Hi Everyone I Want To Test ROM's Before Flash ON My PC So Please Help Me
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Hi,
Just made a Nandroid backup of your current rom then flash the new rom you want and if something is wrong or you don't like it... just restore your backup...
You can do that for all the rom you want to test, it is much simpler
That way you can really test on your phone... Even if it were possible on a PC, you can imagine that if you could test it on your pc it would not be comparable to test on your phone.
I Read That Triangle Away Is Very Dangerous Is There Another Way To Reset Flash Counter? I Heard That USB Jig Is Not Working For GS3
I Heard That USB Jig Is Not Working For GS3
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It does work, in the way it was intended to do and does across all Galaxy devices; to revive a semi-hardbricked phone by making it enter Download mode.
I Read That Triangle Away Is Very Dangerous
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Everything that flashes ROM's or works on the formatting of the device's internal storage is dangerous. I have yet to see someone who caused his device to hardbrick by using the app according to it's description.
It only modifies a value in the NAND, nothing much that can really go wrong. A risk always exists with all changes and updates.
Is There Another Way To Reset Flash Counter?
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Nope
THE.W!ZARD said:
I Read That Triangle Away Is Very Dangerous Is There Another Way To Reset Flash Counter? I Heard That USB Jig Is Not Working For GS3
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If you're that worried about bricking or avoiding the flash counter... why are you even trying to flash custom roms?
This is a development forum, I'll be the first to admit I have no idea how to develop anything apart from a deep hatred towards in-your-face vegetarians but at least I have a vague idea of what I'm doing, what I can do, and what I really shouldn't even think of doing. I got that from many hours lurking and searching these forums, try it some time.
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spamcakes said:
If you're that worried about bricking or avoiding the flash counter... why are you even trying to flash custom roms?
This is a development forum, I'll be the first to admit I have no idea how to develop anything apart from a deep hatred towards in-your-face vegetarians but at least I have a vague idea of what I'm doing, what I can do, and what I really shouldn't even think of doing. I got that from many hours lurking and searching these forums, try it some time.
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Because Some ROM's Have Better Performance, Fixing Some Bugs And Bringing Early Updates
d4fseeker said:
It does work, in the way it was intended to do and does across all Galaxy devices; to revive a semi-hardbricked phone by making it enter Download mode.
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So To Avoid Risk I Should Buy Jig
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Because Some ROM's Have Better Performance, Fixing Some Bugs And Bringing Early Updates
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And you would test all this on a pc how?
It's so ridiculously easy to flash roms these days just flash some and try them out, if nothing bugs you about it tadaa, daily driver.
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So To Avoid Risk I Should Buy Jig
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If you do things right you shouldn't need one, I'd say don't buy it till you need it.
THE.W!ZARD said:
So To Avoid Risk I Should Buy Jig
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I would, for 2 bucks you might as well, and then if anything goes wrong you don't have to wait to sort it. Having said that in 2 years of flashing and beta testing I have never needed one.Your choice, but flashing this device is simple if you do the necessary reading and follow the guides
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It's About If I Want To Reset The Flash Counter To Avoid Warranty Lose That's It. I Flash Omega ROM Before And Flashed Stock ROM Again And Reset Flash Counter Using Triangle Away But I Update The Mobile So It's Not To Use.
How To Restore Stock Kernel?
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How To Restore Stock Kernel?
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Reflash your rom without wiping data.
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I Really Appreciated Your Help @spamcakes @slaphead20
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Hi all,
Not sure whether to root or not, as I fear for my warranty :/ does it affect warranty ? and can it be reversed?
Thanks
James
Just want to know if it can be easily reversed please
Also what are the main advantages and disadvantages ? ...
I wanna remove some samsung apps, install droidwall and install LCD Density
Root can be reversed, and we can reset the flash count for unsigned kernels too
So yeah it should be undoable fine by flashing a stock rom and resetting download counter.
How do you go about removing a root? And is data lost?
You could re-flash back to the stock rom....but that will erase your data.
does the stock rom also update the kernel back to a secure one??
Sorry to bump this old thread but can Samsung or others detect if the phone has been rooted and then unrooted it it were for example to sent back for repair under warranty?
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You could re-flash back to the stock rom....but that will erase your data.
