hi
i'm a samsung galaxy note 2 international version user. last night i thought of rooting my phone & removing the knox ,i followed the step wise procedure listed in theandroidsoul.com/root-galaxy-note-2-on-android-4-3-firmware-and-removes-knox-too/ . i downloaded all the files and the mistake i did is ,i forgot enable USB debugging mode so the odin showed that the process failed and wasn't able to boot into the os. but till the the knox counter is fine and the binary flash counter is fine. i thought that since the flash counters are normal installing the official stock firmware wouldn't effect the counters and i downloaded the official stock firmware from sammobile.com and i installed it. and this time i enabled the USB debbugging mode and again i entered in the download mode. now all the counters are set to custom and knox to 1 . we can reset the flash counter using triangle away . but can anyone help me in resetting the knox counter please.
No known solution to reset knox counter as of the moment.
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I unrooted my S3 by running triangle away to reset the counter and then installing mobile odin and flashing the stock rom from sammobile.com. After flashing I did a factory reset to wipe out the apps (I.e. SuperSU).
The issue is that now in download mode it shows that there is a custom rom and the count is one. I understand that this will void my warranty. However it is no longer rooted so how can I wipe out that counter so I can send my phone in for a warranty claim?
jim.thornton said:
I unrooted my S3 by running triangle away to reset the counter and then installing mobile odin and flashing the stock rom from sammobile.com. After flashing I did a factory reset to wipe out the apps (I.e. SuperSU).
The issue is that now in download mode it shows that there is a custom rom and the count is one. I understand that this will void my warranty. However it is no longer rooted so how can I wipe out that counter so I can send my phone in for a warranty claim?
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Flashing stock triggers the counter, it's normal. It's their update and should be fine. If they ask questions (highly doubt they will), you just say that you updated your firmware.
You would need to reroot and run triangle away again, but you should use the desktop odin to keep from changing the flash counter again.
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I believe mobile Odin unroot triggers the flash counter. As mentioned above, use desktop Odin.
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BWolf56 said:
Flashing stock triggers the counter, it's normal. It's their update and should be fine. If they ask questions (highly doubt they will), you just say that you updated your firmware.
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Just curious if you have ever sent in a phone with the flash counter like this.
I just got a response back from Samsung that they will not cover the warranty repair because it was rooted. I completely removed root by using the following steps:
1. Installed Trianagle Away and reset to 0
2. Installed mobile odin and flashed sammobile stock firmware
3. Did a factory reset to wipe out all apps.
They still came back and knew it was rooted. I couldn't use the desktop version of odin because my cable wasn't working correctly and could have easily lost connection and bricked my device.
Please advise if there is anything I can do now.
jim.thornton said:
Just curious if you have ever sent in a phone with the flash counter like this.
I just got a response back from Samsung that they will not cover the warranty repair because it was rooted. I completely removed root by using the following steps:
1. Installed Trianagle Away and reset to 0
2. Installed mobile odin and flashed sammobile stock firmware
3. Did a factory reset to wipe out all apps.
They still came back and knew it was rooted. I couldn't use the desktop version of odin because my cable wasn't working correctly and could have easily lost connection and bricked my device.
Please advise if there is anything I can do now.
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Flashing with mobile odin triggers the flash counter, therefor, they knew you used another way than theirs to flash the update. I'm not so sure what can be done from there. Maybe you can call them and make up some story, not sure.
Is there any other way to flash their stock rom? I'm running linux... I couldn't use the USB cable because I wasn't getting a PC connection so is there any way to flash a rom without the USB cable? I could tell them I did that. Or, is there any way to root a device without the USB cable. I could tell them that I followed a guide online to flash their stock rom.
Hello Firiends,
I had upgraded to official 4.3 MK4 and tried rooting it.
Unfortunately I triggered the Knox counter to 1 and still couldnt root my 4.3 SGN2. n
Nevermind.
When I tried downgrading it to 4.1.2, it failed.
So I downgraded using my nandroid backup and success. My nandroid backup was a rooted one.
Now when I use triangle away to reset flash counter, It does not reset it!!
I flashed stock recovery and I am on stock kernel.
Please help! I NEED GO TO THE SSC in a day or 2.
