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Hi,
I'm new to Samsung phones (in fact I'll get my SGSII today), but I've been browsing the development forum and in the thread of a rom a guy mentioned that there's a 'custom rom flash count'. Does this mean that the phone counts how many times you flash it and you lose warranty as this count can be checked?
If this is the case, is there a way to reset the count to gain warranty back?
It checks how many time you flash an inofficial firmware from download mode. Yes I think you lose the warranty.
Reset counter: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1068522
To reset custom rom count, just buy a JIG dongle on eBay...
http://shop.ebay.fr/?_from=R40&_trk...-All-Categories&_sacat_sel=See-All-Categories
Really easy to use : You switch your SGS2 off, you plug dongle in, it starts your SGS2 to erase custom rom count, it's done !
And it also remove yellow triangle at boot, life is beautiful !
Thank you very much for the help guys
I have a jig but a bad usb port how do i reset with the bad port
Triangle away search in this forum
Happy new year
Paulius
Paulius7 said:
Triangle away search in this forum
Happy new year
Paulius
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Okay thanks i cant access su or private apps but I got this phone off ebay and I need to make sure it was never rooted. The port is bad and samsung is going to fix it since it is still under warranty. I am not sure it was ever rooted. Is there anyway to tell?
I just got a new Galaxy S II, its not been even a week. Should I root my phone ? Since rooting will void my warranty, will un-rooting it get me back my warranty?
One of my friend has rooted and then un-rooted his phone but the yellow exclamation is still there. So scared to root it.
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I just got a new Galaxy S II, its not been even a week. Should I root my phone ? Since rooting will void my warranty, will un-rooting it get me back my warranty?
Yes providing you flash a stock rom and remove the warning triangle and custom rom counter .
One of my friend has rooted and then un-rooted his phone but the yellow exclamation is still there. So scared to root it
Thats due to them not reading the instructions .
Why do you want to root no point rooting for no reason .
jje
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unrooting will not get rid of yellow triangle. You have to flash back to stock kernel and you can use a usb jig to remove the counter
I read about the USB jig, You add a 301k resistor to pins 4 and 5 of microusb connector, but all it does is puts the phone in download mode. So how do I reset the counter?
And moving towards more common question. Is it advised to root the phone coz i'll be needing just the root access to compile stuff on-the-go (mainly c/c++ files) and ofcourse access to system folder. But I'm scared of voidin the warranty of such a costly phone, coz incase if it does, i'm screwed....
No, pressing VOL DOWN + HOME + PWR (pwr btn for approx 3 secs) puts the phone into donwload mode without resetting the ROM counter.
The USB jig does the same AND resets the ROM counter.
So in simple terms, if you needed to send it away for a warranty repair, you would put the phone into download mode with the USB jig before uploading a stock firmware.
There are other ways of removing the yellow triangle without the jig. The jig is ONLY required for resetting the ROM counter.
Thanks a lot.... building the jig.... Will give out soon....
how can I remove the yellow triangle after an overclock samsung galaxy s2
already tested procedures available on the site but decided not = [
I don't understand, have you actually followed the procedures outlined on the forum or not? You last sentence is as clear as mud.
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how can I remove the yellow triangle after an overclock samsung galaxy s2
already tested procedures available on the site but decided not = [
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if you want to remove the triangle there is already a thread about this(search function),
btw-->no yellow triangle, no overclock.
whats your problem with the triangle you only see it when booting, in my case never.
regards
SupraN0va said:
if you want to remove the triangle there is already a thread about this(search function),
btw-->no yellow triangle, no overclock.
whats your problem with the triangle you only see it when booting, in my case never.
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If you remove the yellow triangle you can't overclock you say?
The yellow triangle has nothing to do with overclocking. It simply means you've flashed a non-official firmware to your phone. There's plenty of instructions in the development forum how to remove it, if you don't want to shell out the couple of quid on a jig.
