I bought a USB jig from eBay, which came in the post this morning. I turned my phone off, removed and inserted the battery, and plugged the jig in.The thing is, it only boots into download mode and doesn't clear the flash counter, and therefore not deleting the yellow triangle.
What is the problem? Is is the firmware? I'm running build 4 SuperNexus 4.2.2 JB ROM. On some website I saw that Samsung removed the ability to clear the counter after some version, and that I have to flash some zip file with odin? Or something to do with the bootloader? What's up with this? I looked around, and only saw threads like these for <4.1, therefore I don't wanna flash it so I don't mess anything up.
Here it is: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1354888. It's not for 4.2.2 though.
And here are the bootloader things: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1402286 Are they safe to flash? If so, which one?
Another bootloader: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1578866
http://www.modmymobile.co.uk/phone-...-remove-yellow-boot-triangle-galaxy-s-ii.html Something to do with samsung removing the ability in the blue box.
Shall I flash the bootloader? And what is the difference apart from the ability to reset the counter between the new one and old one? Or shall I just use TriangleAway?
Can anyone help? Thanks in advance
Try TriangleAway
domdomrys said:
I bought a USB jig from eBay, which came in the post this morning. I turned my phone off, removed and inserted the battery, and plugged the jig in.The thing is, it only boots into download mode and doesn't clear the flash counter, and therefore not deleting the yellow triangle.
What is the problem? Is is the firmware? I'm running build 4 SuperNexus 4.2.2 JB ROM. On some website I saw that Samsung removed the ability to clear the counter after some version, and that I have to flash some zip file with odin? Or something to do with the bootloader? What's up with this? I looked around, and only saw threads like these for <4.1, therefore I don't wanna flash it so I don't mess anything up.
Here it is: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1354888. It's not for 4.2.2 though.
And here are the bootloader things: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1402286 Are they safe to flash? If so, which one?
Another bootloader: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1578866
http://www.modmymobile.co.uk/phone-...-remove-yellow-boot-triangle-galaxy-s-ii.html Something to do with samsung removing the ability in the blue box.
Shall I flash the bootloader? And what is the difference apart from the ability to reset the counter between the new one and old one? Or shall I just use TriangleAway?
Can anyone help? Thanks in advance
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Never Mess with the 'Bootloader' for now ma8
just use the 'Traingle Away' app to get rid of both the 'Yellow Triangle' and the 'Binary count' for now
Ps- do make a bkp of ur exsisting setup before hand
Sun90 said:
Never Mess with the 'Bootloader' for now ma8
just use the 'Traingle Away' app to get rid of both the 'Yellow Triangle' and the 'Binary count' for now
Ps- do make a bkp of ur exsisting setup before hand
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Thanks, but I'm kinda freaked out about the line:
"THIS IS A DANGEROUS OPERATION AND COULD POTENTIALLY BRICK YOUR DEVICE. PROCEED AT YOUR OWN RISK. A USB JIG IS PREFERRED IF YOU HAVE A WORKING ONE.
( and by brick I mean brick - only a board replacement or a JTAG unit will be able to save you, don't mess with boot(loader) stuff unless you really mean it! )"
Have you witnessed something like this happen, as you are pretty experienced ? I'm guessing that still, it's probably safer than bootloaders...
It's safer than flashing a bootloader. Just don't go there. Unless you have a very specific reason to & absolutely no alternative (same as flashing a PIT).
You have an alternative.
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It's safer than flashing a bootloader. Just don't go there. Unless you have a very specific reason to & absolutely no alternative (same as flashing a PIT).
You have an alternative.
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Yeah. I might try TriangleAway if I'm gonna be desperate. I can live with the triangle ;D Thanks to everyone who helped.
Triangle Away could (in the worst case scenario) cause a softbrick. I'm sure chainfire wouldn't have released an app that can cause hardbrick, and with his expertise in Android, i bet that's impossible too (unless, if he really wants too)
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Yeah. I might try TriangleAway if I'm gonna be desperate. I can live with the triangle ;D Thanks to everyone who helped.
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I've used triangle away 3 or 4 times without any problems at all. It's fast and I believe it's safe!
Cheers!!
