have we figured out a way to wipe the flash couter on our phone? or should we be able to ask anyone else that runs the tegra processor?? cause i kno alot of pplz on sprint that will be glad to help
there is a flash counter on the glide?
SOB!
well wheni rooted last night i seen it said (0) so i havent checked to see if it acutally counts or not. guess i should and see if we can figure out a way to rig it to not count if it is working
After flashing with ODIN just now I now have a yellow triangle every time I boot up.
I think it has a flash counter.
Before using ODIN just now I flashed using CWM recovery quite a few times. It looks like that method was not incrementing the flash counter.
Yea I didn't do anything till we had a CWM so I didn't get a triangle or anything... just didn't kno if we had one or not rly
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No flash counter on my Developer Edition i927, but there definitely is one on the non-developer edition. used the ODIN method for both and there was a count(0) that incremented to (1) on the non-dev handset.
Lookin4Trouble said:
No flash counter on my Developer Edition i927, but there definitely is one on the non-developer edition. used the ODIN method for both and there was a count(0) that incremented to (1) on the non-dev handset.
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Developer edition? What is this? Did you get something from Samsung directly for Developing your apps?
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I notice in the skyrocket build thread they have a reset flash counter tool.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1575712
Is any one looking into this? I would love to reset it if i needed
Once we have a sbl1 to flash from our ICS odin tar, this will be easy.
Or i could dump mine since my reset counter is not tainted and allow some one who has a tainted counter to try.
mine is a t989d, some one with a t989 will have to dump theirs for the tmo guys. (it may not make a difference, besides device id in download mode) but who knows.
Someone with a tmobile t989
run this command in adb shell
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 of=/sdcard/sbl1.mbn
attach me the output.
Anyways, i trigegred my flash counter with odin and flashed my sbl1 dump back andi t works liek a charm.
grab it here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1578184 if any one wants it. Just remember this is from my T989D so im unsure if it will effect a t989 adversely.
The att one works with our ics roms. Just tried it. I went from 5 to 0
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Strange thing is I flash like crazy, and my counter still says 0 .....
Just a fluke I guess ....
starskyrob said:
The att one works with our ics roms. Just tried it. I went from 5 to 0
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you're lucky you didn't brick that was a pretty risky thing. the sbl1 is what makes your device turn on. if you **** that up in any way. your done. its game over. this isn't a rom flash, this is a boot loader.
secondly, your device is now identified as a SGH-I727 according to the boot loader, this may give you grief later on when doing legitimate updates and what not.
Working or not, I'd flash the SBL back to what is meant to be on your device.
I'm still waiting for soem one to hit me up with a dump of the T989 sbl1
I have the sbl1 file for you here
Although I'm not sure how to check my flash count =/ I haven't gone to odin since root if that helps.
EDIT: I have:
Custom Binary Download: NO
Current Binary: Samsung Official
I think that means I haven't tripped the counter right?
yoft1 said:
I have the sbl1 file for you here
Although I'm not sure how to check my flash count =/ I haven't gone to odin since root if that helps.
EDIT: I have:
Custom Binary Download: NO
Current Binary: Samsung Official
I think that means I haven't tripped the counter right?
Okay stupid question time:
How do I exit download mode now? Is there any special procedure or can I just unplug/reboot if I haven't touched anything in odin except open it? That "Do not turn off target!!" is kind of scary ha.
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just hold the power button or pull the battery
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alright, a counter reset zip has been made for tmo as well with the PROPER sbl1
looks like my thread got shot over to dev even though thats about as much dev as has to be done lol
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Strange thing is I flash like crazy, and my counter still says 0 .....
Just a fluke I guess ....
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If I'm not mistaken, the counter only trips when you flash through odin. Any flashing through CWM doesn't affect the counter.
yoft1 said:
If I'm not mistaken, the counter only trips when you flash through odin. Any flashing through CWM doesn't affect the counter.
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thisi s correct and the counter only seems to trip if you flash a kernel thats not a Samsung one through odin.
-Mr. X- said:
thisi s correct and the counter only seems to trip if you flash a kernel thats not a Samsung one through odin.
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I thought I had, but now that I think about it, I flashed stock rooted via odin, and it did not trip it ... I should have known better ... I can pull my sbl if you still need one ...
Watcher64 said:
Strange thing is I flash like crazy, and my counter still says 0 .....
Just a fluke I guess ....
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The beauty of Odin stock..yes?