I dont know why people are so freaked out about a little yellow triangle you only see for 5 seconds when you turn your phone on.Who cares,its got nothing to do with how your phone works.If your worried about going through all the worries of following instructions to get rid of it here in XDA then buy a jig on e-bay for 2 bucks and your done.Just like johnsens baby shampoo "No More Tears".
hey guys,, is there any solution to reset custom counter softly without usb jig??
soMeee said:
hey guys,, is there any solution to reset custom counter softly without usb jig??
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Not yet.
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soMeee said:
hey guys,, is there any solution to reset custom counter softly without usb jig??
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Jigs are crazy cheap on ebay. I got one for < $3.
so, where is the software using in usb jig,, which we can use without using jig
Nope. Probably never will be.
Edit to add - There is no "software using in usb jig which we can use without using jig". You switch the phone off, plug the jig in the usb port on the phone & it resets the flash counter/changes Custom Binary Download to "no" & changes the Custom Binary to "Samsung Official" when the phone is in download mode. No software required.
Do a search on eBay for "Samsung Galaxy S2 jig" (without the "").
does it cancel the warranty? if I go to Samsung services and my cus. counter counted 1 unofficial ROM??
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does it cancel the warranty? if I go to Samsung services and my cus. counter counted 1 unofficial ROM??
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Search. Read.
No.
EDIT: No. If you need it, you already voided your warranty. The jig is a tool to get your phone back to the state where your warranty is still intact. You could find that yourself, if you used the 'Search' button and read the threads you find there. Or hell, Google even. Seriously, XDA isn't a place for this kind of crap.
The information is in the forums, if you want it->READ THE FORUMS.
If you go to Samsung service, and they see that your custom counter is set to 1 then your warranty is void. The jig resets this counter to 0.
The moment you flash custom roms or kernels on your phone you void your warranty, yes. And yes, if they see the counter at 1 or showing anything other than Samsung Official in download mode, they more than likely will not fix it under warranty.
However if you are able to put stock firmware back on your phone, get rid of any apps that might give whomever fixes it a clue that you've rooted it, and use a jig to reset the flash counter, there's a fair chance (not 100% tho mind you) you might be able to have it fixed under warranty.
To be perfectly honest, if you want to have a 100% chance of having anything that goes wrong with the phone fixed under warranty, do not put custom firmware on your phone. At all. Ever.
in case of me, I bought it from someone on ebay and did not know that till today
PLEASE HELP I had a problem with my s3 gt-i9300t and took it to Samsung. They gave me a new phone and I came home rooted it and done a nandroid restore. I used triangle away to try reset my flash counter it detected my phone and when I push reset flash counter, it does nothing. it brings up the warning box and when I press continue nothing happens, the warning box disappears and nothing happens. I have tried everything flashed different 4.1.2 jelly bean roms, done factory reset but nothing seems to work. can somebody help please.
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PLEASE HELP I had a problem with my s3 gt-i9300t and took it to Samsung. They gave me a new phone and I came home rooted it and done a nandroid restore. I used triangle away to try reset my flash counter it detected my phone and when I push reset flash counter, it does nothing. it brings up the warning box and when I press continue nothing happens, the warning box disappears and nothing happens. I have tried everything flashed different 4.1.2 jelly bean roms, done factory reset but nothing seems to work. can somebody help please.
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this is note 3 thead lol
shotgun1976 said:
PLEASE HELP I had a problem with my s3 gt-i9300t and took it to Samsung. They gave me a new phone and I came home rooted it and done a nandroid restore. I used triangle away to try reset my flash counter it detected my phone and when I push reset flash counter, it does nothing. it brings up the warning box and when I press continue nothing happens, the warning box disappears and nothing happens. I have tried everything flashed different 4.1.2 jelly bean roms, done factory reset but nothing seems to work. can somebody help please.
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Update Triangle Away .
Lol it for the note 3 my bad. I have the latest triangle away hmmmm
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