How to Unroot the Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 8.0 (LTE)
Think you’ve had enough fun with your rooted Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 8.0 (LTE variant)? Want to unroot it to reinstate the warranty? No worries, here’s how you can do that. Not only unrooting helps you reinstate the warranty, but it solves any issues that you might be facing because of root-only apps on your device.
Unrooting is the process of removing root access, a custom recovery (if you have one), and just trying to get the device back to as close to stock as possible.
Some of the reasons for unrooting your Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 8.0 (LTE) are:
- Sending in the device for warranty (most, but not all unrooting procedures reinstate the manufacturer warranty if you had one before rooting).
- Starting over (simply undoing everything you did while rooted so you can have a clean slate to start over).
- Fix any issues (Maybe rooting messed something up? No problem, unrooting will take care of it for you).
Ready to get started? Here’s how to unroot the Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 8.0 (LTE):
I. Before You Begin
1. You should’ve rooted your device using the procedure given here.
2. This should flash back the stock firmware on your device.
3. This only works for the SM-T335 model of the device.
4. This should only work on Windows based PCs.
5. You should’ve appropriate drivers installed on your PC. If you haven’t, download and install the latest drivers from here.
II. Downloading Required Files
1. Download Odin and save it to your desktop.
2. Download the appropriate stock firmware for your device and save it to your desktop.
III. Unrooting the Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 8.0 (LTE)
1. Extract files from Odin as well as Stock Firmware to your desktop by right-clicking on each of them and selecting Extract here.
2. Double-click on Odin executable and it’ll launch.
3. Click on PDA and choose the stock firmware file you just extracted to your desktop.
4. Uncheck Repartition if it’s already checked in the Odin.
5. Put a checkmark in the boxes that say Auto Reboot and F. Reset Time.
6. Turn OFF your device.
7. Turn it back on by holding down Volume DOWN, Home, and Power buttons together.
8. Press Volume UP to continue to Download mode.
9. Plug in your device to your PC via USB cable.
10. Hit Start in the Odin and it’ll start flashing the firmware on your device.
11. When the firmware’s flashed, your device should automatically reboot.
12. And you’re done!
Excellent! Your Galaxy Tab 4 8.0 (LTE variant) is now unrooted. Any custom ROMs or apps that you had installed on your device have now been replaced by the default ones.
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