How to unroot Note II? - Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello, I want to try and install Omega ROM 9.1 to my Note II (bought from Orange Slovakia). In 2 weeks I will send note II to service (bad cover) so I will need to unroot my device. Can you show me right way how to unroot? I need set counter to 0. Thank you very much.
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If you are currently unrooted then its better to send it as soon as possible to service center. You can change the rom later as unrooting is a bit headache especially for people new to android rooting.
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Hi, use the search button. It gives the best answers mostly no pun intended.

Use this toolkit
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=32466314
Good luck!
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Use triangle away to flash Counter to zero. ..then flash stock rom using Odin and send to service
scribbled from my note 2 (N7100)

pakure said:
Use triangle away to flash Counter to zero. ..then flash stock rom using Odin and send to service
scribbled from my note 2 (N7100)
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I'm a bit confuse here. Triangle away method doesn't work for me, i can't guet 0 to my counter. Stay on YES / 1.
There is any method beside buying the play version of Triangle away ? I want to get a full stock condition.

Try restoring stock recovery and kernel or stock rom altogether.
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UtkarshGupta said:
Try restoring stock recovery and kernel or stock rom altogether.
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Already did the recovery stock and stock rom part. But how restoring my kernel ?
edit: Hooops, I did it wrong
After reading a post where the author has solved the same problem by making the whole process again, I tried again the triangle away part (with the v2.37 available here)... And It's working !
The first time I did not have the special boot screen, I don't know what I had done wrong, but I guess nothing had been done then. But everything is okay for me now !
But I'm still interested in this story of kernel ...

They will be able to see that you have a custom kernel. That means that you had the ability to flash kernel I.e. you rooted your phone.
From your pic it looks like you have stock kernel.
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use persues kernal or neak kernal then use triangle away it resetts without booting tben goto download mode and flash stock rom everything will be unrooted and counter at 0
omega rom v9. 1 kalgas mixed theme

thank you guys. found my stock ROM, used triangle away and flashed to stock. All works fine now, thank you again

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how to reset the binary counter?

hi there
have anybody figured out how to reset the binary counter on the Note 2 ?
can we use the method in this thread or have anybody used this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1354888
thank you
The last thing I know is that Chainfire is trying to crack the N7100..
We just have to wait for him :good:
Chainfire said that once samsung releases the code source of the note 2 he will support our phone in triangle away
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CreepyDroid said:
Chainfire said that once samsung releases the code source of the note 2 he will support our phone in triangle away
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Great:good::good::good:
Well the kernel scources are out so it will not take that long anymore, also Mobile Odin Pro needs to be fixed as a flash from Mobile Odin seems to raise the binary counter atm, so be aware of that
gee2012 said:
Well the kernel scources are out so it will not take that long anymore, also Mobile Odin Pro needs to be fixed as a flash from Mobile Odin seems to raise the binary counter atm, so be aware of that
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Flashing what from mobile odin?
Flashing a stock rom doesn't increase the counter, flashing a custom part e.g. recovery will (and does on the s3 too)
Lennyuk said:
Flashing what from mobile odin?
Flashing a stock rom doesn't increase the counter, flashing a custom part e.g. recovery will (and does on the s3 too)
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Lenny as already posted, mobile odin pro raised my counter when flashing a pure stock unrooted rom (downloaded from sammobile) and that is the strange thing
afilopou said:
Lenny as already posted, mobile odin pro raised my counter when flashing a pure stock unrooted rom (downloaded from sammobile) and that is the strange thing
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strange it didn't raise mine, which is why Chainfire deemed it ready for release.
thank you guys for your answers
for me i flashed a custom kernel throught mobile odin and it raised my counter
Lennyuk said:
strange it didn't raise mine, which is why Chainfire deemed it ready for release.
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Anyway,lets hope for the release of triangle away soon.Chenglu managed to build the kernel,you saw that?
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Raised mine aswell
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Can anyone tel me how to reset my binary counter? i just bought and installed odin mode pro... Sorry I am a rookie.....
Found it out.... so this question is solved!!
Triangle Away 2.0 update released. Updated to work with Note 2
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Triangle Away 2.0 reset my binary counter on my case
I have the ATT Note 2 and installed an international 7105 Rom... Need to reset my counter. Is there a way I can get triangle away to work without having to revert back to stock first? get triangle away to accurately detect my device ID or something?
johnnobts said:
I have the ATT Note 2 and installed an international 7105 Rom... Need to reset my counter. Is there a way I can get triangle away to work without having to revert back to stock first? get triangle away to accurately detect my device ID or something?
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You have to try it but I think it works.

