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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
Hi! When I search for software updates it says that my device has been modified. I have rooted it and that is my only "modification" and how do I remove so my phone don't think it is modified?
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DarknessSky said:
Hi! When I search for software updates it says that my device has been modified. I have rooted it and that is my only "modification" and how do I remove so my phone don't think it is modified?
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To get the status to Normal instead of Modified use Triangle Away to reset the binary flash counter, flash stock firmware with Odin and do a data/factory reset after the booot-up. You will loose root though.
gee2012 said:
To get the status to Normal instead of Modified use Triangle Away to reset the binary flash counter, flash stock firmware with Odin and do a data/factory reset after the booot-up. You will loose root though.
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i tried using Triangle away but it said it wasn't compatible with Jelly Bean...
slimc84 said:
i tried using Triangle away but it said it wasn't compatible with Jelly Bean...
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Yes, it is compatible. Used it myself muliple times. Use version 2.10 from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1407144&d=1350418206 or buy it in Playstore.
If you just want to apply a update you don't have to reset your phone. Proceed as follows:
1. Connect your phone to your PC and start the update procedure via KIES.
2. Once the update procedure fails due to "modified phone"-warning reboot your phone into stock recovery mode.
3. Apply update.zip which is located in /cache/fota.
4. Reboot as normal.
That is how I did it anyway
gee2012 said:
To get the status to Normal instead of Modified use Triangle Away to reset the binary flash counter, flash stock firmware with Odin and do a data/factory reset after the booot-up. You will loose root though.
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I do it but not work
yatohese said:
If you just want to apply a update you don't have to reset your phone. Proceed as follows:
1. Connect your phone to your PC and start the update procedure via KIES.
2. Once the update procedure fails due to "modified phone"-warning reboot your phone into stock recovery mode.
3. Apply update.zip which is located in /cache/fota.
4. Reboot as normal.
That is how I did it anyway
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Were you rooted? Does this process affect root?
When I rooted it using ODIN there were an option called "Reset Time" or something similar, if I didn't miss understand this option resets the count that "tells" Samsung my device has been modified? In that case, is it just to do everything with my cellphone like I did when I rooted and instead of adding PDA I just checks the checkbox?
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DarknessSky said:
When I rooted it using ODIN there were an option called "Reset Time" or something similar, if I didn't miss understand this option resets the count that "tells" Samsung my device has been modified? In that case, is it just to do everything with my cellphone like I did when I rooted and instead of adding PDA I just checks the checkbox?
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Listen good, when you use Triangle Away you have to be on samsung firmware and use a stock kernel or the counter will be 1 again upon boot. So what you have to do is be on samsung stock firrmware ,root the phone again and use Triangle Away to reset the binary counter. After reboot go in downloadmode and check that the counter is reset to 0. After that reflash the stock rom with Odin and after the boot you do data/factory reset in settings, backup and restore. Now the status should be Normal after the phone rebooted.
Just flash a stock rom then use chainfires auto root. Dont flash a custom recovery mode. Then after using autoroot use triangle away.then let the device settle for a min then enter recovery mode then wipe cache> wipe data factory reset> then wipe cache again then reboot. Your root will remain but device status is normal.
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EP2008 said:
Were you rooted? Does this process affect root?
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I was rooted, but apparently you lose root.
each dightol
knuckle03 said:
Just flash a stock rom then use chainfires auto root. Dont flash a custom recovery mode. Then after using autoroot use triangle away.then let the device settle for a min then enter recovery mode then wipe cache> wipe data factory reset> then wipe cache again then reboot. Your root will remain but device status is normal.
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Are you sure? because I did exactly as you said, I have CF auto root and after wipe cache and factory reset and cache again the device is modified the same, flash counter is 0, did it with triangle away....
The strangest thing just happened to me today. 2 days ago I rooted using cf auto-root. I tried to reset the counter using my jig but it didn't work, so I bought triangle away and reset the counter.
