Good Evening,
I am a noob to the forum and android as a whole. I have a Galaxy S3 UK T-Mobile a few months ago I was getting annoyed as TMobile were not issuing the JellyBean update. I took matters into my own hands and unbranded the phone and installed the Jellybean update.
Recently the phone has been freezing/crashing upto 20/30 times a day and its is understandably getting annoying. I have reinstalled the custom firmware as I want to get it back to Samsung but I can't reset the Binary Counter!
I have been scouring the internet for the last few days and there are many tutorials/youtube videos showing how to do it with a programme called Triangle Away. I downloaded this but it doesn't work as my phone is not Rooted.
Any advise would be much appreciated.
Please be gentle on a noob!
application like triangle away won't be able to functional until you root your phone ...
Is there any way I can reset the binary counter without rooting my phone??
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Jonathan Berry said:
Is there any way I can reset the binary counter without rooting my phone??
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No there isnt,
You will have to root, and use Triangle Away.
Thank you for the help.
Which is the easiest method of rooting as there appears to be many different ways to do it?
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Just use the chainfire root kernel for closest to stock or any of the other custom kernels.
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Hey guys, I know the Galaxy tab has the custom binary counter. they figured out how to reset it in the I717 forum! any way this can be brought to this community?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1569206
I too would like to know if this is possible, My tablet and my phone are at a danger level lol
Phone has been flashed atleast 170+ times now, and tablet is in the 30's
you might try the reverse of this... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1385026
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Hi guys I'm going abroad next week and really need to unlock my phone without voiding its warranty. Please help!
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Hi guys I'm going abroad next week and really need to unlock my phone without voiding its warranty. Please help!
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If you phone them up and explain that you are going abroad then they should give the unlock code.
They charge £15 :-(
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Mzhaze3 said:
They charge £15 :-(
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The only other ways i know of then, need root access.
But that void the warranty. And I Dont want that
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But that void the warranty. And I Dont want that
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then you may not need this application also :http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1092451
pay them and get it.....no other option
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But that void the warranty. And I Dont want that
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Sorry mate but if you dont want to root your phone, then it looks like you will have to pay.
P.S You should step into the world of being rooted, you will never want to go back.
Id love to root. My only concern is the warranty. Even if I pay for it they can't generate the code right away. It takes them over a week and I Dont have that long.
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And if I was to root can it be undone if I ever need to send my phone to the manufacturer for repair? Can they detect its been rooted
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Just flash a stock rom or even the kernal only and you will be unrooted.
Its the counter which is the usual issue - and triangleaway will deal with that or if your bootloader is old enough a Jig.
Thanks guys but I'm a girl and Dont really understand all these technical terms lol but thanks for the info
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Thanks guys but I'm a girl and Dont really understand all these technical terms lol but thanks for the info
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If you root your phone then it will void your waranty, they can tell if you have rooted by your counter, their is a way to reset this if you ever need to take it back under waranty. The only problem is that the methods for resetting your counter are not %100 and can break your phone. If you decide to root your phone then the guide in my signature, will help with this is will show you what you need to read and where to get everything you need also.
Has anyone heard of micro box? I seen it on YouTube to find an unlock code for various devices. Has anyone tried this method to unlock?
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Has anyone heard of micro box? I seen it on YouTube to find an unlock code for various devices. Has anyone tried this method to unlock?
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I have just checked out the website and it is a paid for service, as you buy the equipment and use it to unlock phones.
Oh this is so frustrating there must be a way without rooting
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Not without paying for it. If you want it for free, you'll need to root.
Just root the phone and unlock it
I never cared about warenty cuz if your phone is with you for months then its really rare that you find something wrong in the hardware section and if your phone broke which means not booting don't panic cuz as i can remember you can install a Rom on it and your ready to go
Before you go anywhere i recommend you to back up your phone and install lookout incase you lost it and write down your imei number
Have fun and be careful
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I am sure their is a way,in some corner of the web that you could do it for free, but i wouldent trust any services like that and members wont talk about it on XDA, even if their were.
Why won't they?
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Why won't they?
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Because they would see the risk in doing that, and would recommend rooting, you will get a lost more support if you rooted your phone, and unlocked it that way. rooting your phone is a big leap but once you have done it and know how easy it is then you would be glad, just dont root if you are dead set on not doing it. If you do decide to root your phone then you will need to get your geek on and learn how to do it, to avoid any problems.
should I root my international versuon of SGS3 ? I also dont want to void the warranty.If I root would my phone MAYBE SOMEHOW damaged or not working anymore? what do you suggest me im using it 2-3 weeks now.
also please provide link tutorial
thanks.
