Hi all,
First of all i am really happy with my phone, and it is by miles the best phone i ever had.
But i have a few problems with my S3, e.g. a little crack (hairline) in the bezzel (without dropping) and when i call or receive a call it the sound quality is really bad. a crackling/buzzing sound. it is not kernel related or ROM related as far as I know, i tested it with stock kernel+stock rom, SiyahKernel S3 v1.3.8+ Omega v.8.1 and SiyahKernel+ stock rom.
Before i can send my phone back it has to be stock.
So my question is how can i get my S3 back to stock? so that they will accept my warranty claim, so stock kernel i guess but how..
Download "triangle away" app and reset your flash counter, unroot with "ginger unroot" from market, if you use supersu then unroot from within the app. Flash stock rom from samfirmware.com.
check your flash counter is at 0 and is says stock in download mode. Done
I will try that! thanks ;-)
It all worked
Well after trying it all worked. stock kernel+stock rom and flash counter 0. thanks again!:good:
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I got my S2 only a few days ago from Vodafone UK and quickly flashed to the latest Checkrom to get rid of the stock bloatware. After suffering severe battery drain to do with wifi i have flashed back to the stock carrier firmware (BUKJ3).
I did this first by using CWM to clear davlik cache and a full wipe and then after enabling USB debugging mode i rebooted into downloaded mode. Upon entering download mode the phone began to make an audible clicking noise which i dont remember it ever doing when i first rooted the phone.
I went ahead and flash the firmware and all seems well but i wanted to see if the clicking noise might indicate a fault with the phone?
One other thing, if i wanted to return the phone back to Vodafone would i need to reset the binary counter thingy even though i'm back on stock firmware? The yellow triangle never bothered me so i never removed it or reset the count after installing Checkrom.
Thanks
[Edit] I've just loaded Kies and it says 'your device does not support software updating via kies'. This is somewhat concerning since i thought i had returned my phone out-of-the-box stock by flashing this firmware -> GT-I9100_VOD_I9100BUKJ3_I9100VODKI2_I9100BUKI1.tar.md5. When i very first got the phone Kies would state that its up to date. After runing *#1234# my settings are PDA: I9100BUKJ3 , PHONE: I9100BUKI1 and CSC: I9100VODKI2.
Re: the clicking thing, no idea. Haven't encountered/heard of that before.
Re: resetting the counter. Put it this way, if you don't, and you return the phone for warranty service you're pretty much paying for the repair out of your own pocket.
I.E the counter is proof you've been messing with the phone, which voids the warranty. What firmware you've currently got on the phone is irrelevant.
Might want to invest a few dollars in a jig just in case you do decide to send it in for a warranty repair.
Goooober said:
I got my S2 only a few days ago from Vodafone UK and quickly flashed to the latest Checkrom to get rid of the stock bloatware. After suffering severe battery drain to do with wifi i have flashed back to the stock carrier firmware (BUKJ3).
I did this first by using CWM to clear davlik cache and a full wipe and then after enabling USB debugging mode i rebooted into downloaded mode. Upon entering download mode the phone began to make an audible clicking noise which i dont remember it ever doing when i first rooted the phone.
I went ahead and flash the firmware and all seems well but i wanted to see if the clicking noise might indicate a fault with the phone?
One other thing, if i wanted to return the phone back to Vodafone would i need to reset the binary counter thingy even though i'm back on stock firmware? The yellow triangle never bothered me so i never removed it or reset the count after installing Checkrom.
Thanks
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Re: the clicking thing, no idea. Haven't encountered/heard of that before.
Re: resetting the counter. Put it this way, if you don't, and you return the phone for warranty service you're pretty much paying for the repair out of your own pocket.
I.E the counter is proof you've been messing with the phone, which voids the warranty. What firmware you've currently got on the phone is irrelevant.
Might want to invest a few dollars in a jig just in case you do decide to send it in for a warranty repair.
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Yeah i do have a Jig on the way. I've just encountered another problem as well. My internet speeds over wifi are appalling after flashing back to the stock firmware. 2200kbps down and 355kbps. The phone out of the box and on checkrom both performed as normal (about 10x what it is now). This stock vodafone firmware i downloaded here is clearly not what i had out-of the-box.
In that case, you might want to find out what firmware you had on the phone initially & flash that. As I'm not in the UK, I wouldn't have the foggiest.
