"@shojus Yes, Mobile ODIN and Triangle Away support will be coming for the VZW Note 2"
Coming straight from the man himself! ( Chainfire ) :good:
These are VERY good apps guys and I happened to pay for them both and they pay for themselves pretty quick and he also offers free versions to members of this community but it's also great to donate to a GREAT dev so this is good news to hear for me! I'm ready to get to flashin!
EDIT: Please read this thread. If you don't know what these apps do or have never used them then you should probably stay away from them... These are just words of caution as Adam Outler's method of unlocking is FAR different than the usual method. Thanks
shojus said:
"@shojus Yes, Mobile ODIN and Triangle Away support will be coming for the VZW Note 2"
Coming straight from the man himself! ( Chainfire ) :good:
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I've never used the above apps myself (I have a usb jig) but hear great things about them. Having said that I would caution anyone against being too excited for them and using/overusing them if at all possible. Straight from Outler's unlock thread:
"Conclusion
Congratulations, You're Unlocked. Your Galaxy Note 2 has gone from the most secure device on the market, to the least secure device publicly available. Your device will now accept any flash. Be careful and dont flash with Odin again. Stick to CWM zip packages so as to lower your risk."
You would only need to use TriangleAway if you flash anything with Odin and the above shows that you probably want to be extremely cautious using Odin if you use it at all. I'm sure many of us know the risks involved with using Odin but I had not seen any responses to the above and wanted to put this back out there.
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They are both excellent apps! Used them both on my galaxy s3
Doin' big thangs from my Note Deuce
I never used these apps ...can we use these app if on twrp and unlocked bootloader...was stated before not to use odin after unlocking bootloader
Jiggity Janx said:
I've never used the above apps myself (I have a usb jig) but hear great things about them. Having said that I would caution anyone against being too excited for them and using/overusing them if at all possible. Straight from Outler's unlock thread:
"Conclusion
Congratulations, You're Unlocked. Your Galaxy Note 2 has gone from the most secure device on the market, to the least secure device publicly available. Your device will now accept any flash. Be careful and dont flash with Odin again. Stick to CWM zip packages so as to lower your risk."
You would only need to use TriangleAway if you flash anything with Odin and the above shows that you probably want to be extremely cautious using Odin if you use it at all. I'm sure many of us know the risks involved with using Odin but I had not seen any responses to the above and wanted to put this back out there.
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I totally agree that you should definitely use caution while using these apps and they are not really for the noobs but if you need to take your phone back to Verizon for service then Triangle Away totally clears all of your flash counts and worked wonders for me when I had problems with my Samsung S3. Mobile Odin I did not use too much but I definitely don't flash things through Odin that I should not be flashing and like you said everyone should use caution! I didn't meant to sound like everyone should just run out and start flashin through Odin I just really like the ability to use certain features and both of the apps have great functionality when and IF needed... :good:
Conclusion: If you don't know what these apps do or have never heard of them then you probably should not use them...
Mobile Odin is mean for restoring your phone to stock if the USB port has stopped working. It isn't meant for casual flashing really, though it can be used that way, and I'm guessing people probably do use it that way. TriangleAway is another tool that is really only mean if you're looking to return your phone for warranty purposes and is one of the last things you would do before unrooting. Neither tool is something you use just for fun or because you're feeling bored. It is nice to get both of them though in case they are needed.
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Mobile Odin is mean for restoring your phone to stock if the USB port has stopped working. It isn't meant for casual flashing really, though it can be used that way, and I'm guessing people probably do use it that way. TriangleAway is another tool that is really only mean if you're looking to return your phone for warranty purposes and is one of the last things you would do before unrooting. Neither tool is something you use just for fun or because you're feeling bored. It is nice to get both of them though in case they are needed.
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Exactly...:good:
I kept Mobile Odin (paid) on my Gnex as I always feared a micro usb failure. I would love to be able to have it installed on the GN2.
Thanks
Conclusion: If you don't know what these apps do or have never heard of them then you probably should not use them
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Im new to this so, please excuse my confusion, but nearly every thread on xda explaining how to root the note 2 has downloading and using odin in the instructions. what should we use to root instead of odin?
thanks in advance
wickets said:
Im new to this so, please excuse my confusion, but nearly every thread on xda explaining how to root the note 2 has downloading and using odin in the instructions. what should we use to root instead of odin?
thanks in advance
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Mobile odin is more for developers that have to use odin files to flash. If you unlocked your bootloader then you shouldn't be using odin anymore because you'll have a custom recovery. You just flash zips. But if you didn't unlock yet and your still flashing odin files then you would be able to use this. Its basically there so you dont need a computer you can do it all on your phone and flash new ROMs.
