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Hi all!
New to the forum and anxious to play with my SGS2... Let me begin with something simple...
First of all I guess I'll need to root my phone ( buildnumber XWKK2 ) I already figured out I have to use "CF-Root-SGS2_XW_XEN_KK2-v5.0-CWM5.zip" to root my phone. But just to be sure: That IS the file right????
So... I should have a rooted phone at this point... Next I'd really like to remove some, for me, useless apps like the Samsung Hubs en the Bol.Com bookreader, just to save the battery. Will simply rooting my phone give me the ability to remove those apps?
And last but not least... Will rooting my phone result in a nice yellow start-up triangle?
Hope that someone is willing to help a newbie on this forum ;-)
Regards,
Scoobman
once you have root, yes you can find your self an app called system app remover and that will let you remove all the samsung bloatware you dont want, such as stuff labelled here, the app is paid for so dont ask for it ;p
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1069924
yes you will have a nice yellow triangle, imo it dont bother me but you can search there is a thread but i cant find it,
and yeah thats the right kernel to root your phone
Mr. E. Goldstein...
A big 'Thank You!' for your clear and fast answer!
Kind regards,
Scoobman
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Rooting will not bring in the yellow triangle...yellow triangle comes only when you flash a custom kernel...
Secondly, there is a way to remove the yellow traingle
@droidburn
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Thanks for the extra info Does tuis also mean rust the binary counter won't start counting when just rooting your phone?
Regards,
Scoobman
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It will start counting but there is a way to remove the yellow triangle that is mentioned in the thread if im not wrong. Or you could just get a jig that will reset the counter and remove the yellow triangle off eBay
Now I'm a bit confused... One reply says the triangle won't show while another reply says it will...
I'd only like to root my phone to remove some useless apps without touching the kernel... Root, remove, that's it...
I'm aware that there are ways to remove the triangle if it shows, but hey, if it doesn't show at all it's better
So.... Can someone please give me the final answer for this root-noob ;-)
Thanks and enjoy your day!
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ok right now you have the stock kernel - with XWKK2
so you dont see the yellow triangle....
now whichever way you use the "CF-Root-SGS2_XW_XEN_KK2-v5.0-CWM5.zip"..you will be actually flashing an insecure(read modified or custom kernel)..
so your binary counter will go up by one and continue increasing by one each time you flash any on the custom kernel or the complete ROM.
at the same time you will be gifted the yellow triangle at boot (search forum and its very easy to remove if you wish)
FYI
you can flash the stock kernel/firmware any number of times (the kernel can be from any region - avoid south east countries like china etc..it will complicate things)...
the binary counter wont increase(in fact it gets reset..i think not sure) and you also do away with the yellow triangle...
flash a custom kernel/ROM...again ...and all comes back...
i suggest invest 2-3 hrs searching the forum and you will find all answers with asking any questions...because whatever you are going to ask next...has been already answered..
Thanks for your clear answer It's not that I want to be lazy and just ask questions... Already spent a short period of time on the forum, but not all answers are from the same quality... That is why I'm asking the professionals directly and get additional info from the forum.
So again, thanks for your answer add it helps me to find the way in Android's world
Regards, Scoobman
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My JIG cant remove yellow triangle after flash of LPQ ???
HELP...
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Sucks to be you.
Maybe a search will help you. If you did, you'd find two options.
Good luck finding them.
I'll give you a hint, the acronym for one is TA, and the other involves flashing something.
joeherlev said:
My JIG cant remove yellow triangle after flash of LPQ ???
HELP...
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Should be remove
Please.. more information ??
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You need to flash the old bootloader (or use CF's app) to remove the triangle.
You won't get much help finding the old bootloader, despite the fact that all the links in the search results are currently dead. Instead, you'll get folks slamming you for asking the question.
Or you can use triangle away in the original development thread as oinkylicious hints above.
The yellow triangle gives your phone magical powers, why would you want to get rid of it?
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Kaze105 said:
Or you can use triangle away in the original development thread as oinkylicious hints above.
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The jig is safer. Even Chainfire himself acknowledges this and recommends it be used instead of his own app.
