Hi.
It is known that you can use an USB Jig to get into download mode and reset the counter for custom-rom flashing which is used to keep track whether we did something that voids the warranty.
In the below thread post I found mention that there might be another counter that counts the number of times this counter has been reset:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=14284729&postcount=13
Does such a counter really exist?
If so, might Samsung use it to deny warranty?
If it exists, is there a way to also reset that counter?
Thanx in advance!
Does such a counter really exist?
Possible
If so, might Samsung use it to deny warranty?
Maybe
If it exists, is there a way to also reset that counter?
No
Work in progress .
jje
why not ask on that thread then?
I now did here. Also sent a message to Chainfire..
Lets hope on some update...
Where does this rumor come from about such a counter?
If it exists, the USB JIG may not help with warranty at all...
Noone interested in this?
Anyone have an idea how the changes are on such a second counter and if Samsung might use it to deny warranty?
I already got an USB Jig but still worried to use it..
Also, when rooting - can I make up a backup of my kernal to restore it after rooting so the Warning triangle goes away (if so, how?) or are there zip files to write with CWM of the stock KE7 kernel already?
Hironimo said:
Noone interested in this?
Also, when rooting - can I make up a backup of my kernal to restore it after rooting so the Warning triangle goes away (if so, how?) or are there zip files to write with CWM of the stock KE7 kernel already?
Read the post it has it all covered .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1103399
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I searched... Had to look more closely since in the first few pages nothing about flashing original kernal was mentioned...
I finally found a thread that explains this clearer and has original kernels:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1075278
It would still be nice to find out if the mentioned second counter exists or not...
It was either chainfire or supercurio (cant remember which) who said there was an internal counter. Not might be, was. I do remember their post being on using a jig to reset the visible counter in one of the threads. I was not able to pull it on a search either.
We won't really know if samsung will look at this hidden counter that has yet to be found....
From what I know there is believed to be a hidden counter based on some code that seems to point to it, however the counter itself has not been found hence why we have no way yet to reset it.
Samsung may choose to ignore this when warranties are considered, for all we know they might ignore the ODIN counter too, but its unlikely.
Anybody sent a SGS2 back to Samsung after a reset with an USB JIG?
Just worried about my warranty.
+1 There are several of us in the AT&T SGSII forums that are wondering the exact same thing.
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Anybody sent a SGS2 back to Samsung after a reset with an USB JIG?
Just worried about my warranty.
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I have and there were no issues.
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Oh for crying out loud! THERE IS NO HIDDEN COUNTER!
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Oh for crying out loud! THERE IS NO HIDDEN COUNTER!
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It was never proven to exist, but it was referenced in code. There is a valid reason to be cautious with a $600 device.
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I have and there were no issues.
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Thanks man! Let the rooting commence
I've heard there's a secret band on ninjas that attack you at night once your flash count reaches 500.
Rumour is that they dispose of you without a trace so there is no evidence that they actually exist at all.
Can anyone tell me if they do exist.
I once saw those ninjas in person, but I was able to run away.
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I once saw those ninjas in person, but I was able to run away.
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That sir, is a lie
chiefroastbeef said:
I once saw those ninjas in person, but I was able to run away.
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That sir, is a lie
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No it's not i seen him running away from them....that man can run !!
Question: If the phone were to sudenly accidently go into the microwave for a split second after the magnatron warms up of course with the li.ion battery removed, it wouldnt matter if the phone was rooted or not it doesnt work and its hardware related, problem solved. Unless the have a microwave counter
As my hidden rom count was at 498 I followed the ninjas chasing the poster above and when no one was looking disposed of them.
For legal reasons I canty give you any more details, however if they should rise from the dead and come after you when your hidden rom count hits 500 then the safety phrase is 'CurioCT says this is all bull****' : D
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So, what is it for, and its there ever a reason to reset it on a GT-P7510?
Googled and googled, searched the 10.1 forums, but couldn't find a specific answer for what exactly it is or why it would need to be reset on the GT-P7510.
From what I could find it seems it counts the number of times download mode was used, but nothing specific about the GT-P7510 nor why, if ever, anyone needed to reset it for the GT-P7510 specifically.
So why is there a few panic posts about it, but no answers? Is it just a stupid question that doesn't need to be addressed because it's a non-issue?
Just really curious.
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Binary counter shows how many custom roms have been flashed. This usually only increases through an Odin flash and cwm flashes don't increase your counter.
An increased binary counter can invalidate your warranty but if you are flashing 9 people out of 10 aren't concerned about their warranty lol
There is a way to reset it which is usually done through adb.
