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[Rogers 317M] Cannot reset flash counter

***UPDATE****
I suspect the problem originates from a corrupted efs file. *#06# gives null/null for IMEI. I need to find a way to re-write the original IMEI (I know it).
Hi,
I've got a Galaxy Note II I need to get serviced. The issue is it cannot read a SIM card.
The device was rooted by somebody else (not me) so I have no idea what they've done. There is no nandroid backup.
When in Download Mode, it says custom, and under phone status, it displays 'modified'
I've attempted CFs method to re-root and reinstall stock recovery, using triangle-away, unrooting and restoring, but it still shows modified.
Everytime I use triangle away, it says it's unable to display flash counter, but when use triangle away to get to recovery, it displays a flash counter of 1. Every time I've tried this, it's still the case.
What can I do to fix this? I'm currently in the process of using the noteII toolkit to try and restore to factory, root, reset counter, unroot and restore, hopefully it can fix it.
is there something I'm missing? Help is appreciated.

I used traingle away but when ta reboots the phone and you have to push volume up to reset it after you press up wait for screen to go blank and pull battery before phone starts again. The put battery back in hold home volume down and power to get into download mode. Use odin to flash stock fimware and after phone restarts it will have no on counter but still say custom or modified but just do a factory reset from stock recovery then it will be good to go.
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Agreed on the Odin of a stock build. .
Without knowing its history, we can't get you the steps back other than the odin method.
Odin will repair the issue as stated above. ..g

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2004650
1.Flash root injected from link above choose Rogers one.
2. Install triangle away.
3. Run Triangle away ( dont worry if it shows 1 just ignore it.)
4. Run super user and unroot your phone.
5. Reboot to stock recovery and perform factory reset twice.
6. Boot phone to download mode and check if phone resets to official and Samsung status.
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jon3sh said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2004650
1.Flash root injected from link above choose Rogers one.
2. Install triangle away.
3. Run Triangle away ( dont worry if it shows 1 just ignore it.)
4. Run super user and unroot your phone.
5. Reboot to stock recovery and perform factory reset twice.
6. Boot phone to download mode and check if phone resets to official and Samsung status.
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I've followed this exactly, but when I boot to DL mode, it still shows Custom for the software (Bootloader is Samsung official) (Yes, I've done factory reset after, still shows Custom/Modified)
Trying again with the older OS version, hopefully that will make a difference?

amace04 said:
I've followed this exactly, but when I boot to DL mode, it still shows Custom for the software (Bootloader is Samsung official) (Yes, I've done factory reset after, still shows Custom/Modified)
Trying again with the older OS version, hopefully that will make a difference?
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Older ROoted ROM did not boot... hmm....Same with the older root-injected ROM.
Any thoughts? All methods above didn't work.

amace04 said:
Older ROoted ROM did not boot... hmm....Same with the older root-injected ROM.
Any thoughts? All methods above didn't work.
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Does your counter resets to 0 except for bottom shows modified? Just wondering if you use free unlock method before.
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jon3sh said:
Does your counter resets to 0 except for bottom shows modified? Just wondering if you use free unlock method before.
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Everytime I load Triangle Away on the root-injected stock rom, it is unable to determine Flash counter. I have to use TA to boot into the recovery mode TA uses, then it always shows at LEAST 1 (only more than one if I have flashed a new recovery).
When I reset flash counter, it still shows Custom on DL mode, and modified under device status. If I re-install TA, it still shows 1 on the flash counter.
I don't know if it has been unlocked or not, as I mentioned, I'm not the one who originally rooted it, and have no way of finding out. I'm just trying to return to official so it can be serviced.
Another thought, are there any residual files or something that could be left on the device that trigger the device status?
I've now tried the factory rooted ROM/Recovery/TA/uninstall/unroot/restore/restore method many times, and always still shows custom/modified/flash counter of 1.