Doin' big thangs from my Note Deuce
I'd never used mobile odin before.....but can anyone show me how to use it?
Let's say I wanna flash revision rom1 and pit file. How do I flash it?
Thanks for the clarification.
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Im new to this so, please excuse my confusion, but nearly every thread on xda explaining how to root the note 2 has downloading and using odin in the instructions. what should we use to root instead of odin?
thanks in advance
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You can't use Mobile Odin without being rooted, so you can't use it to initially root your phone. Again, you shouldn't be using it at all unless you're restoring your phone to stock with a broken USB port. Also, the VZW Note 2 isn't on the supported list yet, so you shouldn't even be trying to do anything with Mobile Odin or TriangleAway right now.
Any word on when we will see Triangle Away for the Verizon Note 2?
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When I bought my GS2 I wasn't going to root it due to warranty issues but I see I can return my phone to factory specs if need be so now I''m contemplating rooting and flashing my GS2 for mainly these 4 reasons:
#1 improve battery life.
#2. get rid of the slight Lag we have with our GS2s
#3 get rid of AT&T's bloatware.
#4 it looks like it will be a LONG time before AT&T releases ICS so I imagine it will be modded and available for our i777s quite soon?
Any recommendations for the best rom for my needs would be greatly appreciated!!! TIA
The first thing I'd recommend is making sure you follow the sticky below so you don't increase the flash counter when flashing. A restore will not reset it.
As to the other recommendations, I'd simply suggest fully reading the initial posts in any thread for a rom/kernel you find interesting FULLY along with reading input from people who have tried said rom /kernels. Be fully aware of what you're attempting to do and always backup before any critical changes, etc. Basic stuff but worth mentioning. Oh and have fun.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1311081
I totally understand and plan on doing a lot of research and reading but hoped for opinions from first hand use..
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Entropy512's return to stock/root package would be step number one.
Continuing to follow creepyncrawly's instructions flash entropy512's most recent kennel.
That gives you clockworkmod recovery in place of stock recovery.
Through cwm you can create backups that when flashed still do not trip the flash counter. And the same for any roms flashed through cwm, flash counter won't be tripped.
Just make sure you have a good backup. Can be worth copying it over to a computer.
I'd recommend flashing unnamed rom. Very close to stock but much better battery life and speed. Plus plenty of themes are being made for it. And it will give you an in general idea of the current things a custom rom changes. That way when you look at other roms you'll better understand the features they have.
If in doubt, always ask questions.
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Entropy512's return to stock/root package would be step number one.
Continuing to follow creepyncrawly's instructions flash entropy512's most recent kennel.
That gives you clockworkmod recovery in place of stock recovery.
Through cwm you can create backups that when flashed still do not trip the flash counter. And the same for any roms flashed through cwm, flash counter won't be tripped.
Just make sure you have a good backup. Can be worth copying it over to a computer.
I'd recommend flashing unnamed rom. Very close to stock but much better battery life and speed. Plus plenty of themes are being made for it. And it will give you an in general idea of the current things a custom rom changes. That way when you look at other roms you'll better understand the features they have.
If in doubt, always ask questions.
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Thank you so much for the info, presently waiting on SDMicro ordered from Newegg then moving forward with your suggestions... Have some serious reading/researching to do tonight
I have been running UnNamed on Entropy512's kernel since I got the phone, and the battery life has been phenomenal; when I was testing, I was able to get over 2 days with light phone usage. gtg465x got rid of the home button lag and removed a lot of bloat from the ROM (see: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1299474), but I also manually removed some additional apk's that I never used but found running in the background.
I will eventually get around to experimenting with other ROMs once I have the time to see if there is anything that I like better, but for now I would have to say that I am very happy with the state of my phone.
Good luck with your ROM hunt. And as Kadin said: have fun!
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I have been running UnNamed on Entropy512's kernel since I got the phone, and the battery life has been phenomenal; when I was testing, I was able to get over 2 days with light phone usage. gtg465x got rid of the home button lag and removed a lot of bloat from the ROM (see: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1299474), but I also manually removed some additional apk's that I never used but found running in the background.