Hope this helps
Monkey
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There is a way to reset it which is usually done through adb.
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Do you know where I can find instructions for this?
TIA
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Do you know where I can find instructions for this?
TIA
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I'd like to find out too, just for future reference.
BTW, could something like this work on our Tabs?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1781471
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I'd like to find out too, just for future reference.
BTW, could something like this work on our Tabs?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1781471
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I wouldn't try it since we don't know if the mmcblk is the same. I asked a dev in tmobile gs2 threads that came up with a solution if he could look at ours, he said it wasn't the same as his and couldn't tell me where to go since he didn't have the device.
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i don't to be a noob and all, and i know this is a re post, but i just thought there's was a new way of getting rid of this yellow triangle.
please i'm not a expert you guys are, now how do you suppose i do this
1. i cant change my kernel at all because i'm on a custom rom, i tried the phone wont turn on
2. im on the d4 rom -- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1580070
3.just bought the device please post a noobproof way
please dont metion a jig
i used the search function on xda
and all guides lead to no yellow triangle but after that i just get a black screen- nothing else
For the love of God. Use the search function. Or read something. We are not here to spoon feed you. Posts like yours are the reason devs leave us.
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If you dont want to use a jig, use triangle away in original development section.
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If you dont want to use a jig, use triangle away in original development section.
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Triangle Away is for ICS ONLY. If you have 2.3.x, then a jig is the only way as far as I've heard.
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Triangle Away is for ICS ONLY. If you have 2.3.x, then a jig is the only way as far as I've heard.
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Hes on ICS if he is on the rom posted above.
Wats the problem with a jig?
Mod or Die
If you don't want to use a jig, you better leave the triangle where it is. It won't harm you.
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Triangle Away is for ICS ONLY. If you have 2.3.x, then a jig is the only way as far as I've heard.
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That's correct, TriangleAway is ISC only, and you should not attempt to use it on GB, it could damage your device.
The Rom you linked to is cm9 based I think. If so check out triangle away. READ 1st.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1494114
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thank u all so much i got rid of it
triangle away is awsome
I have been told by a friend who had a look at my phone as it will not switch on after I tried to root the phone.
I have been told that I put on the wrong OS on the phone & it has messed up the battery partition, so the phone thinks it has low battery power, thus will not switch on.
Is there anything I can do about this by unblocking it & if I can, could anyone tell me how to do it?
Thanks.
Thanks, you made me laugh (I genuinely laughed out loud reading your post, sorry).
No, you've broken your phone.
For this thing PM a developer they would be the right people to help I out
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Charge the battery in a separate outlet for some time, try booting into download mode, if by chance you get it then you are saved. Just download any official ics roms and flash it via odin
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For this thing PM a developer they would be the right people to help I out
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This is terrible advice...
Sounds like you are suggesting that he PM a random dev for help when it appears like he flashed a firmware meant for a different phone.
Most of the time this happens, and the phone no longer boots AT ALL (as mentioned by the OP), then no one here is going to be able to help. It will usually require Jtag repair.
U really think u at smarter than three developers than help the poor lad out.rather than pointing on others u should have enough knowledge to help others out......
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bil82pak said:
U really think u at smarter than three developers than help the poor lad out.rather than pointing on others u should have enough knowledge to help others out......
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PM to devs for such a problem is a good way to piss them off. And I did help. Are you that blind you don't see my suggestion?
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U really think u at smarter than three developers than help the poor lad out.rather than pointing on others u should have enough knowledge to help others out......
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You should read the XDA developers rules .
This is not a fix my phone forum .
jje
I think the easiest option for me is to return the phone to my mobile provider (which they want £150 to give me a totally new replacement handset), which I don't think is that bad really.
I don't have another device to charge the battery up on, but I'm still thinking that it will still tell me that it has a low battery to download when put in download mode (which is what it is doing at moment, even though battery is fully charged).
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You should read the XDA developers rules .
This is not a fix my phone forum .
jje
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Developers don't get pissed of if ur problem is genuine and u really need help.and ur blind mind can't see what u did to the guys hope.u should atleast try to be supportive.even if u r impotent enough not to help anyone.I've never been let down by any developer whenever I've tried to contact them.........so just try something before posting junk
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Developers don't get pissed of if ur problem is genuine and u really need help.and ur blind mind can't see what u did to the guys hope.u should atleast try to be supportive.even if u r impotent enough not to help anyone.I've never been let down by any developer whenever I've tried to contact them.........so just try something before posting junk
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You clearly weren't paying attention when it was said that no amount of help via this site would make a difference for the OP anyways. From his post, it sounds like he (or someone else) had flashed a firmware meant for a different device to his phone, and it now does not boot. That requires either Jtag repair or a motherboard replacement. Neither of which is possible over the internet.
