How to Unroot the Galaxy Gear

When you are done messing around with your Galaxy Gear and want to return it, you’ll need to unroot it. It might seem a bit odd when you return it with an animated live wallpaper and Google Play store frankly. To unroot it, aka get it back to stock, you can use a Samsung firmware flashing program called Odin which makes the whole process pretty painless. Here’s how to unroot the Galaxy Gear and return to stock.

I. Before You Begin

1. This will only work on a Windows computer as the flashing program is made for Windows.

II. Download the Needed Files

1. Download the ABD Drivers here, extract them by right-clicking the .zip file and clicking Extract All, then double click the exe inside and follow the prompts.

2. Download Odin and save it to your Desktop[click here].

3. Download the appropriate stock firmware files from here (choose us par your country ).

III. Put the Gear into Download Mode

1. Hold the power button on the Gear until the Gear says rebooting on the screen.

2. As soon as it says rebooting, quickly tap the power button 5 times while the restart dialog is presentto put the device into recovery mode.

3. Press the power button again to select Download Mode.

4. Press and hold the power button for 3 seconds to select Download Mode.

5. Plug the Gear in via USB cable.

IV. Unroot the Galaxy Gear

1. Double-click the drivers .exe file and follow the prompts to install the drivers (if you don’t already have them on your computer from rooting).

2. Extract the Odin file by right-clicking it and selected Extract All.

3. Double-click the Odin file inside the newly extracted folder to open Odin.

4. Right-click on the stock firmware file .zip and select Extract All.

5. In Odin, click the PDA button and then select the .md5 file inside the folder we extracted from the firmware .zip file.

6. Click Start and wait for it to flash.

When it’s all done, the device will reboot and be back to stock.