I will eventually get around to experimenting with other ROMs once I have the time to see if there is anything that I like better, but for now I would have to say that I am very happy with the state of my phone.
Good luck with your ROM hunt. And as Kadin said: have fun!
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Thanks, sounds like you have exactly what I'm looking for(better battery, no lag and bloat ware)..
Did anyone do a test and see if they could get it back to stock for warranty purposes??
Assuming you root using creepyncrawly's method for not incrementing the flash counter, you can follow this guide to return to stock: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1313659
If you do trip the counter, you can use a USB Jig to reset it.
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Assuming you root using creepyncrawly's method for not incrementing the flash counter, you can follow this guide to return to stock: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1313659
If you do trip the counter, you can use a USB Jig to reset it.
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Nice... Thank you so much, great to know it can and has been done.. You guys are the best!! Presently reading up on "how to root & install Unnamed", it's all new to me but I'm sure just like when I used to mod my old LG VU it will make perfect sense on what is being done and why when modding the OS.
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Nice... Thank you so much, great to know it can and has been done.. You guys are the best!! Presently reading up on "how to root & install Unnamed", it's all new to me but I'm sure just like when I used to mod my old LG VU it will make perfect sense on what is being done and why when modding the OS.
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Yup, it will all click soon enough. I was so extremely overwhelmed when I first bought my Captivate and with just a little reading and experimenting, I picked it up nice and fast. Sure I made some mistakes, but boy did I learn...
Ok just to be sure I got this right:
I have downloaded Entropy's "Odin3 One-Click Downloader Stock I-777 UCKH7 with Root no BL" to Root my GS2.
After that I just put UnNamed ROM "update-unnamed-v1.3.1-full" on my SD Micro and follow the Installation Instructions at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1299474 and that's it??
The Safe Counter is safe and back to stock is doable??
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Ok just to be sure I got this right:
I have downloaded Entropy's "Odin3 One-Click Downloader Stock I-777 UCKH7 with Root no BL" to Root my GS2.
After that I just put UnNamed ROM "update-unnamed-v1.3.1-full" on my SD Micro and follow the Installation Instructions at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1299474 and that's it??
The Safe Counter is safe and back to stock is doable??
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Yes and yes, and as long as you followed creepncrawly's steps to put a cwm kernel on your phone. Then follow those directions.
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Yes and yes, and as long as you followed creepncrawly's steps to put a cwm kernel on your phone. Then follow those directions.
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I take it "Odin3 One-Click Downloader Stock I-777 UCKH7 with Root no BL" is NOT a CWM Kernel, I'm a bit confused, I flash Entropy's Kernel using Odin3 One-Click to root but then have to reflash that kernel with one with a CWM?
If this is true which I believe it is which Kernel w/CWM is recomended in my application (using Entropy's Odin3 1-Click Root and UnNamed ROM)??
After you use the 1 click your phone is rooted but does not have a custom kernel with cwm.
You put the custom kernel on in I believe step 2. He lists a number of ways to put the entropy kernel on.
After that you will be able to boot into cwm and load your custom rom.
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After you use the 1 click your phone is rooted but does not have a custom kernel with cwm.
You put the custom kernel on in I believe step 2. He lists a number of ways to put the entropy kernel on.
After that you will be able to boot into cwm and load your custom rom.
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Ahh thanks Cyber, I thought so but wanted to be sure..
Sorry but i have what probably is a dumb question but after all is said and done can I re-sync my phone with Kies to put back my stuff (backed up calls, messages, documents ect...)??
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Ahh thanks Cyber, I thought so but wanted to be sure..
Sorry but i have what probably is a dumb question but after all is said and done can I re-sync my phone with Kies to put back my stuff (backed up calls, messages, documents ect...)??
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I'm not sure what all kies can back up. Connect to your phone and backup what you can. If you don't save it to your PC, you can't recover it.
Just know flashing a kernel through odin will trip your flash counter. Only unmodified stock kernel can be flashed through odin without tripping the flash counter. Though mobile odin can flash any kernel without tripping the flash counter.
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Just know flashing a kernel through odin will trip your flash counter. Only unmodified stock kernel can be flashed through odin without tripping the flash counter. Though mobile odin can flash any kernel without tripping the flash counter.
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Darn, back to reading up some more lol, don't want to trip the counter.. Trying to keep it as simple as possible being my first time round..