At the end of the day, if you're returning it for a warranty repair, I wouldn't be surprised if they reflash whatever stock firmware they're currently using as part of the repair process (I've read many accounts of this happening).
Obviously once you start messing around with the phone, you potentially open a whole can (or many cans) of worms so far as how the phone performs goes. You could easily have just rooted the phone in the first instance to remove the bloatware, flashing a custom rom was not necessary in order to achieve this.
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Yeah i do have a Jig on the way. I've just encountered another problem as well. My internet speeds over wifi are appalling after flashing back to the stock firmware. 2200kbps down and 355kbps. The phone out of the box and on checkrom both performed as normal (about 10x what it is now). This stock vodafone firmware i downloaded here is clearly not what i had out-of the-box.
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In that case, you might want to find out what firmware you had on the phone initially & flash that. As I'm not in the UK, I wouldn't have the foggiest.
At the end of the day, if you're returning it for a warranty repair, I wouldn't be surprised if they reflash whatever stock firmware they're currently using as part of the repair process (I've read many accounts of this happening).
Obviously once you start messing around with the phone, you potentially open a whole can (or many cans) of worms so far as how the phone performs goes. You could easily have just rooted the phone in the first instance to remove the bloatware, flashing a custom rom was not necessary in order to achieve this.
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I thought i had flash whatever firmware was on it originally. I downloaded the BUKJ3 UK Vodafone carrier firmware from the stock rom thread since my phone came with BUKJ3. The wifi performance is shocking tho.
hi guys!
i recently flashed uk stock lfb rom over my orange stock rom, i rooted my s3 using chainfire cf-root 6.4 and i used triangle away to reset the counter.
everything went smooth, counter shows 0, but in settings/about device/status/ device status is now MODIFIED and not NORMAL as it used to be.
even if the counter is reset to 0, isn't this an obious proof for servicing companies that phone has been modified and loosin warranty? is any way to go back to normal? i searched the forum and i didn't find a solution.
thank you!
flash stock rom and your phone will show that normal status again. samsung will never know what you did to the poor phone. double check that you don't have supersu or superuser app or else something bad might happen
stfudude said:
flash stock rom and your phone will show that normal status again. samsung will never know what you did to the poor phone. double check that you don't have supersu or superuser app or else something bad might happen
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i already tried that, but a lot of apps didn't start corect, phone became very unstable and unusable. i even couldn't check if the status went back to normal. could it be because the original version seems to be an earlier release compared to lfb release?
i flashed stock rom, ALE8 to be exact, a few days ago, after having a few problems with wanam 1.9. the status changed to normal after flashing. i use desktop odin to flash. after flashing wanam 2.0 the status changed to modified. tried triangle away, but the status still doesn't change to normal even though flash counter has been succesfully reset.
The full steps are: (in that order)
- Triangle Away
- Flash Stock ROM
- Flash correct CSC / Modem (optional, not required)
- Factory-reset the phone
Reset the flashcounter, update rom and after boot do a facory reset.
flash stock rom, wipe everything, doesn't mean that the phone back to normal. for example, i always set my line to wcdma only. after flash any rom, reset everything, that setting still wcdma only. the only way to have absolutely format, is change csc code. it's truly format back to stock. but, be warning, you will lose everything, backup 1st.
so the trick is factory reset? good to know! i will not try it btw, because i need a working phone for this 2 months. OP, is your question answered now?
I don't know yet
I have to try that first, but i can't do IT right now. I hope that after flashing my original orange rom the phone will be stabile enough to perform a factory reset.
Thank you guys for your suggestion.
noris08 said:
hi guys!
i recently flashed uk stock lfb rom over my orange stock rom, i rooted my s3 using chainfire cf-root 6.4 and i used triangle away to reset the counter.
everything went smooth, counter shows 0, but in settings/about device/status/ device status is now MODIFIED and not NORMAL as it used to be.
even if the counter is reset to 0, isn't this an obious proof for servicing companies that phone has been modified and loosin warranty? is any way to go back to normal? i searched the forum and i didn't find a solution.
thank you!
