Some one who hasn't Rooted, please go to the Settings/About Device/Status page and tell me what it says at the very bottom? Mine says "Device status Modified" I've rooted.
Did ATT make it very easy to tell who's rooted etc?
Mine says:
Device status: Normal
nixk said:
Mine says:
Device status: Normal
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oh, crap. thanks. I may be stuck with this now..... or I may not get updates.
stan.s said:
oh, crap. thanks. I may be stuck with this now..... or I may not get updates.
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By this time next week you should be able to reflash the stock rom and reset the counter, or... i'll eat my invisible hat.
zmore said:
By this time next week you should be able to reflash the stock rom and reset the counter, or... i'll eat my invisible hat.
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You have one too?
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By this time next week you should be able to reflash the stock rom and reset the counter, or... i'll eat my invisible hat.
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Just talked with my buddy (nakedninja) who explained what this is, apparently each individual phone ships with a specific device id, whenever modified software, ROM, kernel etc... is flashed it re issues an id. As long as its different from the original, Samsung and ATT will know that the phone had been modified. The question is, can that id be reverted or saved in some way, to Bead restored in case the phone needs to be exchanged.
Thanks nakedninja for the info, let's hope something its figured out, flash counters can be reset easy enough... But modifying, inserting editing the device id may be trickier... But with our bad ass Dev team I'm sure it will be of no concern
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flash counters can be reset easy enough...
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that's not necessarily true.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1723980
I believe that all the other flash counter protocols have been defeated, given enough time for the devs to work on it, I may be wrong though, but it seems they have figured this out and that's why they worked in this secondary script to reveal modified devices... This is my speculation and based on what I have gather here on XDA. Though I can must definitely be wrong, won't be the first time and won't be the last.
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zmore said:
By this time next week you should be able to reflash the stock rom and reset the counter, or... i'll eat my invisible hat.
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I hope so Though I'm thinking that a stock Samsung (rather than a stock Samsung ATT) would be nice with the motion stuff, which I like and the drivers for all the devices would be there.
theraffman said:
I believe that all the other flash counter protocols have been defeated, given enough time for the devs to work on it, I may be wrong though, but it seems they have figured this out and that's why they worked in this secondary script to reveal modified devices... This is my speculation and based on what I have gather here on XDA. Though I can must definitely be wrong, won't be the first time and won't be the last.
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I think you're right in that it's a matter of "when" vs "if" the counter can be reset. It really just depends on the priority of some of the talented devs with the knowhow that will determine the speed in which it's found.
I know from some of the other devices I've been following, it took a handful of folks that either wanted the challenge or the counter meant something to them (presumably for warranty purposes) to really get going.
Most likely the method will probably be the same (or very close) for all the North American variants - so with the amount of American and Canadian devs, hopefully at least one is up to the task! I'm personally really interested in the solution myself before rooting because I've had several warranty exchanges in the past on some of my phones, and I'd like to err on the side of caution.
I am coming from Sony phones my last 3 I flashed standard Sony firmware for North America, rather than the att branded ones. Two were not android. To me this is an annoying complication, since Sony would update standard firmware and there were tons of sites that had flash services and firmware.
I expect that there will be fixes released in the next two months, I don't want to be shut out just because I don't like the att software.
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Hello, I'm using Galaxy S2(SHW-M250S).
I found a special, but dizzy function in SGS2 on download mode.
For rooting or any other purposes, custom kernels are really necessary.
There's a problem.
SGS2 checks how many times custom kernels I flashed.
It can be checked on download mode.
How can I return these counted numbers get return to 0?
once it get cwm my guess it will bypass that crap since you dont flash in download mode.. at least i hope.
marbulas said:
Hello, I'm using Galaxy S2(SHW-M250S).
I found a special, but dizzy function in SGS2 on download mode.
For rooting or any other purposes, custom kernels are really necessary.
There's a problem.
SGS2 checks how many times custom kernels I flashed.
It can be checked on download mode.
How can I return these counted numbers get return to 0?
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Does a full flash of an entire ROM (with PIT) reset this counter?
No, it doesn't.
