Hi guys, I'm getting this phone from someone and I want to know that if the phone came with 4.1 without KNOX bootloader what can I do for precautions to not flashing KNOX bootloader?
or, if the phone is came with 4.4 with KNOX bootloader how can I remove it? thanks.
The question should be if you still need to bother about KNOX? THe warranty is probably over and if you have lower bootloader, then flash MJ5 and ROM without KNOX and prerooted like OMEGA, which I recommend. If you have newer bootloader then just flash whatever you want and forget about KNOX
yaro666 said:
The question should be if you still need to bother about KNOX? THe warranty is probably over and if you have lower bootloader, then flash MJ5 and ROM without KNOX and prerooted like OMEGA, which I recommend. If you have newer bootloader then just flash whatever you want and forget about KNOX
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so there's no way to remove the knox bootloader right? So if I got the old bootloader, should I flash MJ5Patch?
AngSanley said:
so there's no way to remove the knox bootloader right? So if I got the old bootloader, should I flash MJ5Patch?
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If you get bootloader older than MJ5, flash MJ5 bootloader, it is the last one that works with 4.3/4.4.2 that is without KNOX. If you get it with MJ5, no need to do anything. If it's newer - you'll just have to live with the fact that Knox flag will be set to 1.... (if you want to flash custom ROMs)
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Hello everybody.
As stated in many threads.. "THIS ROOM WILL VOID YOUR WARRANTY".
I am currently on leaked 4.3, root, recovery installed. Flash counter is on 0, and everything is ok.
If I want to change rom I'm pretty sure the counter will go to 1. Can I get back to stock via Odin and then using TriangleAway and similar, without losing warranty? By resetting binaries and so on?
I mean, in this firmware version the bootloader and Knox should be ok. Am I right?
Thank you for your help
May be you did like to have a look here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=45254621&postcount=43
MJiindal said:
May be you did like to have a look here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=45254621&postcount=43
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Thank you for your reply.
If you flash counter is normal, nothing much to worried about status, as this can be corrected with flashing stock ROM/Wiping.
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Basically MI6 rom has not Knox related problems, so I should be able to flash and go back if I chose a MI6 based rom, with the same bootloader.
Am I right?
No firmware has been released for note 2 that has a KNOX enabled bootloader uptil XXUEMJ2.
The XXUEMI6 firmware does contain KNOX app but that can be disabled easily.So don't worry about the warranty(in case of MI6)and flash happily.
For devices bought in European Union:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2251612
Shortly: No SW installation can void your warranty. We can flash what we want
I install N7100XXUEMK4_N7100ODDEMK1_N7100DDEMJ9_INU on my N7100 and I not rooted???How I root this device and install custom rom Omega,Phoenix,etc??Please help me....
You can root your mk4 firmware using instruction from here:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2540761
To install custom roms,you have to first install a CWM/CWM based recovery and then flash the rom.There are different instruction for flashing different roms and you can find them in their respective threads.
CWM is installed...but bootloader in mj9 is locked????
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If CWM is installed in your device then I guess you have already void your warranty,but if not then you can root by this method:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2553647
This wont trip your knox counter and your warranty will be intact.
No.the bootloader in mk4 isn't locked but after installing this bootloader you cant revert back to older bootloaders/firmwares.
The knox counter wont allow to revert back to older bootloaders.
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If CWM is installed in your device then I guess you have already void your warranty,but if not then you can root by this method:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2553647
This wont trip your knox counter and your warranty will be intact.
No.the bootloader in mk4 isn't locked but after installing this bootloader you cant revert back to older bootloaders/firmwares.
The knox counter wont allow to revert back to older bootloaders.
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Ok,and what I doing now?
My ota update keeps failing at 26%. I rooted a couple months back and flashed some roms just out of curiosity and decided I didn't really need my phone to be rooted. I then flashed stock recovery back and reset my binary count. When I go into odin mode nothing shows that something is modified and OTA still does not work. Sorry im a noob but what should I do?
DONT UPDATE !!
If you do...and root is detected...your KNOX flag will trip in the new bootloader...and you will never be able to return to a stock 4.1.2 device.
Also, the flag 0x1 means your warranty is toast.
No bootloader downgrades are possible...
Currently we have no fix for the bootloader or the flag...so if you want the freedom to flash anything....stay on the original bootloader by NOT taking the update...
Just my .02.....g
gregsarg said:
DONT UPDATE !!
If you do...and root is detected...your KNOX flag will trip in the new bootloader...and you will never be able to return to a stock 4.1.2 device.