[Q] how to root my note2 7100 using cwm (I don't want to root it by flashing)

how to root my note2 7100 using cwm because I don't want to root it by flashing any kernel as its going to increase my binary counter, is there any proper way to flash it by using cwm as we used to do in galaxy s2....plz help...
thanx
Using CWM will increase your flash counter. So you're screwed either way.
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but according to my knowledge until and unless we flash a kernel like cf-root, the binary counter won't increase, and I am quite sure about it, because I had rooted my galaxy s2 through cwm many times and my binary counter never increased until I flashed cf-root kernel...for that I an asking can the same be adopted for note 2..
Why nit just root using cf auto root then use triangle away to reset counter?
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frankly speaking I am afraid of doing that, after reading the warnings that it might brick your phone, and moreover I don't have a usb jig to recover my phone if something goes wrong...
You're paranoid.
You won't brick your phone using any root method. Unless your PC dies midway, or you pulling the battery midway.
Plus even if that does happen. There are still ways to get it working again.
Take the plunge and do it. All the Note 2 users who have rooted cannot be wrong.
Beamed from Jupiter on my Galaxy Note II
The simple fact that you have CWM installed (even if you don't flash anything through it) already means that your flash counter is above 0. Samsung's bootloader in note 2 has a checksum which raises the counter to 1 when it detects custom recovery. So if you're afraid that your flash counter will go above 0 if you flash something, don't be, it already is
AjunNg said:
You're paranoid.
You won't brick your phone using any root method. Unless your PC dies midway, or you pulling the battery midway.
Plus even if that does happen. There are still ways to get it working again.
Take the plunge and do it. All the Note 2 users who have rooted cannot be wrong.
Beamed from Jupiter on my Galaxy Note II
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I very well know what rooting is and how it's done in various ways, I had a s2...I had done all sorts experiments with it, I am afraid of using the "triangle away", because of warnings mentioned, for that reason I don't want to root the phone by flashing a custom kernel rather I prefer root it through cwm which won't increase my binary counter (I always used to root my s2 through cwm, and the binary counter never increased)
Well it doesnt work like that take it or leave it
What you could do though is seen as you was an s2 user which says you know what your doing is go search for the rooting thread were u can keep your counter at 0 I did copy the url but sod it I dont spoon feed
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There's a guide in the General forums stickies on how to root via CWM, but that's obsolete now, as CWM + autoroot was released. But since you've used the old method, it will apply to you.
Since you've already flashed a custom recovery, like others have said, your counter is raised already. You're already past the point of no return.
If you're worried about the counter raising to 1, it's already too late. It makes no difference now.
Beamed from Jupiter on my Galaxy Note II
S2 is an old phone and Note 2/S3 are new. Samsung and others have improved detection of root. Doesnt matter what root method u using and counter will raise by one. For each time u flash the phone.
Forget S2, that are old good time and now are totally diffferent.
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Just use triangle away after root or download official rom and flash using odin mobile then factory reset it... thats what I did and I got root and no binary count
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isnt it when u boot into cwm, yr counter will increase to 1 already?
Mine didnt increase... they increase only when I root
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Using Triangle Away on Internation based ROM on att NOTE 2

So I cant find the answer to this anywhere. People have been saying that triangle away for i317 (att note 2) should be used on i317 designed ROM. If you use triangle away on a att note 2 with a ported international ROM, it may bork or hard brick the phone. Is is fact or fiction?
For example, since all 4.1.2 based ROM for the att note 2 is based off the international version of the the note 2, should triangle away not be used on the att note 2 running the 4.1.2 international note based ROM?
I'm on clean rom intl port and have triangle away set to reset at boot and have never had an issue.
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45ACP1911 said:
I'm on clean rom intl port and have triangle away set to reset at boot and have never had an issue.
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Got my interest piqued. My Galaxy S and S2 had the triangles after rooting and installing ROMs. But I don't see that on my Note 2 after...
1. buying it from AT&T
2. rooting it using http://galaxynote2root.com/galaxy-note-2-root/how-to-root-galaxy-note-2-easiest-method/
3. installing ROM Manger
4. flashing to N7105 using http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2028166
My device does say that it's been modified (and I can't get OTA updates). I'm wondering, what is triggering the triangle to come on?
So I have finally found my answer. I just took a risk. It seems like as long as the triangle away app can see that model as SGH-i317, it will not cause a brick... at least this is my answer.
RexEscape said:
My device does say that it's been modified (and I can't get OTA updates). I'm wondering, what is triggering the triangle to come on?
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There's not a triangle. The app just clears the flash counter on our device.

