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.
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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.
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My flash counter went to 1 when I did CWM recovery....
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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.
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And I'm sure you flashed CWM recovery through ODIN.
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:good:
I read his post wrong.
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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.
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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.
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I need to send my phone back to T-Mobile because Im trading it for an s3 to my friend. Nothing is wrong with the phone he just wants a refurbished one. Now im wondering where is the flash counter located if any. I put it in download mode and it didn't say anything mmaybe I am looking at the wrong place?
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seedofchaos said:
I need to send my phone back to T-Mobile because Im trading it for an s3 to my friend. Nothing is wrong with the phone he just wants a refurbished one. Now im wondering where is the flash counter located if any. I put it in download mode and it didn't say anything mmaybe I am looking at the wrong place?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1578184
Flash the file in that thread. Then boot to download mode and check to see if you get a "NO" for custom binary
I didn't install it because im worried about brick, but it does say "no" where it needs to. Kind if wierd correct me if im mistaking but I rooted through Odin shouldn't it be at least one? Or am I fine to send it in.
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seedofchaos said:
I didn't install it because im worried about brick, but it does say "no" where it needs to. Kind if wierd correct me if im mistaking but I rooted through Odin shouldn't it be at least one? Or am I fine to send it in.
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There's no risk of brick, no one has had an issue because of this. But in any case, you're fine with a no. The counter is only tripped when you flash a custom kernel through Odin (rom and recovery is fine). When you first went through the root process, all you did was flash a recovery through Odin, thus you didn't trip the counter. So to go back to stock you should do this in order if your counter hasn't tripped:
1)flash stock kernel through cwm/twrp
2)flash stock rom/recovery through Odin
That way you don't trip the counter.
seedofchaos said:
I didn't install it because im worried about brick, but it does say "no" where it needs to. Kind if wierd correct me if im mistaking but I rooted through Odin shouldn't it be at least one? Or am I fine to send it in.
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you didn't technically root through odin, you just flash a recovery through odin and that doesn't trigger the flash counter for some reason.
Do not flash that flash counter, it's been reported that its been causing bricks
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bmakk2055 said:
Do not flash that flash counter, it's been reported that its been causing bricks
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2 people bricked out of countless that didn't brick, including myself and mrx. Those two people either had a bad download, or, more than likely did something stupid. In the case of a bad download, mrx switched file hosts so that shouldn't be an issue.
The saying in favor of gun rights applies here too: zips don't brick phones, people brick phones.
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There's no risk of brick, no one has had an issue because of this. But in any case, you're fine with a no. The counter is only tripped when you flash a custom kernel through Odin (rom and recovery is fine). When you first went through the root process, all you did was flash a recovery through Odin, thus you didn't trip the counter. So to go back to stock you should do this in order if your counter hasn't tripped:
1)flash stock kernel through cwm/twrp
2)flash stock rom/recovery through Odin
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Will it matter if I have ics if I flash stock kernal? And if so would it be a problem if I flashed the Rom directly after through Odin?
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Hello,
I just rooted and installed custom rom of my SGN2 (N7100), it raised the counter binary. I reset by using triangle away for several times but it failed.
Would you like please to advise me how to reset it?
Thanks in advance for all your kind advice.
farhanote said:
Hello,
I just rooted and installed custom rom of my SGN2 (N7100), it raised the counter binary. I reset by using triangle away for several times but it failed.
Would you like please to advise me how to reset it?
Thanks in advance for all your kind advice.
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Please take a look at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375 for advice on how to ask for help.
Nobody can help you with the information you have given - which custom ROM? Which version of it? What kernel are you using? Which version of TriangleAway are you using? Describe accurately exactly what happens when you attempt to use triangle away - what do you expect to happen? What do you see?
If you can describe the problem in detail, people can help you.
farhanote said:
Hello,
I just rooted and installed custom rom of my SGN2 (N7100), it raised the counter binary. I reset by using triangle away for several times but it failed.
Would you like please to advise me how to reset it?
Thanks in advance for all your kind advice.
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I used custom rom Android Revolution HD 9.1, and stock kernel. Triangle away version is 2.60 .
I used triangle away as a normal, nothing happen and the process was done as well. But the counter binary is still appear.
I had the same problem with triangle away 2.60,then I try with version 2.37 I can reset my counter to 0
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tot31 said:
I had the same problem with triangle away 2.60,then I try with version 2.37 I can reset my counter to 0
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Thanks for your information. i tried it and still faced same problem
Are you booting in recovery after resetting? Cause that will increase the counter again.
After resetting do not use triangle away again to check nor boot in recivery.
Just use download mode to see if it worked.
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mariosraptor said:
Are you booting in recovery after resetting? Cause that will increase the counter again.
After resetting do not use triangle away again to check nor boot in recivery.
Just use download mode to see if it worked.
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I didn't boot to recovery, just used download mode, but it didn't work. Thanks
So you used triangle away to reset, booted up and then switched off your phone, booted to download mode abd counter still showed 1?
Weird
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farhanote said:
Thanks for your information. i tried it and still faced same problem
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Use stock kernel and stock recovery, otherwise you'll always get flash counter 1
As above said you need to use stock recovery and kernel to reset counter, otherwise you have to use play store version of triangle away with option to reset at every boot.