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Does a full flash of an entire ROM (with PIT) reset this counter?
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No, it doesn't
oh sh***!
now i'm glad i didn't flash yet.. sgs 2 still needs a lot of exploration..
How do you get to that counter? I have tried every combination I can think of in download and recovery modes, but no counter.
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How do you get to that counter? I have tried every combination I can think of in download and recovery modes, but no counter.
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Do you mean how to get in the download mode shows the counts?
Vol down + Menu(leftside of home key) + Hold(Button on right side of sgs2)
To add more to this, the counter only counts NON-Samsung kernels; it doesn't seem that it will care about non-Samsung firmwares, and doesn't count how many times you flash an ORIGINAL Samsung kernel.
... not sure if a secure kernel from Supercurio etc. will get flagged as non-official...
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To add more to this, the counter only counts NON-Samsung kernels; it doesn't seem that it will care about non-Samsung firmwares, and doesn't count how many times you flash an ORIGINAL Samsung kernel.
... not sure if a secure kernel from Supercurio etc. will get flagged as non-official...
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You're right. Good follow-up explanation.
OK,
Found it, I had gone straight to download mode from recovery.
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su
reboot download
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It seems it does not show the count that way. Interesting, but I am not worried about it. "Having Had" a custom rom, and currently using an official one should be all you need to get things done under warranty. The Yellow triangle vanishes then.
wow!, this is very interesting guys...
and certainly something new.
perhaps this is the way Samsung plans phone to track flashes and to void warranties if you go over X amount?
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OK,
Found it, I had gone straight to download mode from recovery.
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reboot download
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It seems it does not show the count that way. Interesting, but I am not worried about it. "Having Had" a custom rom, and currently using an official one should be all you need to get things done under warranty. The Yellow triangle vanishes then.
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I hope so....
AllGamer said:
wow!, this is very interesting guys...
and certainly something new.
perhaps this is the way Samsung plans phone to track flashes and to void warranties if you go over X amount?
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I really worried about that.
It will be, and it can be fetters about rooting the sgs2.
That's got it, but it's still showing download count when I go in through recovery->download mode again using Vol Down+Home+Power.
I'm a little worried about this too. But then again, 'having' custom roms in your phone doesn't mean that it's actually 'installed' does it? I can 'have' a custom rom download count of over 9000 but that doesn't mean I actually had it installed. I just had a lot of free time...
How bout when the service center said "its over 9000"
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override182 said:
How bout when the service center said "its over 9000"
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Hah, that was Funny
DBZ reference
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I think this will be a medal for all of us beta testers. Flashing dev staff on our 600euro phone and try out new , insecure optimizations for alpha and beta testing made SGS1 what it is today.If my SGS had a counter like this it would be 3 digit number for sure
Anyhow , i don't believe that counter has something to do with the warranty at all. If your phone has original kernel and rom and it is defective , thats it. If you stuck with something custom and can not go back plus a defective phone , then you have a problem. Thats pretty much the same with or without counter.
On a side note , most defective "electronics" i know of , i was able to spot the problem within the first days. Like my phones , if everything was ok for the first week or so , i have no problems at all for all their lifetime on my hands ( usually 6 months
My personal rule is to work the phone as it is for a week to see that everything is right and then start the alpha testing knowing that any problem will be caused by me not reading the instructions carefully enough ( 98% ) or the actual dev made something terrible )
Just my 2c
P.S. Maybe make a "First counter showing 100" competition in the Dev threat ? That would be great and geeky
iakovidis said:
I think this will be a medal for all of us beta testers. Flashing dev staff on our 600euro phone and try out new , insecure optimizations for alpha and beta testing made SGS1 what it is today.If my SGS had a counter like this it would be 3 digit number for sure
Anyhow , i don't believe that counter has something to do with the warranty at all. If your phone has original kernel and rom and it is defective , thats it. If you stuck with something custom and can not go back plus a defective phone , then you have a problem. Thats pretty much the same with or without counter.
