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UNROOT sgh-t999v

i need to unroot my s3 for warranty purposes but i cannot find proper procedures for the the model sgh-t999v..
i have 2 questions,
1. can i just root a stock rom for sgh-t999 to my sgh-t999v?
2. anyone have the procedures to unroot my sgh-t999v
thanks

Flash a stock rooted Rom. T-Mobile one. That seems to be ok as long as you don't flash a T-Mobile radio.
Not sure if triangle away works on the Canadian version.
Maybe someone else has tried it.
All I had to do to return my last one was flash a stock rooted Rom.
I don't think they check the flash counter
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If the Rom has some T-Mobile bloat left on it get it off there.
Hide superuser in a folder
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Thanks, ill try it tonight
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Or you can download the actual fw for your device. You will have to register but its no big deal.
Www.sammobile.com/firmware
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I can see you have a Videotron Galaxy S3. They don't check the flash counter. Let's just say I know this "by experience". As long as it's just rooted and you don't have any custom ROM, you should be fine. But indeed if you can at least hide the SU app it would be a good thing.
You could also perform a factory reset in CWM prior to going to the store, as they will make you do it anyways (and you actually don't want them to see the CWM screen)prior to any exchange. It's company policy.

lightpsycho said:
I can see you have a Videotron Galaxy S3. They don't check the flash counter. Let's just say I know this "by experience". As long as it's just rooted and you don't have any custom ROM, you should be fine. But indeed if you can at least hide the SU app it would be a good thing.
You could also perform a factory reset in CWM prior to going to the store, as they will make you do it anyways (and you actually don't want them to see the CWM screen)prior to any exchange. It's company policy.
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It's still probably safer to just use Triangle Away to get rid of the flash counter

Triangle away? Please explain
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yukuansu said:
Triangle away? Please explain
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Heres everything to know about triangle away, it resets the flash counter...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1494114
Jake

T-Mobile & SGH-T999V
Hi,
Can we use the T-Mobile stock recovery on SGH-T999V?

flyerspat said:
Hi,
Can we use the T-Mobile stock recovery on SGH-T999V?
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If your trying to go back to stock, just download the stock rom from sammobile, it has everything you need like stock recovery, and then just flash it via odin.

htc fan89 said:
If your trying to go back to stock, just download the stock rom from sammobile, it has everything you need like stock recovery, and then just flash it via odin.
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Hi,
The only downloads availables are the firmwares, does it include the stock recovery in it?

flyerspat said:
Hi,
The only downloads availables are the firmwares, does it include the stock recovery in it?
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Yes it should be the full fw which includes radio, recovery and more.
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Thanks!
I'll test it tonight, wouldn't look good to download a 700 mb file at work!

I tried a few firmwares, but for some reason they all said "unsupport dev_type" when trying to use odin to return to stock non root (from stock rooted) In the end, the easiest way to remove root was to just let Kies update my gs3 to Jelly Bean (sgh-t999v). Painless, no data loss, took about 30 minutes with the firmware download.
Good luck

You will likely also want to triangle away. I won't link because it's extremely dangerous software that requires you to read up on the risks.
But that will reset your custom flashes assuming you have some on your counter you can check easily by going into download mode.

i recently lost my stock rom backup.. deleted it off clockworkmod touch by accident, so i only have the cm10.1 nightly i was running when i deleted it.. now i'm assuming i will lose root if i flash the stock firmware through odin? is there another way to get my stock rom back without losing root (and cyanogenmod rom backups)?

hey guys im having trouble with triangle away on my sgh-t999v with the baseband version: T999VVLUFNF1
after I used triangle away and I go into download mode it says:
current binary: Samsung Official
System status: official
qualcomm secureboot:enable
Warranty Bit:1
Bootloader AP SWAEV: 2
Although the current binary and the system status have changed the warranty bit is still at 1
Please help!