Creepys guide is perfect
As long as you follow Creepy's guide it doesn't trip the counter, I recently did it on my phone after not having any idea on what to do or how to do it regarding root. I have windows and rooted using Entropy512's Return/Unbrick to Stock, Kernel + Rooted System Package with Modem using Odin3 One-Click Downloader. I just verified my Counter Still says NO, with means the method worked without tripping it. I think the previous post was just so you understood a non-stock kernel would trip it, but since his kernel is based on stock it roots the device without tripping the counter, then you can follow the rest of the walkthrough, it's pretty easy. One note is that I used android terminal emulator to put the kernal with cwm on there, mostly because using adb sounded too complicated, if you do this and put the ZImage in the right place it's a piece of cake once cwm is on there.
Good luck, I'm no pro but the people here are excellent, just do your research and you can find almost anything
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. One note is that I used android terminal emulator to put the kernal with cwm on there, mostly because using adb sounded too complicated, if you do this and put the ZImage in the right place it's a piece of cake once cwm is on there.
Good luck, I'm no pro but the people here are excellent, just do your research and you can find almost anything
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Thanks Justin, yea I was worried about abd also, was thinking of getting Odin Pro to simplify things even more, apparently all can be done through the sd card using Pro..
The SD Micro card didn't arrive today so I have another night to read & research
You have to root in order for Odin pro to work. Just a fyi
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[ROOT/UNROOT/Custom Recoveries/Kernels/Roms] AT&T Galaxy Note ONLY!/ No Flash Counter
THIS IS A GINGERBREAD ROOTING METHOD, FOR WHEN YOU FIRST GET THE PHONE OUT OF THE BOX, THIS WILL NOT WORK WITH NEW OFFICIAL ICS.
This method is for people that have a AT&TGalaxy Note only and want to have root in the stock rom without tripping the flash counter only, For everything else look at the bottom of the first post!!
If you want root to flash a custom rom/kernel/CWM and you don't care about the flash counter and the warranty then this is not for you.
Go here for other root! http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1504218
Now I went ahead and put the files together in one zip to make it simpler, it contains the root zip, the odin and the samsung usb drivers, all the files needed in one download .
DOWNLOAD: Big File: 532mb in size
http://goo.gl/aq2Wl
After the download follow this steps made by capite.
Extract Odin but don't launch it, run the samsung drivers for your phone on the PC and install it. Then plug in your phone to make sure it works -- it seems to take a while to get everything working. If you get an error, try rebooting and try again. Also, try using the cable that came with your phone -- 3d party cables don't always seem to work. If it still doesn't work, try another USB port.
1. Turn off your phone and uplug it. Take the battery out of your phone, put it back in, and hold the volume down button and power button at the same time. Keep them held down until the phone starts buzzing and you see the Samsung name.
2. At this point you are either in download mode or the phone will tell you to hit volume up, at which point you'll be ready.
3. Run Odin on your PC -- right click and choose "Run as Administrator" just to be safe.
4. Plug your phone into your PC.
5. In the Odin screen, wait until one of the top boxes turns yellow and displays some numbers.
6. UNCHECK all the boxes except for Auto Reboot.
7. Hit the PDA button and navigate to mashi's file that you unzipped.
8. Hit start
9. wait until your phone reboots.
10. If it didn't work, try rebooting and starting from scratch.
11. verify super user app now present. Update super user app (optional).
If you want to go back to unrooted, download this .tar file and flash thru odin! http://goo.gl/BBdow
Thanks to Da_G !
Flashing back to stock thru odin by using the stock tar in case of brick will increase the flash counter.
Enjoy and hit the thanks button if it helps you.
UPDATE: Custom Recoveries/Kernels/Roms without tripping the flash counter go here.! http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=23229071&postcount=57
UPDATE 2: Unrooting guide for AT&T go here.! http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=23499670&postcount=133
Since this is a System root, will it replace my Rogers ROM with AT&T ROM? I understand Rogers ROM has more features that are disabled on AT&T (NFC, Tethering, some apps).
zaptor99 said:
Since this is a System root, will it replace my Rogers ROM with AT&T ROM? I understand Rogers ROM has more features that are disabled on AT&T (NFC, Tethering, some apps).
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This will change the Rom and give issues to any other Rom besides stock AT&T rom when making root permissions.
Sorry but I edited this post to inform the people that only scroll thru the first page only!
i used Da_G root
roloracer said:
So I'm making this thread because the one made by mashi has a dead link and it says it will increase the flash counter when it doesn't.