Personally, I'd rather have a link to the old bootloader too, but nobody's willing to provide one.
donalgodon said:
The jig is safer. Even Chainfire himself acknowledges this and recommends it be used instead of his own app.
Personally, I'd rather have a link to the old bootloader too, but nobody's willing to provide one.
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Just ask and you will get it. Below is the Old Bootloader to work with USB JIG.
Ok.. Thanks,,. Now I have the old boot loader..
What then?
Flash in ODIN ?
Flash in CWM ?
Will old bootloader make problems in LPQ rom ??
Flash it in the PDA or bootloader section of Odin (makes no difference which). No, shouldn't cause any problems with LPQ.
Flashing bootloader is very dangerous .. it will make your device mess if you fail flashing it
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Hello Guys,
Im in deep troble here have an S3 and rooted it in 10 minutes, Now being a nice guy my friend gave me his samsung s2 to root and boy oh boy i am in trouble. After trying to root phone through Odin my phone is stuck on boot screen with triangle. I used Odin 1.85 and flashed SPHD710 kernel. Then i flashed recovery kernel, im so confused there seems to a million stock kernels to use and im not sure which build this is but its older. I can not get yellow triangle off i just want the get phone back to factory settings and start over. Please please help me with this so basically what i need is
1) Get Yellow triangle off
2) Root phone correct way (what ever website i used i followed closely and now have locked friends phone
Thats all
Please help
Don't panic search xda for solutions Iam sure everything will be normal.
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larry2679 said:
Hello Guys,
Im in deep troble here have an S3 and rooted it in 10 minutes, Now being a nice guy my friend gave me his samsung s2 to root and boy oh boy i am in trouble. After trying to root phone through Odin my phone is stuck on boot screen with triangle. I used Odin 1.85 and flashed SPHD710 kernel. Then i flashed recovery kernel, im so confused there seems to a million stock kernels to use and im not sure which build this is but its older. I can not get yellow triangle off i just want the get phone back to factory settings and start over. Please please help me with this so basically what i need is
1) Get Yellow triangle off
2) Root phone correct way (what ever website i used i followed closely and now have locked friends phone
Thats all
Please help
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Try here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1494114
Like when someone ask a right question in right place....
078gregory said:
Like when someone ask a right question in right place.... Why you posted here and not in Q&A forum????
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He is new member and he is in panic :silly:
Can i flash rom with odin and how
He's also asking about what to do on an SPH-D710 in the GT-I9100 forum.
OP, do NOT flash anything from this forum. The device that this forum is for is the GT-I9100, which is a different device than the Sprint Galaxy SII. The GT-I9100 is a GSM phone that doesn't even work on Sprint's network.
You want to be in this forum: http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1281
Hey im new here and i panicked Sorry
Hey im in such a bind i would pay someone to help me figure this out its driving me crazy
larry2679 said:
Hey im in such a bind i would pay someone to help me figure this out its driving me crazy
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Go to the Epic 4G Touch forum I linked you to above.
You won't find answers here in the I9100 forum.
Problem is i already flashed siyah kernel not knowing
larry2679 said:
Problem is i already flashed siyah kernel not knowing
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That might be, but that doesn't change the fact that the device you are working with is an Epic 4G Touch (SPH-D710), and not an I9100. I9100 users will typically not be able to help you, and files in this forum will not get you out of the situation you have created by doing just that; using a file from this forum, on a device that it was not meant for.
You will find many E4GT users have done the same. They were all likewise directed to the correct forum.
Hello
my question isn't much of a problem..
But i wondered, I have heard so much of that nasty triangle when flashing, custom rom etc.
I have a i9300 intl. version bought in DK, no simlock or anything, just pure samsung power..
I have now flashed 30 different roms, kernels, modems. but I didn't get a triangle?
Is there a different in that? can the danish warranty be different?
Hope you will answer
subwoof said:
Hello
my question isn't much of a problem..
But i wondered, I have heard so much of that nasty triangle when flashing, custom rom etc.
I have a i9300 intl. version bought in DK, no simlock or anything, just pure samsung power..