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Hey dude. I'd just stick with it
even if you should have to send it in, they'll pretty much only look at the counter (If possible) and if that is not possible, then they'll JTAG it; meaning that EVERY tiny piece of information on that phone is gonna be wiped... Just make sure you don't send it in, just because of a small SIM failure. (Because that's caused by bad radios/basebands). Only send it in, if it's proper bricked, and they'll not no a thing (I've done this loads of times, they haven't noticed a thing to date )
yep, factory reset did the trick.
as i said, after flashing original orange rom over lfb rom the phone became unstable.
i booted into mini cwm that came original with the phone and there is an option to do a factory reset, et voila, no more modified status.
thank you guys!
No problem hit thanks button )
I have a brand new s3 from orange which has not been rooted or anything and the device status shows as modified. i have used the Samsung GS3 Int ToolKit and odin to flash an unsecure boot image so i could back up my phone which i still havent yet as i need to root and install busy box. i have not rooted the phone or changed the rom so why does it say device status modified. I did a factory reset but it still shows as modified.
I will be flashing the rom once i know how to backup the orange rom and data. I want to remove the modified status incase i want to return the phone to orange so they can give me an unbranded phone in the first place.
daflex86 said:
I have a brand new s3 from orange which has not been rooted or anything and the device status shows as modified. i have used the Samsung GS3 Int ToolKit and odin to flash an unsecure boot image so i could back up my phone which i still havent yet as i need to root and install busy box. i have not rooted the phone or changed the rom so why does it say device status modified. I did a factory reset but it still shows as modified.
I will be flashing the rom once i know how to backup the orange rom and data. I want to remove the modified status incase i want to return the phone to orange so they can give me an unbranded phone in the first place.
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If you flashed an insecure kernel, you did modify the state of the device. Are you saying that it showed as modified out of the box?
same problem
I have never rooted my device, never intended to either. However my device status appears as modified. While I personally feel there arent many glitches in my phone (s3), I'm worried i wont be able to upgrade to jellybean when the update comes out.
Any help?
Which firmware/ROM are you using? Are you rooted?
I'm asking this cause if you bought it second-hand the previous owner could have modified it.
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would having this status affect OTA updates?
Yep, it generally means the phone is running a custom rom/recovery and is rooted. OTA updates only work on non rooted stock recovery roms... However this doesn't mean you can't update through ODIN...
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Yep, it generally means the phone is running a custom rom/recovery and is rooted. OTA updates only work on non rooted stock recovery roms... However this doesn't mean you can't update through ODIN...
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I don't think so. As long as you're on an official ROM it doesn't matter if you're rooted or not.
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If you flashed an insecure kernel, you did modify the state of the device. Are you saying that it showed as modified out of the box?
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Thanks, I realised that later on and was just about to re-edit the post. Im sure it didn't say modified when out of the box. Orange won't replace the mobile as they say all their phones are branded and the replacement would be branded anyway. Im gonna flash with unbranded software as i dont want orange bloatware. Just need to know how to back up this useless orange rom and then i can flash!
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I don't think so. As long as you're on an official ROM it doesn't matter if you're rooted or not.
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Yep as long as i've read you can download as long as your on official ROM. You might lose your root but you can just re-root again.
I'm currently rooted on stock 2.3.6. I'm trying to sell the phone today and the guy wants me to update to ICS. I just have one problem... Whenever I flash back to stock everything, Kies keeps giving me the error that I'm not eligible. I assume it's because I tripped the flash counter going back to stock. How can I avoid this? Can I use Kies with a custom recovery installed to flash the flash counter wipe, and then it'll just remove the recovery?
Edit - Trying with a custom recovery and it said I was eligible.
I am no expert on here but lurk these forums, but I think I'll throw my 2 cents in here. I received a warranty replacement from ATT in the mail after the manager of the ATT repair center told his lackey to allow my warranty exchange. You see, I had mine rooted (on 2.3.6) and loaded with a custom rom (ICS 4.0.4) and the lackey could see the counter incremented and all. He gave me the script of not being able to warranty it due to the rooting but the manager could see that I knew what I was doing and that the issue (no sim error) was a hardware issue so he said he'd take the hit if it came back due to the flash counter. He had the lackey try to reflash it with official rom with their samsung tools just incase the sim issue could be fixed with a flash, but no cigar. All that did was leave me with an official ICS rom that was unrooted with a counter showing 1. A couple days later the replacement came in and I transferred all my info to the new phone.
Now just to be on the safe side, even though the manager of the corporate repair center ok'd it, I decided to return the defective Gnote back to stock unrooted condition with it's counter reset.
