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I want to go back to completely factory and clear any trace of root. I'm not a developer, have no clue what I'm doing, and don't have a way to fix anything if something happens. Also little use for root really. I've rooted my LG Volt twice now. The first time was a little more scary because while towelroot went fine, SuperSU was a different story. I read to get rid of it, you just go to the option about switching to superuser. That did nothing then I just did uninstall root, but wasn't sure if it got rid of all evidence so I factory reset it?

I know soft reset is just restarting the phone I think, hard reset is from within the phone while it's powered on, but going to the reset option, and factory reset has to be the Vol-, power button together while the phone is off. If I'm wrong please correct me.

With this root all I installed was BusyBox and actually only rooted it because even after the reset I was noticing options not being saved in the menu upon reboot or they would only be half saved so I thought maybe there is an issue with permissions and I need to root again. I've used Ubuntu and kind of have an idea of how easy Linux is to screw up so I could only imagine on handheld device that is mostly controlled by the vendor you bought from what could happen.

The first time I wasn't sure to uninstall BusyBox before SuperSU first or not, if it made a difference at all. I know removing SuperSU was the end of root so I saved that for last. Anyway, my phone only has BusyBox on it at the moment and that's because I thought it was necessary with rooted phones, I don't know.

Is there a way to remove root without resetting it and will there be a single trace of root/rooted apps if I completely reset the device? I don't have insurance on the phone so rather be on the safe side and just use the device as is. I respect the work that's been put into rooting and all that comes with it, but I spent $160 including the tax and don't use my phone for much besides text, call, weather, pictures, web, simple things.

One more question. My LG Volt is running 4.4.2, but the latest is 4.4.4 so will it ever be updated? Does LG update all their phone's software at once? Am I not getting the update because I'm rooted?
 
GG Top said:
I want to go back to completely factory and clear any trace of root. I'm not a developer, have no clue what I'm doing, and don't have a way to fix anything if something happens. Also little use for root really. I've rooted my LG Volt twice now. The first time was a little more scary because while towelroot went fine, SuperSU was a different story. I read to get rid of it, you just go to the option about switching to superuser. That did nothing then I just did uninstall root, but wasn't sure if it got rid of all evidence so I factory reset it?

I know soft reset is just restarting the phone I think, hard reset is from within the phone while it's powered on, but going to the reset option, and factory reset has to be the Vol-, power button together while the phone is off. If I'm wrong please correct me.

With this root all I installed was BusyBox and actually only rooted it because even after the reset I was noticing options not being saved in the menu upon reboot or they would only be half saved so I thought maybe there is an issue with permissions and I need to root again. I've used Ubuntu and kind of have an idea of how easy Linux is to screw up so I could only imagine on handheld device that is mostly controlled by the vendor you bought from what could happen.

The first time I wasn't sure to uninstall BusyBox before SuperSU first or not, if it made a difference at all. I know removing SuperSU was the end of root so I saved that for last. Anyway, my phone only has BusyBox on it at the moment and that's because I thought it was necessary with rooted phones, I don't know.

Is there a way to remove root without resetting it and will there be a single trace of root/rooted apps if I completely reset the device? I don't have insurance on the phone so rather be on the safe side and just use the device as is. I respect the work that's been put into rooting and all that comes with it, but I spent $160 including the tax and don't use my phone for much besides text, call, weather, pictures, web, simple things.

One more question. My LG Volt is running 4.4.2, but the latest is 4.4.4 so will it ever be updated? Does LG update all their phone's software at once? Am I not getting the update because I'm rooted?
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As far as any traces of root:
Yes, they have RCT (Root Check Tool) embedded that writes to a log that does not go away (for now anyway) even if the phone is unrooted.

As for 4.4.4:
I haven't read that the volt is going to receive it, so far anyway. Manufacturers don't always upgrade to the latest android versions.

-=Thanks are always appreciated and Happy Modding=-
 
GG Top said:
I want to go back to completely factory and clear any trace of root. I'm not a developer, have no clue what I'm doing, and don't have a way to fix anything if something happens. Also little use for root really. I've rooted my LG Volt twice now. The first time was a little more scary because while towelroot went fine, SuperSU was a different story. I read to get rid of it, you just go to the option about switching to superuser. That did nothing then I just did uninstall root, but wasn't sure if it got rid of all evidence so I factory reset it?

I know soft reset is just restarting the phone I think, hard reset is from within the phone while it's powered on, but going to the reset option, and factory reset has to be the Vol-, power button together while the phone is off. If I'm wrong please correct me.

