatROM 4.3 using CWM Recovery instead of Samsung USB drivers, Odin3 & flash from Win.
Any links please?
Roman4604
Executive Member
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1569686
Choose Full if you want exact replica of latest Samsung 4.1.2 XWLSD stock ROM, or Lite if you want a slightly modded version stripped of Samsung bloatware.
Post #3 has installation instructions.
PS: Would first check if CWM is working in your current rooted kernel i.e. start phone with Vol Up + Home + Power.
Choose Full if you want exact replica of latest Samsung 4.1.2 XWLSD stock ROM, or Lite if you want a slightly modded version stripped of Samsung bloatware.
Post #3 has installation instructions.
PS: Would first check if CWM is working in your current rooted kernel i.e. start phone with Vol Up + Home + Power.
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wikk3d88
Expert Member
Hold down power and menu button for about 2 seconds
thanks, was power button and volume down button last time.
wikk3d88
Expert Member
Yeah. Had me proper stumped for half a day
Gozzy
Senior Member
I rooted my S3 but unrooted once I had a battery issue (indicator gets stuck at 100% until reboot, during discharge phone goes on to "charging" mode)
I also had a diff rom.
The easiest way for me to unroot and restore to factory rom was to use Samsung Kies (PC Suite)
Click on Tools -> Firmware Upgrade and Initialization
Enter your model number / serial number when prompted, once done it will download the necessary bits to perform the operation.
Once done with all the downloading, you must follow the instructions carefully as it instructs you to put the phone in DOWNLOAD ROM MODE (on my S3 it was Volume Down + Home + Power, in that order, holding it in, it will present u with the DOWNLOAD ROM Mode screen)
Kies will then restore your phone to 100% factory defaults (you might get a newer factory ROM too, I got 4.1.2 JB)
Goodluck.
I also had a diff rom.
The easiest way for me to unroot and restore to factory rom was to use Samsung Kies (PC Suite)
Click on Tools -> Firmware Upgrade and Initialization
Enter your model number / serial number when prompted, once done it will download the necessary bits to perform the operation.
Once done with all the downloading, you must follow the instructions carefully as it instructs you to put the phone in DOWNLOAD ROM MODE (on my S3 it was Volume Down + Home + Power, in that order, holding it in, it will present u with the DOWNLOAD ROM Mode screen)
Kies will then restore your phone to 100% factory defaults (you might get a newer factory ROM too, I got 4.1.2 JB)
Goodluck.
Gozzy
Senior Member
Sorry, just to clarify, I had to do all this so it can be sent in... 
Otherwise rooted ftw
Otherwise rooted ftw
Roman4604
Executive Member
Does this procedure reset the custom firmware counter on the phone?
I use Triangle Away (R23 from Play Store) to make sure its reset to 0 before re-flash stock firmware.
Gozzy
Senior Member
Not 100% sure, I also used Triangle Away just before I went back to factory rom (just to be safe).