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is there a way to reset phone to stock after rooting. like return original recovery, rom and reset triangle. i was able to restore stock rom and reset counter bunt when i tried installing old recovery after the counter reseted again

urwifeismyslave said:
is there a way to reset phone to stock after rooting. like return original recovery, rom and reset triangle. i was able to restore stock rom and reset counter bunt when i tried installing old recovery after the counter reseted again
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1st.download stock firmware. Flash via Odin
2nd. Reroot with Chainfire auto root then reset counter with Triangle Away.
3 th. UNROOT,superSU / setting/ full unroot.
Now completely stock.

how can i check the counter with out me triggering it to add a point

urwifeismyslave said:
how can i check the counter with out me triggering it to add a point
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You will not increase counter if you only check.Btw, why you need to flash stock recovery again when you ready on stock ?

how do i check the counter? download mode right? i just wanna put everything back to stock and wait for updates that samsung put out. we dont have much dev support yet so not much roms to choose from unlike the 7100 model. i think i got everything to stock now just not sure about my counter. also when i click on software update nothing happens it wont stop searching. did i do something wrong with my phone. its not giving me an answer like no updates available or ur phone is up to date.

urwifeismyslave said:
how do i check the counter? download mode right? i just wanna put everything back to stock and wait for updates that samsung put out. we dont have much dev support yet so not much roms to choose from unlike the 7100 model. i think i got everything to stock now just not sure about my counter. also when i click on software update nothing happens it wont stop searching. did i do something wrong with my phone. its not giving me an answer like no updates available or ur phone is up to date.
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Download mode check counter,yes. Go to system setting/about device/status/ at device status should be Offical not Modified.

simplelife said:
Download mode check counter,yes. Go to system setting/about device/status/ at device status should be Offical not Modified.
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everything is stock recovery and rom but it still says modified

urwifeismyslave said:
everything is stock recovery and rom but it still says modified
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Did you exactly do step by step I post #2 if so you won't have this issue. Device status must be Offical that reason why you can't get update.

i did the cf root unroot method with the triangle app and supersu. i downloaded stock rom and installed using odin.

Did you do a factory reset, since Odining back stock? If not try it.

Returning to samsung for warranty claim

Hi guys,
I am returning the unit to samsung for some issues, its under warranty and i have rooted the phone,
What all things are to be done before returning the phone? I mean how do i unroot again?
Sent from my GT-N7100

There are tutorials in this forum. Another thing to check is your flash count, if it's above zero then you'll need to reset it. I recently returned my note 2 for a warranty claim. Whilst I was rooted I used triangle away to reset my flash counter, then unrooted through SuperSU. Then just did a factory reset.

I have heard that sometimes triangle away can brick ur phone? What are the chances?
Can u confirm the below steps?
1. Use triangle away to reset the flash counter.
2. In super su, settings, use full unroot option.
3. Reset phone from settings menu.
Is that correct?
Sent from my GT-N7100

pratik_193 said:
I have heard that sometimes triangle away can brick ur phone? What are the chances?
Can u confirm the below steps?
1. Use triangle away to reset the flash counter.
2. In super su, settings, use full unroot option.
3. Reset phone from settings menu.
Is that correct?
Sent from my GT-N7100
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Once you have reset flash counter with triangle away, then just back up your data and fully wipe device to be on the safe side. Then just flash a stock rom using ODIN. And youre good to go.

Thanks,
But, i have just rooted & not installed any custom rom, so in this case also do i need to flash the stock ROM? Or i can just reset the flash counter using triangle away & return for warranty?

Using triangle away you can just reset counter, it doesn't unroot (triangle itself requires root )
You can simply unroot from supersu setting, or most clean way is to Reflash stock rom.
Remember before reseting flash counter, make sure you have stock kernel and recover, otherwise it will raise again.
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S3 moving back to Stock

Hello,
Right now I am having MIUI 3.7.5 with BaseBand i747UCDLK3 with KT747 Kernel. I am moving back to stock to sell my phone to the buyer. It has TWRP Installed and binary counters triggered. So, what I need to do reset the binary counters and reflash the stock?
I have downloaded the Samsung-Updates.com-SGH-I747_ATT_1_20121116120521_7p9l4qgqoh from this link
How to flash to stock with ODIN and reset the counter???
Any warnings and cautions?