On a side note , most defective "electronics" i know of , i was able to spot the problem within the first days. Like my phones , if everything was ok for the first week or so , i have no problems at all for all their lifetime on my hands ( usually 6 months
My personal rule is to work the phone as it is for a week to see that everything is right and then start the alpha testing knowing that any problem will be caused by me not reading the instructions carefully enough ( 98% ) or the actual dev made something terrible )
Just my 2c
P.S. Maybe make a "First counter showing 100" competition in the Dev threat ? That would be great and geeky
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Spoke to CF about this and he said this is a normal feature on pre-production devices, to count flashes, but that it wouldn't usually be on a shipping device.
The number is likely stored in NVRAM somewhere.. Question is where If we find out, some people will always have 0 flashes, while others will miraculously have 9999 flashes
Who the hell?
Im not too worried about the counter but.........who the hell is Chuck Norris? or is that another story?
Haven't found this. Is rooting this device reversible in such a way as ATT cannot tell you ever rooted it and warranty/insurance would cover it if something comes up with the phone?
Rooting is reversible. You can use Odin and return the phone back to stock.
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orangekid said:
Haven't found this. Is rooting this device reversible in such a way as ATT cannot tell you ever rooted it and warranty/insurance would cover it if something comes up with the phone?
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I tripped the flash counter on my ATT SGS2 and it even had the big triangle with exclamation point come up on boot after the counter was triggered. I had a problem with calls dropping and they could not determine the cause and I was able to swap it out for a new one in store even with a custom rom and the counter tripped. The guy at the ATT store didnt even pay attention when it booted up with the big triangle on the screen. I don't know if this guy just missed this or if ATT just doesnt care all together.
I think if you are really worried about your warranty then I would wait until a solution comes around to either reset the counter or root without tripping it in the first place just to be safe. Because when I got my replacement SGS2 they had already come up with another method that did not trip the flash counter.
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Rooting is reversible. You can use Odin and return the phone back to stock.
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I know that much, but can they tell you ever flashed Odin in the first place?
Unfortunately atm rooting will trigger your flash counter and there is no way of resetting it, if im not mistaken.
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Rooting is reversible. You can use Odin and return the phone back to stock.
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This is true but the flash counter will not be reset.
Romee74 said:
I tripped the flash counter on my ATT SGS2 and it even had the big triangle with exclamation point come up on boot after the counter was triggered. I had a problem with calls dropping and they could not determine the cause and I was able to swap it out for a new one in store even with a custom rom and the counter tripped. The guy at the ATT store didnt even pay attention when it booted up with the big triangle on the screen. I don't know if this guy just missed this or if ATT just doesnt care all together.
I think if you are really worried about your warranty then I would wait until a solution comes around to either reset the counter or root without tripping it in the first place just to be safe. Because when I got my replacement SGS2 they had already come up with another method that did not trip the flash counter.
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that's what I was looking for. Thanks!
Picking up this bad boy today. I wanted to root it first thing for no ads and to use mybackuproot to restore all my apps from my old HD2, but I guess I'll wait. If I get a bad screen or something I don't want them to say "well you tripped the flash counter, so we can't do **** for you"
if its a hardware problem they still have to replace it weather you rooted it or not. bad hardware is bad hardware. i have had people atleast on sprint return devices that had custom roms for what ever reason and as long as its a true hardware issue it would play no difference on the return
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if its a hardware problem they still have to replace it weather you rooted it or not. bad hardware is bad hardware. i have had people atleast on sprint return devices that had custom roms for what ever reason and as long as its a true hardware issue it would play no difference on the return
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are you sure about that, I thought rooting violates all warranty claims.
depends on how you root. rooting a phone wont do much of anything. messing with your kernel will. kernel is what gets you in trouble most of the time.
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depends on how you root. rooting a phone wont do much of anything. messing with your kernel will. kernel is what gets you in trouble most of the time.
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I mean the carrier can say "no" to everything even if obviously the root didn't cause the problem because technically rooting voids the warranty. I've known Sprint to do this.
I'm not talking about what they "should" do or if rooting does anything bad, I'm talking about what ATT ACTUALLY does in these cases.