So thanks to mashi and thanks to capite for his instructions, I'm just doing a clean thread to avoid the multiple question threads in the Q&A about anybody having root without the flash counter going up.
anyone that finds this steps by capite helpful , please hit his thanks button.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=22920576&postcount=87
If the moderators find this thread unecessary you can delete it, just trying to help keep things organized.
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to root my note, can you tell me if i use this if this will reverse the Counter.
zozodouce said:
to root my note, can you tell me if i use this if this will reverse the Counter.
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no nothing will reverse your counter yet, this will not increase it, sorry.
roloracer said:
not to my knowledge, this shouldn't change anything but the root permissions, I didn't have to do anything after, not even a factory reset. this has the system.img.ext4 in it, I'm sorry but I don't know if it would change anything in your rom besides root permissions, I didn't create this file, just helping to provide it. .
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i believe this method replaces the entire system partition so he will lose stuff like nfc. once cwm is working fully I'm sure someone will create a flashable zip that just adds root without replacing the whole partition.
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i believe this method replaces the entire system partition so he will lose stuff like nfc. once cwm is working fully I'm sure someone will create a flashable zip that just adds root without replacing the whole partition.
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Not sure how it's done, but the entire stock rom including nfc service 2.3.6 is still intact. There is nothing missing or unusable from the original LA1 rom. Also since there is no hard reset, user data isn't affected. Again, we need mashi or someone far smarter than me to tell us exactly how this works. All I know is that it does.
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so I guess if you want cwm to work, you'll have to use Da_G's Kernel Root?
ukic said:
so I guess if you want cwm to work, you'll have to use Da_G's Kernel Root?
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Why, you flash cwm thru Odin and cwm increases the flash counter so this method would be pointless if you're not worried about your flash counter, if you don't care about the flash counter then use DA_G method of rooting/overclock kernel, this method is just for the people that are concern about the flash counter and want to get root.
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Oh, cwm itself increases it....
ukic said:
Oh, cwm itself increases it....
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Yes you're replacing the stock recovery with a custom recovery, even when is available thru Rom manager as an official version of cwm, is still considered a custom recovery. Even the stock modified replacement recovery in here it will come up as custom when you flash it and will trip the flash counter if Im correct.
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I assume this is doable via heimdall, correct? It looks like it's just a system image, which can be flashed with Heimdall.
Edit: Heimdall doesn't work on the Galaxy Note. Sad day.
When I follow the directions to root my device my entire computer freezes once I press start. This is happening when I try to root using Da_G's method or the method from this thread. All the help I can get would be greatly appreciated. Thank you
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When I follow the directions to root my device my entire computer freezes once I press start. This is happening when I try to root using Da_G's method or the method from this thread. All the help I can get would be greatly appreciated. Thank you
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there must be something wrong with your pc, you're the first person that I hear is having issues with odin, make sure the drivers are properly working.
I may wait a bit before I root but if I was to use this method I or we wont have any issues flashing roms once they come available right?
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I may wait a bit before I root but if I was to use this method I or we wont have any issues flashing roms once they come available right?
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No, this is a system root to be able to have root on the stock rom and avoid tripping the flash counter, if you flash a rom I'm pretty sure you will loose this root, but if you are planning on flashing a rom and the counter is not a concern then you need the perm-root in DA_G thread.
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No, this is a system root to be able to have root on the stock rom and avoid tripping the flash counter, if you flash a rom I'm pretty sure you will loose this root, but if you are planning on flashing a rom and the counter is not a concern then you need the perm-root in DA_G thread.
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Oh, I thought this method would allow root and flashing of roms without tripping the counter. So there is no fix for the counter? I've read posts off people asking how to remove trips etc. So in a nut shell if you are planning on flashing roms at this time there is no fix for the counter so use the other root method?
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Oh, I thought this method would allow root and flashing of roms without tripping the counter. So there is no fix for the counter? I've read posts off people asking how to remove trips etc. So in a nut shell if you are planning on flashing roms at this time there is no fix for the counter so use the other root method?
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no only this root won't, once you go flashing custom roms/kernels/recoveries it will trip the counter as of now, hopefully soon there will be a way to fix this.
roloracer said:
no only this root won't, once you go flashing custom roms/kernels/recoveries it will trip the counter as of now, hopefully soon there will be a way to fix this.
