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Recently we posted a guide on how to root your Motorola Moto G . However today we’re gonna show you how to unroot your Moto G in case your experiencing issues with the rooted version and you want to return it back to the stock firmware . Unrooting your device will remove all the mods, hacks and special apps restricted to rooted devices will be removed and return your device to the stock firmware .
BEFORE WE BEGIN
Unrooting your device will remove all the data on your device so make sure you take a back up before beginning the process .
Note : We will not be held responsible if you’re device is bricked/damaged during the process . Read the instructions carefully
REQUIRED FILES
Download and install Motorola drivers here [2]
Download the stock firmware here [3]
Download Motorola Fastboot [4] (Attached at the end of the first post in the given link)
Download Minimal ADB and fastboot [5]
HOW TO UNROOT YOUR MOTOROLA MOTO G DEVICE
Step 1 : After downloading the stock firmware and fastboot , extract them to your desktop . Note : Extract fast boot to the same folder where you extracted the stock firmware
Step 2 : Turn on the developer mode by going to Settings -> About Phone and tapping 7 times on build number
Step 3 : Turn on USB debugging by going to Settings -> Developer Options -> USB Debugging
Step 4 : Once done , plug in your device to your PC via USB cable
Step 5 : Open Minimal ADB and fastboot you downloaded earlier and type in “adb reboot-bootloader” . This will reboot your device into bootloader mode
Step 6 : Open Command Prompt on your PC . If you cant find it , search for it in the start menu search bar
Step 7 : In command prompt , browse to the folder you extracted the firmware . This is an example of how you can browse it :
cd c:\RETAIL-GB_4.3_14.10.0Q3.X-76-LGG-8_cid7_CFC_1FF_svc.xml
Step 8 : Next enter the following commands into command prompt one by one and check if it returns [OKAY] :
mfastboot flash partition gpt.bin mfastboot flash motoboot motoboot.img mfastboot flash logo logo.bin mfastboot flash boot boot.img mfastboot flash recovery recovery.img mfastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.0 mfastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.1 mfastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.2 mfastboot flash modem NON-HLOS.bin mfastboot erase modemst1 mfastboot erase modemst2 mfastboot flash fsg fsg.mbn mfastboot erase cache mfastboot erase userdata mfastboot reboot
You’re device will reboot after the process is completed . Your Moto G is now unrooted and back to the stock firmware .
CONCLUSION
If your facing performance issues with your Moto G after rooting then follow the above steps to unroot your Moto G and return it back to the stock firmware . Make sure you take a backup before unrooting as all the data on your phone will be wiped.
[via XDA [4]]