Sent from my T989 hunting for Siri Connor
Thznks worked like a charm... My counter wouldnt go past 11....
And now it says zero. zip . notta nothing
This is awsome... Thank u bro!!!!!
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ingenious247 said:
The beauty of Odin stock..yes?
Sent from my T989 hunting for Siri Connor
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Yes, it has become so much of a habit, that sometimes I don't even remember doing it ... LOL ...
Mudkip said:
I notice in the skyrocket build thread they have a reset flash counter tool.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1575712
Is any one looking into this? I would love to reset it if i needed
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1578184
lol
10 char
Tynen said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1578184
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Ha this thread is the reason that thread you linked was created. Thanks to Mr. X of course.
ok heres my problem , im trying to reset my odin counter and ive done the odin restore back to ek02 ,i was coming from el29 , but when i power off my phone and then plug in my usb jig my counter doesnt reset so i started to search this forum for a fix but i cant find one and the ones that do say anything says to one click back to ek02 witch i have done and its still not working , i need to take my phone to sprint to get looked at and the repair guys at my sprint are hip to the rooting game so they check that stuff first , please can anybody help thanks
oh and by the way i just got my usb jig today, brand new
Search the market for -triangle away- if you still have root this will reset your count.
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Use an Odin OC to get to ICS, use Triangle Away and then revert to EL29, again by Odin OC.
Hope this helps!
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ok heres my problem , im trying to reset my odin counter and ive done the odin restore back to ek02 ,i was coming from el29 , but when i power off my phone and then plug in my usb jig my counter doesnt reset so i started to search this forum for a fix but i cant find one and the ones that do say anything says to one click back to ek02 witch i have done and its still not working , i need to take my phone to sprint to get looked at and the repair guys at my sprint are hip to the rooting game so they check that stuff first , please can anybody help thanks
oh and by the way i just got my usb jig today, brand new
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Are you sure you flashed the ODIN OneClick?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=23478866&postcount=869
Any of GB OneClicks would have allowed your jig to work without any additional work.
At this point it is probably simpler if you just flash the bootloader:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1391624
To sfhub,
Yes i used your one click odin to get to ek02 and then used the auto root to unroot and what bootloader do i need to flash and how do i just flash a bootloader?
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It is in the post you replied to.
to sfhub,
thanks man it worked but now how do i get back to the current bootloader without adding to the binery counter ?
I would suggest you just leave well enough alone. You won't have issues.
danders23 said:
to sfhub,
thanks man it worked but now how do i get back to the current bootloader without adding to the binery counter ?
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Use heimdall to flash one of the .bin files from stock recovery. I had this same exact problem. I flashed (heimdall'ed) everything I could get my hands on and couldn't get my usb jig to reset the counter. Finally at my wits' end I download the stock EL29 md5, untar it, and heimdall'ed every file in it using their corresponding --commands.
I did this:
sudo heimdall flash --repartition --pit ../victory_8G_100528.pit --factoryfs ./factoryfs.rfs --cache ./cache.rfs --data ./datafs.rfs --primary-boot ./boot.bin --secondary-boot ./Sbl.bin --param ./param.lfs --kernel ./zImage
sudo heimdall flash --recovery ./recovery.bin
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But i bet you could get by doing just boot.bin, SBL.bin or recovery.bin. Probably recovery.bin.
EDIT: I bet I dorked it up when I heimdalled --kernel boot.img from one of the AOSP ROMs. Just glad I was able to fix it.
Memory error on SGS3 GT-I9300
b1g.p0ppa said:
Use heimdall to flash one of the .bin files from stock recovery. I had this same exact problem. I flashed (heimdall'ed) everything I could get my hands on and couldn't get my usb jig to reset the counter. Finally at my wits' end I download the stock EL29 md5, untar it, and heimdall'ed every file in it using their corresponding --commands.
I did this:
But i bet you could get by doing just boot.bin, SBL.bin or recovery.bin. Probably recovery.bin.
EDIT: I bet I dorked it up when I heimdalled --kernel boot.img from one of the AOSP ROMs. Just glad I was able to fix it.
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Hi folks.
Is there any way to get cust bin Counter reset from Odin on my SGS3?
My Device have memory issues and i want to reset Counter in order to get Samsung Service on the Device since it still is under warranty.
Is it possible to reset Counter on a Device that wont even boot? Just rebooting into the small "Samsung" text on display, restarts and reboots all the time...
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Hi folks.
Is there any way to get cust bin Counter reset from Odin on my SGS3?
