Flash Counter wont go back to 0 - Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi all hope someone can help i am trying to reset my flash count but it says at 1 instead of going back to 0 like it should thanks in advance

Reset what with ???
jje

JJEgan said:
Reset what with ???
jje
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Triangle away im guessing
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sharingan92 said:
Triangle away im guessing
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Well yes that's what i would guess but some try USB Jig to reset .
jje

Hi yes im trying to reset with triangle away.

Try triangle away app then factory reset.
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Thanks for the comments i have used triangle away loads of times but it wont reset counter i have flashed different roms but it only ever resets counter to 1 it used to set to 0 i dont know what else to try now and my phone has to be sent in because i have a faulty headphone socket.
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well samsung very rarely reject warranty replacements these days because of the flash counter, they tend to use this number for internal statistics only.
However they do have the right to reject it if they wish, for this reason it is always best, if you can, to reset the value.
But if you can't you can always try to send it in.

Lennyuk said:
well samsung very rarely reject warranty replacements these days because of the flash counter, they tend to use this number for internal statistics only.
However they do have the right to reject it if they wish, for this reason it is always best, if you can, to reset the value.
But if you can't you can always try to send it in.
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Yes I believe so.
I once sent S2 back to replace the screen. I unrooted the phone but forgot to reset counter, but they repaired it for free anyway. I did hear some people got rejected because their phone was rooted, but they were told to unroot and send it back again.

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[Q] Please help! my i9100 dunno why suddently unable to turn on wifi

Please help! my i9100 dunno why suddently unable to turn on wifi, click wifi button it just stuck there.
It has happend to me occasionally... its when i switch from one wifi to another...like from home to work or vice versa...while being on mobile network in between...
i have had to restart the phone.
maybe a bug in OS... dunno
I can confirm that the same happens to me. Atr first I thought it was just me because of my custom rom, but after reading the above I'm not so sure anymore...
Anyway my solution was to restart the phone, it went back to normal.
First rule of technology: if something doesn't work, turn off device and then turn back on again.
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woodstock_ahem said:
It has happend to me occasionally... its when i switch from one wifi to another...like from home to work or vice versa...while being on mobile network in between...
i have had to restart the phone.
maybe a bug in OS... dunno
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was in home few days and so was using wifi at home but it sudd become unable to turn on.
i went back to gingerbread unfortunately problem remain unsolve
i think most probably is hardware problem
lolamok said:
was in home few days and so was using wifi at home but it sudd become unable to turn on.
i went back to gingerbread unfortunately problem remain unsolve
i think most probably is hardware problem
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You can also try making a full backup, doing a full wipe, then re-flashing your rom or even try with a different rom to see if the problem persists. Could also be kernel related, so you could always try a different kernel to test it.
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Try to unplug your router for 10 seconds and plug it back in. Then forget the wifi connection and reconnect to it.
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No it's not a problem with anyone's router in this case... Wifi devices other than phone should be working fine as does in my case..
Fiddling with the router is a distraction than being root cause.
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have did a full wipe,wipe every thing! have tried different kernel different modem and also have restart my router but simply cant solve the problem.
I believe it should be hardware problem
Well if you tried everything, flash a stock ROM from sammobile.com, and send your device off to a Samsung Repair Centre. It sounds like a hardware problem after everything you have done.
Chris.
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now i just worried about samsung may not want to give me a free of charge repair under warranty condition due to the reason that i have rooted my phone.
so now i have flashed back to stock rom and hoping that samsung wont mind lol
Make sure you remove your SD Card when you send it off, and just to be safe use a USB Jig to remove any traces of a custom binary counter and the use of Odin.
Chris
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themadba said:
Make sure you remove your SD Card when you send it off, and just to be safe use a USB Jig to remove any traces of a custom binary counter and the use of Odin.
Chris
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Or use triangle away. Same thing
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kilometers4 said:
Or use triangle away. Same thing
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Using a JIG is a lot more safer if you aren't sure. Triangle Away can easily brick your device if you don't know what you are doing.
Chris.
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ok,thank for the reply!

