Hi, i was just wondering if there is a flashing limit on the SGS2 ?
Since people are using jigs to reset the counter.
No, I don't think so.
Never heard of anything like it
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Time to test some new roms then
People are using the jig to reset the binary counter. If you try and send it for a warranty repair with anything other than 0, Samsung will likely reject it. The jig resets to 0, so people who were running custom roms when their phone broke can have it repaired by samsung.
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What is the deal with the flash counter? Why would I not want to increase it? Are there any negative effects?
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It shows you have voided your warranty through root or custom software.
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I do not worry about flash counter, i have 2 Samsung phones replaced with 20 or more on each phone. Cell provider did not look at them at all
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I have had rooted with custom ROM phones replaced when I bricked them. Do these counters change the game? Has anyone with a note with a non zero counter had theirs replaced via warranty?
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I'm sorry to bump but has anyone else had any experience with this?
I just sent my phone back to have a stuck pixel repaired and I forgot to reset the flash counter. I only flashed it once.
I'm hella-nervous.
You guys need to search more.
[Reset Flash Counter Thread]
I'm not sure who deal with the returns, whether its Samsung directly or just ATT. I would presume its ATT since you can go to once of their warehouses directly to do any warranty exchanges. Prevents you from waiting upwards of a week for an exchange thru mail.
I've swapped out my Atrix 4G twice, both times with root AND bootloader unlocked. Both phones actually displayed the word "unlocked" on the main boot screen and there was no way to rid the text off the screen. Obviously...that voids your warranty. However it never affected any of my swaps.
So in short, I'm not sure if anyone has had their exchanges denied, but I'd like to know. This is my first Samsung device.
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I just sent my phone to Samsung with an upped flash counter. They got it today. I will know by the end of the week if they will repair it.
Fingers crossed.
Has anyone that has rooted and tripped the counter tried a jig that worked with the s2 for clearing the counter?
I haven't seen a clear answer.
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Saw this asked before and was said it doesn't. There are ones now online that say for s3 but don't know if it works
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I have the jig from my s2 works. But only download mode does not reset timer.
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So the jig just prevents you from having to press all the buttons to enter d/l mode? Seems pretty convenient, and less wear and tear on your buttons too. Win/Win
From what understand on Note, the counter is reset by flashing a bootloader. Which one,i have no idea. Proceed carefully if you start trying to flash bootloaders. Its an easy way to turn your phone into a paperweight
Coming from HTC phones and an ASUS Transformer I've never heard of this before. This is my first Samsung rooted phone. Every time you flash a custom ROM or Kernel this count goes up. So what? I guess my warranty could be voided, but other that???
If you don't care about voiding your warranty you have no issues
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That's pretty much it. Only noobs worry about this.
Anyway, some awesome dev will come up with a way to reset the counter, just like my other samsung phones, ie triangle away.
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I think people take this way too seriously.... When the SGS2 came out last year , I had to do a warranty exchange after only having the phone for a couple months. I was worried about returning my phone since it was rooted and I had flashed a butt load of ROM's. They sent me a new phone and I had to return mine in the same package. I was scared that samsung would totally go over the phone with a fine toothed comb and find that I had voided the warranty. Maybe I got lucky because nothing ever happened. Just my 2 cents, but when you send your warranty covered phone to Samsung, I doubt they take the time to check. Just return it to stock and dont have any signs of tweaking to it. Peace
It's on HTC phones too, and they can reset the counter.
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tarpon6 said:
Coming from HTC phones and an ASUS Transformer I've never heard of this before. This is my first Samsung rooted phone. Every time you flash a custom ROM or Kernel this count goes up. So what? I guess my warranty could be voided, but other that???
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Hi all hope someone can help i am trying to reset my flash count but it says at 1 instead of going back to 0 like it should thanks in advance
Reset what with ???
jje
JJEgan said:
Reset what with ???
jje
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Triangle away im guessing
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sharingan92 said:
Triangle away im guessing
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Well yes that's what i would guess but some try USB Jig to reset .
jje
Hi yes im trying to reset with triangle away.