My Device have memory issues and i want to reset Counter in order to get Samsung Service on the Device since it still is under warranty.
Is it possible to reset Counter on a Device that wont even boot? Just rebooting into the small "Samsung" text on display, restarts and reboots all the time...
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Hmmm... Why don't you go to the SGS3 forums and see what is said there? You know? Your devices forum. Instead of Necrothreading here in our devices forum and cluttering it up.
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ok so my kids mother wanted her gs3 rooted so i did she tried a few roms and the whole root thing aint for her.. so today i unrooted it but i forgot to use that app triangle away.. so basicly im screwed rite?? is there anyway to make it to 0 again?? she is not bringing it to sprint but just in case she ever does i dont want them to say she screwed on her warrenty cause the counter is at 3 and not 0..
Triangle Away doesn't work yet. Still waiting on an update.
I think there's a stock software you can flash that resets it. I'll look for it quick and get back to you.
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Here ya go:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1904099
You'll have to reset everything though.
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BWFBezerk said:
Triangle Away doesn't work yet. Still waiting on an update.
I think there's a stock software you can flash that resets it. I'll look for it quick and get back to you.
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Here ya go:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1904099
You'll have to reset everything though.
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yea but dont u have to flash that in recovery?? so ill have to root it again and flash a custom recovery again rite?? i already unrooted with odin its stock everything now recovery and all.. just the counter is not at 0.. do all the stores look into the counter being not at 0??
You'll have to flash root/recovery again in Odin, but as of right now, I think this is the only way to reset flash counter.
Takes 6 seconds in Odin and you're back with CWM and root, so it's not too much trouble.
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Triangle away works just fine as long as your not on jellybean which triggers the counter on every boot. So wheather you use triangle away or the rom w/ reset you will need root or a custom recovery.
Just flash any custom recovery in odin http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1900492 which takes two seconds.
Reboot straight to recovery and flash zip in above post. You'll be totally straight afterwards. Dont even need to reroot. 2 step process
u guys think that they will look at her counter in case she ever goes to sprint?? everything else is stock just the counter says 3
billard412 said:
Triangle away works just fine as long as your not on jellybean which triggers the counter on every boot. So wheather you use triangle away or the rom w/ reset you will need root or a custom recovery.
Just flash any custom recovery in odin http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1900492 which takes two seconds.
Reboot straight to recovery and flash zip in above post. You'll be totally straight afterwards. Dont even need to reroot. 2 step process
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sorry im new to using odin.. im used to htc phones.. so once i get odin up how to i get a recovery file to flash on to the phone?? i have odin open now so theres the bootloader...PDA... PHONE... csc.... what one do i have to put the recovery file in???
recoverys are in the link i gave above. Everything goes in PDA slot. Here it is again http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1900492 And because ur new to this maybe my noob-friendly idiot proof odin would help u here https://rapidshare.com/files/4208525095/ODIN.zip (if you use it ignore the warning up top, its just a joke)
billard412 said:
recoverys are in the link i gave above. Everything goes in PDA slot. Here it is again http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1900492 And because ur new to this maybe my noob-friendly idiot proof odin would help u here https://rapidshare.com/files/4208525095/ODIN.zip (if you use it ignore the warning up top, its just a joke)
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pda sweet.. all i needed to kno thanks!!!:good:.. wow this ishh is so much easier then htc phones.. i mite get a samsung my next upgrade?? htc is a pain in the a$$ sometimes!
Ive done an htc or two in my day and believe me i feel ur pain. Everytime felt like the first time with an htc. I will say i do miss having a phone with fastboot tho. HTC def has the right idea leaving fastboot on their phones.
EDIT: all well?
billard412 said:
Ive done an htc or two in my day and believe me i feel ur pain. Everytime felt like the first time with an htc. I will say i do miss having a phone with fastboot tho. HTC def has the right idea leaving fastboot on their phones.
EDIT: all well?
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Totally agree. I've done countless htc phones and each phone is a new challenge. I love my new samsung though.
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Please tell me whether TriangleAway works on Galaxy S4 or not ??
Yes I used it to reset my flash counter.
No it does not currently work. The above poster probably tried it and it does reset the program to read 0. But as soon as your phone is rebooted it shows the old value again so it obviously does not update the counter. Chainfire will need to update it for the S4.
Dulanic said:
No it does not currently work. The above poster probably tried it and it does reset the program to read 0. But as soon as your phone is rebooted it shows the old value again so it obviously does not update the counter. Chainfire will need to update it for the S4.