There is no way (and never will be a way) to change the Warranty Bit. Sorry

DocHoliday77 said:
There is no way (and never will be a way) to change the Warranty Bit. Sorry
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I guess im screwed for warranty..I thought it might be cuz I have a custom kernal installed that triangle away didnt work..but thanks anyway and sorry about posting in multiple threads, im kinda new to this

No problem, thats why i mention it, so you know for the future.
Tecnically, with the warranty bit tripped, the warranty is void. However, i have seen a lot of posts where people sent it in anyway and their warranty was still honored. Its not a guarantee, but there is hope it can be used if needed. The good thing though, is you most likely will never need to use it anyway!

[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!
Sent from my SGH-T999 using xda app-developers app
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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!
Sent from my SGH-T999 using xda app-developers app
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DocHoliday77 If I flash the stock recovery after I rooted the phone would i loss root? I

[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

[Q] Unrooting t310?

Hi there. Basically I have rooted the tab I have, t310, and ive now realised that the screen is loose in one corner and it needs unrooting if this is a fault worth getting a replacement from my place of purchase.
I rooted using a guide which gave me a screwy recovery so I changed to philz. I am rooted with supersu. I was winderinf about flashing the official firmware. However, the samsung firmware site download links for official firmware are duds.
There is an unroot option in supersu but I'm guessing that won't get rid of the philz recovery. What can I do? Any help is very much appreciated.

Have you had a look to see if your stock firmware is listed on here? - http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=SM-T310
There is a T31x stock recovery zip posted on here, can't remember which thread I got it from now but I do have it backed up.

warranty
Is there a way to restore back warranty after onroot?

thank you very much. If there is anybody who could possibly take a small amount of time to tell me how I go about getting my tab back to how it was at purchase, I would be so so grateful.
Basically all I have to do is unroot and get rid of this philz recovery.

Here 'ya go:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2471516
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dcharleyultra said:
Here 'ya go:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2471516
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Thank you. All though, I can't seem to find the UK version of the firmware. Closest I can get is EUR. I believe the UK one is called BTU?
If anyone knows how or where to find it please let me know. Thanks
UPDATE:
http://www.tsar3000.com/Joomla/inde...ab-3-8.0-firmwares&catid=55:samsung&Itemid=82
This is gonna help a few people looking for UK stock. So now I've got access to the files.. How do I use Odin to restore my phone back to normal? My apologies if this is a big request but thanks very much in advance.

There are Odin directions in my link I gave you earlier.
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dcharleyultra said:
There are Odin directions in my link I gave you earlier.
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Oh, my bad, I didn't even think of just using those instructions with this firmware. Silly me. Thanks, I'll let you know how goes.

Quick question - I noticed that this is the stock rom - I think I already have stock ROM... I just need to unroot and get rid of Philz recovery. Will this method do that? Or do I need an entirely separate file?

This method will do that.
However, you may also first try using the unroot feature of SuperSU.
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Before I do that, I've also wondered about the flash counter. Now I haven't flashed roms but does the recovery and root count as a flash? I have no triangle at boot - and when I use triangleaway it says my device is not supported, which renders me unable to find out if its flashed (i'm hoping not as i do not have the warning sign at startup) but does that mean that I can't get my warranty back even if it was unrooted and such?

that_guy20 said:
Before I do that, I've also wondered about the flash counter. Now I haven't flashed roms but does the recovery and root count as a flash? I have no triangle at boot - and when I use triangleaway it says my device is not supported, which renders me unable to find out if its flashed (i'm hoping not as i do not have the warning sign at startup) but does that mean that I can't get my warranty back even if it was unrooted and such?
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As with all recent Samsung devices it's likely that there is a hidden counter that increases when you flash anything else BUT Official Samsung ROMs. You will have already increased the counter flashing a different recovery. As Triangle Away doesn't support the T310 as well as lack of developer support you won't be able to reset this counter at present.
Just hope they don't check the counter when you send it back for warranty repair.
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[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.