How to flash without effecting the flashcount - Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Whats the easiest way to root a p7500 without effecting the flashcount

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Sorry if this sounds noobish, but what exactly is a flash count?

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Prashramani12 said:
Sorry if this sounds noobish, but what exactly is a flash count?
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Your tab should be set on 0 but when you flash with odin [aprt from a stock rom] it adds to the count +1 etc which if your tab breaks samsung wont then fix

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You can't, as soon as u flash an unofficial ROM via ODIN, it starts counting, except if you flash a stock rom ofcourse... There must be a way to reset the counter, the device must save the counts somewhere after all. But i don't know what file it is
My counter is still 0 after many cwm flashes, but i'm not sure if samsung also flashcounts the galaxy tab 10.1, as i've never seen a flash counter on a Gtab higher than 0 yet, if anyone can proove me that i'm wrong... Show me

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My flash Count is at 11. It does not count CWM recovery... So you can flash CWM and then flash SuperSU zip.
The only reason my flash count is up is due to flashing non-US stock ROMs.
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Update2: I have also done two warranty repairs to Samsung with this tab and they didn't say anything about my flash counter...

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nakedninja42 said:
My flash Count is at 11. It does not count CWM recovery... So you can flash CWM and then flash SuperSU zip.
The only reason my flash count is up is due to flashing non-US stock ROMs.
Update: add photo proof
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Hoeray your tab is the first Gtab that i see with an increased flash counter!
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Nakedninja42, so i'm guessing you live in US, so if you flash an UK STOCK ROM, your tab starys counting, but if you flash an US stock ROM via ODIN, it doesn't count?

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So i can root it first using odin without it effecting the flashcount then just flash the roms with CWM
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1239185

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freddy0000 said:
So i can root it first using odin without it effecting the flashcount then just flash the roms with CWM
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1239185
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Yes, sir

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DefQoN_BE said:
Hoeray your tab is the first Gtab that i see with an increased flash counter!
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Nakedninja42, so i'm guessing you live in US, so if you flash an UK STOCK ROM, your tab starys counting, but if you flash an US stock ROM via ODIN, it doesn't count?
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Yes, I was flashing the UK Honeycomb before it hit the US (oh so long ago). It gave me the triangle at boot and took me awhile to realize it was from doing that flash. Then I had to do it few more times for testing other stuff that I can't recall anymore. But if I flash US Stock ROM coming from anything, it does not count.

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DefQoN_BE said:
Yes, sir
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Thank you.......:good:

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nakedninja42 said:
Yes, I was flashing the UK Honeycomb before it hit the US (oh so long ago). It gave me the triangle at boot and took me awhile to realize it was from doing that flash. Then I had to do it few more times for testing other stuff that I can't recall anymore. But if I flash US Stock ROM coming from anything, it does not count.
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Oh unlucky :/ anyway.. You should be able to reset it somewhere... It must be hiden in a file.. there is a cwm for the galaxy note where you can easely wipe the counter just like you wipe your cashe/dalvik/data when installing a new ROM
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freddy0000 said:
Thank you.......:good:
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You're welcome

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DefQoN_BE said:
Oh unlucky :/ anyway.. You should be able to reset it somewhere... It must be hiden in a file.. there is a cwm for the galaxy note where you can easely wipe the counter just like you wipe your cashe/dalvik/data when installing a new ROM
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Trust me, I searched long and hard for the solution. I talked with some devs like Chainfire to see what can be done but since its tegra2, can't find a viable solution. The dev who originally figured out the solution looked at files I submitted and it was completely different than his solution.

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I heard you cant reset the counter on this tab

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Mmh i'll take a look into it, see if i can find something nakedninja.... Not saying that i will find it...
freddy0000 said:
I heard you cant reset the counter on this tab
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A tablet is a stupid plastic thing which works with 0 and 1, drivers that tell the tab what to do, and many many maaany more things. The file that's telling the tablet how many flashes you have done, must be on the tablet, so there must be a file what you can delete or rewrite, but where...? Is the question