HI all, I need to return my device hence I want to reset the flash counter to zero, I have tried everything, I have used Chainfire'e triangle away, and also flashed the stock rom did not reset the counter to zero either. What am I doing wrong ???
thank you
Please anyone ?
Are you sure your note 2 model is compatible with triangle away? And if so, have you tried flashing another kernel that is compatible with resetting the counter?
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nm8 said:
HI all, I need to return my device hence I want to reset the flash counter to zero, I have tried everything, I have used Chainfire'e triangle away, and also flashed the stock rom did not reset the counter to zero either. What am I doing wrong ???
thank you
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After you used Triangle Away and the phone is starting to boot up pull the battery. Go in downloadmode, flash firmware with Odin and after the boot do a data factory reset in settings and backup and restore. So don`t let the phone reboot after using Triangle Away or the counter will show 1 again, very important
gee2012 said:
After you used Triangle Away and the phone is starting to boot up pull the battery. Go in downloadmode, flash firmware with Odin and after the boot do a data factory reset in settings and backup and restore. So don`t let the phone reboot after using Triangle Away or the counter will show 1 again, very important
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Thanks, will try this tonight.
gee2012 said:
After you used Triangle Away and the phone is starting to boot up pull the battery. Go in downloadmode, flash firmware with Odin and after the boot do a data factory reset in settings and backup and restore. So don`t let the phone reboot after using Triangle Away or the counter will show 1 again, very important
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I'm not sure if Im doing this right , but after triangle away, I pull battery before it boots, then press Down button+Menu+Power to go into download mode, but the counter still says 1 not zero ? Am I missing something? cheers
Ok so I followed the guide to unroot my Sprint GN2 with the instructions in this link on xda http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2086769.
The problem is, after first using Triangle away and reset binary count, then did full wipe in TWRP, and reflashed KIES_HOME_L900VPALJ1_L900SPTALJ1_265523_REV04_user_low_ship.tar.md5 I end up with a stock system and everything seems golden, except when I reboot into download mode, I have a binary count at 1. Everything else says system official and whatnot, just that dang binary count is still at 1. Any advice to help me? You have to reroot with supersu to use triangle away again, reset binary, then im back to square one again.
Also one time I got the binary to show 0, but TWRP was still installed which I think cause it to say Custom in the download mode instead of Samsung Official. And I do not know how to unstall twrp. I need it to show samsung official, 0 binary, so I can return to sprint. Please help someone thank you.
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
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.
did an auto Chainfire root and reset the flash counter with TriangleAway. Recovery boot still shows the red triangle and that the OS is 'modified'. The flash counter is 0. How can I get rid of the triangle?
Get twrp recovery
triangle away not removing triangle or resetting 'modified' flag
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Get twrp recovery
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You're saying if I just install TWRP it will get rid of the triangle? I wasn't planning on using a custom recovery since I'm sticking with the stock ROM and Titanium backups. I'm forgetting what the triangle keeps you from doing actually so I'll have to check that out again. THX.
OK. did a little homework as I should have to start... Triangle Away is showing the flash counter as 0 (didn't flash a recovery or ROM anyway) but the Binary status is Custom (not 'modified'). Checking the Triangle Away application thread the Note 4 is not yet listed as a supported device. I may just wait a bit until Chainfire addresses this device.
Also, Knox. There's no concealing that it's been modified.
So if i want to receive an update (ones waiting and im going it is the radio fix) then i need to do a factory reset?
You need to use xposed to spoof system status. I would be wary of ota's if you're rooted though
FYI: Additional info is in a parallel thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4-sprint/help/update-root-t2919476
There is also some discussion in the "Best PRL" thread regarding Xposed and the ability to receive the PRL update.