I tried Triangle Away, and unfortunately it didn't work. I think this is mainly because of my system being slightly corrupted, as sometimes I don't have signal which requires me to go into the app SGII_repair and do the second option. Also when I press "run tracker" it says that something is wrong and requires a factory reset. I will probably return to stock and then do a clean install of SuperNexus again. Thanks to everyone who helped!
same problem
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I tried Triangle Away, and unfortunately it didn't work. I think this is mainly because of my system being slightly corrupted, as sometimes I don't have signal which requires me to go into the app SGII_repair and do the second option. Also when I press "run tracker" it says that something is wrong and requires a factory reset. I will probably return to stock and then do a clean install of SuperNexus again. Thanks to everyone who helped!
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Also using supernexus and Triangle away doesn't reset counter, I wrote chainfire an email and hope for good
If you have succeeded somehow to reset without removing the ROM , please leave instructions .
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Hi guys,
I just received my USB jig I ordered from eBay, and for some reason the flash counter isn't being reset. The phone enters download mode, and states it has cleared that data but when I boot it back up and check the count is where it was.
Has anyone else had a similar issue?
Cheers
SirMerkel said:
Hi guys,
I just received my USB jig I ordered from eBay, and for some reason the flash counter isn't being reset. The phone enters download mode, and states it has cleared that data but when I boot it back up and check the count is where it was.
Has anyone else had a similar issue?
Cheers
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hmm maybe the USB jig isnt fully functional, I remember reading that if it isnt soldered with a certain ohm it might not work..but not sure tho best ask in the USB jig thread...
sounds like you got a bogus one or it died during transport. If you can try to pry it open and make sure everything soldered is still connected. Otherwise its probably just a dud.
Thanks for the help guys. I believe the person I bought it from is also active on these forums, so hopefully he'll replace it asap
Thanks again
Try to replace from where u got it....
i have issue with usb jig too, i had it for a few months and it was working flawless, but today when i tried to reset the binary counter it didn`t worked that well...
i switched my phone off and waited until the vibration, then plugged the usb jig and after a few secs the factory mode appeared but it was still showing the custom binary and the yellow triangle after reboot...
so do you think the jig broke down or samsung put some kind of a new protection in the recent roms. i`m running 2.3.5 CheckRom Revolution HD 3.1.1...
What kernel rev are you running? The more recent ones have a new bootloader that no longer works with the jig.
You probably have new bootloader from Samsung while updating to 2.3.5. Look for how to get old bootloader back on your device or how to get the jig to reset the counter with new bootloader and it will work.
I had the same problem, but this Patch solved it! It's because samsung disabled the reset counter function since android 2.3.4
http://kurzlink.de/sgspat5
Password: sgs2patch
See the picture for details!
Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk
i`m running [email protected] #23
i`m gonna try the patch later when i get home
Or go to intratechs official firmware thread where he has the old bootloader available for download and flash in Odin.
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manniakk said:
i`m running [email protected] #23
i`m gonna try the patch later when i get home
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Make sure that you mark the "Phone Bootloader Update" as shown on the picture!
I've attached the files...
It worked for me.. I have Siyah 2.1.1 and Checkrom 3.1.1 running
It works... thanks!
@avetodave: thanks, it worked for me too...
avetodave said:
I had the same problem, but this Patch solved it! It's because samsung disabled the reset counter function since android 2.3.4
LINK
Password: sgs2patch
See the picture for details!
Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk
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Sorry to revive an old thread, is someone able to reupload this patch please?
Thought it may be safer to revive an old thread than start a new one...
Codex0 said:
Sorry to revive an old thread, is someone able to reupload this patch please?
Thought it may be safer to revive an old thread than start a new one...
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I presume it was this
Intratech said:
All packages below this point have the old bootloader so you can safely reset the binary counter with a Jig.
If you've already flashed a full package from elsewhere or updated using KIES and cannot reset your binary counter using the Jig just flash this package in the PDA or Bootloader section of Odin to replace the bootloaders and then you can reset the counter: http://www.multiupload.com/LQQBRQVJUD
Here are the new bootloader tarball if you want to flash them back after resetting your binary counter: http://www.multiupload.com/5LNOCL7KPV
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I presume it was this
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Thanks for that! I actually read on here that newer roms are anti jig so I flashed a slightly older rom and hey bingo it worked perfectly
Thank you for the assistance
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Thanks for that! I actually read on here that newer roms are anti jig so I flashed a slightly older rom and hey bingo it worked perfectly
Thank you for the assistance
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I don't mean to bring up an old thread, but it seems more apt to continue the conversation than to start a new one.
What is the latest version ROM that has a boot img that is still "jig-able"?
