How to Unroot the Huawei Vitria
Maybe you’ve run into issues on your Huawei Vitria? Maybe you want to send in your device for warranty reasons? Either way, this guide should help you. It’ll teach you how to unroot your Huawei Vitria and get it back to stock. Usually, this solves any software related issues that you might be facing on your device. Here’s how:
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 Huawei Vitria 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 Huawei Vitria:
I. Before You Begin
1. You should’ve rooted your device using the procedure given here.
2. This should flash the stock firmware on your device.
3. This procedure should only work on Windows based PCs.
4. You should’ve ADB drivers installed on your PC. If you haven’t, follow our guide on the same here and you’ll be good to go.
II. Downloading Required Files
1. Download Stock Recovery and save it to your desktop.
Stock Recovery (Download link’s given in the first post)
2. Download Stock Firmware and save it to your desktop.
Stock Firmware (Download link’s given in the first post)
3. Download ADB and save it to your desktop.
III. Flashing the Stock Recovery on the Huawei Vitria
1. Extract files from ADB to your desktop by right-clicking on it and selecting Extract here.
2. Enable USB debugging on your device by going to Menu > Settings > Developer options > USB debugging.
3. Plug in your device to your PC via USB cable.
4. Launch a Command Prompt Window on your desktop. To do so, hold down Shift and right-click on any blank area on your screen and select Open command window here.
5. Type in following command into the Command Prompt Window:
adb reboot-bootloader
6. Your device should reboot into bootloader mode.
7. Select Fastboot from the menu using Power button on your device.
8. Now issue the following command:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
9. It should flash the stock recovery on your device.
10. When the recovery’s flashed, reboot your device.
11. You’re done!
IV. Unrooting the Huawei Vitria
1. Extract files from Stock Firmware to your desktop by right-clicking on it and selecting Extract here.
2. Connect your device to your PC using the USB cable.
3. Copy dload folder from your desktop over to the root of your SD card. Make sure you aren’t copying it to the internal storage.
4. When it’s copied, disconnect your device from your PC.
5. Dial the following number just like a normal phone number:
*#*#2846579#*#*
6. You should see a menu on your screen.
7. Select Upgrade.
8. Select SDCARD UPGRADE.
9. It’ll automatically start the stock firmware flashing process.
10. When the firmware’s flashed, reboot into recovery mode by holding down Volume UP and Power buttons together.
11. Select Wipe.
12. Wipe off all the data on your device.
13. Reboot your device.
14. You’re all set!
Brilliant! Your Huawei Vitria is now unrooted. It’s now running the official stock firmware.
You can click here to find all of the Huawei Vitria How To’s.
You can also find all of the Huawei Vitria ROMs we have here.