And you seem to think this forum is some kind of tech support forum. Which, while people who are NOT paid are often kind enough to help out people who are having trouble with their devices, it is NOT. It is a developer's forum. Maybe you should give this a read.
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I think the easiest option for me is to return the phone to my mobile provider (which they want £150 to give me a totally new replacement handset), which I don't think is that bad really.
I don't have another device to charge the battery up on, but I'm still thinking that it will still tell me that it has a low battery to download when put in download mode (which is what it is doing at moment, even though battery is fully charged).
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I thought Samsung offered two years RTB warranty on phones. Sale of goods act should protect you as well you may be liable for repair if no fault is found.
Check all this.
I am assuming from your currency that you are in the UK
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I thought Samsung offered two years RTB warranty on phones. Sale of goods act should protect you as well you may be liable for repair if no fault is found.
Check all this.
I am assuming from your currency that you are in the UK
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Samsung offer a two year limited warranty .
Vendor usually twelve months warranty in the UK .
But as phone has been rooted all warranty null and void .
Flashing the wrong firmware likewise .
Custom rom the same custom rom counter above zero the same
So sales of goods act does not apply has phone has been modified by the user .
Custom rom root etc warranty voided see well posted letter to service centres from Samsung .
jje
Is there like a max limit of numbers the flash counter can go upto? I see people talking about this. I'm coming from a motorola Atrix, and we never had such a thing, so I want to make sure before I root.
I want to use the toolkit to do it easily without ODIN and all so I guess my flash counter will go up one. what disadvantages does this have?
Will something like triangle away from the market reset the flash counter from our phones?
Thanks!
Danger Danger Q&a forum for these questions.... just a friendly warning!
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Danger Danger Q&a forum for these questions.... just a friendly warning!
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I usually ask 'dev' related questions like that over here because some people don't root or anything there.
but I guess I can try there
As far as I know there is no set limit so you can flash all you want however if you send your phone in for warranty Samsung would know it was rooted or had custom rom flashed and possibly not honor the warranty. With the flash counter they would be able to tell how many times you flashed a custom os. Other then that your fine.
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I usually ask 'dev' related questions like that over here because some people don't root or anything there.
but I guess I can try there
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Thats great and all, but under no circumstances should a question thread be started in the dev section. It clutters the forum.
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The only problem u got is when u go for warranty exchange att or sammy might look at ur binary count and then they might avoid ur warranty. Othere then thats nothing wrong you cant tell until u goto dload mode. Plus please follow rules & post in correct section. Thank you.
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That's why they make Square trade..
razorseal said:
Is there like a max limit of numbers the flash counter can go upto? I see people talking about this. I'm coming from a motorola Atrix, and we never had such a thing, so I want to make sure before I root.
I want to use the toolkit to do it easily without ODIN and all so I guess my flash counter will go up one. what disadvantages does this have?
Will something like triangle away from the market reset the flash counter from our phones?
Thanks!
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Read the rules, this is development. Locked
So I attempted so told my sister in laws phone and I flashed this ROM after flashing cmw and super user ..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1820834
Once I hit reboot system after it said install complete..it turned off and can't even get it to download mode...any suggestions? Ive been rooting since the Nexus One and never had this happened to me... its mind blowing...
try using a usb jig. with it you will be able to get in to download mode . after that with odin you can take it to live
Are you sure you are on the I777 GS2?
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So I attempted so told my sister in laws phone and I flashed this ROM after flashing cmw and super user ..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1820834
Once I hit reboot system after it said install complete..it turned off and can't even get it to download mode...any suggestions? Ive been rooting since the Nexus One and never had this happened to me... its mind blowing...
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Yours is an error that people make fairly routinely. Since you are familiar with other phones, you think the same information applies to this phone, and then you don't take the time to read and verify your assumptions.
On the SGH-I777, ClockworkMod Recovery is built into the kernel, and therefore it is not recommended to use Rom Manager, or try to flash CWM separately. As you learned, that can be dangerous.
If you are unable to get any signs of life from the phone at all, then I would suggest you follow the advice above to use a USB jig first to see if that will get you into download mode.
If the phone shows any signs of life, let us know what.
EDIT: Or... if as the other thread implies, your sister's phone is SGH-I727, then ignore the above, and go look for help in the 727 forums.
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Are you sure you are on the I777 GS2?
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Its the skyrocket LTE...