Also, the flag 0x1 means your warranty is toast.
No bootloader downgrades are possible...
Currently we have no fix for the bootloader or the flag...so if you want the freedom to flash anything....stay on the original bootloader by NOT taking the update...
Just my .02.....g
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Listen to this^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ best advice of the day
gregsarg said:
DONT UPDATE !!
If you do...and root is detected...your KNOX flag will trip in the new bootloader...and you will never be able to return to a stock 4.1.2 device.
Also, the flag 0x1 means your warranty is toast.
No bootloader downgrades are possible...
Currently we have no fix for the bootloader or the flag...so if you want the freedom to flash anything....stay on the original bootloader by NOT taking the update...
Just my .02.....g
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Hi All,
I have a 4.3 custom rom and the MJ5 bootloader.
Mostly I have read that the bootloader is safe and the warranty flag will not be triggered.
However some posts speak about a warranty flag 0x1 while using MJ5.
Is the bootloader completely safe or are there some things I should not flash? (Besides newer bootloader)
Thanks in advance.
Regards
It's not warranty flag, it is Knox flag. It doesn't have anything in common with warranty And yes, MJ5 is safe since it has no Knox.
dalanik said:
It's not warranty flag, it is Knox flag. It doesn't have anything in common with warranty And yes, MJ5 is safe since it has no Knox.
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Does this mean with MJ5 bootloader I can root, flash custom recovery and nonknox-firmware by PC Odin or knox-firmware by Mobile Odin freely without worrying about knox flag 0 to 1?
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Does this mean with MJ5 bootloader I can root, flash custom recovery and nonknox-firmware by PC Odin or knox-firmware by Mobile Odin freely without worrying about knox flag 0 to 1?
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You can flash custom recovery (Phils v5.15 recommended) and custom ROMs. The only thing that will change is flash counter, but you can reset that with Triangle Away (will be increased each time you go to recovery, so you must run triangle away again), but you don't have to worry about KNOX, if you don't flash ROM wih KNOX (that is update bootloader). ROMs that are flashed from ODIN can have bootloader but if you flash from RECOVERY then you don't have to worry because these ROMs can't have bootloader.
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You can flash custom recovery (Phils v5.15 recommended) and custom ROMs. The only thing that will change is flash counter, but you can reset that with Triangle Away (will be increased each time you go to recovery, so you must run triangle away again), but you don't have to worry about KNOX, if you don't flash ROM wih KNOX (that is update bootloader). ROMs that are flashed from ODIN can have bootloader but if you flash from RECOVERY then you don't have to worry because these ROMs can't have bootloader.
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It means if I flash stock ROM 4.3+ wih KNOX by PC Odin (update bootloader), does knox flag security change 0 to 1? If knox security is 1 then no way to revert back to 0?
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It means if I flash stock ROM 4.3+ wih KNOX by PC Odin (update bootloader), does knox flag security change 0 to 1? If knox security is 1 then no way to revert back to 0?
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No, if you flash STOCK 4.3+ with KNOX, you will have KNOX security and you will not be able to DOWNGRADE bootloader ever again. Only if you try to flash other non-official ROM without KNOX, will you have KNOX security 1.
And yes - there is no way to reverse KNOX security back to 0.
I would like to ask : Does the MJ5 bootloader have knox warranty bit in recovery? I would like to flash it, but i dont want to have knox counter.
killer659 said:
I would like to ask : Does the MJ5 bootloader have knox warranty bit in recovery? I would like to flash it, but i dont want to have knox counter.
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No, it doesn't, it is the last bootloader that works with 4.3 and 4.4.2 that is KNOX free.
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I would like to ask : Does the MJ5 bootloader have knox warranty bit in recovery? I would like to flash it, but i dont want to have knox counter.
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I got another suggestion which i found out 2 days ago which doesn't need upgrading bootloader to get wifi working.Flash any 4.4.2 custom touch wiz ROM and you wont have wifi working.Flash nadia or agni touchwiz kernel and you'll have working wifi.It seems those custom kernels have wifi drivers so people who are on bootloaders older than MJ5 are using latest touchwiz ROM without upgrading their bootloader.Custom kernel alone is getting the job done. Ofcourse you can flash MJ5 bootloader anytime which is knox free and will have working wifi without the need of custom kernel.
killer659 said:
I would like to ask : Does the MJ5 bootloader have knox warranty bit in recovery? I would like to flash it, but i dont want to have knox counter.
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I advise you to flash the mj5 not have to be with kernel like you can not because there are many who are not going well and can do much to restart.