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No it doesn't if you flash it properly.
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Sorry to bump this old thread but can Samsung or others detect if the phone has been rooted and then unrooted it it were for example to sent back for repair under warranty?
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No if you reset the counter and flash the stock firmware for the device.
Thanks, I purchase one of those jigs just in case The amount of tegra only games coming out is beginning to bug me, I'm hoping the possibility that the two best selling android phones of the year (Galaxy S2 and Sensation) not being tegra will swing developers back our direction.
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Thanks, I purchase one of those jigs just in case The amount of tegra only games coming out is beginning to bug me, I'm hoping the possibility that the two best selling android phones of the year (Galaxy S2 and Sensation) not being tegra will swing developers back our direction.
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Just use the Chainfire3D application for the market to destroy nVidia's BS.
That was my plan cheers
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Thanks, I purchase one of those jigs just in case The amount of tegra only games coming out is beginning to bug me, I'm hoping the possibility that the two best selling android phones of the year (Galaxy S2 and Sensation) not being tegra will swing developers back our direction.
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can you link me to where you purchased your jig? Also have u tried to see if the jig works? or you havent rooted your phone yet?
Would it be possible to unroot just using Superoneclick?
I tried once and it worked. However, does it completely remove all traces of root?
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can you link me to where you purchased your jig? Also have u tried to see if the jig works? or you havent rooted your phone yet?
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I haven't got one yet but there is a how 2 vid up on you tube and apparently you can get them off of ebay (item no: 250824932406)
I flashed Gs2 with lightening ROm v5 ... Now I want to get back to stock rom and kernel ... Although I managed to flashed my kernel with stock kernel after flashed my GS2 with lightning ROM. But now when I flash my lighting room to get back to stock rom, my phone reboots and keeps animating galaxy S sign and nothing further happens. did I do something wrong?
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Would it be possible to unroot just using Superoneclick?
I tried once and it worked. However, does it completely remove all traces of root?
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As far as I know. Yes it does
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can you link me to where you purchased your jig? Also have u tried to see if the jig works? or you havent rooted your phone yet?
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I got this jig for $8, it will reset the flash counter and get rid of yellow triangle also.
danijaan said:
I flashed Gs2 with lightening ROm v5 ... Now I want to get back to stock rom and kernel ... Although I managed to flashed my kernel with stock kernel after flashed my GS2 with lightning ROM. But now when I flash my lighting room to get back to stock rom, my phone reboots and keeps animating galaxy S sign and nothing further happens. did I do something wrong?
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I am a newbie as well here but I thought I will share my experience.
I did have a bootloop and someone in the forum advised me to clear the cache and data using recovery mode. It worked.
give it a try
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Would it be possible to unroot just using Superoneclick?
I tried once and it worked. However, does it completely remove all traces of root?
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the easiest and safer method to unroot is to flash the stock kernal
Basically looking for an update as to whether anyone has rooted without increasing the flash counter. I see people refering to a thread saying it roots without increasing the counter, but it says in the OP of that thread that it does increase flash counter (and that particular OP is extremely vague).
So just looking for an update from someone more experienced with Samsung phones and this flashcounter stuff. Thanks in advance.
+1. I just came from the epic 4g touch and over there the issue was resolved with a usb jig. Also ,i believe there was an app developed that would do it.
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system root doesn't increase the flash counter, I have mine rooted, superuser and busybox installed , and 0 in my flash counter.
download from the top link and follow these steps. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=22920576&postcount=87
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system root doesn't increase the flash counter, I have mine rooted, superuser and busybox installed , and 0 in my flash counter.
download from the top link and follow these steps. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=22920576&postcount=87
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As I said I am new to the whole Odin thing. I was under the impression flashing anything with Odin would increase the counter, this is not the case? What does increase the counter then?
If you want root and not increase flash counter use that method @roloracer mentions. That's what I used and it was easy.
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As I said I am new to the whole Odin thing. I was under the impression flashing anything with Odin would increase the counter, this is not the case? What does increase the counter then?
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is not odin that increases the flash counter, cause if samsung would release an update and you wanted to flash from the pc and not from ota update , it wouldn't increase the flash counter, custom kernels/roms/recoveries do , but for some reason the system root doesn't, I still haven't decided if I'm going to say screw the counter, I probably would have if there was more roms to try out, but I'm going to be patient until a stable cm7 or ics rom is out.
