I rooted my phone without stripping the flash counter and recovery by goomanager and i checked and it was still 0.
We after i have only flash roms and newest twrp updates from goomanager. today I was trying to boot to recovery and messed up and booted to download mode. So since I was already there I went to check my flash encounter and it was set to 1. Witch it made me wonder how it got there if I havent used odin, only to root without stripping the flash encounter.
So by flashing roms etc via recovery can stripped the counter?
Not that it bothers me but just a thought
On the later stock firmwares, the bootloader was changed so that your counter will always show 1 if you are using a custom recovery.
TriangleAway will clear it, but as soon as you reboot, it will be back.
No worries.
Aerowinder said:
On the later stock firmwares, the bootloader was changed so that your counter will always show 1 if you are using a custom recovery.
TriangleAway will clear it, but as soon as you reboot, it will be back.
No worries.
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So as long i have a custom recovery it will be 1 even after TriangleAway reset and reboot. With stock recovery it will stay at 0 right?
I know that to be the case with UVDLJC. Unsure of when that started though.
Flash counter is irrelevant.
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gypsy214 said:
So as long i have a custom recovery it will be 1 even after TriangleAway reset and reboot. With stock recovery it will stay at 0 right?
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If you ever want the counter to remain a "0" just odin flash a Tmobile Jellybean v4.1.1 stock or a stock-rooted rom.
After doing that use the triangleAway and the flash counter will remain at 0 unless
you flash a custom rom which is not based on a Tmobile T999 Jellybean v4.1.1 rom.
If you want the stock-rooted Tmobile Jellybean v4.1.1 rom here is the link: http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=9390169635556426451
Flashing CWM or TWRP recovery has no effect on the flash counter, it will not change it one way or another.
Rooting has no effect on the flash counter either.
Misterjunky said:
If you ever want the counter to remain a "0" just odin flash a Tmobile Jellybean v4.1.1 stock or a stock-rooted rom.
After doing that use the triangleAway and the flash counter will remain at 0 unless
you flash a custom rom which is not based on a Tmobile T999 Jellybean v4.1.1 rom.
If you want the stock-rooted Tmobile Jellybean v4.1.1 rom here is the link: http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=9390169635556426451
Flashing CWM or TWRP recovery has no effect on the flash counter, it will not change it one way or another.
Rooting has no effect on the flash counter either.
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This is incorrect.. Check your resources bro..
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LuigiBull23 said:
This is incorrect.. Check your resources bro..
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Indeed it is. I think I understand what he meant (not what he said). But it's still incorrect. What I said is tested and researched by me personally.
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OK so I rooted using the toolkit because I wasn't aware of the flash counter issue. I was able to reset the counter using the counter fewer app but I was wondering if I flash stock unrooted build and then reroot using the flash tripping free method will I then be free of the flash counter or can this not be undone at this point?
I think the app triangle away will reset you back to 0 if you do like you say. But in not 100% as I haven't tried it. You should even be able to just flash a stock Rom root with toolbox then flash stock boot and recovery. Then reset the counter and remove su. Again I'm not 100%. Also if it's not your carriers official Rom it will still say modified in the download menu.
I suppose the counter is only an issue should I need a warranty claim on it?
speaking of which, is there a thread on how to revert the phone back to FULL stock? base radio with su removed, and flash counter reset
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speaking of which, is there a thread on how to revert the phone back to FULL stock? base radio with su removed, and flash counter reset
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Triangle Away works for this model now. And you can download stock Roms and Push it to the phone using odin.
mianghuei said:
Triangle Away works for this model now. And you can download stock Roms and Push it to the phone using odin.
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http://galaxys3root.com/galaxy-s3-unroot/how-to-unroot-t-mobile-galaxy-s3-sgh-t999/
A quick google search would've came up with that.
Just got my S3 from ATT last week which came with ICS. ATT won't OTA upgrade to JB, so I am stuck with Kies. Problem is that Kies crashes every time I try and upgrade the phone. Can I flash teh stock rom using ODIN and is this wise? (will it increase the flash counter?)
-J
miatawnt2b said:
Can I flash teh stock rom using ODIN
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Yes; see here for the completely stock images.
miatawnt2b said:
is this wise? (will it increase the flash counter?)
