How to Unroot the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 (China)

Think root isn’t something for you? Want to unroot your Samsung Galaxy Note 4 and get it back to stock? No worries, here’s how you can do that. While rooting gives you power to do almost everything on your device, some users just prefer being under limit so they don’t get their device messed-up.

This guide should teach you how you can unroot your device and get it back to stock.

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 Note 4 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 Note 4:

I. Before You Begin

1. You should’ve rooted your device using the procedure given here.

2. This should only work on Windows based PCs.

3. You should’ve required drivers installed on your PC. If you don’t, get the latest drivers installed from here.

4. This only works for the SM-N9100 variant of the device.

II. Downloading Required Files

1. Download Odin and save it to your desktop.

Odin

2. Download the appropriate stock firmware for your device and save it to your desktop.

SM-N9100

III. Unrooting the Samsung Galaxy Note 4

1. Right-click on both Odin and Stock Firmware and select Extract here. It’ll extract all of the files to your desktop.

2. Launch Odin by double-clicking on its executable file that’s located on your desktop.

3. In the Odin, click on PDA and navigate to your desktop and select stock firmware.

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. Power down your device.

7. Reboot your device into Download mode by holding down Volume DOWN, Home, and Power buttons together.

8. Hit Volume UP when you see a warning message on your screen.

9. You should now be in Download mode.

10. Connect your device to your PC using the USB cable.

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

12. When the firmware’s flashed, your device should automatically reboot.

13. You’re all done!

Awesome! Your Samsung Galaxy Note 4 is now unrooted and is running the official stock firmware. It’s brought back all of the system apps on your device that you might have removed after gaining root-access.

You can click here to find all of the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 How To’s.

You can also find all of the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 ROMs we have here.