I have now flashed 30 different roms, kernels, modems. but I didn't get a triangle?
Is there a different in that? can the danish warranty be different?
Hope you will answer
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Do you get the triangle when you turn your phone off and charge it and what does it say in download mode?
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hello
nothing when charging phone whenn off, just charging
in download mode it says the normal "downloading dont turn of target"
nothing else, no text in the corner or anything just the androind logo
i've been flashing with both CWM and Odin
subwoof said:
hello
nothing when charging phone whenn off, just charging
in download mode it says the normal "downloading dont turn of target"
nothing else, no text in the corner or anything just the androind logo
i've been flashing with both CWM and Odin
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Ok are you booting into download mode within a rom option or manually?
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i've tried both.
but as said it's not a problem of course. just wondering
subwoof said:
i've tried both.
but as said it's not a problem of course. just wondering
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Well then your one of the lucky ones lol
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subwoof said:
Hello
my question isn't much of a problem..
But i wondered, I have heard so much of that nasty triangle when flashing, custom rom etc.
I have a i9300 intl. version bought in DK, no simlock or anything, just pure samsung power..
I have now flashed 30 different roms, kernels, modems. but I didn't get a triangle?
Is there a different in that? can the danish warranty be different?
Hope you will answer
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ya ts different instead you raise your custom binary counter and device status is modified
Im from the UK and i have not seen this triangle either. Botted noemally and into recovery... Haven't booted into download as not sure if thats safe to if im not downloading anything?
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Hello! I just have just rooted my galaxy S2 (i777) running GB 2.3.4.
I keep searching for a working "triangleaway" patch for the phone, but many people have bricked their phones by flashing the wrong bootloader.
Has anyone successfully used triangle away patch on their i777 2.3.4? Can they send me a link?
The triangle is REALLY annoying!
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Triangle Away only works with ICS and above. The only way to reset the flash counter on Gingerbread is with a USB jig. You can remove the yellow triangle boot screen by flashing a stock kernel, but it will not reset the flash counter. See the links in my signature, especially the last one.
creepyncrawly said:
Triangle Away only works with ICS and above. The only way to reset the flash counter on Gingerbread is with a USB jig. You can remove the yellow triangle boot screen by flashing a stock kernel, but it will not reset the flash counter. See the links in my signature, especially the last one.
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I just flashed Shostock 3 (which is Jellybean). Now can I use triangle away?
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andronald said:
I just flashed Shostock 3 (which is Jellybean). Now can I use triangle away?
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yes
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yes
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Are you sure?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1859134
I really dont want to brick my phone.
I also tried the app, it said my phone isnt supported.
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I flashed mine with captivating m3, after I used triangle away and it worked. Why don't you just give it a try, it might work for you also
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duttysrez said:
I flashed mine with captivating m3, after I used triangle away and it worked. Why don't you just give it a try, it might work for you also
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The bootloader of a phone is like a life support system. I try not to play with things that could kill my phone.
Thanks for the help though.
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Yes, the application performs file operations on the bootloader. And yes, the OP of the thread does not list the SGH-I777 as a supported phone. I felt the same caution as you at one point, and even posted a thread about it.
However, very respected Elite Recognized Developer Entropy512, who was one of the first developers active on this phone with his awesome kernel development, says that Triangle Away is safe for our phones. Please read through the whole thread, but in particular, read Entropy512's post #23.
Honestly, just use it. Your phone will be fine, and it is so much easier than building a jig, or even buying a jig.
You want me to take the word of one of the people who has done more for this phones development than most others???! Pfffft. Lol seriously people wouldn't be telling you to use it if it would brick your phone man. We aren't that cruel
Then why does the app say my phone is unsupported? I trust you, but, does it 100% work on shostock 3?
Do I need to use odin to flash?
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andronald said:
Then why does the app say my phone is unsupported? I trust you, but, does it 100% work on shostock 3?
Do I need to use odin to flash?
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Flash what, honestly if you can't grasp this idea stop posting and just ignore it.
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Nick281051 said:
Flash what, honestly if you can't grasp this idea stop posting and just ignore it.