Just an observation, why not let the buyer decide if they would like the phone already rooted with the custom rom or if they would want it stock, reverting is easy and you'll need triangle away from the play store to reset the counter, which you can do even on the custom rom, and the easiest way to refresh to stock is with mskip's galaxy s3 toolkit it walks you through the steps and has Odin built into it so it launches it for you with clear instructions how to proceed
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[Q] Stupid question, because I am bone head!

I recently re-flashed my phone because I was unable to get it back to stock un-rooted so I could get the latest 4.4 update. Someone suggested using Triangle Away to reset my flash counter in order to show my phone was 'not modified'. I purchased Triangle Away installed etc, but it had a stern warning that resetting my flash counter could "hard brick" my phone.
I attempted to use the temporary disable of SU for OTA within Triangle Away to unroot my phone and apply the update, unfortunately the update didn't work and now I can not undo put back SU as enabled. My phone is unrooted without the ability to undo that feature in Triangle Away.
Question, is there a way to fix this with Triangle Away? Am I missing something or do I have to reflash my phone again?
Why would an app like Triangle Away have a feature within it's app that could cause this to happen and not a way to back out of it.
I hope someone can help me with this.:crying:

bigmtnskier said:
I recently re-flashed my phone because I was unable to get it back to stock un-rooted so I could get the latest 4.4 update. Someone suggested using Triangle Away to reset my flash counter in order to show my phone was 'not modified'. I purchased Triangle Away installed etc, but it had a stern warning that resetting my flash counter could "hard brick" my phone.
I attempted to use the temporary disable of SU for OTA within Triangle Away to unroot my phone and apply the update, unfortunately the update didn't work and now I can not undo put back SU as enabled. My phone is unrooted without the ability to undo that feature in Triangle Away.
Question, is there a way to fix this with Triangle Away? Am I missing something or do I have to reflash my phone again?
Why would an app like Triangle Away have a feature within it's app that could cause this to happen and not a way to back out of it.
I hope someone can help me with this.:crying:
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Maybe I should ask the question more simply:
How do I re-ROOT my phone without flashing? Is that possible?

bigmtnskier said:
Maybe I should ask the question more simply:
How do I re-ROOT my phone without flashing? Is that possible?
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Do u still have a custom recovery? If so, maybe flash the team epic root from recovery zip?

DMF1977 said:
Do u still have a custom recovery? If so, maybe flash the team epic root from recovery zip?
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I do have a custom recovery, TWRP. I think I have it running again and rooted, what I did was re-install Busybox and rebooted into recovery, then rebooted back into the System and then it seemed to work fine. Not sure if I will brave Triangle Away again, but thank you for responding and offering a good suggestion.:good:

bigmtnskier said:
I purchased Triangle Away installed etc, but it had a stern warning that resetting my flash counter could "hard brick" my phone.
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Did you reset your flash counter? As far as I know this was put in place by the developer to warn people...Of knowing what they are doing before hand. This warning is mainly in place to try and make people read to see if their phone model is supported.
To the best of my knowledge, no one has hard bricked their phone on any of the I747(m) models using this app. This feature does work as I have used it multiple times.
And what update our ROM are you installing? You said 4.4... I used ODIN to restore back to complete stock 4.1.1 (not rooted, stock recovery included) and the OTA update to stock 4.1.2 went without a hitch. I used CF Auto Root (via ODIN) to root and then installed a custom recovery.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747

aybarrap1 said:
Did you reset your flash counter? As far as I know this was put in place by the developer to warn people...Of knowing what they are doing before hand. This warning is mainly in place to try and make people read to see if their phone model is supported.
To the best of my knowledge, no one has hard bricked their phone on any of the I747(m) models using this app. This feature does work as I have used it multiple times.
And what update our ROM are you installing? You said 4.4... I used ODIN to restore back to complete stock 4.1.1 (not rooted, stock recovery included) and the OTA update to stock 4.1.2 went without a hitch. I used CF Auto Root (via ODIN) to root and then installed a custom recovery.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747
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I was attempting to do the OTA to go from 4.0.4 ICS to 4.1.x Jellybean. BTW, I was able to re-set my count to 0! Thank you for the reassurance!