What I did was,
Flash the GB stock unrooted rom 2.3.6 using odin.
Then flashed CWM using odin.
Copied the ATT stock recovery zip and the flash counter reset zip to the internal memory. Reason being is that you will flash the counter reset with the custom CWM and then flash the stock recovery after to replace the CWM with the stock ATT recovery.
Afterwards I checked in download mode and the flash count was :no which means I'm in the clear and the underneath it said Samsung Official.
I haven't used kies, but I do know that using odin was painless. I'd suggest browse these forums for a while until you feel comfortable enough and then take care of the problem without Kies. Could be done in less than an hour after hitting a few links in the stickies of these forums.
DinoSoup said:
I'm currently rooted on stock 2.3.6. I'm trying to sell the phone today and the guy wants me to update to ICS. I just have one problem... Whenever I flash back to stock everything, Kies keeps giving me the error that I'm not eligible. I assume it's because I tripped the flash counter going back to stock. How can I avoid this? Can I use Kies with a custom recovery installed to flash the flash counter wipe, and then it'll just remove the recovery?
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Its got nothing to do with the flash counter. Unless your phone is completely stock, Kies rejects it.
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Its got nothing to do with the flash counter. Unless your phone is completely stock, Kies rejects it.
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It actually was the flash counter. I wiped the counter and then tried, rooted and with a custom recovery, and it worked. Stock with a 1 on the flash counter and nothing.
Here's the deal, my S3 has become faulty through no fault of my own. In the past I've run off custom ROM's, recovers, kernels but for a few month's I've been running on stock. A week ago (updated to 4.1.2 when it arrived for O2 UK punters) it started randomly freezing and the only way to fix it was to battery pull. It's been getting worse to the point I was doing a battery pull a hundred times a day. Believing the issue was with 4.1.2 I decided to reflash a custom ROM via CWM which made no difference.
So... It needs to be sent away for repair. I've done an emergency firmware recovery via KIES to get back to stock ROM. I used the S3 toolkit V7 to flash insecure boot, root, TriangleAway. Flashed stock boot, run TriangleAway and then done a factory reset via stock recovery.
I'm at the following stage:
Stock download mode shows official binary and basically the way a brand new never modified S3 would look... No counters.
Settings > About > Device Status shows as 'Normal' and not 'Modified'
The only thing is that I still have SuperSU installed and root apps are working... I want to get rid of this as easily as I can because quite honestly I've given myself a headache with all the back and forth. Can I simply uninstall SuperSU and I'm root-free in a way the repair center can't tell (at least easily anyway)?
Try to flash stock ROM with odin
Hi, I'm a middle aged person struggling to get to grips with unrooting.
Situation is this
I want to return my phone to an unrooted state for a warranty repair.
I have only rooted the phone, but not flashed any ROMs
Do I just need to re-Flash the correct official firmware, for Vodafone UK, using Odin and then it will be unrooted?
And then use a jig to reset the counter?
Are there any other steps I need to take.
Thanks for your help
Yes, if you flash a stock rom that will unroot the phone, you could also flash just a stock kernel if you can get hold of one - search the usual haunts (Samfirmware/etc).
A jig will probably work only if you've been running Gingerbread stock roms, if you've been running ICS or JB stock roms, use Triangle Away to reset the flash counter before you unroot/flash another stock rom or kernel, then flash away.
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Yes, if you flash a stock rom that will unroot the phone, you could also flash just a stock kernel if you can get hold of one - search the usual haunts (Samfirmware/etc).
A jig will probably work only if you've been running Gingerbread stock roms, if you've been running ICS or JB stock roms, use Triangle Away to reset the flash counter before you unroot/flash another stock rom or kernel, then flash away.
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Hi MistahBungle, huge thank you for this, just the pointers I needed. Very good of you to help some random bod on the Internet. I found the firmware I need and have installed Triangle away.
I'm all set really, going to do a bit more refreshing of my memory before I go for it. One thing am slightly curious about but will Google it, is if you reset the counter with Triangle away, and then I re-flashed the kernel with a stock, won't neck count as another flash, or is the flash counter only active if the phone is being rooted? No need to answer as long as it works
Thanks again for your help, much appreciated
No probs No, flashing stock won't trip the counter again. Good luck/post here again if you have any dramas.
Mistahbungle is a helpful guy.......and hes old enough to be your father