The status of my phone was showing modified after that and I cannot access the ota. But this morning, my phone status showed normal and I was able to access the ota! And I still have root! Woo hoo!
knuckle03 said:
Just flash a stock rom then use chainfires auto root. Dont flash a custom recovery mode. Then after using autoroot use triangle away.then let the device settle for a min then enter recovery mode then wipe cache> wipe data factory reset> then wipe cache again then reboot. Your root will remain but device status is normal.
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What if I already have CWM installed?
question guys bought note 2 rooted deleted the att bloat....but i think i wanna return it love it but to big for me....how do i flash back to stock?
thanx
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1992303
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1992303
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I have tried this method twice, followed it exactly. it doesn't work on the Canadian variant (i317M) on Bell. In download mode, device status still reads: "Custom".
Triangle away's description on the play store reads: "on new devices like the SGS3/SGNote2/SGNote10.1, status can only be reset on some firmwares - they must be stock firmwares!" but I have stock everything, I never did anything other than use CF-autoroot to be able to restore a Titanium Backup, I never flashed a custom kernel, custom recovery...
I really wish Triangle Away would reset my device status, as I want to be 100% stock from now on with OTA updates.
Go into recovery by pressing volume up home button then power and hold till Samsung screen shows and see what recovery u are using. My guess is it is a custom recovery
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Go into recovery by pressing volume up home button then power and hold till Samsung screen shows and see what recovery u are using. My guess is it is a custom recovery
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I'm not running a custom recovery. The guide linked says to run CF-autoroot which flashes stock recovery. I then run Triangle Away, then uninstall Triangle Away and do a Full Unroot through SU then do another factory reset. I'm stock kernel, recovery, ROM, everything, with a zero flash counter, but OTA updates are still broken.
Not sure... Try doing it all over
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Yossarian33 said:
I'm not running a custom recovery. The guide linked says to run CF-autoroot which flashes stock recovery. I then run Triangle Away, then uninstall Triangle Away and do a Full Unroot through SU then do another factory reset. I'm stock kernel, recovery, ROM, everything, with a zero flash counter, but OTA updates are still broken.
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If your flash counter is at 0, then it worked I'm gonna guess. Where are you that you are getting an OTA update? Because AT&T hasn't released any.
I realize this may have been asked before and if so i want to apologize in advance. First off Im an android NOOB. Long time iphone user and jailbreaker. Anyhow, I rooted my ATT Samsung Galaxy note 2 with CWM6, I also made a backup after installing this from inside recovery. I believe that is what its called anyhow. I then tryed Jedi X and CleanRom 3.0.1. After giving these 2 a try I realized I prefer stock and set out to go back to that. I followed all the instruction that are listed on the pages within XDA. Ran triangle away and removed SU. After reboot Im still sitting in a modified status.
Now according to Triangle Away documentation this can happen. And I need to install a stock firmware. Im currently downloading that from a link on this site.
I re-rooted and installed triangle away.
My question is what order should everuthing be done? Im guessing, 1, flash stock recovery. 2, run triangle away, Uninstall SuperSU 4 flash factory firmware. Is this correct? Also, how do I flash factory firmware? Do I use factory recovery mode to do this?
Thanks so much for the help in advance.
By flashing factory firmware you are tripping the counter again. If you are already on stock firmware and just rooted look here.
1. Factory reset
2. Restore stock rooted backup
3. Click on thread below
4. Post in thread questions press thanks if it helped.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2020607
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Android The Greek said:
By flashing factory firmware you are tripping the counter again. If you are already on stock firmware and just rooted look here.
1. Factory reset
2. Restore stock rooted backup
3. Click on thread below
4. Post in thread questions press thanks if it helped.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2020607
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Flashing a stock rom through Odin does not trip the counter
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If you do triangle away, then go into download mode, then flash stock rom you will trip the counter.... you should have stock rom on before triangle away. Then triangle away. Then unroot.