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I do not believe the flash counter will be tripped if you are using a stock image (even a rooted stock image).
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Yes; see here for the completely stock images.
I do not believe the flash counter will be tripped if you are using a stock image (even a rooted stock image).
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You are correct, sir. Flashing official stock, or even properly root injected stock packages, will not increase your flash counter.
If you can reset your flash counter, why would it matter?
Just to say you have never did it
I recently rooted my S3 and am running frostys basic jelly bean Rom. I've installed CWM and checked my flash counter and its at 0 and I want to keep it that way. So do I need to go back to stock jelly bean through Odin then flash the new Rom that I want to try?
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RnRexpress3423 said:
I recently rooted my S3 and am running frostys basic jelly bean Rom. I've installed CWM and checked my flash counter and its at 0 and I want to keep it that way. So do I need to go back to stock jelly bean through Odin then flash the new Rom that I want to try?
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After the 4.1 update samsung updated their bootloader. I completely wiped my phone and it still is tripping the flash counter ever time you boot to recovery. Even after wiping everything. Even if you flashed stock ICS, after you flash your Recovery of choice through Odin you are going to trip the counter.
I am in the process of writing a guide to get back to Complete stock with a zero flash counter.
The point is, you are going to trip your counter. Dont panic, it is 100 percent resetable.
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After the 4.1 update samsung updated their bootloader. I completely wiped my phone and it still is tripping the flash counter ever time you boot to recovery. Even after wiping everything. Even if you flashed stock ICS, after you flash your Recovery of choice through Odin you are going to trip the counter.
I am in the process of writing a guide to get back to Complete stock with a zero flash counter.
The point is, you are going to trip your counter. Dont panic, it is 100 percent resetable.
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I downloaded Rom Manager off the play store and flashed the recovery through Rom Manager and I've gone into recovery countless times and my flash counter still says zero. I just got the phone Friday and it came pre-loaded with JB. You said you trip the counter every time you enter recovery? Weird!
Edit - I followed the guide from this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=33115777 but I installed the ICS version first then flashed to frostys all while not tripping the counter.
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I downloaded Rom Manager off the play store and flashed the recovery through Rom Manager and I've gone into recovery countless times and my flash counter still says zero. I just got the phone Friday and it came pre-loaded with JB. You said you trip the counter every time you enter recovery? Weird!
Edit - I followed the guide from this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=33115777 but I installed the ICS version first then flashed to frostys all while not tripping the counter.
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I think that is the only wildcard. I flashed my recovery from Odin on my computer. Reset it via Triangle Away, booted back to recovery, and it tripped it. I remember reading that if you use Rom Manager then it doesnt. Im not sure why or why not but yes if you Odin recovery then you trip flash counter with each boot to recovery.
I have done much testing/goofing around. And no matter what scenario you are in, it is always able to flash back to stock 4.1.1 with a zero flash counter.
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I think that is the only wildcard. I flashed my recovery from Odin on my computer. Reset it via Triangle Away, booted back to recovery, and it tripped it. I remember reading that if you use Rom Manager then it doesnt. Im not sure why or why not but yes if you Odin recovery then you trip flash counter with each boot to recovery.
I have done much testing/goofing around. And no matter what scenario you are in, it is always able to flash back to stock 4.1.1 with a zero flash counter.
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So then since I've gotten the wildcard does that mean I'm free to flash whatever rom I'd like without ever tripping the counter?
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So I recently used CF Autoroot to root my T-Mobile GS3 SGH-T999 and I heard that if you try to downgrade to android versions before 4.3 your phone will be hard bricked. So with my knox counter tripped I was wondering can I flash a rom that is on 4.2.2 I want to flash the MIUI rom. Thanks in advance.
You can flash any custom Rom via Custom Recovery. Nothing bad will happen as they have only Rom and Kernel.
However just never flash Pre-4.3 Samsung firmwares via Odin. Those contain the older bootloader. If you tried to flash older bootloader, you get hardbrick.
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You can flash any custom Rom via Custom Recovery. Nothing bad will happen as they have only Rom and Kernel.
However just never flash Pre-4.3 Samsung firmwares via Odin. Those contain the older bootloader. If you tried to flash older bootloader, you get hardbrick.
