How to Unroot the Samsung Galaxy S3 (MetroPCS)
Unrooting your Samsung Galaxy S3 (MetroPCS) will let you reinstate the warranty of the device as well as you’ll be taken back to the stock firmware that has no modifications and is pure Android firmware. You may want to unroot your device because you’re selling it, or maybe you’re tired of using custom ROMs and want to have that stock feeling once again, then you’re right at the right place. In the following guide, we’re gonna show you how you can unroot your Samsung Galaxy S3 (MetroPCS) and get it back to stock. Here you go:
I. Before You Begin:
1. You should have rooted your device using the procedure given here.
2. Make sure your device’s charged fully or has at least 60% of battery life left.
II. Downloading Required Files:
1. Stock Firmware (Download the appropriate firmware for your device)
2. Odin
III. Unrooting the Samsung Galaxy S3 (MetroPCS):
1. Download and place both the archives you downloaded to your Desktop.
2. Extract files from both the archives to your Desktop.
3. Double-click on Odin executable file and it’ll launch.
4. Click on PDA tab and select the Stock Firmware file you extracted to your Desktop.
5. Checkmark the boxes that say Auto Reboot and F. Reset Time. Leave Repartition box unchecked.
6. Turn OFF your device.
7. Reboot the device into Download mode. To do so, simply press and hold the Volume DOWN+Home+Power buttons together.
8. You’ll see a prompt asking you to confirm your action, press the Volume UP key.
9. Once inside the Download mode, connect your device to your PC using the USB cable.
10. Now in Odin, click on Start button and it’ll begin flashing the firmware.
11. Once flashing’s done, your device should reboot automatically.
12. And you’re unrooted now!
Well done! Your device’s now unrooted and is back to stock firmware. You can now start using your device from a fresh state!
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If you need help with this procedure, please ask in the comments below or in the forum.
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looking forward towards doing it!!
hope it works. custom rom destroyed my s3 🙁
I had Cyanogen mod on my S3, it ran like ass so I’ve taken it off and put the original Samsung Firmware on it, and it’s even worse, won’t stay on for over a minute without freezing. Going to send it to Samsung hopefully they will repair it.
my s3 wasnt turning on before i did this, now it turns on but it freezes in the metro logo what can i do to fix this?
Did the procedure go well?
Can you use this for cricket?
Nop, you MUST not use this for Cricket as it may brick your device. It works for the MetroPCS variant only.
I done all but now i can not make calls or send sms. network not registered error please help me!!
Did you choose the appropriate firmware for your device? Sometimes choosing a firmware that’s not available for your location can cause this kind of issues.
does this work if u have upgraded to jellybeAN
It doesn’t matter what Android version you have, just select the appropriate firmware from the source page and flash it on your device using Odin.
I guess you’ll have the Jelly Bean firmware available on the Stock Firmware page.
I am stuck on metropcs logo screen after running firmware I noticed afterward region is Canada (metro pcs), is that why this happened, is there a firmware for USA metro pcs.
You should have selected appropriate firmware for your device. If you’re in the US and selected the Canadian firmware, that could be the reason of your device being stuck at the logo.
Just re-flash the USA version of the firmware and you should be fine!
just finished downloading the files and trying to unroot it.
I did all the steps that was said to do and the phone restarts but stays on the screen with the metro pcs screen.. any idea what could be happening ?
If I turned off my device into download mode and it says custom is official, will this still work on my samsung galaxy s3 and I have 4.3 jelly bean? I didn’t root my phone, what I did was clicked settings, about device, and I did a software update from 4.1 to 4.3. Will it still work if I try going back to the official software. How do I do that?
Hi Jenny,
This should work regardless of what version of Android you’re running on your device.
Hope this helps!