bigmtnskier said:
I was attempting to do the OTA to go from 4.0.4 ICS to 4.1.x Jellybean. BTW, I was able to re-set my count to 0! Thank you for the reassurance!
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I would highly recommend flashing the pure stock 4.1.1 rom (including stock recovery) and then do the OTA. The 4.1.2 stock rom might be available through KIES or through other sites by now, but I can't say for certain. Since you are already using ODIN, then CF auto root will be a breeze for you to root 4.1.2.
No worries. I was a little nervous too about Triangle Away at first but searching did not net anything saying that reseting the flash counter had hard bricked someone's phone. That is what pushed me to use it.

aybarrap1 said:
I would highly recommend flashing the pure stock 4.1.1 rom (including stock recovery) and then do the OTA. The 4.1.2 stock rom might be available through KIES or through other sites by now, but I can't say for certain. Since you are already using ODIN, then CF auto root will be a breeze for you to root 4.1.2.
No worries. I was a little nervous too about Triangle Away at first but searching did not net anything saying that reseting the flash counter had hard bricked someone's phone. That is what pushed me to use it.
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I blew out Kies on my main machine because it doesn't work well, I had to re-set all my USB ports and re-install the Samsung USB drivers so no Kies for me. But where do I find a stock 4.1.1 rom from? My stock version is 4.0.4 (the original ROM when the S3 was released), I wonder if I can just use a custom 4.1.1 ROM instead or do you think it would work if I unroot/stock to 4.0.4 then OTA to 4.1.2?

bigmtnskier said:
I blew out Kies on my main machine because it doesn't work well, I had to re-set all my USB ports and re-install the Samsung USB drivers so no Kies for me. But where do I find a stock 4.1.1 rom from? My stock version is 4.0.4 (the original ROM when the S3 was released), I wonder if I can just use a custom 4.1.1 ROM instead or do you think it would work if I unroot/stock to 4.0.4 then OTA to 4.1.2?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1968625
Flash in Odin..

bigmtnskier said:
I blew out Kies on my main machine because it doesn't work well, I had to re-set all my USB ports and re-install the Samsung USB drivers so no Kies for me. But where do I find a stock 4.1.1 rom from? My stock version is 4.0.4 (the original ROM when the S3 was released), I wonder if I can just use a custom 4.1.1 ROM instead or do you think it would work if I unroot/stock to 4.0.4 then OTA to 4.1.2?
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To ensure best results use ODIN to flash the stock ROM to 4.1.1. You should return the phone stock as if you just purchased from the store new. Then do the OTA. You can use ODIN after that to root with CF Auto root.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747

new phone from tmobile with 4.3 already installed need help downgrading

just got another galaxy s4 from tmobile and im trying to downgrade back to mdl instead of mk2 i already tried to odin but it keeps falling now im stuck at the keis upgrade screen

The only way you can downgrade is to flash a ROM in custom recovery.. Why would you want to downgrade?
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well i was told that if i didnt i would have to deal with all the knox crap but as i stated right now im stuck at a screen that says firmware upgrade encountered an issue with a phone icon with a yellow triangle in the middle with a computer on the other end is there anyway to boot from this screen

Try to Odin 4.3.. There's no way to downgrade it without tripping the warranty counter. And fyi you can just flash a custom 4.3 ROM, no Knox
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Here's the deal with ur new phone..
1.- as stated before u cant downgrade, Samsung or Google Made the 4.3 so U cant Downgrade even thru Odin. (well u can but you won't get Rid of Knox counter and U will need to "void" your warranty by flashing a different version of android)
2.- You can still Root your phone without triggering Ur Knox Counter which since u are already have since you're on 4.3 and u cant get rid of it.. Just use CT-Root, debloat the phone and install whatever Root apps u enjoy (this is my current state since I too Had to exchange my phone)
3.- If you do decide to root your phone, only way to trigger the Knox counter is by installing a Custom recovery and Flashing anything thru it.
at this point it all depends on what u want to do with your phone, stay on Pure NOT ROOTED stock or Rooted Stock with no recovery or just go all out and root install recovery and trigger your Knox counter "loosing" ur warranty