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Thanks for the answer been wanting to try MIUI for so long was scared of hard brick
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So I recently used CF Autoroot to root my T-Mobile GS3 SGH-T999 and I heard that if you try to downgrade to android versions before 4.3 your phone will be hard bricked. So with my knox counter tripped I was wondering can I flash a rom that is on 4.2.2 I want to flash the MIUI rom. Thanks in advance.
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I know to get rid of the trip count I used triangle away. I installed, opened the app, followed the set up, reboot and count was back to zero.
Hey guys I was wonderng if using this app will trip the counter to 1? Or are there other ways to install custom recovery that won't trip the counter?
far as i know any custom recovery. ie twrp, cwm, philz, will all trip counter. stock won't but any others will.
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far as i know any custom recovery. ie twrp, cwm, philz, will all trip counter. stock won't but any others will.
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what's stock recovery? oh crap, is stuck recovery available all the time? Like if you messsed up bad on a ROM flash, you can go into stock recovery and restore your system?
Or is that only possible through custom recovery?
the one that comes installed on the phone. i'm not sure if using the twrp app will trip it if you use it to install a custom rom but i do know if you install any recovery other then the stock recovery it will trip it
custom is required to fix a bad flash. it can't be done from stock recovery
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the one that comes installed on the phone. i'm not sure if using the twrp app will trip it if you use it to install a custom rom but i do know if you install any recovery other then the stock recovery it will trip it
custom is required to fix a bad flash. it can't be done from stock recovery
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even if that flash doesn't replace/affect original BL?
edo101 said:
even if that flash doesn't replace/affect original BL?
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what is it exactly that your trying to do. i assume it's not pop your warrenty counter. i also assume your on 4.3. from my own personal experience installing a custom rom kind of requires a custom recovery as you will want to do a backup. i also suggest using an app called samsungtool v 2.0 to backup your efs partition just in case. instructions related to installing a custom rom can be found in any rom thread on here. for the most part it's the same for every rom with exception to a few. but again you do all this on your own. btw this will pop your warrenty counter but if your sure about what your doing and your warrenty is up. might as well pop it.
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what is it exactly that your trying to do. i assume it's not pop your warrenty counter. i also assume your on 4.3. from my own personal experience installing a custom rom kind of requires a custom recovery as you will want to do a backup. i also suggest using an app called samsungtool v 2.0 to backup your efs partition just in case. instructions related to installing a custom rom can be found in any rom thread on here. for the most part it's the same for every rom with exception to a few. but again you do all this on your own. btw this will pop your warrenty counter but if your sure about what your doing and your warrenty is up. might as well pop it.
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yeah I bought the phone used heavily on eBay, I guess I want to make it look like i never rooted it, in the future when I want to sell it or however much I can get it (phone is kinda beat up)
What I want to do is install Sky Note Air on my 4.1.2 BL without going to 4.3 BL (I hate that thing with all the stories I've heard). I wonder if I can flash Sky Air with TWRP or if I need Mobile Odin in order to do it without touching my BL?
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yeah I bought the phone used heavily on eBay, I guess I want to make it look like i never rooted it, in the future when I want to sell it or however much I can get it (phone is kinda beat up)
What I want to do is install Sky Note Air on my 4.1.2 BL without going to 4.3 BL (I hate that thing with all the stories I've heard). I wonder if I can flash Sky Air with TWRP or if I need Mobile Odin in order to do it without touching my BL?
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as long as the rom your trying to flash isn't a 4.3 rom you should be good on the counter. flash counter can be reset with triangle away and the warrenty counter only gets poped on 4.3 roms. 4.1.2 and 4.1.1 are fine. flash a custom recovery and flash any older rom and you should be fine
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as long as the rom your trying to flash isn't a 4.3 rom you should be good on the counter. flash counter can be reset with triangle away and the warrenty counter only gets poped on 4.3 roms. 4.1.2 and 4.1.1 are fine. flash a custom recovery and flash any older rom and you should be fine
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OH yeah the Sky Note Air is a 4.3 ROM I just want to put it on a 4.1.2 BL
not sure that'll work then
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what is it exactly that your trying to do. i assume it's not pop your warrenty counter. i also assume your on 4.3. from my own personal experience installing a custom rom kind of requires a custom recovery as you will want to do a backup. i also suggest using an app called samsungtool v 2.0 to backup your efs partition just in case. instructions related to installing a custom rom can be found in any rom thread on here. for the most part it's the same for every rom with exception to a few. but again you do all this on your own. btw this will pop your warrenty counter but if your sure about what your doing and your warrenty is up. might as well pop it.