What about the TA workaround? How does this work?
I ran it, rebooted, it still shows modified. From there I assume I should uninstall TA/unroot then wipe?
Under DL mode, Customer Binary download: No
Current Binary: Samsung Official
System Status: Custom

amace04 said:
What about the TA workaround? How does this work?
I ran it, rebooted, it still shows modified. From there I assume I should uninstall TA/unroot then wipe?
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I wouldnt worry about TA showing flash counter 1 all you need to check is under download mode if evereything resets there. After running ta unroot using superuser. Reboot to stock recovery and do factory reset and flash regular stock rom with no root. Go back to to stock recovery and do another factory reset.
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Other potentially relevent info:
IMEI/IMEI SV in status shows "Unknown"
After installing the Rogers stock OS, Build number is: JZ054K.1317MVLBMA3
Baseband version: Unknown.
Seems the Unknown IMEI is the culprit. Can't believe I didn't look there first. I'm guessing that opened up a whole new can of worms. Any way around that at all? I know the original IMEI? Possible to modify an efs file to have the existing IMEI?

jon3sh said:
I wouldnt worry about TA showing flash counter 1 all you need to check is under download mode if evereything resets there. After running ta unroot using superuser. Reboot to stock recovery and do factory reset and flash regular stock rom with no root. Go back to to stock recovery and do another factory reset.
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Everything resets in DL mode except device status (Still shows custom, and modified under device status in About),
Now, The rooted rom I'm using has SuperSU instead of superuser, does that matter?

jon3sh said:
I wouldnt worry about TA showing flash counter 1 all you need to check is under download mode if evereything resets there. After running ta unroot using superuser. Reboot to stock recovery and do factory reset and flash regular stock rom with no root. Go back to to stock recovery and do another factory reset.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I317
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I've determined the issue is a damaged efs partition. Ikeep getting null/null when hitting *#06#, and under status it shows unknown for IMEI/IMEI SV.
Please close thread, I'll be looking for a solution to that.

amace04 said:
I've determined the issue is a damaged efs partition. Ikeep getting null/null when hitting *#06#, and under status it shows unknown for IMEI/IMEI SV.
Please close thread, I'll be looking for a solution to that.
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Can you please post your findings on how to fix/repair/rebuild/regenerate... the efs partition. I too suspect the same problem with my device and would like to give that a shot to try and revive my phone. For me *#06# shows my IMEI and my baseband but it just won't connect to network or get out of the Airplane Mode. I've flashed the stock ROM and modem - still nothing.

I dont think anyone has got there imei back on note 2

allen81 said:
Can you please post your findings on how to fix/repair/rebuild/regenerate... the efs partition. I too suspect the same problem with my device and would like to give that a shot to try and revive my phone. For me *#06# shows my IMEI and my baseband but it just won't connect to network or get out of the Airplane Mode. I've flashed the stock ROM and modem - still nothing.
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If your phone is rooted ( I assume it is), using something like ES file manager, or ROot manager, check out your EFS folder (located at the root of the phone), Mine's empty, therefore I get null/null. If you're still showing IMEI, good chance just your nv_data file is corrupt, or it could be something as simple as a bad radio?

amace04 said:
If your phone is rooted ( I assume it is), using something like ES file manager, or ROot manager, check out your EFS folder (located at the root of the phone), Mine's empty, therefore I get null/null. If you're still showing IMEI, good chance just your nv_data file is corrupt, or it could be something as simple as a bad radio?
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Hey thanks for replying - I forgot to update: I had a QCN which I backed up (too late in the process and I still suspect it might have issue) but I restored that and flashed 4.1.1 stock again - finally I was out of the Airplane Mode but still no signal. Left the phone overnight and woke up today to find it connected to Rogers with just 1 bar signal strenght. Been carrying the phone with it, especially through areas with good reception and its still at 1-2 bars max. So NOW the issue is poor reception...any suggestions on that?

TWRP and Allshare Cast Not Working

Hi everyone,
I just bought the Allshare Cast hub and it wont stay connected for more 20 secs then says end connection...
I rooted my Tmobile GN2 to TWRP with Odin. I know that I have to use Triangle Away to reset the binary counter to 0 in order for Allshare Cast Hub to work. I already ran the Triangle Away app and reset the binary counter; However, the binary counter still says 1. I did run TA 2 times, but the results were still the same. Some people did get their binary counter to 0 after reseting it with TA.
Is there any reason why mine CANT be reset to 0?
Can someone point me to the right direction please?
I'm very noob on rooting stuff, please help,
Thank you very much for your and for your time.