Thanks for this. Whats the downside to flashing this instead of the other ?
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Thanks for this. Whats the downside to flashing this instead of the other ?
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nothing except you can't overclock past the 1.5ghz since you still have the stock kernel, but you can use any rooting app, and use setcpu with a performance scaling to throttle the cpu to the max or lower it to save battery. Once you use a custom kernel the flash counter will trip.
Big thanks rolo, this was very informative.
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Big thanks rolo, this was very informative.
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no problem, glad to help in anyway possible.
Damn really want to oc. ..lol. Anyone have a prediction on whether we'll see a way to reset the counter ,like the epic 4g touch ?
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Damn really want to oc. ..lol. Anyone have a prediction on whether we'll see a way to reset the counter ,like the epic 4g touch ?
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yes from what DA_G said there's no point in the development for it until ics is out, so I don't expect the flash counter fix to be available till samsung releases ics update.
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yes from what DA_G said there's no point in the development for it until ics is out, so I don't expect the flash counter fix to be available till samsung releases ics update.
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why not for gingerbread? since i mean it is the current one right now
i really want to flash a rom for spead tweaks and stuff, but seems like flash counter will increase with that
so so far im rooted, flash counter still at zero
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why not for gingerbread? since i mean it is the current one right now
i really want to flash a rom for spead tweaks and stuff, but seems like flash counter will increase with that
so so far im rooted, flash counter still at zero
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I don't have an answer for that, you might have to ask DA_G for that answer, there the ones developing it, not sure why.
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SayWhat10 said:
why not for gingerbread? since i mean it is the current one right now
i really want to flash a rom for spead tweaks and stuff, but seems like flash counter will increase with that
so so far im rooted, flash counter still at zero
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I believe it's because of an existing app (Triangle Away Thread) that works to remove the counter on ICS. DA_G refers to it here (post 49): http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1504218&page=5
Question related to this topic: I couldn't wait...lol. Flashed the oc kernel through Odin and, of course, my flash count went up. IF I decide to return this phone, do the employees at best buy mobile check the flash count? I know how to restore it to stock so that won't be a problem but we can't reset that flash counter. Anyone have any input?
Thanks!
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is not odin that increases the flash counter, cause if samsung would release an update and you wanted to flash from the pc and not from ota update , it wouldn't increase the flash counter, custom kernels/roms/recoveries do , but for some reason the system root doesn't, I still haven't decided if I'm going to say screw the counter, I probably would have if there was more roms to try out, but I'm going to be patient until a stable cm7 or ics rom is out.
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I think thats what im going to do. My gnote should be here tomorrow and i was going to root right away but there really isnt much point for me at this point with roms to install.
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Question related to this topic: I couldn't wait...lol. Flashed the oc kernel through Odin and, of course, my flash count went up. IF I decide to return this phone, do the employees at best buy mobile check the flash count? I know how to restore it to stock so that won't be a problem but we can't reset that flash counter. Anyone have any input?
Thanks!
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No way. Some guy in another thread said people return phones with CM7 installed. Inside your return window and they don't care.
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Here's what I'd like to do:
Root my phone and go to ICS. However, if I ever have a problem, I want to be able to get the phone back to stock, so my warranty is still good. So, do I root with mashi's method or do I just root with any method and use the reset counter (linked on here somewhere)?
Since I want to install ICS is there any reason to care about the counter and will the reset counter work after installing ICS if I have to go back to stock?
Do I still get the ICS update from AT&T when it comes out? Or is this like jailbreaking (something I'm VERY familiar with), and you just wait until someone comes up with a new custom ROM that has the Suite.