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Android The Greek said:
If you do triangle away, then go into download mode, then flash stock rom you will trip the counter.... you should have stock rom on before triangle away. Then triangle away. Then unroot.
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Ok I did this. Then went to odin mode here is what it says
Custom Binary Download : no
Current Binary: Samsung official
System Status: official.
Device status in settings still says modified. I have no root, no TA and stock recovery this stuff is driving me batty.
Edit. I just tried to go into stock recovery by volume up, home and power. It DOES not go to whatever menu is there. It just boots.
bigdaddyjosh said:
Ok I did this. Then went to odin mode here is what it says
Custom Binary Download : no
Current Binary: Samsung official
System Status: official.
Device status in settings still says modified. I have no root, no TA and stock recovery this stuff is driving me batty.
Edit. I just tried to go into stock recovery by volume up, home and power. It DOES not go to whatever menu is there. It just boots.
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Stock recovery should work..... If not try cf root again. That restores stock
Anyways you need to factory reset to change modify to official.
I suggest you dont factory reset unless you need to return it, You may decide to root again as I did.
Android The Greek said:
Stock recovery should work..... If not try cf root again. That restores stock
Anyways you need to factory reset to change modify to official.
I suggest you dont factory reset unless you need to return it, You may decide to root again as I did.
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Yea, I tried to factory reset, but i was missing the stock recovery so it went into a boot loop. I battery pulled and booted odin and reinstalled factory recovery, using cf-auto root. Here is my question. Everytime I factory reset it auto installs SuperSU. WTH is going on here
What is the downside of staying rooted? Can I still get updates? Maybe not OTA but some how?
Did you go into supersu do full unroot then factory reset?
Being rooted only affects renting and buying from play store and ota updates.
Upside of rooting... having newest firmware before everone else
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Android The Greek said:
Did you go into supersu do full unroot then factory reset?
Being rooted only affects renting and buying from play store and ota updates.
Upside of rooting... having newest firmware before everone else
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The very first time I rooted with cwm6 the tutoril said to make a backup of those settings. Is it possible that when I perform the reset with stock recovery that it is reflashing supersu? Because that is what im seeing on my end. Weird thing is that odin mode still shows 0 flashes but cant get rid of supersu it just comes back after reset.
bigdaddyjosh said:
Yea, I tried to factory reset, but i was missing the stock recovery so it went into a boot loop. I battery pulled and booted odin and reinstalled factory recovery, using cf-auto root. Here is my question. Everytime I factory reset it auto installs SuperSU. WTH is going on here
What is the downside of staying rooted? Can I still get updates? Maybe not OTA but some how?
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if you're still stuck, consider the using the method i followed in post 51 in the cf root thread (steps 2-8). ignore step 1 if you don't have a custom recovery (e.g., CWM or TWRP). i've followed the steps listed in that post on 4 different devices and it's worked every time. good luck, hope you get this resolved.
Did you go into supersu and click full unroot thats the last step.
Then you can facrory reset in stock recovery.
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Ive followed your direction. I have no custom recovery. Odin download mode still shows official with no counts of flashes.
After bootup I still have SuperSu.
I have done complete unroot with superSu so many times its not funny. Each time I do the unroot I go and do a factory reset. And after every reset it restores root. Under device status it says modified, but Odin says im good. Can I do OTA in this status?
I shouldnt say it restored root after factory reset but it does restore supersu.
After you do full unroot go to play store and unistall all supersu supersu pro super user etc. Then factory reset.
Also take a screenshot of your device app drawer after you factory reset.
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So I was jacking with my phone at work today and I was looking at the internal memory. I had several entrues for titanium backup still sitting there. Wanting to get rid of all things root on my phone I went througj and deleted everything resembling root apps. Then rebooted. Check device settings and it says NORMAL!!! I dont know which app or what was causing it and I dont care. It is back to normal. Thanks for all your help last night.
No problem please don't make this a reason you dont root in the future. I learned the hard way like you did with help from the good people here. Im sure you will be alot more successful on the next go around.
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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