Read post #3 on first line on my signature.
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sinancetinkaya said:
Use stock kernel and stock recovery, otherwise you'll always get flash counter 1
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Thanks mate, finally i reset it by flashing official firmware via mobile odin, and had check on enable ever root, inject su, and inject mobile odin.
dr.ketan said:
As above said you need to use stock recovery and kernel to reset counter, otherwise you have to use play store version of triangle away with option to reset at every boot.
Read post #3 on first line on my signature.
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Thank you dr. Ketan. I used official firmware by flashing it with mobile odin, and it was success.
After flashing twrp, rooting, and flashing a rom my counter is at 1 even though i used the guide that said it would not trip the counter.
The counter stays at 1 even when flashing more things through recovery.
I read somewhere that if the flash counter is at 1 the warranty is not voided, and only if it is more than 1 it is voided. is this true?
Ive called samsung but they were giving me some weird answers and they had no idea what they were talking about.
Use triangle away app.
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Won't matter on new firmware. Stop worrying about the flash counter.
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Won't matter on new firmware. Stop worrying about the flash counter.
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what?
Stop worrying about flash counter.
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Stop worrying about flash counter.
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But doesnt it affect the status of the warranty?
Yes but it can be easily reset with triangle away.
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Yes but it can be easily reset with triangle away.
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yes i understand this, but i was asking if the warranty is voided when the flash counter is >1 or >0 ?
Since we got updated to jb, the way the counter works changed. If I remember right, it will always show 1 if you have a custom recovery or kernel installed.
I keep stock recovery and use Mobile Odin for my flashing needs.
If you need to, just reset with triangle away and reflash stock firmware.
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DocHoliday77 said:
Since we got updated to jb, the way the counter works changed. If I remember right, it will always show 1 if you have a custom recovery or kernel installed.
I keep stock recovery and use Mobile Odin for my flashing needs.
If you need to, just reset with triangle away and reflash stock firmware.
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Alright thanks for the clarification. It all makes sense now.
chromium96 said:
yes i understand this, but i was asking if the warranty is voided when the flash counter is >1 or >0 ?
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Technically, yes it voids your warranty. But if you're worried about that you may not want to root to begin with as that also voids it.
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" your device had been modified . software updates are not available " why is it saying that, is it suppose to say that im root and with TWRP
Did you use triangle away to reset your binary count to 0?
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no i have not where can i find the guidance for that ?
Check "[How To Guides] Root,Unroot,CWM,Stock,Hotspot, + Tips!" in the General forum.
Thats how I fixed mine
~Eric
What firmware is update?
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tikay00 said:
Did you use triangle away to reset your binary count to 0?
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It doesnt matter if he uses Triangle Away right now, he has TWRP on it. Until he is 100% stock + rooted it will always say modified.
stevessvt said:
It doesnt matter if he uses Triangle Away right now, he has TWRP on it. Until he is 100% stock + rooted it will always say modified.
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You're completely right. I forgot that he said he was still rooted. Assumed he unrooted at this point.
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I'm 100% stock+rooted and it says under status that my phone is custom. Even After using triangle away. If I want to get the OTA update I'm gonna have to ODIN flash a stock firmware.
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I'm 100% stock+rooted and it says under status that my phone is custom. Even After using triangle away. If I want to get the OTA update I'm gonna have to ODIN flash a stock firmware.
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In triangle away check the box for 'System Modified Workaround', After a reboot it disables root for a few minutes, it should say Official after that.
What kind of recovery do you have? Stock?
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yeah I'm having the same problem . I'm rooted with twrp recovery and stock rom.. . getting the same message op has . I know it's because of twrp recovery but is there any way to get the update without having stock recovery since I'm still on stock rom ?
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traviswade said:
yeah I'm having the same problem . I'm rooted with twrp recovery and stock rom.. . getting the same message op has . I know it's because of twrp recovery but is there any way to get the update without having stock recovery since I'm still on stock rom ?
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Flash stock recovery (I think there is an Odin file floating around) then use triangle away. Should reset you back. The bootloader is running a check on the recovery at boot. If it doesn't match a certain value (I think it checks the signature) then it trips the counter.
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elesbb said:
Flash stock recovery (I think there is an Odin file floating around) then use triangle away. Should reset you back. The bootloader is running a check on the recovery at boot. If it doesn't match a certain value (I think it checks the signature) then it trips the counter.
Might not even matter, but just in case, do triangle away before you flash to stock. That's the way I've been told to do it, and its safer I guess.
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Whoops. I actually responded to this post, buy I guess I quoted it.
To be safe, I'd use triangle away right before you flash you stock ROM. That's the way I was told to do it, and worked without a hitch. Plus, it's way easier.
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where can I find a stock recovery file for the t-mobile sgh m919 ?
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traviswade said:
where can I find a stock recovery file for the t-mobile sgh m919 ?
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Quite possibly the easiest thing to find. Use Google or YouTube and type in "how to unroot TMobile S4."
All the instructions give you links to the official stock Roms.
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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
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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.