I know these are a lot of questions, but it's all stuff I'm currently researching, and it's not apparent what's the right thing to do (mostly due to this all being kind of new....some of the threads on here are only a month or so old). Anyway, my goal is to get to ICS and be able to get to stock if I ever have to with the least risk possible.
hello all,
i have followed entropy512's thread here to get my at&t samsung galaxy s2 rooted with stock settings...i then wanted clockworkmod recovery so i went to this and followed directions to get everything installed...everything was ok and working until a few weeks ago when the 'Check Update' option under Setting stopped working...
basically what happens is when i goto Settings-> Software Update->Check for updates->Hit OK (Check the AT&T server for new software update?) a dialog comes up that says 'Checking for software updates...' and nothing happens...i have left the phone over night with device management app checking for software updates... when this used to work, it took less than 1 minute to check...
finally, the only way for me to stop this is to go and force stop Device Manager under Applications->All, so before i restore the phone to factory, i was wondering if anyone knows what might be the issue here?
Thanks,
FI
fastindy said:
hello all,
i have followed entropy512's thread here to get my at&t samsung galaxy s2 rooted with stock settings...i then wanted clockworkmod recovery so i went to this and followed directions to get everything installed...everything was ok and working until a few weeks ago when the 'Check Update' option under Setting stopped working...
basically what happens is when i goto Settings-> Software Update->Check for updates->Hit OK (Check the AT&T server for new software update?) a dialog comes up that says 'Checking for software updates...' and nothing happens...i have left the phone over night with device management app checking for software updates... when this used to work, it took less than 1 minute to check...
finally, the only way for me to stop this is to go and force stop Device Manager under Applications->All, so before i restore the phone to factory, i was wondering if anyone knows what might be the issue here?
Thanks,
FI
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The issue is that you're rooted, I wish people would search more
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The issue is that you're rooted, I wish people would search more
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umm this option was working until a few weeks ago and it randomly stopped so im not sure what rooting has to do with it...furthermore, i did search using various permutations of words around the issue at hand, and i did not find threads that addressed this issue...
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umm this option was working until a few weeks ago and it randomly stopped so im not sure what rooting has to do with it...furthermore, i did search using various permutations of words around the issue at hand, and i did not find threads that addressed this issue...
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Being rooted you shouldn't even worry about updates, if you had actually searched you would have seen that
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fastindy said:
umm this option was working until a few weeks ago and it randomly stopped so im not sure what rooting has to do with it...furthermore, i did search using various permutations of words around the issue at hand, and i did not find threads that addressed this issue...
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OTA updates require factory recovery. I'm a bit hazy on the details but I believe CWM, in short, replaces that.
It might also be because you either turned off/uninstalled or inadvertently removed factory bloatware.
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OTA updates require factory recovery. I'm a bit hazy on the details but I believe CWM, in short, replaces that.
It might also be because you either turned off/uninstalled or inadvertently removed factory bloatware.
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This. Amongst other things. If u insist on trying to eventually upgrade to whatever crap gets pushed out to us yer best bet is to do a full wipe to completely stock firmware.
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Being rooted you shouldn't even worry about updates, if you had actually searched you would have seen that
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once again, the issue is not weather i should worry about updates or not nor did i search for if i should worry about updates...this option was working and something happened that caused it to stop working...and my searches i did was around getting device management to connect to the dm server (which is where the 'Checking for update' got stuck)
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OTA updates require factory recovery. I'm a bit hazy on the details but I believe CWM, in short, replaces that.
It might also be because you either turned off/uninstalled or inadvertently removed factory bloatware.
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This. Amongst other things. If u insist on trying to eventually upgrade to whatever crap gets pushed out to us yer best bet is to do a full wipe to completely stock firmware.
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both of you seem to be spot on...i didnt realize that removing bloatware which was marked as 'ok to remove' on the document of things to remove safely could have been the issue...initially i had frozen them using titanium...neway i restored the phone using the CWM backup i had and the option started working like expected...thanks for the input
I'm curious...why do you want that option to work?
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I'm curious...why do you want that option to work?
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so that i can get ICS when AT&T releases the official one... i know there are leaked versions out there, but i dont mind the wait, especially, from the research, i have found people having issues with various features
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so that i can get ICS when AT&T releases the official one... i know there are leaked versions out there, but i dont mind the wait, especially, from the research, i have found people having issues with various features
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Do you recall all the issues with UCKK6 Gingerbread? That was an AT&T release. The devs had to tear it apart to debug and try to fix it. Any build will have bugs in it. But generally, custom firmwares will have fewer bugs than AT&T firmware.
