How can I view my phones flash counter? - Samsung Epic 4G Touch

Like the title says.. I would like to view my flash counter. I am running rooted stock that shouldn't have triggered the counter, but I would still like to check.
I also got a yellow triangle once when flashing a radio.
Thanks

Go to download mode and check....power+volume down while your phone is off.
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CUSTOM BINARY DOWNLOAD: NO
Is that the flash counter?

Rich3077 said:
CUSTOM BINARY DOWNLOAD: NO
Is that the flash counter?
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Triangle away app will tell you flash count also with go into Odin mode....but U can't get triangle by flashing a radio, it's only from flashing a non stock kernel in Odin only....mobile Odin or recovery won't trigger triangle
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Triangle away

This is going to be my first time using the triangle away app and i checked the counter flash and it says 1 but i know that ive flashed custom firmwares waaaay more than that.. i recently swtiched from jb back to ics so every time i do a full wipe the counter flash restarts??
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lagunas11 said:
This is going to be my first time using the triangle away app and i checked the counter flash and it says 1 but i know that ive flashed custom firmwares waaaay more than that.. i recently swtiched from jb back to ics so every time i do a full wipe the counter flash restarts??
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The flash counter only changes when you ODIN something. Anything happening in recovery doesnt change the flash counter. And ive used Triangle Away and it successfully resets it to zero regardless how many times youve ODIN something.
elesbb said:
The flash counter only changes when you ODIN something. Anything happening in recovery doesnt change the flash counter. And ive used Triangle Away and it successfully resets it to zero regardless how many times youve ODIN something.
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My flash counter went to 1 when I did CWM recovery....
psykhotic said:
My flash counter went to 1 when I did CWM recovery....
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And I'm sure you flashed CWM recovery through ODIN.
belly1026 said:
And I'm sure you flashed CWM recovery through ODIN.
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:good:
I read his post wrong.
elesbb said:
The flash counter only changes when you ODIN something. Anything happening in recovery doesnt change the flash counter. And ive used Triangle Away and it successfully resets it to zero regardless how many times youve ODIN something.
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Umm so the flash counter changes everytime i flash something through cwm??
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lagunas11 said:
Umm so the flash counter changes everytime i flash something through cwm??
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I'm pretty sure that's the exact opposite of what he just said.

[Q] Back to Official

Hi Guys I have a Question .......
If i Flash an Official Firmware downloaded from Sammobile.com will it Reset the Flash Counter ......... If NO then how can i get back to Official Firmware from Samsung With counter Reset to Zero Again ... ?????
I need Original Firmware only ......
Flash stock kernel and recovery.
Then use triangle away.
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UtkarshGupta said:
Flash stock kernel and recovery.
Then use triangle away.
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See thats the problem I need full Official Stock ... without Root or any kind of Modification .... Just like buying from a Store
If you device is rooted then first reset counter with triangle away and flash any stock rom with odin
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warranty void

will flashing the rom void my warranty?
something like flash count in there or something?
without rooting how u will get cwm recovery ?
and rooting will result in warranty void...
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You can revert to official to claim warranty using Triangle Away, then flash official ROM. Then everything will be reset to official.
To use Triangle Away your phone must be rooted.
Flashing a Stock ROM using Odin will not void your warranty.
Flashing a custom recovery and then flashing a custom ROM will increase your binary counter and hence void your warranty.
If you are unaware of the terminologies that I used, please use Google to understand them.
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xenon92 said:
Flashing a Stock ROM using Odin will not void your warranty.
Flashing a custom recovery and then flashing a custom ROM will increase your binary counter and hence void your warranty.
If you are unaware of the terminologies that I used, please use Google to understand them.
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cant it be fixed with triangle app?
vipul955 said:
cant it be fixed with triangle app?
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For usimlng triangle away you must be rooted.
Flashing official firmware will make your device official and bin counter will be 0
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Razor! said:
For usimlng triangle away you must be rooted.
Flashing official firmware will make your device official and bin counter will be 0
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that means whenever i want to give i just have to stock flash and before it triangle app. and when last time flashing stock it wont increase the counter?
vipul955 said:
that means whenever i want to give i just have to stock flash and before it triangle app. and when last time flashing stock it wont increase the counter?
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In order to claim back your warranty. First run Triangle Away to reset the bin counter on your rooted ROM. Then flash Official ROM through ODIN. Remember after flashing Official ROM, go into recovery mode to reset to factory settings. Then your device will become Official again.
soralz said:
In order to claim back your warranty. First run Triangle Away to reset the bin counter on your rooted ROM. Then flash Official ROM through ODIN. Remember after flashing Official ROM, go into recovery mode to reset to factory settings. Then your device will become Official again.
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Remember after using triangle away.. Never tried to go Cwm recovery it will increase bin counter.. So flash directly through odin after use of triangle away....
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rejocie001 said:
Remember after using triangle away.. Never tried to go Cwm recovery it will increase bin counter.. So flash directly through odin after using triangle away
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Without using triangle away can't I flash stock firmware through odin?
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Razor! said:
Without using triangle away can't I flash stock firmware through odin?
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Yes you may flash the stock ROM even without using Triangle Away, but you binary counter will be greater than zero. To reset it back to zero, u need to use triangle away just like rejocie001 said before you flash stock ROM for warranty claims.
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Stock recovery on unrooted device