mygalaxynote2 said:
Hi everyone,
I just bought the Allshare Cast hub and it wont stay connected for more 20 secs then says end connection...
I rooted my Tmobile GN2 to TWRP with Odin. I know that I have to use Triangle Away to reset the binary counter to 0 in order for Allshare Cast Hub to work. I already ran the Triangle Away app and reset the binary counter; However, the binary counter still says 1. I did run TA 2 times, but the results were still the same. Some people did get their binary counter to 0 after reseting it with TA.
Is there any reason why mine CANT be reset to 0?
Can someone point me to the right direction please?
I'm very noob on rooting stuff, please help,
Thank you very much for your and for your time.
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are you on custom rom or kernel or recovery ?
if yes tht is the reason binary shows 1

aukhan said:
are you on custom rom or kernel or recovery ?
if yes tht is the reason binary shows 1
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Honestly, I'm not even sure. I followed the youtube video and it has links to the odin files. it has a bunch of GN2 versions to select during the Odin rooting process. is there anyway I can find out if I have any of the above you mentioned? If mine has any of the above, is there a way to make my phone not on custom rom, kernel, or recovery?
Thanks alot

twrp could be the problem.
it's just really random.
2 more things you could try:
use the note 2 toolkit(I'm sure it's somewhere in the development sections here) to flash the stock recovery.
or use sysscope blaster (xposed module) to set the flash counter to 0(use it together with triangle away)

Boot you phone in recovery mode can googel it how to Press Volume Up +menu+power button release the buttons as soon as you N7100
or you got plenty of you tube Videos let mw what does it say on this CWM, TWRP,Philz

thedicemaster said:
twrp could be the problem.
it's just really random.
2 more things you could try:
use the note 2 toolkit(I'm sure it's somewhere in the development sections here) to flash the stock recovery.
or use sysscope blaster (xposed module) to set the flash counter to 0(use it together with triangle away)
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GN2 Toolkit was the one I used to root my phone. How do I flash the stock recovery and any danger in doing it? Is my phone still rooted after flashing it to stock recovery?
Steps by steps would be greatly appreciated.
thanks alot

recovery is used to make full system backups and installing updates/roms as zip files.
it's ok to use the stock recovery if you don't install too many odd mods.
it won't affect root, and you should just follow the instructions in the toolbox screen.

aukhan said:
Boot you phone in recovery mode can googel it how to Press Volume Up +menu+power button release the buttons as soon as you N7100
or you got plenty of you tube Videos let mw what does it say on this CWM, TWRP,Philz
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Mine is Tmobile TGH 889
Kernel version: 3.0.31-260018
Thanks

What do you see in recovery s ree
There is no harm in having custom or stock recovery
Benefit of
If your doin lot of flashing it's helpful for you to do a nand backup and restore.
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thedicemaster said:
recovery is used to make full system backups and installing updates/roms as zip files.
it's ok to use the stock recovery if you don't install too many odd mods.
it won't affect root, and you should just follow the instructions in the toolbox screen.
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Thank you very for replies.
I ran the GN2 Toolkit and it has a bunch of options.
one of them says "Reflashing Stock Recovery Via Odin"
Is this the right option that I need?
Also, do i need to unroot 1st before doing it?
I'm sorry for asking so many questions, but I love GN2 and I cant afford another one because of my noob mistakes.
thank you very much

there is no need to unroot, and yes that is the right option.

mygalaxynote2 said:
Hi everyone,
I just bought the Allshare Cast hub and it wont stay connected for more 20 secs then says end connection...
I rooted my Tmobile GN2 to TWRP with Odin. I know that I have to use Triangle Away to reset the binary counter to 0 in order for Allshare Cast Hub to work. I already ran the Triangle Away app and reset the binary counter; However, the binary counter still says 1. I did run TA 2 times, but the results were still the same. Some people did get their binary counter to 0 after reseting it with TA.
Is there any reason why mine CANT be reset to 0?
Can someone point me to the right direction please?
I'm very noob on rooting stuff, please help,
Thank you very much for your and for your time.
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Thats because when u root by cf autoroot or whatever, it uses a "custom recovery" for few secs to root your device and after that it changes back to stock but samsung detects those few secs and it raises your binary counter to 1.. and now u want to reset your binary counter so u have downloaded + installed the app...
Ta uses also a "custom recovery" to reset your counter. After resetting it (0), your recovery changes back to your current recovery may it be stock samsung or cmw doesnt mather but when u reboot samsung detects that also and raises back to 1
Thats why when people want to unroot their phone and t use Triangle away..
They follow the following steps
While resetting the counter it asks u to reboot.. dont let the phone directly boot up (so samsung doesnt detects anything custom and counter stays 1)
And go directly to download ODIN mode.. now open odin and flash stock rom. This way you would perfectly unroot your phone..
Ps: counter 0 and root is possible by prerooted roms.. but counter 0 + custom recovery is impossible imo (maybe im wrong xd)
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it's kinda possible.
while in download mode my flash counter is probably at 1, but while android is running it's at 0 thanks to sysscope blaster.

