So, first of all i think this is going to be a very usefull thread to many people.
Second, i couldn't find any info about relocking and unrooting galaxy s3 anywhere...
And the deal is:
I have a rooted unlocked galaxy s 3 with foxhound rom and CWM.
I have a full warranty on my phone, which means if it breaks, gets water or falls off the moon to the earth, they will repair it or give me new one.
(In denmark its pretty famous to do so with expensive stuff..)
And my galaxy got a screen crack, so now i want it repaired. The problem is that they stated clearly if i root or unlock the odin, they wont cover my problem.
Please tell me in a newbie step by step way how to relock the bootloader, remove the count of installations and unroot my phone so i can get it repaired.
Everything works just fine on it. Except a nasty crack....
Any thorough help is appreciated.
Thank you very very much in advance.
existinguser said:
So, first of all i think this is going to be a very usefull thread to many people.
Second, i couldn't find any info about relocking and unrooting galaxy s3 anywhere...
And the deal is:
I have a rooted unlocked galaxy s 3 with foxhound rom and CWM.
I have a full warranty on my phone, which means if it breaks, gets water or falls off the moon to the earth, they will repair it or give me new one.
(In denmark its pretty famous to do so with expensive stuff..)
And my galaxy got a screen crack, so now i want it repaired. The problem is that they stated clearly if i root or unlock the odin, they wont cover my problem.
Please tell me in a newbie step by step way how to relock the bootloader, remove the count of installations and unroot my phone so i can get it repaired.
Everything works just fine on it. Except a nasty crack....
Any thorough help is appreciated.
Thank you very very much in advance.
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Search this forum for unrooting. You need to use triangleaway and flash the stock rom of your region. If you're downgrading you'll get a bootloop after this. Go into recovery, do a factory reset and you're good to go.
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This is as easy as it get - get triangle away and reset your flash counter
go to sammobile.com and find your firmware - flash with ODIN and your'e good to go. Only thing - odin will delete your internal SD card so backup your photo music etc'
you can nandroid your ROM to the external card prior to that.....
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yoramweil said:
This is as easy as it get - get triangle away and reset your flash counter
go to sammobile.com and find your firmware - flash with ODIN and your'e good to go. Only thing - odin will delete your internal SD card so backup your photo music etc'
you can nandroid your ROM to the external card prior to that.....
GL
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What about re securing the bootloader and removing CWM recovery?
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If you flash a complete OEM tar file it will override your bootloaderand will flash stock recovery over yours
You will have to flash custom cf-root recovery in order to re root it
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hey guys, I'm new here. So from what I read, there is no problem after rooting, to unroot the phone and make it look as stock as ever, with a reset kernel counter, so they will have no way of knowing it was rooted, and it will have its waranty (similar to unrooting a nexus phone and getting back the warranty)? Please, tell me, I am buying an S3 and I really want to root it but it is an expensive phone, I really don't want to void the warranty irreversably
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granets said:
hey guys, I'm new here. So from what I read, there is no problem after rooting, to unroot the phone and make it look as stock as ever, with a reset kernel counter, so they will have no way of knowing it was rooted, and it will have its waranty (similar to unrooting a nexus phone and getting back the warranty)? Please, tell me, I am buying an S3 and I really want to root it but it is an expensive phone, I really don't want to void the warranty irreversably
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existinguser said:
What about re securing the bootloader and removing CWM recovery?
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Flashing stock will reflash stock recovery, and all variants of the S3, except the US Verizon one, have unlocked bootloaders (no relocking the bootloader is needed.), just run triangle away, flash stock, wipe data in recovery and you are good to go.
Ok, will do. But I'm pretty sure I unlocked my bootloader
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existinguser said:
Ok, will do. But I'm pretty sure I unlocked my bootloader
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Don't think you did.. On gnex you do with fastboot thou maybe you got mixed up
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And what about the triangle? I must run triangle away before or after I reflash everything?
My guess is before.
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existinguser said:
And what about the triangle? I must run triangle away before or after I reflash everything?
My guess is before.
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Triangle away needs root. So your guess is right.
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Hey guys, picking up an s2 from bell Canada today. Plan is to sim unlock and throw a custom rom on it for the wife.
Any tips or tricks I should know?
We have a captivate so I'm familiar with odin. Is the flashing process close to the same? Cwm still reside in the kernel?
Also what rom would you guys recommend for daily use?
Thanks!
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Everything is identical when it comes to flashing between the captivate and sgs2, since you're running aokp on the cappy try aokp on the sgs2 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1436854
Awesome, thanks for the headsup.
So essentially the model I'm getting is the same as the i9100 correct? Make sure I follow the right forum :-D
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This thread in Q&A is also a really good reference for CA SGS2 users.
That is correct.
ptesmoke said:
Awesome, thanks for the headsup.