Hello
Hopefully this is quite simple.
I have just unrooted my N7105. I was already running stock 4.1.1. and went into SuperSU and asked it to unroot. All went fine.
I ran Triangle Away before doing this. However it still says "Custom Binary Download: Yes (1 counts)". And my device still says modified.
Question is: Now I've unrooted, would I have to re-root to get rid of the modified status and custom binary download count?
If so once I've done this, how would I get rid of the modified status as Triangle Away didn't seem to work?
Also how do I get rid of TWRP and set it back to stock recovery?
Any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks!
Where you find counter 1? If on triangle away application then don't count it. Just reboot to download mode (Vol Down +Home +power) and check flash counter.
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dr.ketan said:
Where you find counter 1? If on triangle away application then don't count it. Just reboot to download mode (Vol Down +Home +power) and check flash counter.
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Thanks for the reply
I've now sorted the triangle away problem. But now it says the following in download mode:
Odin Mode
Product Name: GT-N7105
Custom Binary Download: No
Custom Binary: Samsung Official
System Status: Custom
How would I change the System status from custom? My device still says modified under settings as well so need this changing too.
Also when attempting to update OTA to 4.1.2, the "Checking for Updates" box keeps on rolling.
Thanks again!
Your flash counter is normal 0
Just factory reset and it will be normal.
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dr.ketan said:
Your flash counter is normal 0
Just factory reset and it will be normal.
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Hi
I've just factory reset the device, but it is still showing as modified.
Any other ideas?
Thanks!
Remove your ext sd card and check
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dr.ketan said:
Remove your ext sd card and check
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Thanks but that didn't seem to work either.
So connected to kies on my laptop and it prompted me to update to 4.1.2 which I did. Status now say normal.
Case closed
Thanks alot for your help though. Much appreciated.

Quick question about Triangleaway

So i want to root my note 2 but do i have to flash the Triangleaway right away or later on when i want go back to stock i can do it then ?
Triangle away is the app to reset the flash counter in samsung devices.no need to use triangle away for rooting.it will just reset the number of times you flashed the firmware to zero.
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sukkukikku said:
Triangle away is the app to reset the flash counter in samsung devices.no need to use triangle away for rooting.it will just reset the number of times you flashed the firmware to zero.
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so if later on i want to go back to stock for warranty i can do this then right?
Yes
cMACr said:
Yes
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so i just rooted using cf chainfire , so now i just need to install the twrp recovery and i can install custom rom ? right?
Yep.but if you want warranty you should reset the flash counter before going to service centre.that's how they see how many times you flashed firmware.
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sukkukikku said:
Yep.but if you want warranty you should reset the flash counter before going to service centre.that's how they see how many times you flashed firmware.
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thanks a lot, and btw how do you install the twrp recovery ,?
Download goo from the market and install from menu button.
FYI..resetting counter doesnt revert your rooted phone back to stock. After running triangle away you still need to unroot using SuperSu then factory reset n stock recovery. If you skip unroot and factory reset steps it will show 0 count but status will show customized when you go to download mode.

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