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I have rooted my phone:
1. You can block adds in apps with AdAway
2. You can make nandroid backups in cwm and backup apps + data with Titanium backup
3. You can increase volume with Volume+
4. You can wipe or freeze apps and widgets that you do not use.
5. Yoy can flash mods and themes for odexed roms
6. You can flash custom rom`s or kernels.
I you want to unroot use Triangle Away to reset the flashcounter , flash a stock rom and do a data/factory reset and your back to stock
And 7. You can use the Six axis app to wirelessly connect your PS3 control and therefore utilizing the usb out to connect via hdmi to play games on your big screen
Here's link for cf root,, it takes about 2 minutes if you are familiar with Odin,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1695238
[03.07.2012] CF-Root 6.4 - SuperSU+CWM5.5+CWMManager
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There are many pages over the internet listing the pros/cons, so I wont relist them here.. The only thing I find most have missed out are the apps that are root protected.. If you use any that are it can become a pain, if not you don't really have much to lose...
if u use triangle away and restore your stock rom,.. your warranty is intact,...
damaging your phone depends on how you follow the given tutorials,...
also if I root and restoring to the factory settings warranty would be again available?
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patriotaki said:
also if I root and restoring to the factory settings warranty would be again available?
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Yes .
Its pointless not rooting and joining XDA much like a eunuch in a harem .
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OP
Google rooting and weigh the benefits. Decide for yourself if its something you want to do. Lots of average users will never need root. If you find yourself NOT being able to do tasks you want, then root.. if you don't have a need to or are questioning if you should, then don't.
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Google rooting and weigh the benefits. Decide for yourself if its something you want to do. Lots of average users will never need root. If you find yourself NOT being able to do tasks you want, then root.. if you don't have a need to or are questioning if you should, then don't.
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yes I just want to remove ads from apps record the screen..install superscript v6 and autokiller and a bit play with customization im just a kid and new on android I dont know how to root
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patriotaki said:
yes I just want to remove ads from apps record the screen..install superscript v6 and autokiller and a bit play with customization im just a kid and new on android I dont know how to root
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Well then you ARE looking to root. Head over to the stickies in General or Q&A. There's a whole bunch of helpful info for guys new to android. Rooting be easy as pie. Check out the Dev section for root and recovery also.
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yes I just want to remove ads from apps record the screen..install superscript v6 and autokiller and a bit play with customization im just a kid and new on android I dont know how to root
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You can always ask help to somebody, and you can follow all the detailed instructions and videos tutorial at galaxys3root.com (i think it's the best), they have also links to this forum for better instructions.
I made it few days ago, rooting and unrooting it's very easy, always make backup of the original ROM installed.
Pay attention also at what country phone you will be rooting.
I had an xperia x10 so was not familiar with Odin but it takes about 30 seconds couldn't be much easier
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I've also done and will do it again and again. Never again without Root
thanks guys! where can I find all those tutorials to backup original Rom and root without voiding the warranty if its possible so I dont screw it up wooth fake or wrongs tuts
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I'm more of a little girl that doesn't want to void my warranty and afraid of bricking since I'm a klutz at modifying. Unless you want to potentially unlock your phone's capabilities then feel free to do so however if you aren't a North American user than your phone would most likely be void of warranty because I've read an article here somewhere made by xda that rooting doesn't void your warranty (North American users only) and I'm a south east asian user lol. For experts they feel free to do so since it's their expertise but average people like me money is hard to come by and I don't want to risk bricking it lol.
You can't really brick it rooting. Its flashing firmwares and ROMs/Kernels that can potentially brick you.. but nowadays it doesn't happen all too often. And there are methods to safeguard this. JTAG is available too for the S3.
But patriotaki .. you can find info in the Q&A and general sub forums, and for all the tools in the dev section come with instructions. Here's chainfires root method. Just follow the steps and you'll be fine! http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1695238
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You can't really brick it rooting. Its flashing firmwares and ROMs/Kernels that can potentially brick you.. but nowadays it doesn't happen all too often. And there are methods to safeguard this. JTAG is available too for the S3.