Jess813 said:
Its the skyrocket LTE...
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Why the hell do these slow rocket users keep finding our forum so fun to post in?
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Funny part was he was told they were different in another thread
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Funny part was he was told they were different in another thread
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Funny part is that I'm on the XDA app and I'm in the sky rocket forum.... So can you please direct me to the correct section?
Jess813 said:
Funny part is that I'm on the XDA app and I'm in the sky rocket forum.... So can you please direct me to the correct section?
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My 2 cents your ****ed you flashed a firmware for a phone that you don't have on another phone and if you took time to read settings and found device type it would give you SGH-#### that's the forum you should be in just because it says GALAXY S II doesn't mean it's your device
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Dammit...u guys r right....ugh..such a rookie mistake
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Dammit...u guys r right....ugh..such a rookie mistake
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Your lucky Samsung offers a 1 year free warranty on their devices contact them tell them it won't turn on it shows no life you've tried different batteries and charging cables and that it appears non-responsive and that att told you about the 1 year warranty yes you'll be without a phone for a week or so unless they are back to sending then out prior to getting back and hope that they don't see you ****ed the firmware
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Your lucky Samsung offers a 1 year free warranty on their devices contact them tell them it won't turn on it shows no life you've tried different batteries and charging cables and that it appears non-responsive and that att told you about the 1 year warranty yes you'll be without a phone for a week or so unless they are back to sending then out prior to getting back and hope that they don't see you ****ed the firmware
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I don't think that will work and I thought we learned from Moneyover we shouldn't screw over ATT for a mistake that the user made. It won't work cause he flashed a custom rom, superuser and cwm!
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I don't think that will work and I thought we learned from Moneyover we shouldn't screw over ATT for a mistake that the user made. It won't work cause he flashed a custom rom, superuser and cwm!
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This isn't att its Samsung has absolutely nothing to do with att
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It's still committing fraud and moneyover did it twice, we do not condone that here
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It's still committing fraud and moneyover did it twice, we do not condone that here
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Hold up did I say commit fraud? No I didn't I said tell them the device is NON responsive which it is I didn't say lie about anything I simply said get a warranty replacement hope they don't notice it was flashed under no circumstances did I say commit fraud
Also before it's said I'm in the military and a firm believer the omitting the truth isn't the same as lying essentially if they don't ask you don't have to tell them or volunteer it same goes with anything in life if offered a great job that didn't run a background check and didn't ask would you tell them you have a felony? No you wouldn't volunteer that information unless they asked
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It's still committing fraud and moneyover did it twice, we do not condone that here
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+1. He damaged the phone by doing something without understanding what he was doing. The phone is dead because of something he did, something that explicitly violates the warranty. Sending it in for warranty repair is committing fraud.
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+1. He damaged the phone by doing something without understanding what he was doing. The phone is dead because of something he did, something that explicitly violates the warranty. Sending it in for warranty repair is committing fraud.
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Read my laundry list post above and technically it was deemed during the entire apple jailbreak fiasco that they can warranty a device not the firmware and that it's your device to do with what you want they may not cancel a warranty for changing software Samsung tried it to me and ended up sending me a new device 1 month after purchase because I knew the legalities and I read my TOS agreement he does have the right to send it in and Samsung will decide if the device is unrecoverable which he would be at fault or if it's a simple repair which they will warranty under user stupidity very few of you have called or spoken to Samsung let alone sent in for repair replacement so if you don't know what your talking about your best to step out of the thread as your only adding speculation at that point
SAMSUNG has apart of their TOS that says we will supply a warranty replacement for your device at our discretion and that they may reject a warranty claim if they accept said claim its not fraud under no circumstances do I condone or recommend fraud this is simply following their TOS if they ask if you flashed firmware I'd say be honest but it's your choice if they don't ask which they rarely do then they will run down list of things with you punch it and their warranty software will make a preliminary decision
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This really isn't complicated. If you mess with your phones, like we are,.it voids your warranty. Trying to get them to replace the phone when you're the one that messed it up is not cool. I mean we all know the risks here.
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This really isn't complicated. If you mess with your phones, like we are,.it voids your warranty. Trying to get them to replace the phone when you're the one that messed it up is not cool. I mean we all know the risks here.
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Thanks guys but I'm out of warranty and yea it was my stupid mistake but I am going to try to get a USB jig thingie and see if that works ..thanks for all your feedback.
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Thanks guys but I'm out of warranty and yea it was my stupid mistake but I am going to try to get a USB jig thingie and see if that works ..thanks for all your feedback.
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Gl. Happy flashing.
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