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Do you recall all the issues with UCKK6 Gingerbread? That was an AT&T release. The devs had to tear it apart to debug and try to fix it. Any build will have bugs in it. But generally, custom firmwares will have fewer bugs than AT&T firmware.
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unfortunately, i joined the android bandwagon only when i got my samsung galaxy s2, which was a little late in the game, so i have no clue on all the start up issues that people experienced with Gingerbread release...
for now ill need to stick with stock/At&T firmware however ill make the switch to custom firmwares when i stop being lazy and create a USB jig for myself...
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for now ill need to stick with stock/At&T firmware however ill make the switch to custom firmwares when i stop being lazy and create a USB jig for myself...
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Why would you need a jig? You're already rooted with CWM.
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so that i can get ICS when AT&T releases the official one... i know there are leaked versions out there, but i dont mind the wait, especially, from the research, i have found people having issues with various features
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I've been running AOKP by Task for a while and have never had a serious issue. The one's I have had were self inflicted and with some reading were quite easy to fix.
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Why would you need a jig? You're already rooted with CWM.
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if my research that i conducted a while ago is right, then basically samsung has implemented a flash counter which increments each time you flash a custom, non-stock rom...it might also be applied to non-stock kernels/firmwares as well (im not too sure)...so to prevent the flash counter from ever incrementing, ill need to put the phone in download mode using the jig and continue from there...
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I've been running AOKP by Task for a while and have never had a serious issue. The one's I have had were self inflicted and with some reading were quite easy to fix.
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alright thanks, ill check it out
fastindy said:
if my research that i conducted a while ago is right, then basically samsung has implemented a flash counter which increments each time you flash a custom, non-stock rom...it might also be applied to non-stock kernels/firmwares as well (im not too sure)...so to prevent the flash counter from ever incrementing, ill need to put the phone in download mode using the jig and continue from there...
alright thanks, ill check it out
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This is wrong. It is only incremented when you use ODIN to flash nonstock items. CWM has no bearing on flash counters.
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fastindy said:
if my research that i conducted a while ago is right, then basically samsung has implemented a flash counter which increments each time you flash a custom, non-stock rom...it might also be applied to non-stock kernels/firmwares as well (im not too sure)...so to prevent the flash counter from ever incrementing, ill need to put the phone in download mode using the jig and continue from there...
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You have some bad information...but I have some good news for you.
The flash counter only counts the number of times you've flashed a custom kernel in download mode via Odin. Using CWM to flash anything can't touch the flash counter. Same goes for Mobile Odin. I've been rooted and flashing for months, I don't have a jig, and my counter is still at zero.
EDIT: Ninja'd by a pirate!
fastindy said:
unfortunately, i joined the android bandwagon only when i got my samsung galaxy s2, which was a little late in the game, so i have no clue on all the start up issues that people experienced with Gingerbread release...
for now ill need to stick with stock/At&T firmware however ill make the switch to custom firmwares when i stop being lazy and create a USB jig for myself...
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Any GB issues only surfaced if you updated to 2.3.6. 2.3.4 for a "stock" firmware was pretty awesome. I'm on the latest ICS leak from ATT (LD4) and aside from the emmc bug (I'm using a safe kernel so I don't have it) IMHO its more complete then CM9 was. I stopped using CM9 at the end of May and don't miss it at all now.
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alright well i learnt something new today...and now that i have the freedom to flash like a mad man without worrying about flash counter (via CWM), i will surely checkout some of the leaked versions of ICS that you guys are using, and see which one works best for me...thanks for all the new info
fastindy said:
alright well i learnt something new today...and now that i have the freedom to flash like a mad man without worrying about flash counter (via CWM), i will surely checkout some of the leaked versions of ICS that you guys are using, and see which one works best for me...thanks for all the new info
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I reccomend roms that use i9100 bases as they are usually better, roms like phonebricker, and shostock2 are good, my favorite touchwiz based rom though is serendipity 9. But thats my experiences so try them for yourself (i use aokp as my daily though.)
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Remove Triangle and Reset Counter
http://shetalksandroid.blogspot.com/2012/03/how-to-reset-sgs2-flash-counter-and.html
Please read the above link.
I just did it last night and really works!