I had CheckROM v4 (KK5 based), then tried the leaked ICS (LP2). I then restored back to my old ROM via CWM recovery (I made a backup before), and while everything is back, I have this yellow exclamation mark. The jig doesn't work anymore. I assume CWM does not restore the bootloader, just the system, data, and cache. I even noticed the modem was left at LP1 (I used to have KI4).
Thanks.
naddie said:
I don't mean to bring up an old thread, but it seems more apt to continue the conversation than to start a new one.
What is the latest version ROM that has a boot img that is still "jig-able"?
I had CheckROM v4 (KK5 based), then tried the leaked ICS (LP2). I then restored back to my old ROM via CWM recovery (I made a backup before), and while everything is back, I have this yellow exclamation mark. The jig doesn't work anymore. I assume CWM does not restore the bootloader, just the system, data, and cache. I even noticed the modem was left at LP1 (I used to have KI4).
Thanks.
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You need to use ODIN to flash a stock rom to restore the device completely to factory
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=16781156&postcount=2
I used xwki8 from the link above via odin to be able to use the jig.
I then turned my phone off, used the jig to boot into download mode to flash cwm and miui. Doing it this way seems to have prevented me getting the "I'm not official and shall spam a giant annoying yellow triangle at you" symbol
Hope this helps
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You need to use ODIN to flash a stock rom to restore the device completely to factory
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=16781156&postcount=2
I used xwki8 from the link above via odin to be able to use the jig.
I then turned my phone off, used the jig to boot into download mode to flash cwm and miui. Doing it this way seems to have prevented me getting the "I'm not official and shall spam a giant annoying yellow triangle at you" symbol
Hope this helps
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Not the answer I wanted to hear, but I guess I had no choice. I was hoping I could just flash the boot loader by itself, but I couldn't find it as a separate image.
So that's what I did - flashed stock, rooted, and started all over.
Thanks.
I have to return my phone back to best buy for a return, what all do I have to do? I'm on cognition x2. I want to get rid of the yellow triangle and return to UN rooted stock ROM...
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
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I have to return my phone back to best buy for a return, what all do I have to do? I'm on cognition x2. I want to get rid of the yellow triangle and return to UN rooted stock ROM...
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I777 using xda premium
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Would be nice for someone to post up a tutorial for this. Im thinking about getting my s2 replaced as battery life is not so great. I think mine is defective. Today i only got 9hrs minimal usage. Im on stock+root+cwm
You will need the jig to reset the counter and you will need a stock ROM to flash back to stock. Is stock ROM available yet? Those are the two things I need at hand before doing any rooting or flashing custom ROMs.
I have the jig ordered but has yet to see a stock ROM posted.
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Is is not possible to do it without a jig? Can I not flash the stock kernel and get rid of the yellow triangle?
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I777 using xda premium
Follow Entropy's thread in the Dev section about returning to stock. The exclamation point will disappear.
Here's the thread...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1286432
[Edit] Thanks for the clarification rquinn19
Kadin said:
Follow Entropy's thread in the Dev section about returning to stock. It WILL keep it rooted but the exclamation point will disappear. Unless the rep knows to look in Applications for Superuser, there's no other indication of it being rooted to the average user...
Here's the thread...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1286432
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he also put up an untouched, unrooted version now.
edit: dont listen to the post about the jig being needed.
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he also put up an untouched, unrooted version now.
edit: dont listen to the post about the jig being needed.
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i just ordered mine on ebay. i guess there will be a time im gonna have to use it anyways (unbricking etc)
Just tell Best Buy that you have no idea why there is a yellow triangle there.. >_>
There is a small (very small) chance some warranty service types might give you grief about the custom binary count being non-zero.
However if you're just plain returning the device to an AT&T store, the device will be returned and your money back before the device reaches Samsung and they pull the counter (if they even bother to do so.)
So just doing the Return to Stock from my thread should do the trick in almost all cases.
Now in my case... If I ever have problems I'm using a jig, my custom binary count is over 40 now.
i actually just want to return my s2 for an exchange to a new s2. i think i got a bad s2, battery just not good on mine.
regarding OP question...
here is ENTROPY's answer on his other thread.
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if i want to return to complete stock, all i have to do is odin the "Kernel + non-rooted system package" under PDA plus the MODEM under phone? if the MODEM was never messed with (like accidently installing a international version rom), we dont have to odin the MODEM right? or its a total must?
oh and thanks a bunch for all the hard work Entropy!!!!!
