Having unrooted my S7 active with factory firmware via ODIN, I still have issues with SafetyNet and Google Pay (Samsung pay seems to work fine but doesn't support my card). Bootloader says Knox status 0x0 and Official. I am at a loss and have no idea how to proceed. Any thoughts?
Which "stock firmware" are you on right now?
once you've used that method to root... you've mucked with your rom
you gotta restore it to factory with the odin flashing a firmware
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I just purchased a Nexus 4 from google play (super excited), and I now need to restore my S3 to stock in order to sell it to make up the difference. I am hoping to flash the stock rom via Odin using the S3 toolkit, which is what I normally do. I'm just worried it'll trip my flash counter. Is there anything I should be worried about having a tripped flash counter(in terms of OTA)? I know Kies won't let you update without a clean flash counter. I'm just looking for the quickest way to get to stock without it ever looking like i was rooted. Help?
If the flash counter is zero right now, just Odin stock image. Otherwise, use TriangleAway then Odin stock image.
I have done some testing of ROM's and Radios and I am posting my results here. Sorry I am starting a new thread on this but the 4.3 is all over the place with what is said and what is not said.
First Just so it is known where I am testing From.
Samsung Galaxy III Rooted and Running DocHoliday 4.3 no KNOX and no CIQ, rooted. Warranty Bit not tripped.
Installed Official 4.3 ROM from Sam Mobile Warranty Bit Not Tripped
Went to root with Odin root66. Odin failed Warranty Bit tripped and has remain tripped.
So now as for the testing I have done with ROMs and Modems
ROM..................Modem.................Modem Working
MJC...................MJC ....................Yes
MD5...................MD5.....................No
MD5...................MJC.....................Yes
LJC....................LJC......................No
LJC....................MJC.....................Yes
I tried to one click ODIN LJA but would not Odin
So it appears Once you put in the Official 4.3 ROM from Samsung you cannot change the bootloader and the only radio that will work is the MJC. You cannot Odin any ROM besides the official 4.3 once you have already had the Offical 4.3 installed (this may not include future ROMS like the 4.4).
You can flash any ROM from a zip file but you will have to use the MJC modem.
You can Odin recoveries TWRP and CWM or use the TWRP and CWM Respective Managers. I have used both recovery managers and they both work for installing recoveries.
I hope this clears up some things for some people and helps some.
For people who are haveing a hard time with installing and reseting a counter I have a step by step below.
1. In Odin Flash (twrp 2.6.3.0)
2. Use adb to reboot recovery (adb reboot recovery)
3. Flash custom rom (T999_4.3_UVUEMJC_deodexed2.zip)
4. Flash custom Kernel (T999_AT&T_UCUEMJ2_Insecure_kernel.zip)
5. Installed and used 'Triangle Away' to reset Custom Binary Counter to 0 (Optional)
6. Use Odin to flash official MJC ROM (Grabbed from SAMMOBILE.COM)
Phone is back to stock and working, It still has the 'Warranty Bit 1' set though.
toeshot said:
I have done some testing of ROM's and Radios and I am posting my results here. Sorry I am starting a new thread on this but the 4.3 is all over the place with what is said and what is not said.
First Just so it is known where I am testing From.
Samsung Galaxy III Rooted and Running DocHoliday 4.3 no KNOX and no CIQ, rooted. Warranty Bit not tripped.
Installed Official 4.3 ROM from Sam Mobile Warranty Bit Not Tripped
Went to root with Odin root66. Odin failed Warranty Bit tripped and has remain tripped.
So now as for the testing I have done with ROMs and Modems
ROM..................Modem.................Modem Working
MJC...................MJC ....................Yes
MD5...................MD5.....................No
MD5...................MJC.....................Yes
LJC....................LJC......................No
LJC....................MJC.....................Yes
I tried to one click ODIN LJA but would not Odin
So it appears Once you put in the Official 4.3 ROM from Samsung you cannot change the bootloader and the only radio that will work is the MJC. You cannot Odin any ROM besides the official 4.3 once you have already had the Offical 4.3 installed (this may not include future ROMS like the 4.4).
You can flash any ROM from a zip file but you will have to use the MJC modem.
You can Odin recoveries TWRP and CWM or use the TWRP and CWM Respective Managers. I have used both recovery managers and they both work for installing recoveries.
I hope this clears up some things for some people and helps some.
For people who are haveing a hard time with installing and reseting a counter I have a step by step below.
1. In Odin Flash (twrp 2.6.3.0)
2. Use adb to reboot recovery (adb reboot recovery)
3. Flash custom rom (T999_4.3_UVUEMJC_deodexed2.zip)
4. Flash custom Kernel (T999_AT&T_UCUEMJ2_Insecure_kernel.zip)
5. Installed and used 'Triangle Away' to reset Custom Binary Counter to 0 (Optional)
6. Use Odin to flash official MJC ROM (Grabbed from SAMMOBILE.COM)
Phone is back to stock and working, It still has the 'Warranty Bit 1' set though.