AskinSavascisi said:
Thats because when u root by cf autoroot or whatever, it uses a "custom recovery" for few secs to root your device and after that it changes back to stock but samsung detects those few secs and it raises your binary counter to 1.. and now u want to reset your binary counter so u have downloaded + installed the app...
Ta uses also a "custom recovery" to reset your counter. After resetting it (0), your recovery changes back to your current recovery may it be stock samsung or cmw doesnt mather but when u reboot samsung detects that also and raises back to 1
Thats why when people want to unroot their phone and t use Triangle away..
They follow the following steps
While resetting the counter it asks u to reboot.. dont let the phone directly boot up (so samsung doesnt detects anything custom and counter stays 1)
And go directly to download ODIN mode.. now open odin and flash stock rom. This way you would perfectly unroot your phone..
Ps: counter 0 and root is possible by prerooted roms.. but counter 0 + custom recovery is impossible imo (maybe im wrong xd)
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I reflashed my phone to stock recovery with option 6. I also ran Triangle Away, but my binary counter is still 1.
Therefore, I decided to try your methods by running TA 1st to reset the binary counter and let it boot into Odin downloading mode. I ran the GN2 Toolkit and tried to reflash the stock with option 6, the GN2 Toolkit was just waiting for USB Debugging althought I had it turned on. Can you please help me pass this step?
I very appreciate for your help.

yeah sure..
so lets make ourselves first clear..
u want to unroot your phone fully??
can u boot into your rom/phone now??
do u have root?

AskinSavascisi said:
yeah sure..
so lets make ourselves first clear..
u want to unroot your phone fully??
can u boot into your rom/phone now??
do u have root?
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No, I just want my phone to stay rooted with stock recovery and binary counter = 0.
After I reflashed the stock recovery with option 6 and reset binary counter with TA, but the binary counter is still 1.
My phone is till rooted and still boots up just like I had before. I can still go into Odin Downloading Mode.
I hope I provide you enough info.
Thank you

did you try allshare cast again?
it works for me even with the counter at 1.

thedicemaster said:
did you try allshare cast again?
it works for me even with the counter at 1.
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hmmm, that's interesting. No, I have not tried to run allshare cast yet after I reflashed stock recovery.
Alot of people said that it wont work when the binary counter is 1 or greater. Thats the reason I didnt try the allshare cast.
I will run Allshare Cast when I get home from work.
What does your phone status say? Modified or Normal?

as i said in my first reply, allshare cast is very random.
initially it worked only if i used a stock recovery, while my counter was at 1.
somehow it started working later on using CWM.
then it stopped working, but running triangle-away fixed it(even though it changed nothing)
my counter should still be at 1, but because i use sysscope blaster android thinks it's at 0.

thedicemaster said:
as i said in my first reply, allshare cast is very random.
initially it worked only if i used a stock recovery, while my counter was at 1.
somehow it started working later on using CWM.
then it stopped working, but running triangle-away fixed it(even though it changed nothing)
my counter should still be at 1, but because i use sysscope blaster android thinks it's at 0.
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I just ran the Allshare Cast again, same issue.
Furthermore, I was able to reset the binary counter with TA, then instead of letting it reboot, I went into Odin Downloading Mode, used Odin software to reflashed the stock recovery. Sadly, the problem is still exist: my phone status still says modified and wont work with Allshare Cast.... I'm afraid I'll have to unroot it unless someone can help me out. this allshare Cast crap starts to piss me off!
I think I deleted a few bloatwares before.
are all my settings, apps etc going to be deleted/reset after I unroot my phone?
Thanks alot

[Q] After Triangle Away can't get into CWM recovery mode.!