So essentially the model I'm getting is the same as the i9100 correct? Make sure I follow the right forum :-D
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well, my wife wants to try out the stock firmware first..."lol"
is the easiest way to update from 2.3.3 just to run kies? or is there a debloated rom that would be more reccomended?
Search for XWLPG, that is all. ;-)
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well, my wife wants to try out the stock firmware first..."lol"
is the easiest way to update from 2.3.3 just to run kies? or is there a debloated rom that would be more reccomended?
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well, she tried stock, she didnt like it. wants aokp back.
so to root stock ics i had a cwm.zip file on the sdcard that when i booted to stock recovery i could flash and then use cwm...
long story short...i tried to do a factory reset with cwm...and BRICK
no download mode, no recovery, no charging display, nothing.
i have tried a usb jig but no dice either..
am i SOL here boys?
You can't install unsigned zip's on a stock recovery, you should know that by now, you need to flash a modified kernel. Where did you get this cwm.zip file from?
it was in the thread i followed to root ICS,
i figured if it could flash SU it should be able to factory reset....guess i was wrong.
it was stock recovery but stock recovery would flash the cwm.zip, then reload recovery into cwm..figured it was safe to factory reset....
unless anyone has any ideas, im sure shes a paperweight...
What thread and which file was it?
Flashing a zip still shouldn't brick the phone, pull the battery and then put it back in and try the usb jig again.
I used this for root..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1501719
Worked great.. But I had the genius idea that I could use that cwm. Zip to factory reset... Then flash...
Pm me i can give you my gtalk. If you have any ideas.
I've tried my usb jig... But I'm unsure if it's good or not. I'll test it on my cappy...
Edit.... Im pretty sure it's supposed to work on the cappy as well... No dice.. Hmmm... How close does it have to be to 300kohms?
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ok verified my usb jig does now work on my cappy....but brings no life to the s2
should i try samsung warranty or the guys that can jtag??
or is there any last ditch efforts?
going to leave the battery out overnight...try again in the morning..and cross fingers.
ptesmoke said:
well, she tried stock, she didnt like it. wants aokp back.
so to root stock ics i had a cwm.zip file on the sdcard that when i booted to stock recovery i could flash and then use cwm...
long story short...i tried to do a factory reset with cwm...and BRICK
no download mode, no recovery, no charging display, nothing.
i have tried a usb jig but no dice either..
am i SOL here boys?
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What stock ROM did you have on it? LQ5?
I think you had one affected by the mmc bug, so it's a goner if that's the case
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What stock ROM did you have on it? LQ5?
I think you had one affected by the mmc bug, so it's a goner if that's the case
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LD3, stock update from Kies for bell canada. Sounds like the same bug though.
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so according to samsung its covered by warranty, off in the mail she goes tomorrow.
So...I returned my phone to stock, which was a nightmare because I already had a devs ICS and the instructions (for returning to stock) are for UCKH7...got endless errors and whatnot...
Finally figure it out. So now I'm back to 2.3.6 and I figured I connect to Kies and get the At&t ICS version. No problem...got it!
Now...if I want to root it and instal cwm, how would I do it? I mean the methods at the dev section are for the gingerbread os, right?
Any help will be appreciated. :good:
just flash a kernel with Odin. Far as I know it should work fine. Then again I haven't had to do it for a long while.
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Read this
[Directory]AT&T I777 GSll {roms,kernels,tools}
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1301682
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paleman27 said:
So...I returned my phone to stock, which was a nightmare because I already had a devs ICS and the instructions (for returning to stock) are for UCKH7...got endless errors and whatnot...
Finally figure it out. So now I'm back to 2.3.6 and I figured I connect to Kies and get the At&t ICS version. No problem...got it!
Now...if I want to root it and instal cwm, how would I do it? I mean the methods at the dev section are for the gingerbread os, right?
Any help will be appreciated. :good:
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If I were you I would stay away from the At&t ICS version read this thread....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1757972
This is MUCH safer read this thread.....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1650948
EDIT: After a little more thought if I were you I wouldn't do anything else to your phone since you already flashed the kernel with the 99% confirmed eMMC "superbrick" bug (see the first link) until you research the best way, least possible chance to bricking your phone... Maybe Entropy512 can help with the best way to flash a new package!! GL if anything ever did happen I sure hope Samsung would give you a replacement.....
Another question (might be related)
Hey all,
I have just got a brand new i777, I just wanted to upgrade it to ICS and sim-unlock it.
The upgrade is to be done through kies, no problem in that.
The sim-unlocking is the issue .. i know it was easy in gingerbread to root and use herlroz app .. but now is there an easy way without using ODIN or flashing a kernel to sim-unlock this phone on the official ICS ?
xda-Newbie said:
Hey all,
I have just got a brand new i777, I just wanted to upgrade it to ICS and sim-unlock it.