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Entropy512 said:
You may have to enter 3e recovery and wipe after you return to stock, but other than that:
Just odin the kernel + non-rooted system.
And yes, if you never touched the modem, no need to flash it. If you're returning to stock to return, I would:
Flash kernel + nonrooted system
Enter recovery and wipe (same method for entering CWM from poweroff, but with stock kernels you wind up in 3e)
Check to make sure your baseband is UCKH7 in Settings->About Phone. If it isn't, flash the modem.
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simpl3lang said:
i actually just want to return my s2 for an exchange to a new s2. i think i got a bad s2, battery just not good on mine.
regarding OP question...
here is ENTROPY's answer on his other thread.
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Good to know. I got mine at Best Buy, too.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1313659
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I777 using XDA App
BTW I don't think removing the Yellow Exclamation point resets the counter. If they know how to look for that, they can still see that you flashed the phone. The Jig removes the exclamation mark AND resets the counter to 0. So, all you have to do at that point is flash the stock rom, insert jig, and phone was as if you didn't tamper with it at all.
At least that's I hope the jig can do, cause why did I spend $8!!!???
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BTW I don't think removing the Yellow Exclamation point resets the counter. If they know how to look for that, they can still see that you flashed the phone. The Jig removes the exclamation mark AND resets the counter to 0. So, all you have to do at that point is flash the stock rom, insert jig, and phone was as if you didn't tamper with it at all.
At least that's I hope the jig can do, cause why did I spend $8!!!???
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Yes, this has been reported in the i9100 forums with regard to the International version of the SGS II. Developers in this forum say otherwise. I havn't seen any posts proving this one way or the other. I havn't even seen any screen shots of the counter being anything other than "no".
Pretty much everyone agrees that the jig resets both. But it is also reported that bootloaders installed with the leaked versions of the stock rom do not allow the warning to be cleared or the counter to be reset with the jig.
I'd like to see some proof on these issues, or at least reports of first hand experience that gives us some verification on these issues.
Hi, I have downloaded some firmwares to my Samsung galaxy s2. The last firmware I put on was Official I thought but in download mode where is says "Curent Binary" it says custom. How do I get that back to official samsung? Is there a way through kies, like with iPhone where itunes can reinstall the os?
Also does a firmware that is vodafone branded be put on a handset that is on the three network? Would it affect the signal?
Thanks
Get a jig from eBay. If you find the jig doesn't work, flash the 'old' bootloader from here. Yes you can flash Vodafone branded firmware on a phone that uses 3's network. No, it shouldn't affect the signal. These things are dependent on your modem, and most roms don't replace your existing modem.
I flashed using a firmware from this site. http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/?page=3&t=1&o=1&m=GT-I9100&r=-1#modelsa and it returned it to the Samsung Official. Everything is back to standard.
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Get a jig from eBay. If you find the jig doesn't work, flash the 'old' bootloader from here. Yes you can flash Vodafone branded firmware on a phone that uses 3's network. No, it shouldn't affect the signal. These things are dependent on your modem, and most roms don't replace your existing modem.
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Is flashing the old bootloader safe on a custom ROM? Even if it's an AOKP ROM? Cheers.
Yep.
However, some roms may not boot with the old bootloader (In saying that, I'm running it with CM9, but I didn't muck around with stock versions of ICS beforehand which might have changed it to a BL which doesn't work with CM9). If in doubt, ask the developer of the custom rom you're using if it works OK with the old bootloader (I presume you want to get rid of the boot triangle ?).
Obviously you run a very small risk of bricking your phone every time you flash anything, and you only flash/mess with bootloaders when you have a specific reason for same.
Having to send your phone to Samsung/your carrier for warranty service is one of those reasons, and if you've gone back to stock & your jig won't work, flashing the old bootloader is a simple no mucking around way of getting it done.
JoshS2 said:
Is flashing the old bootloader safe on a custom ROM? Even if it's an AOKP ROM? Cheers.
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MistahBungle said:
Yep.
However, some roms may not boot with the old bootloader (In saying that, I'm running it with CM9, but I didn't muck around with stock versions of ICS beforehand which might have changed it to a BL which doesn't work with CM9). If in doubt, ask the developer of the custom rom you're using if it works OK with the old bootloader (I presume you want to get rid of the boot triangle ?).