Hey there.
I rooted my GN2 a while ago, and yesterday I just wanted to reset the Flash counter to send my device to warranty (BT problems).
I installed Triangle away and tried to reset the flash counter, and two things happened:
1. the counter still says (1)
2. now I can't get into recovery mode, the device just boots into the system like if i'm not holding the vol+ and home buttons!
so, how can I get the recovery mode working again, and I read in a comment on youtube that a guy tried to re-install CWM through odin and the device went into a boot loop!?
and why the counter still says 1?

When you reset the flash counter did your counter in triangle away match the reading in download mode
Were you on stock rom and kernel when you reset the counter?
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aukhan said:
When you reset the flash counter did your counter in triangle away match the reading in download mode
Were you on stock rom and kernel when you reset the counter?
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thnx for the reply,
yes it did
and yea stock rom and stock kernal
and I still have no idea how to get into recovery mode,
I'm more concerned about it than the binary counter.

resetting flash counter and unlooting

So, i am helping my friends to unroot her device, i317m bell's carrier.
My friend did rooting by her self but because she flashed cwm recovery, the flash count went up by one.
However the triangle away doesnt seems working(tried several times but didnt work), need to use the option 'Auto reset on boot' to reset the count.
She want to unroot her device. So i am going to do this and please comment on my idea about will be working or not.
So first, i am going to flash clean firmware to get official recovery,
Second, going to flash rooted rom but not cwn recovery.
Third. Reset the flash count with truangle
Fourth. Re-flash the clean rom.
But what i an havign confusion is at third step.
So as i said before, the triangle need to reset on every boot to get 0 count but if i flash the unrooted rom, will the flash count stay at 0 or back to 1 since it doesnt have root access??
Thanks a lot.

imjunpark said:
So, i am helping my friends to unroot her device, i317m bell's carrier.
My friend did rooting by her self but because she flashed cwm recovery, the flash count went up by one.
However the triangle away doesnt seems working(tried several times but didnt work), need to use the option 'Auto reset on boot' to reset the count.
She want to unroot her device. So i am going to do this and please comment on my idea about will be working or not.
So first, i am going to flash clean firmware to get official recovery,
Second, going to flash rooted rom but not cwn recovery.
Third. Reset the flash count with truangle
Fourth. Re-flash the clean rom.
But what i an havign confusion is at third step.
So as i said before, the triangle need to reset on every boot to get 0 count but if i flash the unrooted rom, will the flash count stay at 0 or back to 1 since it doesnt have root access??
Thanks a lot.
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1.Download Bell rom from link below it is root injected already.
2. Run Triangle away.
3. Open Superuser / SuperSu and do full unroot.
4. Go to stock recovery and perform factory reset twice.
5. Reboot device.
6. Go to Download mode (Down, home power button) and check the status there. If all shows official or Samsung if forgot then you just successfuly reset the counter.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2004650
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Unlooting!

twanskys204 said:
Unlooting!
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Lol good eyes I didn't see that.
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I thought we already unlooted when we bought the phone!

twanskys204 said:
Unlooting!
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LOL i always make this stupid mistake ;(

twanskys204 said:
I thought we already unlooted when we bought the phone!
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I did....g

imjunpark said:
So, i am helping my friends to unroot her device, i317m bell's carrier.
My friend did rooting by her self but because she flashed cwm recovery, the flash count went up by one.
However the triangle away doesnt seems working(tried several times but didnt work), need to use the option 'Auto reset on boot' to reset the count.
She want to unroot her device. So i am going to do this and please comment on my idea about will be working or not.
So first, i am going to flash clean firmware to get official recovery,
Second, going to flash rooted rom but not cwn recovery.
Third. Reset the flash count with truangle
Fourth. Re-flash the clean rom.
But what i an havign confusion is at third step.
So as i said before, the triangle need to reset on every boot to get 0 count but if i flash the unrooted rom, will the flash count stay at 0 or back to 1 since it doesnt have root access??
Thanks a lot.
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The newest version of Triangle Away is working properly.

Thanks all for the replies!!! going to try tomorrow.

[Q] Is my phone Stock?