When I reset the counter it shows
Custom (yes 1 counts)
Binary : Custom
And the last option as Official.
Problem is you upgraded to MK4 bootloader with KNOX. You can't downgrade now. Possibly don't try to flash any other bootloader. You could have a brick.
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Hello Firiends,
I had upgraded to official 4.3 MK4 and tried rooting it.
Unfortunately I triggered the Knox counter to 1 and still couldnt root my 4.3 SGN2. n
Nevermind.
When I tried downgrading it to 4.1.2, it failed.
So I downgraded using my nandroid backup and success. My nandroid backup was a rooted one.
Now when I use triangle away to reset flash counter, It does not reset it!!
I flashed stock recovery and I am on stock kernel.
Please help! I NEED GO TO THE SSC in a day or 2.
When I reset the counter it shows
Custom (yes 1 counts)
Binary : Custom
And the last option as Official.
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you are stuck for now so dont try anything as of now dr.ketan has did some findings maybe with the new bootloader so wait to see whats next if it can be downgraded
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Problem is you upgraded to MK4 bootloader with KNOX. You can't downgrade now. Possibly don't try to flash any other bootloader. You could have a brick.
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Basically I dont want to downgrade.
But i can go to the SSC only if my binary and everything is official and flash count is 0.
I couldnt root on 4.3 MK4. Knox stopped everything.
Any fool proof method of rooting on 4.3? So that i can be done with the flash counter using triangle away?
4.3 MK4 with Knox counter 1 and everything official. Samsung said they can resolve it only if i visit the SSC.
PS: I have tried almost every method to root.
also Bricked devices are covered under warranty, arent they?
DeepankarS said:
Basically I dont want to downgrade.
But i can go to the SSC only if my binary and everything is official and flash count is 0.
I couldnt root on 4.3 MK4. Knox stopped everything.
Any fool proof method of rooting on 4.3? So that i can be done with the flash counter using triangle away?
4.3 MK4 with Knox counter 1 and everything official. Samsung said they can resolve it only if i visit the SSC.
PS: I have tried almost every method to root.
also Bricked devices are covered under warranty, arent they?
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Hi ,
I also did the blunder of updating to 4.3 yesterday. I didnt know the knox would create a big problem. Only when I rooted it showed me the knox as 1.
But I was able to root (only root) with stock recovert. But unfor it increased the knox to 1. I am not downgrading or doing anything now .
Why you need to go to SSC and are they aware of the knox being set to 1 ? Will they reset the knox to 0 , if I am at 4.3 ?(I have not tried unrooting though)
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Flashing Stock MK4 through PC ODIN should set counter to 0.
silentvisitor said:
Flashing Stock MK4 through PC ODIN should set counter to 0.
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Sure sir?
Edit : It did make it samsung official, but still "Yes 1 count" is there.
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I am using Samsung Galaxy Note II GT-N7100
I did a mistake by not doing more research before rooting my phone and now my Knox flag is 0x1.
I upgraded my phone to Android 4.3 then rooted it with Chainfire autoroot using Odin.
Now I am not able to remove KNOX bootloader also if I try to flash a KNOX free bootloader Odin show unsupported device error and device gets soft brick then I have to flash Chainfire autoroot again to start the device again.
Is there any way to get KNOX free bootloader? or to be with Knox bootloader but everything fine like it was before.
Disadvantages are
I can't use Knox feature now.
Cannot update my device OTA or through Samsung Kies so downloading form Sammobile and flashing takes a lot of time.
I don't have any other problem I am running on stock rom 4.3 but I want that I should able to update my mobile OTA and if possible able to use KNOX feature again.
Thank you
Have a nice day
XenonTNT said:
Hi
I am using Samsung Galaxy Note II GT-N7100
I did a mistake by not doing more research before rooting my phone and now my Knox flag is 0x1.
I upgraded my phone to Android 4.3 then rooted it with Chainfire autoroot using Odin.
Now I am not able to remove KNOX bootloader also if I try to flash a KNOX free bootloader Odin show unsupported device error and device gets soft brick then I have to flash Chainfire autoroot again to start the device again.
Is there any way to get KNOX free bootloader? or to be with Knox bootloader but everything fine like it was before.
Disadvantages are
I can't use Knox feature now.
