How to Unroot the Samsung Galaxy Alpha (International)
Did you mistakenly remove a required system app from your Samsung Galaxy Alpha? Is your device not responding as good as it did before rooting? No worries, here’s how you can unroot your device and get it back to stock. This’ll install all of the system apps on your device and resolve any 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 Samsung Galaxy Alpha 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 Alpha:
I. Before You Begin
1. You should’ve rooted your device using the procedure given here.
2. This only works for the SM-G850F variant of the device.
3. This should only work on Windows based PCs.
4. You should’ve required drivers installed on your PC. If you don’t, head over to this link and get the latest drivers installed on your PC.
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 Alpha
1. Extract files from both Odin and 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 available on your desktop. It’s the file that you extracted from the archive and not the archive itself.
4. Make sure Repartition is unchecked 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 and you should be in Download mode.
9. Plug in your device to your PC using the USB cable.
10. Hit Start in the Odin and it’ll start flashing the selected stock firmware on your device.
11. When the firmware’s flashed, your device should automatically reboot.
12. You’re done!
Congrats! Your Samsung Galaxy Alpha is now unrooted and is running the official stock firmware. Any customizations that you may have done on your device are now lost and you now have a chance to start everything from scratch.
You can click here to find all of the Samsung Galaxy Alpha How To’s.
You can also find all of the Samsung Galaxy Alpha ROMs we have here.
The screen is broken on my Alpha and I need to unroot before sending it for repair. Problem is I don’t know which firmware to choose and as the screen is broken I cannot determine which one is currently installed. Do you know of any way to determine the firmware version without screen?