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With the S4 for Tmobile , Ive tried this method, Knox does not allow any kind of write to thhe phone using odin.
It says FAIL every time. Triangle gone also us useless.
WHat samsung has done is placed a set of rules in the bootloader which checks teh phone to see if it fits samsungs rules as a legitimate rom, modem and kernel.
If your phone doesnt have a match for any of these it wont let anything install.
For me, I cant install a 4.3 factory rom. Somehow knox knows Im nolonger factory and now will not let me go BACK to factory. It makes me stay out of warranty so I cant get a refund or any warranty work.
I can install some custom roms but some dont work. It has something to do with the kernels they use. It seems there must be certain requirements knox needs to allow installs and this also is dependent of whether your phone was rooted before or after knox was installed.
nickcaper said:
With the S4 for Tmobile , Ive tried this method, Knox does not allow any kind of write to thhe phone using odin.
It says FAIL every time. Triangle gone also us useless.
WHat samsung has done is placed a set of rules in the bootloader which checks teh phone to see if it fits samsungs rules as a legitimate rom, modem and kernel.
If your phone doesnt have a match for any of these it wont let anything install.
For me, I cant install a 4.3 factory rom. Somehow knox knows Im nolonger factory and now will not let me go BACK to factory. It makes me stay out of warranty so I cant get a refund or any warranty work.
I can install some custom roms but some dont work. It has something to do with the kernels they use. It seems there must be certain requirements knox needs to allow installs and this also is dependent of whether your phone was rooted before or after knox was installed.
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When you say it fails, is it Odin that says fail or will the phone won't boot? when I odin the official 4.3 ROM it says it fails at the end but the ROM actually installs and runs.
Have you tried booting the ROM after a failed attempt? I would be curious to know if it works or not. Wish I had a S4 to test with
OK folks, in order to keep this thread as tidy as possible, going to link and close this one..
Please go here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2561670
I've got a Lollipop 5.1 ROM installed but want to go back to the stock NK2 Touchwiz ROM. When I flash the ROM zip in CWM the phone isn't able to boot into the OS - it tries to, fails, and then automatically boots back into recovery.
You must do a factory reset and use odin to flash the full firmware NK2 in order to go back to kitkat.
Pp.
PanchoPlanet said:
You must do a factory reset and use odin to flash the full firmware NK2 in order to go back to kitkat.
Pp.
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I see. So in general, to downgrade you want to use Odin. To upgrade you can flash directly within CWM?
fuzzybabybunny said:
I see. So in general, to downgrade you want to use Odin. To upgrade you can flash directly within CWM?
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Downgrading involves full firmware thus needing odin to install the full firmware.
CWM basically flashes just a rom or update and doesnt install full firmware which would be needed to downgrade, upgrade or switch operating system.
Pp.
Wow, I think I'm officially done with third party unofficial ROMs.
Now I'm reading that its impossible to downgrade even with Odin due to KNOX?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4-tmobile/general/firmwares-official-mdl-mk2-nb4-t2816508
"if i upgraded to NB4, is it possible to go back to MK2 or MDL via the same method with odin?
no you can no longer downgrade and will have the knox bootloader"
fuzzybabybunny said:
Wow, I think I'm officially done with third party unofficial ROMs.
Now I'm reading that its impossible to downgrade even with Odin due to KNOX?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4-tmobile/general/firmwares-official-mdl-mk2-nb4-t2816508
"if i upgraded to NB4, is it possible to go back to MK2 or MDL via the same method with odin?
no you can no longer downgrade and will have the knox bootloader"
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Yes, but the knox thing is only an issue if your phone is under a year old and under Samsung warranty, in which case if Samsung gets your phone for some warranty related work they can technically refuse or charge you for repairs.
The newer knox firmwares are improved over the older version, better call quality, faster processing, better memory management, so it's not a bad thing to upgrade your firmware, it's actually beneficial.
I knoxed out 30 minutes after I had phone out of the box when I got my S4, made sure there where no issues everything worked the way it was supposed to and rooted and got rid of the bloatware.
And still have original phone, no returns or exchanges.
Pp.
Confused about rooting with T999UVUEOH1
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If the phone is running a stock 4.3 Samsung ROM, the phone will have knox. Best thing to do would be to run OTA updates until the phone is running the latest ROM. This will ensure that the phone has the most recent bootloader and modem.
Once updated, you can easily root the phone by flash TWRP for the d2tmo via Odin. After installing TWRP, you can flash supersu 2.45 or 2.46 via TWRP and have root access.
Note that flashing TWRP will trip the knox counter.
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The method I recommended should not cause any loss of data. To be safe, always backup before flashing anything.
Is there any warranty left on the phone? If not, tripping knox isn't going to matter.
Any attempts to downgrade the bootloader may result in a bricked phone.
Looks like the root66 method involves flashing a prerooted stock ROM. If you want to try the root66 method, just make sure the root66 ROM's bootloader and modem are the same or newer than the phone's version. If the phone has oh1, I would not use the root66 method.