Cannot update my device OTA or through Samsung Kies so downloading form Sammobile and flashing takes a lot of time.
I don't have any other problem I am running on stock rom 4.3 but I want that I should able to update my mobile OTA and if possible able to use KNOX feature again.
Thank you
Have a nice day
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So far, this issue of 0x1 back to 0x0 is still fly high in the air. I read a lot of thread regarding this issue, until I myself also a bit headache
But, from my understanding after reading so many thread... Once it tripped, there's no way to return back. And you can't (theoritically) to revert back to 4.1.2 bootloader, but perhaps, there's a way. And yes, once it tripped, you can't use any KNOX features.
I still have no better conclusion as well regarding this issue. I got read 1 time somebody is able to revert back to 4.1.2, but still with KNOX 0x1. Most are failed. You may want to read all the thread regarding this issue with a search.
I'm here not to answer exactly on how to revert back. But just to share what I know regarding this tripping issue. To be frank... I also want to know about this, as I need to root my MJ7 Note 3, which so far... no solution yet for the tripping KNOX, so I still hold on to it.
YOu can root if you have not trip 0x1 without tripping it.
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I also want to know about this said:
I found a way today on the internet that If Note 2 is at 0x0 flag you can root it without increasing the count but it will show custom that you can revert back to original by triangle away may be there is a way for Note 3 too.
I have already rooted so problem starts here
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I have a rooted official 4.3 OTA rom knox is 1. I used triangle away to make it official. when i check for updates it say that i have the latest rom. I think i can use ota update even knox is 1
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tadz202 said:
I have a rooted official 4.3 OTA rom knox is 1. I used triangle away to make it official. when i check for updates it say that i have the latest rom. I think i can use ota update even knox is 1
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I used triangle away also this is my device status in Downloading mode.
Custom binary download No
Current Binary Samsung Official
System Status Offcial
Knox Warranty Void 1
but in Software update you device is modified. May it is showing you because you have already the latest update. Please can you tell me the Device status in Downloading mode also please report back if you are able or not to download update OTA when available.
Thank you.
Same boat
My phone is in the same boat as you. My desire was not so much KNOX as to have 4.3 with phone encryption and root. In order to succeed with my desire, I have to leave the stock 4.3 recovery intact. This greatly reduces my root options. I had root before the update, but it was unable to update after going to 4.3. I tried Kingo in an attempt to fix root, but to no avail. I decided to unroot and re-root. I used Kingo to unroot. From there I had to run saferoot a few times before it was finally able to install SuperSU and associated files. The version it installed is the latest so I'll have to wait until the next release to find out if it can update. Everything else seems to work fine except ES File Explorer appears to no longer be able to mount the /system RW.
saferoot can be found over here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2565758
Hope that helps,
Ddfault
XenonTNT said:
I used triangle away also this is my device status in Downloading mode.
Custom binary download No
Current Binary Samsung Official
System Status Offcial
Knox Warranty Void 1
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I may need to send my phone in to Bell or Samsung, and I want to make sure it's back to its original, untampered state. I have rooted it twice before, so first I want to make sure my Flash Counter is at 0. I went into Download mode and I have no idea what any of the stuff written there means so I can't tell whether the Flash Counter has been tripped or not.
So two questions:
1: How do I tell whether I need to reset the flash counter, and...
2: How do I reset the flash counter, if I need to (Will Triangle Away from Play Store work with a 4.4.2 device??)
Thanks
If you are stock and 4.3 or above, your Knox has more than likely been tripped by root so warranty is void. Samsung won't touch it. See if you can post a screenshot of download mode and the more knowledgeable guys can let you know for sure.
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If you are stock and 4.3 or above, your Knox has more than likely been tripped by root so warranty is void. Samsung won't touch it. See if you can post a screenshot of download mode and the more knowledgeable guys can let you know for sure.