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can u help me with my situation i am trying to flash this in oden but it just hangs there is this because of my flashing the cwm recovery , i thought that it might be so i tried to reflash the stock recovery and now that just hangs , everything shows as connected in device manager on this pc which is a clean xp ...also it boots up fine
Worked like a charm on the first go around.
Thanks rolo! +1
Hey guys I need to return my phone to be fixed, but have a slight problem. The firmware is all stock except for when it boots up it says it is a GT-I9100. This is left from a previous flash that I did, but I went back to stock and never bothered to fix that, because it didn't really bug me. Now my phone won't recognize a charger or any usb plugs. My question is will Samsung/AT&T still accept my phone for replacement with this? If not is there anyway I can fix the boot screen without plugging my phone in? Thanks guys sorry for the noob question, but I am not really sure what to do and this is kind of a specific problem, so I couldn't find anything in the search. Once again really appreciate any help!
Play dumb and say it's always said that you didn't know the model number of your phone was a 727 lol
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crusecontrl said:
Play dumb and say it's always said that you didn't know the model number of your phone was a 727 lol
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777 you mean? This isn't the skyrocket forums
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crusecontrl said:
Play dumb and say it's always said that you didn't know the model number of your phone was a 727 lol
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No, don't do that.
You can either use Mobile Odin to remove it, or do a complete Return to Stock using Odin.
mattdm said:
No, don't do that.
You can either use Mobile Odin to remove it, or do a complete Return to Stock using Odin.
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Can I use Mobile Odin with a stock firmware? Seems like you shouldn't be able to flash your phone from your device.
snowcamo said:
Can I use Mobile Odin with a stock firmware? Seems like you shouldn't be able to flash your phone from your device.
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You're absolutely right. For some reason I thought you were stock rooted...my mistake. Use my second option then.
As long as you root it, you can use Mobile Odin. Not like it matters anyway, you just need to get rid of the GT-I9100 and then flash back to stock again, thus eliminating root.
Did Odin one-click back to stock not work for you? Because it sounds like you might have flashed I9100 bootloaders and flashing I777 bootloaders should fix it (which if I'm not mkstaken, the one click does include). Someone correct me on both points if I'm wrong , I'm simply conjecturing.
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It would be great if I could just flash the bootloaders, but I can't connect my phone to my computer
Some folks have reported that they could get their phone to connect via usb after cleaning the usb port with alcohol. Have you tried that?
Can you get into dl mode?
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creepyncrawly said:
Some folks have reported that they could get their phone to connect via usb after cleaning the usb port with alcohol. Have you tried that?
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Yea I tried this, didn't work. I could probably get it into download mode, if I borrowed someones battery, but I am not sure why that matters if the computer won't detect it.
I finally got my phone to connect after cleaning it for like an hour, I just have to hold it at a certain angle. Everytime I try and flash the bootloader I get a fail though, I am using odin 1.8.5 and the bootloader here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=18859438&postcount=199. After it fails I have to reflash using the one click no bootloader here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=18859438&postcount=199. Is there any one click with the stock bootloaders someone could please link me to? Thanks once again guys
Both links appear to be the same.
Anyway, why would you flash the bootloader?
votinh said:
Both links appear to be the same.
Anyway, why would you flash the bootloader?
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That was my suggestion, I thought it might be an I9100 bootloader that he flashed which causes the GT-I 9100 to show up on boot, and he wants it back at stock for returning. Again I could be wrong, and of course flashing bootloaders is very dangerous, especially with your faulty USB connection (I didn't know it was faulty when I posted before).
EDIT: Did you ever try rooting so you can go the Mobile Odin route (which would be much safer)?
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karate104 said:
That was my suggestion, I thought it might be an I9100 bootloader that he flashed which causes the GT-I 9100 to show up on boot, and he wants it back at stock for returning. Again I could be wrong, and of course flashing bootloaders is very dangerous, especially with your faulty USB connection (I didn't know it was faulty when I posted before).
EDIT: Did you ever try rooting so you can go the Mobile Odin route (which would be much safer)?
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No I never tried that, would you recommend that? This is the screen I get when it boots http://img2.garfield.in/images/garfield/logoold_350x583.jpg, but my phone is a sgh-I777. That means it is the wrong bootloader right? Or am I misunderstanding something? Feel so useless haha, thanks guys.
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Both links appear to be the same.
Anyway, why would you flash the bootloader?
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Meant to post this for bootloader link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20229527&postcount=46, and I want to get it back to the stock loader so I can send it in for repair.