The upgrade is to be done through kies, no problem in that.
The sim-unlocking is the issue .. i know it was easy in gingerbread to root and use herlroz app .. but now is there an easy way without using ODIN or flashing a kernel to sim-unlock this phone on the official ICS ?
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besides the free SIM unlock app on the market?
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Phalanx7621 said:
besides the free SIM unlock app on the market?
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that was very xda-newbie from me
Hi, I was hoping someone could direct me to the back to stock file so I can unroot this galaxy tab 10.1 I had a friend root it for me, but I honestly, at least for this tablet have had nothing but problems. I cannot stand the inconsistancies, and lack of camera use. I did a restore to what I thought was stock, but the tab is still rooted and while I have functionality of the camera's back, the pictures are terrible and grainy.
If someone has a link, or anything helpful to get this tablet back to stock/factory settings for I'd love it. I have been currently trying to fix this. I loved this tablet until it got rooted. Please help.
bertacolypse said:
Hi, I was hoping someone could direct me to the back to stock file so I can unroot this galaxy tab 10.1 I had a friend root it for me, but I honestly, at least for this tablet have had nothing but problems. I cannot stand the inconsistancies, and lack of camera use. I did a restore to what I thought was stock, but the tab is still rooted and while I have functionality of the camera's back, the pictures are terrible and grainy.
If someone has a link, or anything helpful to get this tablet back to stock/factory settings for I'd love it. I have been currently trying to fix this. I loved this tablet until it got rooted. Please help.
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Look here
Wow. That's it exactly. Thanks man perhaps a sticky on this thread? Or am I just that blind I didn't see this before lol? Thanks again.
bertacolypse said:
Wow. That's it exactly. Thanks man perhaps a sticky on this thread? Or am I just that blind I didn't see this before lol? Thanks again.
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It is stickied. Just not in this section. It is in the development section.
Ah I see thanks man. Obviously I'm new to the forums. Idk how I missed that.
Questions go in the Q&A section
battery problem made me move back to stock rom
had serious problems with battery so moved back to stock rom. still having the same problem..:crying:
hey have you successfully unroot your TAB 10.1 3G [P7500]?, if yes teach me, I also want to unroot my tab...
en2xz said:
hey have you successfully unroot your TAB 10.1 3G [P7500]?, if yes teach me, I also want to unroot my tab...
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Uninstall superuser.
And use root explorer to remove "SU" file from: /system/bin/SU or /system/xbin/SU
Howndo you uninstall superuser. This whole rooting madness is driving me crazy. Ive yet to see any real benefit to it. At least on my tab.
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en2xz said:
hey have you successfully unroot your TAB 10.1 3G [P7500]?, if yes teach me, I also want to unroot my tab...
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download & flash ICS 4.0.4 released for italy via odin.
you can google how to get into download mode and flash via odin.
after flashing, go to recovery mode and wip/factory reset -> reboot.
then enjoy the ICS 4.0.4
Or just get the OTA version available now.
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just confirming that after the unroot process, the official samsung ics update ota immediately pops up?
ianflo said:
just confirming that after the unroot process, the official samsung ics update ota immediately pops up?
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I've flashed from rooted ICS to HC 3.2, and then updated back to ICS via OTA with no problems.
Unsure if this thread will even be seen anymore, but I just saw an article for the program triangle away. Since I have flashed this tab several times, I am about to send it into the mfg for repair for the cable charge problem it was having. I'm wondering. Will I need to unroot this tab again, use triangle away and reflahs again? Or is this model exempt from the flash counter?
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bertacolypse said:
Unsure if this thread will even be seen anymore, but I just saw an article for the program triangle away. Since I have flashed this tab several times, I am about to send it into the mfg for repair for the cable charge problem it was having. I'm wondering. Will I need to unroot this tab again, use triangle away and reflahs again? Or is this model exempt from the flash counter?
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i don't think there is a flash counter, but i may be wrong. someone nice enough to check?
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Actually, yes, yes there is a flash counter. It says
Custom Binary Download: No (0 counts)
I'm looking at my GT-P7510 right now as we speak.
Uh oh, looks like I gotta do a couple things before I send it back then. Thanks!
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meanhacker said:
i don't think there is a flash counter, but i may be wrong. someone nice enough to check?
EDIT:
Actually, yes, yes there is a flash counter. It says
Custom Binary Download: No (0 counts)
I'm looking at it right now as we speak.
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Hi, I saw this today too. But does it really count when you flash? Mine says 0 but i flashed the bootloader, recovery and rom several times. Confused...
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Bjarne73 said:
Hi, I saw this today too. But does it really count when you flash? Mine says 0 but i flashed the bootloader, recovery and rom several times. Confused...
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same story here. as far as i remember, it was also 0 too... Weird. Maybe because we flash through recovery and not Odin...