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Flashing TWRP and supersu from TWRP is the easiest in my opinion.
Just make sure to get the tar version of TWRP to flash in Odin.
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Flashing TWRP and supersu from TWRP is the easiest in my opinion.
Just make sure to get the tar version of TWRP to flash in Odin.
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Nahh!! The easiest way is use TowelRoot
Only need to press a button! I'm using that firmware so I CONFIRM that it's working
I guess it depends on the rom. It wouldn't work on stock 4.4.2 for me.
The kernel was patched against Towelroot in 4.4.2. We were never updated past 4.3 so it should work fine.
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I have a Note 3 and im trying to figure out the process of rooting without tripping the Knox Counter. I rooted my Note 2, years ago and has been awhile. Also like to know is there a "triangle away" method to reset the counter.
Model: SM-900T
Android: 5.0
Baseband: N900TUVUFOL1
Kernel: 3.4.0-6005498
Knox: 2.3
Thanks in advance
As far as I know, there is no way to root without tripping Knox.
If the phone is not under warranty, tripping knox should not be an issue. I have tripped Knox on a few phones and have never had an issue.
I asked the same question a while back, and only just 2 days ago rooted my SM-N900T knox 0x0. Asked: Here.
To achieve root on the note 3 without tripping knox you must downgrade from the Lollipop firmware OB6, or FOL1 to NE6 using PC Odin.
Once downgraded to NE6 download and use TowelRoot. This will unlock root without tripping knox, NE6 was the last vulnerable firmware for towelroot on the t-mobile note 3.
Make sure you are flashing official t-mobile firmwares only for kitkat/lollipop when using PC odin.
Flashing any custom recovery, kernal, rom, bootloader, or no longer supported android version (4.3 jellybean) will trip knox.
You can use sammobile to get official firmwares, or if you're risky there are likely download mirrors scattered through the internet.
Once you're rooted on kitkat NE6, to get back to Lollipop and keep root you'll need Mobile Odin Pro to flash FOL1 with the latest Super SU Zip v2.46. (instructions first page of this thread: Here.)
Rooting seems to require some gonads and research first.
When using PC Odin I left options default (Auto Reboot and F. Reset Time).
When using Mobile Odin Pro (or maybe flashfire) make sure to uncheck EverRoot!
Flashfire is the newer free mobile odin pro I think. You might be able to use it in place of Mobile Odin Pro and instead of the supersu zip in addition to flashing FOL1 it comes with an option to inject SuperSU.
I recommend sticking with mobile odin pro for confirmed results. MOP does not support Lollipop.
Note that once you're rooted and upgrade to Lollipop your android system status will change from normal to custom. This prevents future OTA updates.
Root survives factory reset, but flashing official firmware with pc odin will make your phone genuine again as long as you didn't trip knox.
Downgrading to kitkat will very likely require a factory restore. Possibly also when upgrading back to Lollipop.
Note that the XPosed framework on lollipop and samsung touchwiz stock roms does not seem supported.
It seems some people have flashed a Deodexed rom and unofficial xposed to have it working. I made a single attempt and was unable to have it working.
I assume you could stay on kitkat and manage to get xposed working easy.
If you decide to use xposed, do not try to flash the framework without mobile odin pro, or flashfire.
Using a custom recovery, or flashing anything custom with PC Odin will trip knox.
Look over the information around to get a comfortable understanding and good luck!
Proceed only with the understanding that you could always on accident trip knox, or brick your phone.
I believe there is no known way to reset knox flag to 0 on the SM-N900T.
For future readers using a newer firmware than FOL1 it may no longer be possible to pc odin downgrade to kitkat without tripping knox.
So there is no way of downgrading without tripping knox
You can downgrade to kitkat NE6 using PC odin from t-mobile lollipop firmware OB6/OL1. (OL1 being the latest lollipop firmware, OB6 a version older). Once on kitkat NE6 firmware u can use towelroot to gain root and you will not trip knox. Unless you manage to check an option somewhere during this process that would cause you to trip knox. .
As stated, I achieved downgrading/rooting without tripping knox just a couple days ago from the current latest t-mobile galaxy note 3 (SM-N900T) firmware FOL1.
I then upgraded back from KitKat NE6 to Lollipop FOL1 using mobile odin pro.
You can probably downgrade to any 4.4 kitkat firmware, NOT 4.3 jellybean, just fine without tripping knox if you have a kitkat, or lollipop firmware up to FOL1.
I'll try it later, I also want to know if custom roms are possible
From what I've read you can install a custom rom as long as it has a stock kernel, otherwise you trip knox. You would need to flash with flashfire, or mobile odin pro though...
I've only used the stock firmware on my note 3 so don't completely know about using a custom rom.
I don't think a custom ROM can be flash via Odin. A custom ROM requires a custom recovery and a custom recovery will trip Knox on a stock KK or LP AFAIK.
Ohh ok. This is all sorta new to me as well. I had just assumed mobile odin pro could because FlashFire is its "successor".