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Flash the param.tar file.
And I do understand, thank you very much.
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andronald said:
Flash the param.tar file.
And I do understand, thank you very much.
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You don't need to flash anything for triangle away. So no you obviously don't.
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andronald said:
Then why does the app say my phone is unsupported? I trust you, but, does it 100% work on shostock 3?
Do I need to use odin to flash?
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It works on this phone by virtue of the fact that it was written specifically for the Exynos processor bootloader, and this phone has the same Exynos processor as the GT-I9100 that it was originally written for.
The app, or more accurately the xda thread about the app by Chainfire, does not say this phone is supported because he didn't test it directly, or get someone to test it for him.
If you trust me 100%, you wouldn't have written this post.
But it isn't me you need to trust. We all trust Entropy512.
andronald said:
Flash the param.tar file.
And I do understand, thank you very much.
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What ever gave you the idea that you would have to flash the param.lfs file. What I think you don't understand is that the warning screen with the yellow triangle is built into the phone's firmware. When Samsung made the firmware for the I777, they were just lazy and didn't update the warning screen, but just used the one from the I9100. This is entirely separate from, and not connected in any way with, the param.lfs file.
If you really don't want to use Triangle Away, just flash a stock kernel with Odin, and then without booting into the system, flash the custom kernel back onto the phone using mobile odin. For SHOstock3, that would be the Jebo kernel which you can get from the second post in the SHOstock3 thread. That yellow warning triangle boot screen will magically go away.
Nick281051 said:
You don't need to flash anything for triangle away. So no you obviously don't.
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Thanks for trolling. You really make this thread a place where people can openly insult eachother.
Yes, there is still adb, or using a command line tool. But let me make this clear: IF YOU ARE REFERING TO THE TRIANGLE AWAY APP, IT DOES NOT RUN ON MY I777!
Here is some stuff ive been doing for another phone: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2201341
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@andronald,
I feel your fear and frustration, there are two things I need to say.
Firstly, you're lucky enough to get and continuously getting support and answer from those guys. Most of the time, when people asks, they provide answer and if she or he still doesn't believe it or follow what they said, they will walk away and couldn't care to provide another detail. In your case, more than one people assure you the app is safe and if you don't believe them, that's your choice.
Secondly, if you fear of bricking your phone, then I suggest don't do anything, just live with it. The triangle surely annoyance but if you can ignore it, you will be fine. Now think this way, a) you live with it and it can last for 2 or 3 years or b) flash it and instantly hard-brick it and trash. Make your choice.
Oh, actually you have another choice, buy a jig which costs less than a buck.
If you just want to get rid of the triangle, i did this yesterday. I did a nandroid backup of my shostock install. (Wipe data/factory reset from the shostock kernal after done with nandorid)
Then i installed the tar package (not the one click) following the odin instructions. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2236727 (Your triangle should dissappear at this point)
Next install mobile odin and flash siyah recovery (the tar version) found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1367800 using mobile odin. Now you will have a recovery with CWM again, and this allows you to restore your nandroid backup.
You should not have the triangle anymore and everything should be okay to go.
NOTE: Only use the CWM from the phone to flash things from now on and you wont have the triangle appear anymore.
andronald said:
Thanks for trolling. You really make this thread a place where people can openly insult eachother.
Yes, there is still adb, or using a command line tool. But let me make this clear: IF YOU ARE REFERING TO THE TRIANGLE AWAY APP, IT DOES NOT RUN ON MY I777!
Here is some stuff ive been doing for another phone: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2201341
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I'm not trolling I'm trying to keep you from messing up your phone. But go on flash that param.lfs file and if you brick your phone don't expect any help from us.
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Nick281051 said:
I'm not trolling I'm trying to keep you from messing up your phone. But go on flash that param.lfs file and if you brick your phone don't expect any help from us.
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How am I to do it then?
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andronald said:
... IF YOU ARE REFERING TO THE TRIANGLE AWAY APP, IT DOES NOT RUN ON MY I777!
Here is some stuff ive been doing for another phone: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2201341
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This is likely operator error.
Oh wait... you're a developer?
Never mind.