open box factory reset - AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III

hi guys how are you ...just a quick question...i bought galaxy s3 through at&t last week and some reason from this morning my phone battery doesn't charge..i have put it on for charge through usb since 4pm and right now it still showing me only 18% of battery i don't know why...it was fine this days until today its acting up...anybody know why...its charging so slow...i think i am planning to go at&t store tomorrow morning to tell them about the issue..so need anybody to tell me how to do factory reset like i received the phone first time...my phone is rooted and has custom rom on it...so i need to do factory reset as i received the phone first time...like an out box phone starting first time....factory firmware...
thank you

Download Triangle away app in google play and follow this link
http://galaxys3root.com/galaxy-s3-unroot/how-to-unroot-att-galaxy-s3-sgh-i747/
Make sure you follow instructions well.
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VeryCoolAlan said:
Download Triangle away app in google play and follow this link
http://galaxys3root.com/galaxy-s3-unroot/how-to-unroot-att-galaxy-s3-sgh-i747/
Make sure you follow instructions well.
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thanks bro but i don't have a yellow triangle when start my phone do i still need to download triangle away app...

Doesn't hurt. It can check your flash counter, make sure it's 0. Even if you don't have to run it, it's always good to know it's 0 instead of being surprised later.
Also, did you take note of which firmware version you had before rooting and flashing a custom rom?

mrhaley30705 said:
Doesn't hurt. It can check your flash counter, make sure it's 0. Even if you don't have to run it, it's always good to know it's 0 instead of being surprised later.
Also, did you take note of which firmware version you had before rooting and flashing a custom rom?
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no i didn't check the firmware version before i flashed the custome rom...
thanks

lazboyz said:
thanks bro but i don't have a yellow triangle when start my phone do i still need to download triangle away app...
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Yea it resets the counter
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is there anyway to reset the counter??

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)
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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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[Q] How To: Reset Flash Counter

Wondering if anyone could help me out....
I rooted my Samsung Galaxy S3 SGH-T999 a couple of weeks ago and everything went well. I was using my rooted phone for two weeks until i got a device update from t-mobile. I was hoping it was the jelly bean update so I went ahead and tried to install the update but it was failing. Since I wanted jelly bean so bad I decided to unroot my phone and flash the stock recovery in order to install the update. I flashed the stock recovery and installed the update obviously it was not jelly bean... Now I want to root my phone again but every time I try to flash clockworkmod recovery with odin it does not flash. Odin says everything went okay but when i put my phone in recovery it brings up the stock recovery. I think I may need to reset my flash counter but I could be wrong. Can any one tell me how i can root my phone again? Is there a way to reset the flash counter if my phone is not rooted? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Triangle away. Seriously? Pull the battery after flashing recovery or delete the two files (search) or untock a box.. SEARCH. It gets asked once a week at least.
psykhotic said:
Triangle away. Seriously? Pull the battery after flashing recovery or delete the two files (search) or untock a box.. SEARCH. It gets asked once a week at least.
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Can I use Triangle away when I am not rooted? I posted it here because im not sure if i can't root because of the flash counter or because i got an update. I tired pulling the battery after flashing recovery and it did not work. Now my flash counter is up to 4.
TwistedNy7 said:
Can I use Triangle away when I am not rooted? I posted it here because im not sure if i can't root because of the flash counter or because i got an update. I tired pulling the battery after flashing recovery and it did not work. Now my flash counter is up to 4.
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I wrote this again yesterday....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=33239838
And yes triangle away requires root.
Good luck!
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DocHoliday77 said:
I wrote this again yesterday....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=33239838
And yes triangle away requires root.
Good luck!
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Thank you DocHoliday77.
DocHoliday77 said:
I wrote this again yesterday....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=33239838
And yes triangle away requires root.
Good luck!
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DocHoliday77 If I flash the stock recovery after I rooted the phone would i loss root? I