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No I never tried that, would you recommend that? This is the screen I get when it boots http://img2.garfield.in/images/garfield/logoold_350x583.jpg, but my phone is a sgh-I777. That means it is the wrong bootloader right? Or am I misunderstanding something? Feel so useless haha, thanks guys.
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I know that's the screen you're referring to, bootloader is just my random guess.
mattdm said:
No, don't do that.
You can either use Mobile Odin to remove it, or do a complete Return to Stock using Odin.
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Since your USB connection is buggy, and since flashing bootloaders is really dangerous anyway, I'd try this instead. If it doesn't help, let us know.
EDIT: what does your flash counter say when you boot in to download mode?
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what does your flash counter say when you boot in to download mode?
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This first, please. This will tell you which bootloader you currently have.
If the usb connection is lost while the bootloader is flashing, the phone will hard brik, and will require jtag repair to recover, which costs about $50 to $60. Therefore, it is necessary to know what the phone status really is before taking that risk.
If you determine that you really do have the I9100 secondary bootloader, then you put the I777 UCKH7 sbl.tar in the PDA slot of Odin3 v1.85. Or you could flash the I777UCKH7-CL503881 FULL Odin3 One-click Downloader which includes the param.lfs and the secondary bootloader.
Mobile Odin will not flash bootloaders or param.lfs
creepyncrawly said:
This first, please. This will tell you which bootloader you currently have.
If the usb connection is lost while the bootloader is flashing, the phone will hard brik, and will require jtag repair to recover, which costs about $50 to $60. Therefore, it is necessary to know what the phone status really is before taking that risk.
If you determine that you really do have the I9100 secondary bootloader, then you put the I777 UCKH7 sbl.tar in the PDA slot of Odin3 v1.85. Or you could flash the I777UCKH7-CL503881 FULL Odin3 One-click Downloader which includes the param.lfs and the secondary bootloader.
Mobile Odin will not flash bootloaders or param.lfs
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Where can I get the full one click? On the download custom binary: no. Samsung official. Model: GT-I9100. Thanks
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Where can I get the full one click? On the download custom binary: no. Samsung official. Model: GT-I9100. Thanks
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Huzzah, I guessed right! You flashed I9100 secondary bootloaders.
Read this thread (I suggest reading the OP closely), paying special attention to 3) Special Problems. The downloads you need are here.
karate104 said:
Huzzah, I guessed right! You flashed I9100 secondary bootloaders.
Read this thread (I suggest reading the OP closely), paying special attention to 3) Special Problems. The downloads you need are here.
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Whenever I try to do this with odin it fails . I think I just need the one click with bootloaders, but I can't find it.
I was using Samsgung Galaxy SIII Toolkit v1.0 to root my (Sprint) device ( didn't realize v2.0 was out ) and at step 9 when the device was supposed to reboot on its own it just turned off and did not reboot. When I try to boot it I get a quick flash of SAMSUNG and then it turns off. I am able to boot into Download mode. USB Debugging is not enabled.
Any help is appreciated.
Thank you.
Update:
I tried downloading a few different versions of the toolkit, and they all seem to check for USB DEBUGGING before starting the rooting process. I'm not sure which version I had downloaded initially (just that it was v1.0) where it didn't... But that part of the process had a NOTE saying to turn it on, restart the phone and plug it back in to continue...
I also tried booting into recovery mode and factory resetting - no dice.
You're in the section of the international phone, not the US-version.
Most probably something went wrong with replacing the kernel, flash your RAM through Odin again and it should boot fine.
Just use CF-root (or whichever kernel applies to the US-version) through Odin instead of using these tools. People always recommend them and I'd had to revive my fair share of devices which were softbricked (that's what your device is) through their usage.
d4fseeker said:
You're in the section of the international phone, not the US-version.
Most probably something went wrong with replacing the kernel, flash your RAM through Odin again and it should boot fine.
Just use CF-root (or whichever kernel applies to the US-version) through Odin instead of using these tools. People always recommend them and I'd had to revive my fair share of devices which were softbricked (that's what your device is) through their usage.
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This. Don't trust toolkits. Do yourself a favour and take time to learn how to use adb and on this phone, Odin, properly. It's unfortunate you had to learn why many people are against toolkits the hard way but if you follow the above advice and use Odin to flash a factory Rom for your phone all shall be well.