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It does work on the GT-I9505 but you need to make sure the system status shows "OFFICIAL" if it shows "MODIFIED" the counter never decreases below 1. To have the "OFFICIAL" status, you need to flash the samsung original recovery through ODIN and use the option to disable SU for a few minutes after the phone reboot (it's in triangle away).
You may also need to factory reset after flashing the recovery on some phones.
Dulanic said:
No it does not currently work. The above poster probably tried it and it does reset the program to read 0. But as soon as your phone is rebooted it shows the old value again so it obviously does not update the counter. Chainfire will need to update it for the S4.
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You need to be using the stock firmware in order to reset it as well if you're using another rom it will obviously increase it to one again since the system is gone read it as modified... I've done it twice already and it worked pretty well...
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Good to know... but mine started at 3, and stayed at 3 after once I rebooted. Before I rebooted the phone it said 0.
sorry if this is a stupid question, but where can I find the flash counter? When I reboot into DL mode I dont see any sort of "counter"
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Has anyone found out how to get it back to normal for exchange.. my counter is at 4.. I can odin back to official status but will still have tripped counter. . Am I screwed
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In my case, I used the CF-Auto-Root so the only changes made are the ones it made. I have the same result, it 'says' it reset until you reboot. I'm using the stock recovery. (unless autoroot changes it) so yeah, it definately has to be updated for the S4 esp with the 'update'.
Hi there. Basically I have rooted the tab I have, t310, and ive now realised that the screen is loose in one corner and it needs unrooting if this is a fault worth getting a replacement from my place of purchase.
I rooted using a guide which gave me a screwy recovery so I changed to philz. I am rooted with supersu. I was winderinf about flashing the official firmware. However, the samsung firmware site download links for official firmware are duds.
There is an unroot option in supersu but I'm guessing that won't get rid of the philz recovery. What can I do? Any help is very much appreciated.
Have you had a look to see if your stock firmware is listed on here? - http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=SM-T310
There is a T31x stock recovery zip posted on here, can't remember which thread I got it from now but I do have it backed up.
warranty
Is there a way to restore back warranty after onroot?
thank you very much. If there is anybody who could possibly take a small amount of time to tell me how I go about getting my tab back to how it was at purchase, I would be so so grateful.
Basically all I have to do is unroot and get rid of this philz recovery.
Here 'ya go:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2471516
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dcharleyultra said:
Here 'ya go:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2471516
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Thank you. All though, I can't seem to find the UK version of the firmware. Closest I can get is EUR. I believe the UK one is called BTU?
If anyone knows how or where to find it please let me know. Thanks
UPDATE:
http://www.tsar3000.com/Joomla/inde...ab-3-8.0-firmwares&catid=55:samsung&Itemid=82
This is gonna help a few people looking for UK stock. So now I've got access to the files.. How do I use Odin to restore my phone back to normal? My apologies if this is a big request but thanks very much in advance.
There are Odin directions in my link I gave you earlier.
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There are Odin directions in my link I gave you earlier.
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Oh, my bad, I didn't even think of just using those instructions with this firmware. Silly me. Thanks, I'll let you know how goes.
Quick question - I noticed that this is the stock rom - I think I already have stock ROM... I just need to unroot and get rid of Philz recovery. Will this method do that? Or do I need an entirely separate file?
This method will do that.
However, you may also first try using the unroot feature of SuperSU.
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Before I do that, I've also wondered about the flash counter. Now I haven't flashed roms but does the recovery and root count as a flash? I have no triangle at boot - and when I use triangleaway it says my device is not supported, which renders me unable to find out if its flashed (i'm hoping not as i do not have the warning sign at startup) but does that mean that I can't get my warranty back even if it was unrooted and such?
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Before I do that, I've also wondered about the flash counter. Now I haven't flashed roms but does the recovery and root count as a flash? I have no triangle at boot - and when I use triangleaway it says my device is not supported, which renders me unable to find out if its flashed (i'm hoping not as i do not have the warning sign at startup) but does that mean that I can't get my warranty back even if it was unrooted and such?
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As with all recent Samsung devices it's likely that there is a hidden counter that increases when you flash anything else BUT Official Samsung ROMs. You will have already increased the counter flashing a different recovery. As Triangle Away doesn't support the T310 as well as lack of developer support you won't be able to reset this counter at present.
Just hope they don't check the counter when you send it back for warranty repair.
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