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The first time I rooted I was on 4.2 using the no-tripping-flash method found on this forum. The second time I rooted was last week when I used TowelRoot, so I'm 99.9999999% sure that tripped the counter. I'm currently running the stock Bell 4.4.2 ROM that they pushed back in June, with TWRP recovery (I was planning on flashing CarbonROM, but that plan has changed)
Here's what it says in download mode:
Product Name: SGH-I747
Current Binary: Samsung Official
System Status: Official
Qualcomm Secureboot: Enable
Warranty Bit: 1
Bootloader AP SWERV: 2
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The first time I rooted I was on 4.2 using the no-tripping-flash method found on this forum. The second time I rooted was last week when I used TowelRoot, so I'm 99.9999999% sure that tripped the counter. I'm currently running the stock Bell 4.4.2 ROM that they pushed back in June, with TWRP recovery (I was planning on flashing CarbonROM, but that plan has changed)
Here's what it says in download mode:
Product Name: SGH-I747
Current Binary: Samsung Official
System Status: Official
Qualcomm Secureboot: Enable
Warranty Bit: 1
Bootloader AP SWERV: 2
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You tripped knox and the warranty bit has been changed from 0 to 1. Samsung may or may not provide warranty service.
audit13 said:
You tripped knox and the warranty bit has been changed from 0 to 1. Samsung may or may not provide warranty service.
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So I'm basically SOL? A quick search on Google showed that it's not possible to reset Knox.
Any way I can revert the phone to stock unrooted at least? I'm having trouble finding a Odin-flashable 4.4.2 Bell file (the 2 links I found are dead). Could I use a 4.3 file to flash?
No way to reset it that I know of.
It is an refuse that gets tripped.
nubreed000 said:
So I'm basically SOL? A quick search on Google showed that it's not possible to reset Knox.
Any way I can revert the phone to stock unrooted at least? I'm having trouble finding a Odin-flashable 4.4.2 Bell file (the 2 links I found are dead). Could I use a 4.3 file to flash?
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http://sammobile.com/firmwares
Just want to check wether it's only on my SM-T705 ...
1 Mobile Odin 4.20 says ... device not supported.
2 Tringle Away 3.26 thinks it worked but doesnt. And I would need it badly (counter =22).
3 TWRP -2.7.1.1-klimtwifi backups work but its SuperSU = Root installation doesnt.
4 Flash Counter is increased whenever I flash a non stock .img = e.g. CF-Autoroot or TWRP with Odin
5 Knox is tripped by the same actions that increase the flash counter
6 Flash counter stays if one flashes stock recovery, even if I flash one from another country
7 If TWRP is installed via adb dd or Flashify the counter is not increased
8 What about flashing with Heimdall ... does the counter behave like if one uses Odin ?
9 How can we view the flash counter besides using Triangle Away, is there a non root or any other methode ?
10 Is there a way to get cf-Autoroot on the device without increasing the flash Counter or even without triggering Knox (like TowelRoot,...) ?
gggg said:
Just want to check wether it's only on my SM-T705 ...
1 Mobile Odin 4.20 says ... device not supported.
2 Tringle Away 3.26 thinks it worked but doesnt. And I would need it badly (counter =22).
3 TWRP -2.7.1.1-klimtwifi backups work but its SuperSU = Root installation doesnt.
4 Flash Counter is increased whenever I flash a non stock .img = e.g. CF-Autoroot or TWRP with Odin
5 Knox is tripped by the same actions that increase the flash counter
6 Flash counter stays if one flashes stock recovery, even if I flash one from another country
7 If TWRP is installed via adb dd or Flashify the counter is not increased
8 What about flashing with Heimdall ... does the counter behave like if one uses Odin ?
9 How can we view the flash counter besides using Triangle Away, is there a non root or any other methode ?
10 Is there a way to get cf-Autoroot on the device without increasing the flash Counter or even without triggering Knox (like TowelRoot,...) ?
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1. still not supported. pm chainfire about it and request to add the support on the main thread.
2. its the same as 1.
3. its not working. that twrp still contain some bug. so use cf-root to root your device. THE ONE AND ONLY WAY NOW.
4. yup. it will increase the counter.
5. yup. it will as well. but the counter will be on 0x1 we still dont know if they have another counter about knox that we cannot see.
6. anything stock the counter will remain the same. its like it has a check up to verify it somewhere.
7. is it... this one i cant say... rarely use those command.
8. also cant say anything about this. leave heimdal so long i kind of forget it exist... lolz...
9. last time we can see it at download mode. now i don't know.
10. nope. those exploit has been patch by Geohot himself since he now working with them.