[Q] Phone doesn't start no recovery no download mode

Hello to all. I have a problem that seems quite serious and I do not know what to do.
Basically, I tried to install on my phone firmware Mozilla Boot to Gecko, through recovery of kernel siyah v5.0, doing a restore of the file found on this page: harjunpaa.fi/B2G/
Of course, the firmware, which is in pre-alpha, is full of bugs. Among these, during calls, my partner could not hear my voice.
I then decided to run a deep clean to go back to android. So I went into recovery and I noticed that I had ClockworkMod 5.5.0.4, which is indicated on the first page above to perform the restore. So, instead of proceeding with the deep clean, I tried again to do a restore through this recovery.
The process actually lasted a bit 'more time than the first, and I thought then that I was doing the right thing.
Finished everything I restarted the phone, but nothing. Black screen. Then I removed the battery and tried to turn it on normally, but nothing. The phone does not even go into recovery or download mode. I also tried to force the download mode by inserting the jig key, but still nothing.
At this point I find myself with a brick that will not start in any way and do not know what to do. Of course, before I do this, I loaded the battery to 100%, so there is no danger that it is unloaded.
Please, I'm desperate, help me.
Sorry for my bad english. Thanks.
JTAG repair (if possible) or service centre. Can't see what else you could possibly do given you're getting absolutely nothing from the phone & you've tried a jig.
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JTAG repair (if possible) or service centre. Can't see what else you could possibly do given you're getting absolutely nothing from the phone & you've tried a jig.
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What is JTAG repair?
Its about £150 cheaper than a mobo replacement.
Do you have warranty.
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Its about £150 cheaper than a mobo replacement.
Do you have warranty.
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yes, i have warranty and i used triangle away to reset the counter before you do all this.
I had the same problem... i just left it in recharge and then i turned it off and download mode started again i dont know how but it did
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enniocharchar said:
I had the same problem... i just left it in recharge and then i turned it off and download mode started again i dont know how but it did
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during the charge, appeared the animation?
Yes
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enniocharchar said:
Yes
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and was your phone charged before charging?
Nop 7% max
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enniocharchar said:
Nop 7% max
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I think your problem was that you had your phone discharge. My problem, unfortunately, is far more serious.
If it cant start(in any mode),and you have warranty,then samsung will replace the mobo.
i have warranty, but i have the phone rooted, so don't know if I can use it. however I have reset the counter with triangle away.
Send it to Samsung/authorised repairer & see what happens.
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Nop 7% max
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Why didn't you charge it at first? If you read the guides you were supposed to have at least 50% of battery.
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Hey mate, sorry to hear about your phone. If you're getting the charging animation it's not dead.
The discription that i had didnt say anything about batterys percentage anyays its fine now i got it back
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darockman2 said:
Hey mate, sorry to hear about your phone. If you're getting the charging animation it's not dead.
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He already said he tried a usb jig
MistahBungle said:
Send it to Samsung/authorised repairer & see what happens.
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if I send the phone to samsung and I can not take advantage of the guarantee, do they warn me before repair?
If you removed the triangle and did a counter reset, then they can't do anything than repairing your mobile phone. What reasons do they have for refusing repair? Rooting files on your phone? Well they can't look up on what you have stored on your phone, you know, data privacy and stuff...
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[Q] Phone not booting or charging and continuously vibrating

Hi there!
After trying to flash SGS2 i9100 to ICS with KIES phone got bricked... It doesn't charge and boot. When I try to power on, it begins to vibrate until I pull out the battery. Download mode not working, the screen stays black.
Can I somehow fix it or the only way is to bring it to the service center?
Send it to the service centre anyway they do a great job so you may aswel. And you know it will be fine once you get it back
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wolfdra said:
Send it to the service centre anyway they do a great job so you may aswel. And you know it will be fine once you get it back
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It won't be covered by warranty, so before paying I'd like to know if I could fix it by myself
I set mine to the service centre when it wasnt under warranty and they did it for free...
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chebureque said:
It won't be covered by warranty, so before paying I'd like to know if I could fix it by myself
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It will. Tell the that Kies update broke it and play dumb.
I don't understand why first you try the hard way and not even considering the option to get it repaired effortlessly and free.
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usb jig is not working

guys i'm using jelly bean zero bug ROM and just before i received a usb jig from ebay whrn i use them its not working i switch off my phone remove the battery and insert the usb jig it says
FACTORY MODE
product name : i9100
custom binary download : yes
current binary :custom
its not doing anything what i have to do now to remove the yellow triangle.
Use triangle away.
I dont know y I brought that **** in ebay I wasted around 250 rs I was in little bit fear before I use this app the best app I ever seen in android...
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sathish1 said:
I dont know y I brought that **** in ebay I wasted around 250 rs I was in little bit fear before I use this app the best app I ever seen in android...
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Use the 'Triangle Away' app ma8, have used the same like some 50 odd times without any issue
Yup triangle away is worry free - I've done it a hell lot of time for my brother !
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I dont know y I brought that **** in ebay I wasted around 250 rs I was in little bit fear before I use this app the best app I ever seen in android...
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There is nothing wrong with the USB jig, Its not resetting your counter because you have updated bootloader.
You can only reset via the jig when using old GB bootloader version.

HTC Amaze HELP! Software or hardware problem? Solution?

Im kind of noob at these things, So i need a bit of a walk through if one does come up with a solution.
I have a tmobile HTC Amaze 4G I bought used. And it has a problem restoring... It wont restore at all. It says, the PH85IMG is missing/ Cant open cache/recovery/command. When i try factory restoring, after it starts, It shows an andriod device on the screen with a red triangle and exclamation point in the middle. And another thing.. The phone reboots ALOT . and after it reboots, Everything i downloaded or did to the phone disapears, Like it didnt happened. And the language changes back to how he had it, And his contacts come back and everything,
What should i do?
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Im kind of noob at these things, So i need a bit of a walk through if one does come up with a solution.
I have a tmobile HTC Amaze 4G I bought used. And it has a problem restoring... It wont restore at all. It says, the PH85IMG is missing/ Cant open cache/recovery/command. When i try factory restoring, after it starts, It shows an andriod device on the screen with a red triangle and exclamation point in the middle. And another thing.. The phone reboots ALOT . and after it reboots, Everything i downloaded or did to the phone disapears, Like it didnt happened. And the language changes back to how he had it, And his contacts come back and everything,
What should i do?
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You flashed any mods??
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ravike14 said:
You flashed any mods??
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Nah, The phones not even rooted
rannasaur said:
Nah, The phones not even rooted
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If you have warranty claim it then
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ravike14 said:
If you have warranty claim it then
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ive bought it used, no box, Manuels receipt etc. Will they still warantee it?
rannasaur said:
ive bought it used, no box, Manuels receipt etc. Will they still warantee it?
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I don't think so then :/ well ask them if not root your phone and flash a recovery and flash a rom maybe your rom is corrupted you have ics or gb?
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When you get to the screen with the red triangle and exclamation point, try holding down the volume up+power button at the same time and see if anything happens

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