Time to hit the Thanks button
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This not only makes the meter go back to zero, but also removes the yellow triangle, without the JIG.
Thanks to Chainfire, its free! Just read the above link. (And please "Search" more
Hi, I have recently gone from an iPhone 4S and got my mothers S3 (international, i9300 running 4.1.2). As an advanced iphone user, who is familiar with jailbreaking, I want to try root my phone. However, from what I've read around here and other forums, rooting seems to be far more complex than jailbreaking, and it seems like there is a bigger chance of bricking your device if you do anything wrong. Therefore, I ask you to please give me a newbie tutorial of how to root this phone and preferably some pros and cons about rooting.
Thanks in advance!
Hi and welcome to XDA and Android!
The best way to root would be to click on the root information tab after searching for your phone in the top right of the XDA website.
The video will take you through the whole process!
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Start by reading the stickies at general sections, Everything you need to know is there. Good luck!
And for pros and cons there is for example this video.
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thanks, both of you. I am going to look more into it a bit later, but meanwhile a new question. If something goes wrong and my phone gets soft or hard bricked, how big is the chance of fixing it? One thing I really like about iphones is that no matter how much you mess up, you can just perform a restore in itunes.
You shouldn't have any problems if you follow the instructions.. As simple as that.
A soft brick is extremely easy to fix, a hard brick is really rare and only happens if you mess with the bootloader so just read carefully and be brave, you will actually notice that it is really easy and somewhat safe these days..
If you need any assistance if you mess up just send me a PM..
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Skander1998 said:
You shouldn't have any problems if you follow the instructions.. As simple as that.
A soft brick is extremely easy to fix, a hard brick is really rare and only happens if you mess with the bootloader so just read carefully and be brave, you will actually notice that it is really easy and somewhat safe these days..
If you need any assistance if you mess up just send me a PM..
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That's great! My last question is about the video under root info, does it support all versions?
Probably easiest to root by flashing a custom kernel (as probably all have root included) flash using mobile odin, then it takes a minute to do. Custom Roms usually have root too.
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Before flashing anything use the right file to flash , dont flash any other device firmware and use cf auto root it will root your device in 30 seconds only
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blackjacknapper said:
That's great! My last question is about the video under root info, does it support all versions?
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Like everyone suggested, just flash a compatible kernel like perseus and you should be good to go with root AND a custom kernel.
Skander1998 said:
Like everyone suggested, just flash a compatible kernel like perseus and you should be good to go with root AND a custom kernel.
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So if I have stock JB, no root, I can just flash perseus and I'm rooted?
This is a good tool.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=27239761
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blackjacknapper said:
So if I have stock JB, no root, I can just flash perseus and I'm rooted?
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yes, but you need a custom recovery to flash it
Also, make sure to download and flash the correct rom for your device
So we on MJ7 obviously at this point are stuck with barely gaining root and still not able to flash custom ROMs... So I'm making this thread for us to post up any leads or any questions we have on furthering our phones to be able to flash...
Any devs currently working on this would be helpful to chime in to let us know what's up and what you need for us to help...
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Stolly08 said:
So we on MJ7 obviously at this point are stuck with barely gaining root and still not able to flash custom ROMs... So I'm making this thread for us to post up any leads or any questions we have on furthering our phones to be able to flash...
Any devs currently working on this would be helpful to chime in to let us know what's up and what you need for us to help...
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+1. Would be nice to have an unlocked bootloader again. Should've never taken the OTA. :crying:
Aizukaori said:
+1. Would be nice to have an unlocked bootloader again. Should've never taken the OTA. :crying:
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Your telling me! I did a lil research and saw that there were ROMs for the s4 and I just got it the other day and coming from the s3 I was like this will be easy to root and flash again..... Pshhhh come to find out I bought an MJ7 so the rooting process was a pain in the @#$%& lol
So figured I'd start a place for us with this crappy problem to discuss stuffs lol
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I will be watching this thread like a hawk.
I know the feeling....
I just recently bought a new S4 as well with MJ7 on it and I'm going crazy all over looking for a way to root and install a custom rom specially now that this one came out for us on the S4 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2524644 ufff!!! I will be watching over this!!!!
Admittedly I'm new to this, but from my research, can't you just flash an old kernel/version and then install whatever you want?