Buy a USB download jig. It resets your flash counter back to 0.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/UNBrick-Samsung-Galaxy-S2-i9100-Download-Mode-USB-Jig-/270805686806
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well if you root without changing your counter. just delete the su app using command line and your good none the wiser on there part.
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Buy a USB download jig. It resets your flash counter back to 0.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/UNBrick-Samsung-Galaxy-S2-i9100-Download-Mode-USB-Jig-/270805686806
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Read the forums. People have already tested and said multiple times that the jigs don't work on the Note due to a new bootloader.
I'm just curious as I'm new to this.
Not being a negative thinker here, but is there a chance that there will NEVER be a method that will reset the counters back to 0? Jig or what other methods can be used?
I love the Note and I was really excited on all this rooting stuff until I found out about this one. I have bad luck with gadgets as they fail on me most of the time even before the contract is up. It would be a pain that if it happens, Samsung will deny me the warranty because of that after paying $299.
Or could this "New Bootloader" be the new "Locked bootloader" (Like the Atrix when it was lauched?)
Thanks
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well if you root without changing your counter. just delete the su app using command line and your good none the wiser on there part.
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but that's not possible is it?
keplenk said:
I'm just curious as I'm new to this.
Not being a negative thinker here, but is there a chance that there will NEVER be a method that will reset the counters back to 0? Jig or what other methods can be used?
I love the Note and I was really excited on all this rooting stuff until I found out about this one. I have bad luck with gadgets as they fail on me most of the time even before the contract is up. It would be a pain that if it happens, Samsung will deny me the warranty because of that after paying $299.
Or could this "New Bootloader" be the new "Locked bootloader" (Like the Atrix when it was lauched?)
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It's not a locked bootloader because it's already been rooted. But it is a new bootloader that apparently really wants to count flashes.
maxh said:
Read the forums. People have already tested and said multiple times that the jigs don't work on the Note due to a new bootloader.
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Yes I have read the forums.
It does work on the new bootloader (been tested and done on 2.3.6). For reference see this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1354888
However on the AT&T version it has not been tested yet. Only on the Int'l version. I would wait for confirmation to see if and when the AT&T version has been tested.
Another way to do it, once ICS 4.0 comes on this phone, is to use Chainfire's app called TriangleAway (have to be rooted) and you can reset the counter back to 0 as well. Someone did it on their Int'l Note by flashing the ICS 4.0 leak and then using TriangleAway. Then using Odin to put on another ROM.8
So basically the questions are
1) can you flash something which does not trip the counter which can be fully restored to stock that roots your phone?
2) Is there a way to bring the trip counter back to zero?
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Yes I have read the forums.
It does work on the new bootloader (been tested and done on 2.3.6). For reference see this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1354888
However on the AT&T version it has not been tested yet. Only on the Int'l version. I would wait for confirmation to see if and when the AT&T version has been tested.
Another way to do it, once ICS 4.0 comes on this phone, is to use Chainfire's app called TriangleAway (have to be rooted) and you can reset the counter back to 0 as well. Someone did it on their Int'l Note by flashing the ICS 4.0 leak and then using TriangleAway. Then using Odin to put on another ROM.8
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International bootloader =/= AT&T Bootloader. The different SoC's and build dates along with other factors mean that we can't use the jig method right now. There is no downgrade bootloader for use to use, even. We're stuck.
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!
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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No limit. It's basically in indicator to Samsung or the repair facility whether or not you've modified the firmware in any way, and if it's clear you have it's pretty much an automatic void of your warranty if they notice it. Triangle Away does not work on the US variants from all I've read. The only disadvantage is upping your flash counter and running the chance of having a warranty claim denied as a result.
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No limit. It's basically in indicator to Samsung or the repair facility whether or not you've modified the firmware in any way, and if it's clear you have it's pretty much an automatic void of your warranty if they notice it. Triangle Away does not work on the US variants from all I've read. The only disadvantage is upping your flash counter and running the chance of having a warranty claim denied as a result.