Just wanted to know how to re-lock the bootloader to return to Verizon for warranty purposes.
I have the stock odin file but want to know would it relock the bootloader itself ? If not how do i do it ?
KgTheraad1 said:
Just wanted to know how to re-lock the bootloader to return to Verizon for warranty purposes.
I have the stock odin file but want to know would it relock the bootloader itself ? If not how do i do it ?
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Just ODIN back to stock and your bootloader will be locked again.
I would check the flash counter also if I was taking it to Verizon. Good news triangle away supports our device now.
yeah I think imnuts had a thread in dev has a tar image that will restore to shipping software
Sent from my unlocked and over clocked boss on beans
Thanks guys
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i was wondering the same thing , but i thought you couldn't flash anything in odin once the bootloader was unlocked. Can anyone clarify this I need to do a warranty claim and I need to undo everything to avoid any hassle
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i was wondering the same thing , but i thought you couldn't flash anything in odin once the bootloader was unlocked. Can anyone clarify this I need to do a warranty claim and I need to undo everything to avoid any hassle
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Youre not supposed to odin anything EXCEPT imnutz odin file to get back to stock. With the bootloader unlock it will let you flash anything. So to be better safe than sorry and help prevent people from flashing what they should be not they said dont flash anything. That way they dont have dozens of people bricking their phones. Ive read in multiple threads and if you search adams thread youll find there is no problem with flashing back to stock with odin.
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OP, did it work? Did you successfully return it? I need to do the same, but if reflashing the stock ROM and triangle-away'ing didn't work, please let me (and others from the future who want to do the same... hello people of the future!...) know what happened for you. Thanks.
I flashed mine back to stock and returned it. No charges yet depending how you rooted your device, your flash counter might be tripped. To check power off, hold up, power and home button. It should say something like:
Custom binary: no
Samsung official
Samsung
0
I can't quite remember without looking it up. If u have any other questions pm me
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Anyone know if it's possible with the new 4.1.2 release?
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Anyone know if it's possible with the new 4.1.2 release?
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This is exactly what I was wondering too. I can't believe I haven't found this thread before, shouldn't have started one myself, I guess. My assumption, based on what I've read is that you can still use the imnuts restore after 4.1.2, and that there's no real need to re-lock...but I'm still waiting on a confirmation of that.
I just got my note 3 from a 3rd party. Oddly, it had a t-mobile card in it which assuming is a an ability it has, stock.
My phone reports to me that it is infact n900p. It is 0x0 knox and is NOT rooted.
My concerns: a valuable and intelligent, with personal experience with this same phone but differnt carrier, friend, told me that tripping knox not only voids your warrenty, but prohibits you from flashing modem roms ever again.
From my research: rooting my already ok2 base rom,is possible, but no matter what,will trip knox..or is that only on custom roms? Can i enjoy xsposed?
Apparently,this update dropped recently aswell, so am i boned? Will i have no choice but to trip knox?
Is my friend correct about loosing more then my (non existent ) warrenty?
Honestly, if the samsung warrenty is all i am losing, i am in..cuz sprint doesnt care about knox, i already know that from getting replacement, i have tep.
I hate sounding so noobish, been in the scene since my first htc hero, i am not new to this...
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No one has a answer? I was for sure thinking l was going to be called noob or something.
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You know what I was thinking about the same thing since I just got my SM-N900P the other day from eBay and I rooted it then I put the TWRP recovery. I did a backup of my original stock rom after the rooting process and also I downloaded the stock rom from xda so worse comes to worse anything happens I'm downloading the stockrom and I'll start out fresh.
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No one has a answer? I was for sure thinking l was going to be called noob or something.
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Well, I will tell you that my knox was tripped within a week of having my phone. I can also tell you that I have used Odin on at least three occasions to reflash stock so I could get the OTA updates, and have had no issues. Only thing to remember for when you flash back in Odin, you have to enter download from completely powered off. Two or three flashes might be necessary, but it can be done.
Just make sure you get the right ROM for the crrier you want to use (you probably already knew that). Hopefully you have your MSL.
So, the only thing to lose is your Samsung warranty...which is probably void anyways with you not being the original purchaser. Just have a copy of the stock ROM for that phone to Odin if you "send it south" by accident.
Your baseband version under device info is your modem version. I was able to successfully update it to ok2 after I flashed back to stock and got the OTA updates.
Some links for you (the ROM links are all for Sprint):
Stock Odin ROM: http://forum.xda-developers.com/not...ck-rom-odin-flashable-stock-firmware-t3306053
My rooting method, trips Knox: http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-3-sprint/general/how-to-root-note-3-lollipop-t3089382
TWRP stock pre-rooted ROM: http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-3-sprint/general/rom-twrp-flash-ok2-n9000p-t3301897