[Q] Need help in resetting the counter

Hey everyone the headphone connector on my note 2 is broken and i have to give it to samsung for the repairs
However as i have rooted the phone earlier when it was on the 4.2 the counter is set to 4
and also i have upgraded it to 4.3 which has the knox and now it's not letting me root the 4.3
please tell me how to root the 4.3 i have tried the safe root it simply restarts the phone but no root
i am attaching the screen shot of the firmware details
plz help ASAP as i have to give it for the repairs
and many many thanks
serein1 said:
Hey everyone the headphone connector on my note 2 is broken and i have to give it to samsung for the repairs
However as i have rooted the phone earlier when it was on the 4.2 the counter is set to 4
and also i have upgraded it to 4.3 which has the knox and now it's not letting me root the 4.3
please tell me how to root the 4.3 i have tried the safe root it simply restarts the phone but no root
i am attaching the screen shot of the firmware details
plz help ASAP as i have to give it for the repairs
and many many thanks
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Hello @serein1,
Are you 100% sure you completed the saferoot instructions completely? Also, a good way to test if you do have root is to download Root Checker Also from mine and my friends experience with samsung repairs, they don't care about having a rooted status or a custom status if it has to do with hardware. But, Not everyone is the same at samsung ... Also check if Knox is voided because safe root does not trigger Knox to be disabled. Lastly, if you don't want to risk not getting it repaired I would flash Stock rom using Odin.
Downgrade to stock 4.1.2 rom, then root it, use triangle away to reset the counter and then do the compete unroot.
Done.
Sent from galaxy n7105
jakuburban said:
Downgrade to stock 4.1.2 rom, then root it, use triangle away to reset the counter and then do the compete unroot.
Done.
Sent from galaxy n7105
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I am sorry to hijack the topic but have about the same prob.
eally just need a link for a stock rom 4.1.2 and the instructions to make it work with odin.
I mean where to put the files in pda phone and so on.
Thanks everyone
I have tried the instructions as mentioned for the safe root
it gives error unsupported device and then goes away
there's another thing I have noticed the safe root command prompt window on the top says S4 and not note 2 however I have downloaded the safe root from the note 2 forum section
The knox counter is already set to 1 now DAMN
I also would like to go back to the 4.1.2 and while downgrading using the ODIN it says unsupported on the phone screen and doesn't flashes the phone
How do we downgrade from the 4.3 that has the knox to the 4.1.2
thanks again
ikkeenjij36 said:
I am sorry to hijack the topic but have about the same prob.
eally just need a link for a stock rom 4.1.2 and the instructions to make it work with odin.
I mean where to put the files in pda phone and so on.
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Try to find some firmware on sammobile site or here on xda (just search for the word stock).
After that You put the phone into a download mode, connect it to a PC and choose the downloaded (extracted) firmware under the pda/ap button.
Thanks that worked and it is back to stock now.
Now just get the flash counter back to 0 again.
Everything worked out fine and is temporarly replaced by an s3
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@ikkeenjij36 how come you can downgrade to stock 4.1.2? Can you show me? What I know is that, bootloader from MK4 above cannot be downgraded, unless you're MJ5 and you need to use Dr.ketan bootloader patch.
ikkeenjij36 said:
Everything worked out fine and is temporarly replaced by an s3
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Why did you downgrade to an s3 n.a.
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Naruto1215 said:
@ikkeenjij36 how come you can downgrade to stock 4.1.2? Can you show me? What I know is that, bootloader from MK4 above cannot be downgraded, unless you're MJ5 and you need to use Dr.ketan bootloader patch.
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I think You can flash some 4.1.2 ROM via CWM and then You will be able to flash some stock 4.1.2.

[Q] Help! wrong magic string?

hi guys i just joined this, my sph-l900 is stuck on boot loop it says no os and every time i try to install any recovery roms (ive tried so many) it always fails in odin. it says wrong majic string. i cant install any roms i just want to go back to stock. i accidentally installed the dn3 thats meant for a n7100 and ever since that i havent been able to get it back to any stock roms. anyone please help as i dont have another phone and i need it for work. thanks
Have you tried this?:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2086769
[ROM][RESTORE][5-12-13]Back to UNROOTED Stock with Auto Flash Count Reset
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I'm assuming you have upgraded to some other model kitkat rom and want to revert back to sprint rom. I had the same problem yesterday it turns out knox on those kitkat roms forbids you from going back to lower version rom. What I did was to odin ne2 rom and it went smoothly.
jocarog said:
Have you tried this?:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2086769
[ROM][RESTORE][5-12-13]Back to UNROOTED Stock with Auto Flash Count Reset
Sent from a Sprint Note 2 GSM unlocked
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If you use the link above do not take any updates or you will soft brick your device.
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