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what is the efs partition?
efs holds all your t-mobile settings. or at&t or whichever company you go through. backing it up is just a precautionary thing. you do it just in case it gets messed up so you can restore it
i found the program i mentioned works and can restore it from your backed up file so
Flashing almost any custom ROM will increment the flash counter on any GN2. If you have the Knox bootloader it will also pop the Knox warranty bit.
The flash counter can be reset by using triangle away. No biggie. Knox can't be reset at this time. I avoid doing anything that would install the 4.3 Knox enabled bootloader it at all possible. If I need to return to stock for whatever reason I simple flash MrRobinson's root66 ROM (stock plus root) and triangle away my flash counter clean then unroot my phone to stock. No way to tell I was not on official firmware with it.
TWRP is not an application. It is a custom recovery like CWM etc. It can functionally do anything the stock recovery can and more. You have to use a custom recovery to flash a custom ROM on the gn2 with very few exceptions.
Stock recovery can be restored via an Odin flash of root66 or the Sammy stock ROM. I usually do root66 so triangle away can clean up the counter and still have stock recovery so as to avoid incrementing the counter after clearing it.
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Coug76 said:
Flashing almost any custom ROM will increment the flash counter on any GN2. If you have the Knox bootloader it will also pop the Knox warranty bit.
The flash counter can be reset by using triangle away. No biggie. Knox can't be reset at this time. I avoid doing anything that would install the 4.3 Knox enabled bootloader it at all possible. If I need to return to stock for whatever reason I simple flash MrRobinson's root66 ROM (stock plus root) and triangle away my flash counter clean then unroot my phone to stock. No way to tell I was not on official firmware with it.
TWRP is not an application. It is a custom recovery like CWM etc. It can functionally do anything the stock recovery can and more. You have to use a custom recovery to flash a custom ROM on the gn2 with very few exceptions.
Stock recovery can be restored via an Odin flash of root66 or the Sammy stock ROM. I usually do root66 so triangle away can clean up the counter and still have stock recovery so as to avoid incrementing the counter after clearing it.
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Any tips as to why my 4G Modem is not working with the Sky Note 4.3 based ROM. Everything else is working except for the modem. I'm still on 4.1.2 BL it looks like (not sure how to check) but my mobile stuff is in tact. It just says mobile network state (disconnected) but all my phone info is correct. It even still has my MetroPCS/Tmo as my Network
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Any tips as to why my 4G Modem is not working with the Sky Note 4.3 based ROM. Everything else is working except for the modem. I'm still on 4.1.2 BL it looks like (not sure how to check) but my mobile stuff is in tact. It just says mobile network state (disconnected) but all my phone info is correct. It even still has my MetroPCS/Tmo as my Network
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Probably that your APN is wrong.
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Probably that your APN is wrong.
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You were right. I googled Metro APN and now its working. THANK YOU!!
Btw any chance you know how to change my phone to read as a Tmobile phone instead of AT&T?
edo101 said:
You were right. I googled Metro APN and now its working. THANK YOU!!
Btw any chance you know how to change my phone to read as a Tmobile phone instead of AT&T?
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Build.prop edit. Do a nandroid backup first, if you make a mistake you can have problems. Reboot into android. Save a copy of the file as build.bak then edit the build.prop so that any reference to SGH-i317 is changed to SGH-T889. Also anything that shows t0lte or anything similar can be changed to t0ltetmo. There are editor apps in the play store.
If things go bad, simply restore back to your nandroid via recovery. No fuss, no muss.
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i also suggest using an app called samsungtool v 2.0 to backup your efs partition just in case.
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Can you please give us a link to this tool, coz' it looks like a good tool to have.
Thanks.
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premiatul said:
Can you please give us a link to this tool, coz' it looks like a good tool to have.
Thanks.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/development/tool-samsung-tool-1-0-t2602325
current version is 5.0