Need Some Help/ After Rooting

Long story short, just got my GN2 off craigslist and it has SuperSU installed but no memory card was included. Does that mean it was already Rooted or is Rooted and if so how do I get it back to factory settings like it would come if I bought it from the store?
I'd prefer to try and Root it myself later.. Thanks
UPDATE, Need More Help Please...
Ok so after Rooting I have come to a problem, my Note 2 won't connect to my laptop anymore.. I connected my Galaxy S3 to move some of my media and pictures to my Note and it said installing drivers (I thought nothing of it) then I tried to connect my Note and it wouldn't connect.. Is there something I did wrong or what? I have USB debugging on and when I check the drop down box it shows "Connected as a media device" but it's not showing up as a drive in My Computer
You need to get the stock tar file and flah it with odin that should get you to stock and remove root.
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cheapshot789 said:
You need to get the stock tar file and flah it with odin that should get you to stock and remove root.
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Thanks for replying.. Any chance you know of a step by step guide??
I tried doing a factory reset on the phone and after it was complete SuperSU was still there
1st. Go to System setting /About Device / look if you see any custom rom name in it . If not then your phone only root.
2nd. Unroot is easy , go to superSU app /setting / Full unroot .
3rd.Triangle Away to reset counter
4th. factory reset
5th.done
gr8_gamer said:
Thanks for replying.. Any chance you know of a step by step guide??
I tried doing a factory reset on the phone and after it was complete SuperSU was still there
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Here you go
http://www.andromods.com/unroot-loc...y-note-2-to-stock-rom-firmware-with-odin.html
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simplelife said:
1st. Go to System setting /About Device / look if you see any custom rom name in it . If not then your phone only root.
2nd. Unroot is easy , go to superSU app /setting / Full unroot .
3rd.Triangle Away to reset counter
4th. factory reset
5th.done
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Thanks, I did that and once I Full unroot it was deleted, couldn't try Triangle Away (all good though) but everything seemed fine..
cheapshot789 said:
Here you go
http://www.andromods.com/unroot-loc...y-note-2-to-stock-rom-firmware-with-odin.html
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Thanks for this also, I was a lil nervous so I used this as a extra step and it worked perfect.. I'm now on Stock firmware and probably will be (at least for tonight lol) until I find a rom I like with Multi-View, Gmail and other goodies.. Let the search begin.......:silly:
Thanks again guys for the fast replies and help..
Updated original post.. Need some more help Please

[Q] How do I restore the phone

Hello,
I have an AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 3 that has been rooted and flashed with the Cyanogen JB rom. I need to return the phone for warranty work. Triangle Away says that my counter is at 6. How do I restore the phone to the factory rom and reset the counter? Since the phone has to be rooted to reset the counter, how do I restore without adding to the counter? Should it be at 0 or 1 to send it in? I'm a little lost here. I appreciate any help I can get.
Dustin
I would suggest Triangle Away, then format/wipe/clear everything and then flash stock via odin. Odin will not trip counter. If on a non-stock I believe you must check the repartition box. Someone correct me if I'm wrong, please.
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ConeyKiller said:
I would suggest Triangle Away, then format/wipe/clear everything and then flash stock via odin. Odin will not trip counter. If on a non-stock I believe you must check the repartition box. Someone correct me if I'm wrong, please.
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How dangerous is Triangle Away? I bought and installed it on the phone already. Are there any precautions that I need to take? I do want to restore it with the original rom. Where would I get it?
Thanks btw!
dustinsroberts said:
How dangerous is Triangle Away? I bought and installed it on the phone already. Are there any precautions that I need to take? I do want to restore it with the original rom. Where would I get it?
Thanks btw!
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There shouldn't be any problems using triangle away
u can get the official stock from here sammobile.com
I followed the steps on this page. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1710613
I got past step 11 but now after restarting the phone is stuck at the Samsung logo during the boot. Any suggestions?
dustinsroberts said:
I followed the steps on this page. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1710613
I got past step 11 but now after restarting the phone is stuck at the Samsung logo during the boot. Any suggestions?
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try shutting down your device and boot while holding the volume up, home button and power button simultaneously then do a factory reset from there. should work