But patriotaki .. you can find info in the Q&A and general sub forums, and for all the tools in the dev section come with instructions. Here's chainfires root method. Just follow the steps and you'll be fine! http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1695238
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I'm rooted ut here is my take on it.
The only 2 reasons I rooted was because I wanted control over my CPU settings/create screen off profiles and to change the android green off my notification bar.
Other than that, the phone was sweet **** sweet before rooting. you can already uninstall/freeze apps without being rooted and the battery life was VERY good before as well. I have flashed 4 Roms and non of them perfromed as well as the stock kernel IMO. I flashed back to BEAN R2 because it has the stock kernel and gave me the best battery life. no theme, running my setcpu, nova, all notifcations and toggles turned off that dont need to be on and I get about 17 hours with 30%+ when I plug back in when I go to bed.
There are a lot of things you can do when you root, but this phone is very good without. I have had other phones in the past that just weren't up to par unless they were rooted and I dont find that to be the case here.
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I'm rooted ut here is my take on it.
The only 2 reasons I rooted was because I wanted control over my CPU settings/create screen off profiles and to change the android green off my notification bar.
Other than that, the phone was sweet **** sweet before rooting. you can already uninstall/freeze apps without being rooted and the battery life was VERY good before as well. I have flashed 4 Roms and non of them perfromed as well as the stock kernel IMO. I flashed back to BEAN R2 because it has the stock kernel and gave me the best battery life. no theme, running my setcpu, nova, all notifcations and toggles turned off that dont need to be on and I get about 17 hours with 30%+ when I plug back in when I go to bed.
There are a lot of things you can do when you root, but this phone is very good without. I have had other phones in the past that just weren't up to par unless they were rooted and I dont find that to be the case here.
just my .02
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U can't freeze certain apps without root. Most Apps tbh but yeah the phone will be fine beforehand naturally. Otherwise u wouldn't buy it
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Has any one got SkyGo working on a rooted S3?
I'm running Siyah Kernal and WanamLite rom. I have tried using 'hide my root' and 'Voodoo OTA RootKeeper' however SkyGo still pickups that my device is rooted. I've even tried remove Root in STweaks.
Any one else got and ideas on how to make it work?
I've tried Triangle Away.
Current status
Counter: 0
Binary: Official:
Device: GT-I9300
Many thanks
Their is no way to get it working on a rooted device buddy
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Their is no way to get it working on a rooted device buddy
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I would have thought devs would have come up with a way by now to get it working on a rooted dog and bone when you consider the amazing stuff that happens on XDA every day of the week.
You'd think but I'm sure theirs something in the small print that prohibits it
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there was a thread about the Barclays bank app where someone figured a work around, it was in general I think?...so try finding that and see if there is anything of relevance
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[HOW TO] Barclays Mobile Banking working on rooted S3
I hope someone comes up with a solution. Thanks for the link, I tried out the suggestion in that thread however still doesn't work.
Always comes up with just as your about to start streaming. Skygo is not supported on rooted Android devices.
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I'm pretty surprised no-ones got this to work yet too! Shame really as I used to use skygo at work to watch crap when bored.
you can unroot it temporarily
I've tried many times and it only ever works if I completely reset/format the phone back to stock. Just surprised no-ones patched the apk accordingly!
use superSU's full unroot. if that doesn't work - uninstall superSU
Tried and tried ... Still fails to work, I can only get it to work by doing a full factory wipe and restore which tbh I can live without it, it's more of a case that I would of thought people would of patched the apk by now!
Cheers for the help though.
maybe you're doing something wrong, because the full unroot should work
I've noticed on my phone that on the right side my phone is developing dust in it and on close inspection you can see that there's a big gap compared to everywhere else. I've had the phone for a few months on contract and got it through carphone warehouse and after speaking to them they said they will send it back to Samsung.
I'm on a custom ROM and need to get back to stock and reset my flash counter to get my warranty back. I've got an idea how to do it but would appreciate your guys expert knowledge. I've read that you need to use triangle away but heard people say that it can break your touchscreen.
Thanks.
Use the guide in the stickies. Easy like that.
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Use the guide in the stickies. Easy like that.
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On the triangle away thread it says if you're on s3 you need to be on stock rom for it to work but the instructions on the sticky don't say that plus he's using ICS.
Here you go: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2148708
Triangle away also runs with custom roms as it is more connected to the bootloader (?) Or recovery then the rom.
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