Hey just wondering if my phone is back to stock to send back to tmobile ive checked videoss and threads topics but cant findany pics or list of what stock info should look like so after folowing multi threads and steps to unroot back to stock to send back this is what i got is this right? mainly odin dl mode is my question????
THANKS
in
ODIN MODE
PRODUCT NAME: SGH-T889
CUSTOM BINARY DOWNLOAD: YES(1 COUNTS)
CURRENT BINARY: Samung Official
SYSTEM STATUS: Official
in Settings / About device
model:SGH-T889
ANDROID VERSION:4.1.1
BASEBAND VERSION:T889UVALJ1
KERNAL VERSION:3.0.31-598701
[email protected] #1
SMP PREEMPT sat jan 5 19:34:13 KST 2013
BUILD NUMBER:JR003C.T889UVALJ1

Current Binary and System Status are fine. The only thing I believe you have to do is reset the flash counter. That would be the "Custom Binary Download" section. When it says "Yes (1 Count)" It basically means that you flashed a new recovery. You'll have to use Triangle Away to reset it. There's a thread somewhere around here.
I've only returned to stock once and I'm recalling what I remember. If another member can either correct/back up what I have said, it would be much appreciated.

Odin the root66 by mrRobinson. Once you have rooted stock, run triangle away and reset the counter. Once that is done and verified, unroot and you are back to bone stock. Do a factory reset and reboot. You should be good to go.
Hastily spouted for your befuddlement

Coug76 said:
Odin the root66 by mrRobinson. Once you have rooted stock, run triangle away and reset the counter. Once that is done and verified, unroot and you are back to bone stock. Do a factory reset and reboot. You should be good to go.
Hastily spouted for your befuddlement
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Thanks kinda what i thought i wil try root and un rooting again

Still stuck with flash count 1 tried all day to get this to send back still no luck downloading one more file to try and flash tonight from http://www.androidrooting.com/how-to-unroot-galaxy-note-2-to-stock-official-firmware/ but have feeling not going to work could i be missing something unrooing back to stock re rooting reseting flash counter with triangle away boot up SU full unroot reboot wait wait boot skip all setup reboot to download and still 1?

YourCancer01 said:
Still stuck with flash count 1 tried all day to get this to send back still no luck downloading one more file to try and flash tonight from http://www.androidrooting.com/how-to-unroot-galaxy-note-2-to-stock-official-firmware/ but have feeling not going to work could i be missing something unrooing back to stock re rooting reseting flash counter with triangle away boot up SU full unroot reboot wait wait boot skip all setup reboot to download and still 1?
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Are you doing a factory reset from the stock android recovery after unrooting from SU?

gaticaag said:
Are you doing a factory reset from the stock android recovery after unrooting from SU?
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sorry yes i am doing factory reset after... so hit full unroot in SU then it exits still shows SU and triangle away but SU is not installed and Triangle is not usable so not rooted anymore then reboot to stock recovery doing factory reset and then still flash count 1? all my other stuff seams to be right just not the count...ha would it be easier to fix my broken screen myself?

i noticed that "adbd is already running as root" when i am re rooting my phone after stock flash if that means anything

YourCancer01 said:
sorry yes i am doing factory reset after... so hit full unroot in SU then it exits still shows SU and triangle away but SU is not installed and Triangle is not usable so not rooted anymore then reboot to stock recovery doing factory reset and then still flash count 1? all my other stuff seams to be right just not the count...ha would it be easier to fix my broken screen myself?
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What exact order are you taking which exact steps? I've done this a couple of times successfully just for giggles.
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Starting with almost stock phone flash count 1 opening toolkit 4.1.0 selecting SGH-T889
Then 2 root unroot FLASHING unsecured boot img unsicureall4t889 name is something like that selecting chainfireSU opens Odin select that file from toolkit and start
After rebooted from flash with pass exciting Odin back to toolkit
Toolkit finishes root download mode reboot and its rooted with SU download my purchased triangle away from store reset counter puts it in triangle reset mode reset counter after then download mode to check count is no the other two things say custome reboot then unroot threw SU reboot factory reset wait for that go threw setup and then reboot download mode check status count is 1 and other two are samsung.....
Is this wrong?
Sent from my SGH-T889 using xda premium

Step 1 - download and install Odin on your pc.
Step 2 - flash the root 66 tar (see the link below) via odin according to the thread instructions. This will install the factory recovery and binaries and give you rooted stock.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=33738396
Step 3 - boot the phone.
Step 4 - install, if necessary, triangle away
Step 5 - run triangle away and select reset flash counter and follow the process.
Step 6 - check the status on your flash counter
Step 7 - if all is well, unroot.
Step 8 - factory reset and reboot.
This has worked for me in the past.
Hastily spouted for your befuddlement