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This. Don't trust toolkits. Do yourself a favour and take time to learn how to use adb and on this phone, Odin, properly. It's unfortunate you had to learn why many people are against toolkits the hard way but if you follow the above advice and use Odin to flash a factory Rom for your phone all shall be well.
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Mm.. I'm trying an Odin approach now. Initially I tried a Heimdall approach, but it kept failing. :\
Thanks for the response.
Odin and Heimdall both do the same stuff; they use the Samsung firmware update mode to push the device's firmware.
Download your ROM off samfirmware.com if you can't revive it through a simple kernel flash.
You might have to factory-reset your phone tough, hopefully not.
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Odin and Heimdall both do the same stuff; they use the Samsung firmware update mode to push the device's firmware.
Download your ROM off samfirmware.com if you can't revive it through a simple kernel flash.
You might have to factory-reset your phone tough, hopefully not.
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I am currently writing a stock ROM to my phona via Odin. Once I'm back to stock I'll start messing around with it again. I just like touching base after I screw things up, if that makes sense.
I only bought the phone a few days ago so there's not much going on to lose, and I did do a full backup, so I'm not concerned. I already did a reset anyway when I first broke it.
I appreciate your help, and do now see that I'm in the wrong forum. In the future I'll post in the correct forum. Sorry again. Very embarrassing.
Thanks.
I just like touching base after I screw things up, if that makes sense.
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Yep. That's how (and most other people learn their stuff. Learning by breaking (and after having gained some knowledge, fixing)
Sorry again. Very embarrassing.
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It's more a problem for you than for us. If you were to flash a linked zip without really taking care you could hard-softbrick (only revivable through USB-Jig) or possibly hardbrick (only revivable through JTAG) your phone so it's best to stick in the correct section with the correct files =)
Hiya guys
Ok I seem to have some issues with the new S3 I have, I originally posted here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1749178&goto=newpost
But I have now found that after installing Samsung KIES the phone is not detected when it is plugged in, USB debuggin mode ticked or unticked makes no difference
I asked in the previous thread how to see if it had been rooted, as the phone is unlocked (originally T-Mobile UK) and my Tesco sim works, but then I tried installing the TRIANGLE AWAY app, and it says
"SUPERUSER IS NEEDED but could not acquire, Are you rooted??"
But when I boot into download mode, it says ODIN at the top, counts is 1 and then there is CUSTOM
So I dont know what the hell the previous person has done lol so i thought it might be easier to put it back to stock, and start all over again!
Please could someone point me in the right direction for doing all this, Im new to Android, iPhone user ever since day one, and I LOVE this phone, but I need to know where I am at with it, and it would be better to start from scratch im sure, so if someone could spare a few mins, it would be VERY Appreciated
Thanks guys
To flash back to stock go here:
http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/?page=3&t=1&o=1&m=GT-I9300&r=-1#modelsa
Select the relevant firmware and flash via Odin. (If you've never used Odin a quick search on here will put you in the right direction).
If your wanting to reset your counter your going to need to root and use triangle away. Best to do this before flashing stock firmware
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you would need to flash the original firmware back onto your phone to get it back to stock you can download the same from below link and flash it with odin.
Code:
http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/?page=3
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If your wanting to reset your counter your going to need to root and use triangle away. Best to do this before flashing stock firmware
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This is the problem lol, I cant use it, the phones defo been flashed with something, due to the download screen on reboot saying ODIN and the count as 1,but Triangle wont run as it doesnt now look like its rooted, well not entirely lol
See what I mean?
Dunno where I am at!
Maybe if I tried rooting it properly, then using the guide to unroot it and put it back to standard, then start again?
Or if I root it properly, do you think that might sort it out?
Why the hell did you create a second topic?
Your seller obviously rooted it, unlocked it and half-heartedly flashed stock back.
So you're gonna have to root it again, following the descriptions in the 'General' section of the forum. (I recommend CF-Root since it's the most painless and straightforward solution)
Then you use the TriangleAway app.
Afterwards you flash back to Stock.
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Why the hell did you create a second topic?
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Because Im new, old, and maybe didnt understand?
Also thought that this was slightly different to the original question
My humble apologies, SIR
d4fseeker said:
Your seller obviously rooted it, unlocked it and half-heartedly flashed stock back.
So you're gonna have to root it again, following the descriptions in the 'General' section of the forum. (I recommend CF-Root since it's the most painless and straightforward solution)
Then you use the TriangleAway app.
Afterwards you flash back to Stock.
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Very appreciated, thank you for the advice