How to Unroot the Samsung Galaxy S5 (T-Mobile)
Perhaps you’re done playing with root and custom ROMs on your Android device? Regardless of the reason, it’s usually pretty easy to unroot your device and go back to the stock firmware.
Some of the reasons for unrooting your Samsung Galaxy S5 (T-Mobile)Â 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 S5 (T-Mobile):
I. Before You Begin
1. You should have rooted your device using the procedure given here.
2. This procedure only works on Windows based PCs.
3. You should have appropriate drivers installed on your PC. If you don’t, you can download the latest drivers from here.
4. This only works for the SM-G900T variant of the device.
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 S5 (T-Mobile)
1. Extract files from both Odin and Stock Firmware by right-clicking on each of them and selecting Extract here.
2. Double-click on Odin executable and it’ll open.
3. Click on PDA and choose the stock firmware file you just extracted to your Desktop.
4. Make sure Repartition is unchecked in the Odin.
5. Checkmark 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 and you should be in 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. Once flashed, your device should automatically reboot.
12. You’re all done!
All set! You are now running stock firmware on your Samsung Galaxy S5 (T-Mobile)Â and have unrooted it.
Want to try again? You can always reroot your device by heading to our Rooting How To’s section, finding your device, and doing the How to Root listed for it there.
Will unrooting the device put stock recovery back on the device because I have TWRP recovery on it right now…
Hello Anthony,
Yes, it’ll flash back the original (stock) recovery as well.
Thanks!
So basically, unrooting the phone will make the phone exactly the way it was when I took it out of the box?
Yes, exactly.
One more question, does it also do a factory restore?
Hi Anthony,
The best way to know what it does is flash the ROM for yourself and you will see the effect it makes on your device.
Basically, the stock ROM wipes off the data, puts the device back into the condition it was when it got out of the factory.
Hope that helps!
my samsung galaxy s5 stopped when iam rooting it stops at the middle i thing it is get cracked how can i recover my samsung s5
Hello Vaibhav,
If you think your device doesn’t respond after you rooted it, you can use the procedure above to flash back the stock firmware on your device. It should solve any software/OS related issues on your device.
Thanks!
I have an unlocked (was on 3 network) Galaxy S5 which I think is also rooted. Is it possible to un-root the device without relocking it to the 3 network. I need to be able to still use a Vodafone sim in the phone but would like to be able to get software updates. Thanks,
Hello RooSut,
How did you unlock the device? It depends because if you used a method that takes help of Root to keep the device unlocked, then you’ll be locked again once you unroot your device.
In the other case, if you used a method, say factory unlock, you shouldn’t have any issues even after unrooting your device.
Hope it helps!