Unroot and Flash Stock ROM

Hey Everyone,
I have a Note 2 for AT&T and yesterday it didnt work at all. It showed the Samsung logo while booting and it went away. It only does that when the battery is pulled. After a few hours I took it to the AT&T store and they ordered me a replacement but now the phone can be put into download mode and "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue..." but wont boot past that. I tried using Samsung Kies and nothing. When the replacement comes I will reject it because if I send my old one in they will void the warranty.
While using Odin I get the "Complete(Write) Operation Fails". This morning I downloaded a new firmware (hoping to be the right one) and will follow up.
Anybody have suggestions? :crying:
You say you tried kies ?
Did you try the updater?
Reason I am asking is because you should be using the EFR not the updater when using kies when your phone is bricked or w/e.
Updater wont fix anything.
freakboy13 said:
You say you tried kies ?
Did you try the updater?
Reason I am asking is because you should be using the EFR not the updater when using kies when your phone is bricked or w/e.
Updater wont fix anything.
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When Im in Samsung it just says connecting but never gets the phone.. Could my drivers need updating?
and what do you mean the updater? and EFR?
Sorry Im not so technical.
David Felix said:
Hey Everyone,
I have a Note 2 for AT&T and yesterday it didnt work at all. It showed the Samsung logo while booting and it went away. It only does that when the battery is pulled. After a few hours I took it to the AT&T store and they ordered me a replacement but now the phone can be put into download mode and "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue..." but wont boot past that. I tried using Samsung Kies and nothing. When the replacement comes I will reject it because if I send my old one in they will void the warranty.
While using Odin I get the "Complete(Write) Operation Fails". This morning I downloaded a new firmware (hoping to be the right one) and will follow up.
Anybody have suggestions? :crying:
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You will need to flash rom from the link below cuz they are rooted already. Use triangle away to reset counters then unroot using superuser, go to recovery mode and do factory reset in stock recovery. Same steps above I used to put my phone back to official and removed custom / modified status.
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jon3sh said:
You will need to flash rom from the link below cuz they are rooted already. Use triangle away to reset counters then unroot using superuser, go to recovery mode and do factory reset in stock recovery. Same steps above I used to put my phone back to official and removed custom / modified status.
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Thanks, flash it in Odin 1.85? when I downloaded 3.03 it was a .rar file my computer cannot open.
Wheres the link thats posted below?
(Im at work so when I get home I'll be doing a lot of work. 9PM im in PA)
David Felix said:
Thanks, flash it in Odin 1.85? when I downloaded 3.03 it was a .rar file my computer cannot open.
Wheres the link thats posted below?
(Im at work so when I get home I'll be doing a lot of work. 9PM im in PA)
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Lol sorry my bad there is a link for odin there too. Get rar extractor online so your pc recognize the file and just extract the file that u need to use with odin.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2004650
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jon3sh said:
Lol sorry my bad there is a link for odin there too. Get rar extractor online so your pc recognize the file and just extract the file that u need to use with odin.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2004650
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Thanks man!!! As i said i will try this tonight and give you a heads up
Just from reading online.. Im not bricked am I??
Here hope this helps.
If you can get to dl mode your golden.
I just made this tut.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2261153
freakboy13 said:
Here hope this helps.
If you can get to dl mode your golden.
I just made this tut.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2261153
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Wow youre the man, thanks for making that thread! I will try these methods when I get home!
:good:
Wow!
What worked for me: I searched for the AT&T stock ROM 4.1.1, the file name started with "KIES" something. I must have been running the wrong ROM the whole time. I checked and the counter is up to 8 but the current binary is samsung official and system status is official.
Now how do I get the counter to say "No"
David Felix said:
Wow!
What worked for me: I searched for the AT&T stock ROM 4.1.1, the file name started with "KIES" something. I must have been running the wrong ROM the whole time. I checked and the counter is up to 8 but the current binary is samsung official and system status is official.
Now how do I get the counter to say "No"
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Nice.. now you just need to run triangle away.
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jon3sh said:
Nice.. now you just need to run triangle away.
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yeah i downloaded it but im not rooted so I have to root and then rerun triangle away.
Thanks everyone for your support. I posted on "android forums" or something like that weeks ago and no one ever helped me. I posted on here and within a day I was able to resolve my problem!
David Felix said:
yeah i downloaded it but im not rooted so I have to root and then rerun triangle away.
Thanks everyone for your support. I posted on "android forums" or something like that weeks ago and no one ever helped me. I posted on here and within a day I was able to resolve my problem!
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Choose the one for att from link below
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1980644
Or flash root injected rom from link below if above method dont work for you. Then reinstall triangle away from store again.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2004650
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jon3sh said:
Choose the one for att from link below
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1980644
Or flash root injected rom from link below if above method dont work for you. Then reinstall triangle away from store again.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2004650
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I'm just going to root it again using Odin and run triangle app to remove the counter but just keep it rooted and run performance apps. I honestly don't want to mess with the ROMs anymore.. ROMs are no joke and I've learned my lesson.

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