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I found the sticky that talks about this... you say that if you root and use CWM to install ROMs, it won't trip...
what method do you use to root for the first time without tripping that number then?
is it this method here?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1739426
I ask because they said if you use ODIN, it will trip the counter if it's not official samsung rom. so then it would trip to 1, no?
razorseal said:
is it this method here?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1739426
I ask because they said if you use ODIN, it will trip the counter if it's not official samsung rom. so then it would trip to 1, no?
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Did you bother to read that thread? Yes thats the one
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Gadgetz said:
No limit. It's basically in indicator to Samsung or the repair facility whether or not you've modified the firmware in any way, and if it's clear you have it's pretty much an automatic void of your warranty if they notice it. Triangle Away does not work on the US variants from all I've read. The only disadvantage is upping your flash counter and running the chance of having a warranty claim denied as a result.
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If triangle away doesn't work now, I'm sure they'll find a way in the future. Hopefully before I have any issues.
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Gadgetz said:
Did you bother to read that thread? Yes thats the one
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read the whole dang thing
razorseal said:
read the whole dang thing
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it's pretty much in the first two sentence
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it's pretty much in the first two sentence
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Even better than that, it's in the title!
Explain it to me like I'm a moron, I've tried to find out what the differences are between TMo and the others that prevents it from using this method and not tripping the counter?
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Explain it to me like I'm a moron, I've tried to find out what the differences are between TMo and the others that prevents it from using this method and not tripping the counter?
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No idea
stevessvt said:
Explain it to me like I'm a moron, I've tried to find out what the differences are between TMo and the others that prevents it from using this method and not tripping the counter?
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I don't think there's anything preventing a T-Mo phone to be rooted the same way.. someone just has to use the linked instructions to create an image based off of a T-Mobile stock rom.
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I don't think there's anything preventing a T-Mo phone to be rooted the same way.. someone just has to use the linked instructions to create an image based off of a T-Mobile stock rom.
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Reading through this thread here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1739426 they explicitly say it won't work on the tmobile t999 phone.
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Explain it to me like I'm a moron, I've tried to find out what the differences are between TMo and the others that prevents it from using this method and not tripping the counter?
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even though all the Samsung Galaxy S3 are using Ice Cream Sandwich Android OS, on top of that, they are all using Samsung altered TouchWiz. The best example I can think of to this is Windows Blind on top of Windows OS.
After that, each needs slightly different software and even hardware due to difference in operation of between each cell company + technologies + what they want and don't want and etc. Basically, they are technically the same phone but they are all slightly different, and this slight difference what makes certain roms and apps work on XXXX carrier but not on YYYY carrier.
also International and Domestic version has a entirely different processor, which is why there is Cyanogenmod and other tweaks and the USA models don't
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Reading through this thread here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1739426 they explicitly say it won't work on the tmobile t999 phone.
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I couldn't seem to find it doing a search, could you link to that post please?
Hello to all at XDA, this is my first post so please go easy. On the developers thread for JB on the S3 some people are reporting loss of IMEI after flashing a ROM. What isn't clearly being stated is what is the resultant effect. Does loss of IMEI resultant in a bricked phone?, d
or does it just mean that you would not be able to get a warranty repair but in all other respects the phone works albeit with an immature no guarantees ROM?
Not technically bricked as far as I know. Instead your phone basically turns into a media player. You have no longer access to your cell provider which means you cant make or receive calls/text messages. You won't be able to use data.
For example, its basically an iPhone turning into an iPod touch
I would recommend staying away from flashing anything atm until the guys over here at xda or other place that use their spare time to come up with a solution or conclusion on whether or not IMEI can be recovered
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Not technically bricked as far as I know. Instead your phone basically turns into a media player. You have no longer access to your cell provider which means you cant make or receive calls/text messages. You won't be able to use data.
For example, its basically an iPhone turning into an iPod touch
I would recommend staying away from flashing anything atm until the guys over here at xda or other place that use their spare time to come up with a solution or conclusion on whether or not IMEI can be recovered
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Inter crew, thanks for explaining all that, as an additional question regarding your advice to wait until the IMEI issue is identified, I am in the UK in the 3 network and own a 3 branded S3, my phone is rooted, and I have used Titanium to remove TW pre installed applications that I do not use such as ChatOn, but the ROM is the original stock ROM, my follow up question, when 3 eventually issue a JB update will my phone get it in its current state? Thanks for any answer you give
I seriously doubt it. All of the other phones that I have owned have never taken an update after rooting and freezing apps. This is pure speculation on my part but I would say not able to update.