With this root all I installed was BusyBox and actually only rooted it because even after the reset I was noticing options not being saved in the menu upon reboot or they would only be half saved so I thought maybe there is an issue with permissions and I need to root again. I've used Ubuntu and kind of have an idea of how easy Linux is to screw up so I could only imagine on handheld device that is mostly controlled by the vendor you bought from what could happen.

The first time I wasn't sure to uninstall BusyBox before SuperSU first or not, if it made a difference at all. I know removing SuperSU was the end of root so I saved that for last. Anyway, my phone only has BusyBox on it at the moment and that's because I thought it was necessary with rooted phones, I don't know.

Is there a way to remove root without resetting it and will there be a single trace of root/rooted apps if I completely reset the device? I don't have insurance on the phone so rather be on the safe side and just use the device as is. I respect the work that's been put into rooting and all that comes with it, but I spent $160 including the tax and don't use my phone for much besides text, call, weather, pictures, web, simple things.

One more question. My LG Volt is running 4.4.2, but the latest is 4.4.4 so will it ever be updated? Does LG update all their phone's software at once? Am I not getting the update because I'm rooted?
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Lg is pretty bad with software updates in my experience. My wife has a lg g2 and she's on the same android version as our volts as that was a flagship phone so i doubt we'll get it. I've never factory reset this phone so i don't want to advise you wrong there
 
I tried unrooting just to try, supersu has a option to unroot, I did that and my phone was no longer rooted. I actually had to re download a newer version of towelroot to reroot cuz the version I have from 2 weeks ago wouldn't work for some reason! Anyhow I read in a different post supersu is the best way to unroot and I agree. Not sure about all the other details. Busybox you can erase the files I would imagine thats what I did in the past with prior handsets that I unrooted.
 
I think Virgin Mobile rarely updates the OS on their phones. The update from Jelly Bean to KitKat is suppose to be for multiple phones (LG F3 being one), but the only ones I've heard about (from emailing VM support) that will get the KitKat update are the high dollar phones like the Samsung Galaxy 3 (which is the one they said in the email). So the bottom-line is: Don't ever count on VM updating your phone OS. It is not in their best interest - they'd prefer you buy another phone.
 
Thanks all for the information. Had no idea about root check tool embedded in the system. I guess i will have to wait for a recovery image unless it would still show up as rooted. I did supersu the first time and didnt work well for me. That does make sense about them wanting you to.buy a new phone, but an upgrade for me is literally when i need a new phone. I was using a phone that ran 2.3.7 before this and it ran everything i do now fine just not as fast and advanced such as gps.
 
GG Top said:
Thanks all for the information. Had no idea about root check tool embedded in the system. I guess i will have to wait for a recovery image unless it would still show up as rooted. I did supersu the first time and didnt work well for me. That does make sense about them wanting you to.buy a new phone, but an upgrade for me is literally when i need a new phone. I was using a phone that ran 2.3.7 before this and it ran everything i do now fine just not as fast and advanced such as gps.
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It's what were here for :)

I'm not sure if your saying that you uninstalled or didn't have success installing supersu but, it should be installed for better security.

It will let you know what's asking for root permissions and allow you to grant or not as towelroot by itself grants to all.

If you're unsure how to install it, read the rooting guide here as there are a couple of different ways.

Hope this helps :)

-=Thanks are always appreciated and Happy Modding=-
 
My first time rooting my phone I installed SuperSU and guess wasn't concerned about apps asking for permission so I wanted to remove it. I tried the switch option and it did nothing then the uninstall and I believe hung at the dialogue about uninstalling so I had to reset the phone which screwed up the root. This is where I got very nervous because I was worried it would only have half permissions or something.

The second time I just never installed it. I checked both guides stickied.

http://androidforums.com/volt-all-things-root/852247-lg-volt-all-things-root-guide.html

This one does not have a link to unrooting, I found many tutorials but thought I had to factory reset to get it to normal. I took rooting as you don't go back completely once it's done. Oh and the whole reason I mentioned half permissions led me to why I rooted my phone the second time. It seemed like settings were being saved completely when I factory reset the phone and changed everything to my liking, they would save some of it then when I reboot seemed like it switched back to default something as simple as the wallpaper.

I thought this was due to permissions screwed up from not clearing the cache before I did the reset.

I did read a guide saying you could delete 3 files using shell commands via ADB and that would unroot also, not sure if it works.
 
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