Obviously you run a very small risk of bricking your phone every time you flash anything, and you only flash/mess with bootloaders when you have a specific reason for same.
Having to send your phone to Samsung/your carrier for warranty service is one of those reasons, and if you've gone back to stock & your jig won't work, flashing the old bootloader is a simple no mucking around way of getting it done.
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I just got my phone back from repair and they upgraded it to the latest version of ICS with the ICS Bootloader. I've flashed Hydrogen-ICS and I've got the yellow triangle, obviously the USB jig won't sort it because of the bootloader. There's no disadvantage to having the triangle other than if I need to send it back under warranty is there? I think I might just leave it and sort it if the time comes.
Ahhhh OK. Gotcha
No, the triangle is only a 'cosmetic' thing. You could probably flash the old bootloader, get rid of the triangle, flash the new bootloader, and be on your merry way. But if it doesn't bother you & you've got Hydrogen running the way you want & everything is hunky dory otherwise, there's no need to do it
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I just got my phone back from repair and they upgraded it to the latest version of ICS with the ICS Bootloader. I've flashed Hydrogen-ICS and I've got the yellow triangle, obviously the USB jig won't sort it because of the bootloader. There's no disadvantage to having the triangle other than if I need to send it back under warranty is there? I think I might just leave it and sort it if the time comes.
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Ahhhh OK. Gotcha
No, the triangle is only a 'cosmetic' thing. You could probably flash the old bootloader, get rid of the triangle, flash the new bootloader, and be on your merry way. But if it doesn't bother you & you've got Hydrogen running the way you want & everything is hunky dory otherwise, there's no need to do it
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Ah right, I think I will just leave it for now as it doesn't really bother me! Thanks!
When i flashed back the triangle was gone and i used the branded rom so it has the three network boot logo again just like the day i pulled it out the box all the same apps and it worked like normal in kies i even had a successful update in kies. Though it took some work didnt reconize the device after a good 30mins of pluging and pulling and restarting. I also found some apps can stop kies working apparently, ones from market not on pc. And i had a custome 2.3.6. I just fancied having back to normal till i get bored again.
man you guys need to learn........... ics bootloader use triangle away, is that simple.
atifsh said:
man you guys need to learn........... ics bootloader use triangle away, is that simple.
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I don't understand what you mean by that? Mine doesn't?
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I don't understand what you mean by that? Mine doesn't?
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"Triangle Away" is an app by Chainfire on the Play Store. Costs a couple bucks, but you don't have to flash an old bootloader and/or wait for a USB jig to get to you, which is your other option.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1494114
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1494114
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Forgot about the XDA exclusive that's free. But seeing all the good work Chainfire does, when I finally do go to ICS, I'll buy it on the Play Store to throw him a couple bucks. He deserves it.
You can avoid the counter increase, simply flash your archives via CWM instead of doing it via Odin. It won't update the counter, so the triangle won't appear
Joravis said:
You can avoid the counter increase, simply flash your archives via CWM instead of doing it via Odin. It won't update the counter, so the triangle won't appear
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wow someone need to fix his knowledge for this!
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tutorial kinda................ thats how i run
1: flashed cwm (attached) via odin
2: wiped everything, including system
3: flashed stock ICS via odin
4: rooted via cf-root
5: used triangle away to reset counter and triangle
6: install mobile odin
7: flashed the cwm kernel extracted from the same and flashed using mobile odin [zimage]
8: now i have cwm without counter and triangle.
9: flashed cm9 using cwm
now i can flash whatever rom via cwm, without counter issue.
you want to flash kernel use mobileodin again and you wont update counter.
hope this helps.
EDiT: odin is 99.9% for stock ROM's thus will not raise counter. only when you flash cwm for the first time with odin you get counter + triangle.
hope this helps.
A couple days ago, my Galaxy s2 i-777 (unrooted stock) would not start up past the splash screen. Today, I finally tried to do a factory reset in recovery mode, and there was a message about not being able to access some csc folder. My phone remained in bootloop, and when I tried to get back to recovery mode - I would see the dreadful "Deleting Cryption Meta data" message.
I proceeded to try the instructions in this post : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=27368753&postcount=7
I managed to flash my phone with CWM5.0.3 using Odin (The PDA option - is that right?) It changed my splash screen to one with 9100 on the front, and a yellow triangle. My flash counter was also incremented to 1.
I then attempted to flash with the Siyah kernel again using Odin (with the PDA option). The good news is that I can now get to Siyah's Recovery mode, but the phone is still bootlooping. And I'm pretty sure my flash counter has incremented again.