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I seriously doubt it. All of the other phones that I have owned have never taken an update after rooting and freezing apps. This is pure speculation on my part but I would say not able to update.
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That doesn't surprise me, would removal of root and reinstall of the removed apps on this original ROM allow me to update?
philby123 said:
That doesn't surprise me, would removal of root and reinstall of the removed apps on this original ROM allow me to update?
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probably but it might just easier to backup using titanium and then Odin back to stock if there are Odin packages for your device..
that's how I always got my SGS back to stock for anything when required
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I seriously doubt it. All of the other phones that I have owned have never taken an update after rooting and freezing apps. This is pure speculation on my part but I would say not able to update.
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Not true. MyS3 was rooted when att pushed their last ota. And my captivate was rooted when they pushed the froyo update to it. But, that was on a stock Rom. Most custom roms remove the option to check for software updates.
MrHaley, thanks for weighing in, from your perspective do you think its necessary for me to reinstall the removed apps (they were backed up on Titanium) to enable my S3 to receive updates on its resident stock rom ?
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MrHaley, thanks for weighing in, from your perspective do you think its necessary for me to reinstall the removed apps (they were backed up on Titanium) to enable my S3 to receive updates on its resident stock rom ?
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You actual have two options:
1. Keep root, wait for devs to fix the issue, and then wait for the devs to improve the JB update for the S3(probably won't come will Q4-Q1(2013) anyway.
Or
2. Reinstall every stock app you deleted, froze, etc...Then you have to wait for the next OTA.
I'm hard pressed to actually recommend unrooting, since that practically goes against the whole purpose of being on XDA. IF they announce the JB update before the Devs fix the IMEI bug, then i would say unroot. However if they fix it by month's end then it would be worth the wait--I trust the devs here for than the ones making the updates. They tend to be significantly slower, no OC, Carrier-IQ, fewer patches, updates are less frequent than xda, and they come with Touchwiz.
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Hello to all at XDA, this is my first post so please go easy. On the developers thread for JB on the S3 some people are reporting loss of IMEI after flashing a ROM. What isn't clearly being stated is what is the resultant effect. Does loss of IMEI resultant in a bricked phone?, d
or does it just mean that you would not be able to get a warranty repair but in all other respects the phone works albeit with an immature no guarantees ROM?
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No it's not bricked mine actually still made calls and had data edge only though. T mobile Will replace it also at least for now lol
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Have you bought your phone through best buy and got there black tie protection program your golden. You $10 a month for insurance on the phone without a deductible. I haven't lost my imei at all yet and I'm not worried. If I do I'll just go in and they replace it for free.
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Great. I, like a dumbass, decided to try and root my new phone without a backup plan. I have had no luck using the XDA video, and now I'm stuck with the "Please select recovery mode in Kies" screen. Kies doesn't recognize it, and I have no way to restore the stock ROM. Is my only option to wait until a stock firmware ROM is released, like it was for sprint?
Based on the information we're currently provided with, I think it'd be safe to say you're screwed for now. Why you would even try to root a device that doesn't currently have any rooting methods is beyond me. You should definitely read up before you try anything you're not sure of.
The only other option you'd have at this point is taking the phone into Verizon, showing them the screen and telling them that this is how it has looked since it came out of the box. Although it's a lie, and you bricked it out of your own neglect, the reps can't really turn you away.
Can you return it?
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I did some research, and nobody had any negative things to say about the rooting process, especially with all the videos and forums on it. I searched for how to root the Samsung note 2, versus the model number, which is different for different carriers.
MedicMillan said:
I did some research, and nobody had any negative things to say about the rooting process, especially with all the videos and forums on it. I searched for how to root the Samsung note 2, versus the model number, which is different for different carriers.
