How to Unroot the Samsung Galaxy J1 Ace

If you’ve done tons of customizations on your Samsung Galaxy J1 Ace and you wish to remove that all in one go, then you can do so by flashing back the stock firmware on your device. Doing so will put back all the default apps and default settings on your device and you’ll have a completely untouched device in your hands.

The following guide should teach you how you can go about how to unroot the Galaxy J1 Ace and get it back to the stock:

I. Before You Begin

1. You should’ve rooted your device using our how to root the Samsung Galaxy J1 Ace procedure.

2. This should get your device back to the stock.

3. This should erase the data stored on your device; so please backup everything that wish to keep.

4. You must have a Windows based PC to do this procedure.

5. You should have Samsung USB drivers installed on your PC. Install them if they aren’t already.

6. The following procedure should work on a number of variants of the Samsung Galaxy J1 Ace.

How to Unroot the Samsung Galaxy J1 Ace

Unroot Galaxy J1 Ace

To unroot the device, what you’ll do is flash the stock firmware on the device that’ll remove root-access and put back all the default goodies. Here’s how:

II. Downloading Required Files

1. Download Odin and save it to your desktop.

Odin

2. Download the Stock Firmware for your variant and save it to your desktop.

Stock Firmware for SM-J110F

Stock Firmware for SM-J110G

Stock Firmware for SM-J110H

Stock Firmware for SM-J110M

III. Unrooting the Samsung Galaxy J1 Ace

1. Unzip files from both Odin and Stock Firmware over to your desktop by right-clicking on each of them and selecting Extract here.

2. When the files are extracted, double-click on Odin executable and it’ll launch.

3. When the Odin launches, click on PDA and choose Stock Firmware .tar that you extracted from the archive to be flashed on your device.

4. Uncheck Repartition if it’s already checkmarked in the Odin.

5. Checkmark both Auto Reboot and F. Reset Time options in the Odin.

6. Turn off your device.

7. Reboot your device into the download mode. To do so, hold down Volume DOWN, Home, and Power buttons together for a few seconds.

8. Press Volume UP and your device should be in download mode.

9. Plug in your device to your PC using a USB cable.

10. Hit Start in the Odin and it’ll start flashing stock firmware on your device.

11. Wait for the Odin to flash stock firmware on your device.

12. When the Odin’s done flashing firmware, your device should automatically reboot.

13. You are now unrooted!

Cheers! You’ve successfully brought your Samsung Galaxy J1 Ace back to the stock by flashing the stock firmware on it. You’re now unrooted and are running the official Samsung firmware on your device.

The first boot might take some time so please do not panic. Once the device boots-up, you can go through the settings wizard to configure your device to work with your Google account.

So, that was how you could unroot your Samsung Galaxy J1 Ace and get it back to the stock. Let us know how it worked for you in the comments section below!

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