Wouldn't this method work? galaxys4root . com/galaxy-s4-root/how-to-root-verizon-galaxy-s4-sch-i545/
Basically put in ODIN mode and install an old image, then you can install the ROM you want, right?
asr1901 said:
Admittedly I'm new to this, but from my research, can't you just flash an old kernel/version and then install whatever you want?
Wouldn't this method work? galaxys4root . com/galaxy-s4-root/how-to-root-verizon-galaxy-s4-sch-i545/
Basically put in ODIN mode and install an old image, then you can install the ROM you want, right?
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Negative, the bootloader was updated and LOCKED TIGHT.. Attempt this and you will have a hard bricked S4... Don't do it!!!
boogeeman69 said:
Negative, the bootloader was updated and LOCKED TIGHT.. Attempt this and you will have a hard bricked S4... Don't do it!!!
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Exactly.
If you are on a newer version of ROM, you cannot go back.
That is why, one should be very careful about taking an update.
Thanks for the info. Glad I didn't try that
When I got my device it was at least two versions back, so there's no way to factory reset my device to what I got when I first received my device?
boogeeman69 said:
Negative, the bootloader was updated and LOCKED TIGHT.. Attempt this and you will have a hard bricked S4... Don't do it!!!
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Eh... It wouldn't brick it, it just wouldn't let you flash it I'm pretty sure.
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Nicgraner said:
Eh... It wouldn't brick it, it just wouldn't let you flash it I'm pretty sure.
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If you try to flash an older image via Odin, you think it would just fail?
I'm still pissed about forgetting to check the Survival Mode option!! :silly:
boogeeman69 said:
If you try to flash an older image via Odin, you think it would just fail?
I'm still pissed about forgetting to check the Survival Mode option!! :silly:
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All I'm gonna say is I'm not gonna be the first to try it.... In theory it might work but idk...
Stolly08 said:
All I'm gonna say is I'm not gonna be the first to try it.... In theory it might work but idk...
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It's relatively well documented that you cannot downgrade from MJ7. If I recall, it's not a hard brick. It's either a soft brick or the flash just fails.
I have faith that we'll have an answer to this soon. Devs never take long to find a workaround.
32BitWhore said:
It's relatively well documented that you cannot downgrade from MJ7. If I recall, it's not a hard brick. It's either a soft brick or the flash just fails.
I have faith that we'll have an answer to this soon. Devs never take long to find a workaround.
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soft brick, you will get the connect to kies emergency screen. Just odin the full odin mj7 tar from the dev section and it will boot again. ( Yes, I was stupid enough to try it )
T.C.P said:
soft brick, you will get the connect to kies emergency screen. Just odin the full odin mj7 tar from the dev section and it will boot again. ( Yes, I was stupid enough to try it )
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Someone had to
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harrytery said:
Someone had to
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Same here. Lol. Used Verizon upgrade/repair assistant to recover. So is a root method being worked on that we know of? Man, stock is just so painful after going root!
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jpnestel said:
Same here. Lol. Used Verizon upgrade/repair assistant to recover. So is a root method being worked on that we know of? Man, stock is just so painful after going root!
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There is a root method... I'm rooted on the mj7 its just they haven't got a recovery to work with it yet so no flashing stuff... But at least with root you can change DPI settings and freeze and delete bloatware so its really not that bad anymore while we wait...
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Hopefully Hashcode can eventually hook us up with SafeStrap at least.. The whole custom recovery thing isn't looking to to good.
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Stolly08 said:
There is a root method... I'm rooted on the mj7 its just they haven't got a recovery to work with it yet so no flashing stuff... But at least with root you can change DPI settings and freeze and delete bloatware so its really not that bad anymore while we wait...
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@Stolly08 what method did you use to Root? I'm still hesitant to try...had my VZ GS4 (running MJ7) for about 3 weeks now.
I'm basically trying to rid my device of bloatware (and praying to eventually flash custom ROMS whenever we all figure that out )
After having HTC phones for 5 years, all rooted, I said enough of the crappy battery life and decided to take the Samsung mainly because of the huge dev support and good battery life. Kinda bummed out we dont have root for MJ7 with unlocked boot loader but Im sure the Dev's are working hard to get it for us