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Every carrier is different. You must be new here.
I am new. I have rooted phones before, but never had this problem. Would it be an option to install a custom rom like Cyanogen until there is a public release of the stock firmware?
MedicMillan said:
I am new. I have rooted phones before, but never had this problem. Would it be an option to install a custom rom like Cyanogen until there is a public release of the stock firmware?
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You will need to wait until the boot loader is unlocked to flash a rom, only way I can think of.
MedicMillan said:
I am new. I have rooted phones before, but never had this problem. Would it be an option to install a custom rom like Cyanogen until there is a public release of the stock firmware?
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At this point in time, you can't flash anything, you can't root, and there are no recovery images to return to stock with. You either have to wait it out, or try to exchange it at Verizon.
You can exchange, they will not know the difference
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Just take it to Verizon play dumb and get it replaced. It's within the 14 days so it will be swapped on the spot. They wont/don't care what's wrong with it.
The suggestion of just return it to the store, they won't notice, is a really **** move and I'm not saying that in defense of Verizon. I'm saying it that it is things like that that in the end cause more harm to the end user than good. They up costs and add charges, create obscene policies, etc. It may not negatively impact you immediately, but when multiple people do this all over the country it adds up.
DaRkL3AD3R said:
The suggestion of just return it to the store, they won't notice, is a really **** move and I'm not saying that in defense of Verizon. I'm saying it that it is things like that that in the end cause more harm to the end user than good. They up costs and add charges, create obscene policies, etc. It may not negatively impact you immediately, but when multiple people do this all over the country it adds up.
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I have to say I agree 100%. If people just used common sense, or read up a bit, situations like these could be entirely avoided.
MedicMillan said:
Great. I, like a dumbass, decided to try and root my new phone without a backup plan. I have had no luck using the XDA video, and now I'm stuck with the "Please select recovery mode in Kies" screen. Kies doesn't recognize it, and I have no way to restore the stock ROM. Is my only option to wait until a stock firmware ROM is released, like it was for sprint?
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Check the development section. There is a leaked ODIN .tar file that you can flash. It is a prerelease, but at least you will have a functioning phone until a proper root/unlock solution is found.
bork.it.consulting said:
Check the development section. There is a leaked ODIN .tar file that you can flash. It is a prerelease, but at least you will have a functioning phone until a proper root/unlock solution is found.
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This Odin file fails. It will not flash. Someone was trying to flash it last night with the same screen you are on.
just odin the stock image in the dev section and you will be back up and running...do not I repeat do not anybody try any root methods for the other gn2 variants!
http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=SCH-I605
if it fails then your screwed until the latest odin image is release, which im sure wont be too long.
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I have to say I agree 100%. If people just used common sense, or read up a bit, situations like these could be entirely avoided.
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I'm not saying that everyone should go flash happy, attempt to root without knowing what they are doing destroy their phones and take them back to Verizon then rinse and repeat the process. But there have to be a few that are a tempting to get root for everyone else there is bound to be some hard bricks. Should they be out 700, and that's kinda harsh.
Check out this link for a fixed brick....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=34862234#post34862234
mrlaigle said:
I'm not saying that everyone should go flash happy, attempt to root without knowing what they are doing destroy their phones and take them back to Verizon then rinse and repeat the process. But there have to be a few that are a tempting to get root for everyone else there is bound to be some hard bricks. Should they be out 700, and that's kinda harsh.
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But with a little reading in the correct forum, people could avoid owning a $700 paperweight. It's really not that difficult, and any issues that arise from lack of research are due to their own ignorance. I can't feel sympathy for anyone who flashes blindly.
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But with a little reading in the correct forum, people could avoid owning a $700 paperweight. It's really not that difficult, and any issues that arise from lack of research are due to their own ignorance. I can't feel sympathy for anyone who flashes blindly.
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I'm not disagreeing with you. If you do not know what you are doing or if this is your first time you shouldn't be attempting to root an un rooted device. But there will always be those guinea pigs...
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This is exactly the reason why everyone else who follows commense is punished with locked bootloader.