Try triangle away app then factory reset.
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Thanks for the comments i have used triangle away loads of times but it wont reset counter i have flashed different roms but it only ever resets counter to 1 it used to set to 0 i dont know what else to try now and my phone has to be sent in because i have a faulty headphone socket.
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well samsung very rarely reject warranty replacements these days because of the flash counter, they tend to use this number for internal statistics only.
However they do have the right to reject it if they wish, for this reason it is always best, if you can, to reset the value.
But if you can't you can always try to send it in.
Lennyuk said:
well samsung very rarely reject warranty replacements these days because of the flash counter, they tend to use this number for internal statistics only.
However they do have the right to reject it if they wish, for this reason it is always best, if you can, to reset the value.
But if you can't you can always try to send it in.
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Yes I believe so.
I once sent S2 back to replace the screen. I unrooted the phone but forgot to reset counter, but they repaired it for free anyway. I did hear some people got rejected because their phone was rooted, but they were told to unroot and send it back again.
Hey guy,
I recently bricked my phone and sought assistance first before I came to this. I have "hard bricked" my phone so i'm only left with two options: jig it or jtag it. Of course since the former is cheaper, I wanted to try that first, and if that fails, I will jtag. My question is where can I find a jig for the galaxy note I717? Help would be appreciated!
Don't bother. Brick = JTAG
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Don't bother. Brick = JTAG
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He is right. A jig will not work on our notes.
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He is right. A jig will not work on our notes.
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That is completely not true.
A jig is not, and never was, intended to fix a hard brick.
It first made its appearance with the galaxy s 1 variants because certain bootloaders would disable all button combos, making an easily fixable bootloop (soft brick) a much more tricky situation, so it was discovered that shorting pins 4 and 5 on a usb board with 301k ohms would force download mode ON A PHONE THAT WASN'T HARD BRICKED.
When the galaxy s2 was released, it was discovered that the jig not only forced download mode, but reset the flash counter as well.
On the note, it will force download mode if you're in a bootloop but not reset the flash counter, however the button combos should always work on a note with working bootloaders so the jig is superfluous.
Also, the resistors used play a role in whether the jig will do anything.
My jig boots download mode on my old captivate and my note, but the resistance is out of tolerance on my brother in law's galaxy s2 and does nothing.
Tl;Dr: jigs work for the purpose they were intended to.
i recently hard bricked and paid mobiletechvideo to jtag it for me. back like new
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I used a jig last night to revive a soft bricked S3. I've had my jig I bought on eBay ever since my old captivate.
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If you read the other thread the OP opened you would see he flashed a rom for the international note. No five dollar jig will undo that.
O yea it's a wrap... I seen the thread but didn't realize it was related to this one.. ouch that sucks
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That is completely not true.
A jig is not, and never was, intended to fix a hard brick.
It first made its appearance with the galaxy s 1 variants because certain bootloaders would disable all button combos, making an easily fixable bootloop (soft brick) a much more tricky situation, so it was discovered that shorting pins 4 and 5 on a usb board with 301k ohms would force download mode ON A PHONE THAT WASN'T HARD BRICKED.
When the galaxy s2 was released, it was discovered that the jig not only forced download mode, but reset the flash counter as well.
On the note, it will force download mode if you're in a bootloop but not reset the flash counter, however the button combos should always work on a note with working bootloaders so the jig is superfluous.
Also, the resistors used play a role in whether the jig will do anything.
My jig boots download mode on my old captivate and my note, but the resistance is out of tolerance on my brother in law's galaxy s2 and does nothing.
Tl;Dr: jigs work for the purpose they were intended to.
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My statement is in regards the op's situation " hard brick" in which case, my statement is true. I should have been more specific lol
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JTAG is the only way back after flashing a rom intended for the N7000 ....g