Here's my difficulty:
1. I want to find a way to get my images/videos off my phone. (We just had our first kid and all his photos from birth are in there :|)
2. I plan to get a jig, reset my counter and restore to stock unrooted. Is this still possible?
How do I do these two things?
Thanks so much everyone - I've really appreciated all the posts I've been reading for assistance already!
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So I figured out how to get my photos/videos off - amazingly, even after a factory reset - they are all still in my phone! I decided to re-flash CWM as suggested in the post linked above. Went to the recovery menu and did a clear data/factory reset. I was about to try the format sd card option (which admittedly I had skipped earlier because I was concerned about losing photos/vids) but then decided to try mounting the sd card instead. Then I reconnected the phone to my computer and was able to use it as a USB storage device, and view all my files! Now I'm copying over my app data, pics and videos.
I just ordered a jig off amazon, and hopefully I'll be able to reset my counter and return to stock. I'm still not sure why my phone is bootlooping though. Any ideas?
droidiana said:
So I figured out how to get my photos/videos off
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Happy to see this my dude, glad you got them back!!!! Congrats on the new baby good times! I can't really be of help but this thread has some more info you can read maybe it can help you.... The link you posted is posted in post 2 via creepyncrawly but there is more info in that post. Maybe your problem is just a random hardware failure but always best to have all the info you can get..... GL if you have more questions creepyncrawly is the coolest dude and will help you!!!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1738663 Some info 4 you
EDIT Once you get your jig that should clear the flash counter and put the phone in to download mode then you could flash a stock package to get your phone back working!!! Of course depending if it's a hardware problem....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=18859438&postcount=199 Here the link to the stock package or rooted stock One click Odin
There is also another way to remove the triangle and the counter via an app i have used it several times and it works great here is the link for it
http://www.xda-developers.com/android/triangleaway-reset-flash-counter-tool/
The_Fallen_angel said:
There is also another way to remove the triangle and the counter via an app i have used it several times and it works great here is the link for it
http://www.xda-developers.com/android/triangleaway-reset-flash-counter-tool/
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You are correct but, he would be flashing KH7 GB so the jig would clear it.... Triangle Away works on ICS and has risks "!!! THIS IS A DANGEROUS OPERATION AND COULD POTENTIALLY BRICK YOUR DEVICE. PROCEED AT YOUR OWN RISK. A USB JIG IS PREFERRED IF YOU HAVE A WORKING ONE !!!" (and by brick I mean brick - only a board replacement or a JTAG unit will be able to save you, don't mess with boot(loader) stuff unless you *really* mean it!) via Chainfire you're better never tripping the counter......
The_Fallen_angel said:
There is also another way to remove the triangle and the counter via an app i have used it several times and it works great here is the link for it
http://www.xda-developers.com/android/triangleaway-reset-flash-counter-tool/
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AFAIK, this tool only works with ICS.
Please inform.
Is it a boot loop-where your screen will go black attempting to continue booting, then re initiate the previous animation? Or just a failure to boot-where it's just hanging on an animation with no black pauses to indicate any kind of process completion?
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Cmoore0965 said:
Is it a boot loop-where your screen will go black attempting to continue booting, then re initiate the previous animation? Or just a failure to boot-where it's just hanging on an animation with no black pauses to indicate any kind of process completion?
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It a boot loop if the phone tries to boot over and over again, only reaching a certain point, usually the initial (kernel) splash screen, then restarting again. However, many fail to boot scenarios are commonly lumped into the somewhat generic term boot loop.
Poor wordage on my part lol, that differentiation was what I was trying to ask the op
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votinh said:
AFAIK, this tool only works with ICS.
Please inform.
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I have used it with JB and had no problems I do not know if it was intended to work with JB but it did on my sgs2 ( I guess I just got lucky ) I have used it 3 times on ICS and once with JB and While I will admit it is VERY RISKY I too would recommend the jig but was just giving another option
Hey guys, my phone will not recognize my sim card, my IMEI number will not show up either or bluetooth address or the IMEI SV, it tired to restore it from my EFS backup and that still did not help the situation. Only my WiFi works. Now I need to give it in for warranty, I have ordered a JIG off ebay however I read that the JIG may not reset my binary count. Now I have two options, install the old bootloader or use triangle away app
Which option would be safer??
Thanks
delza_6170 said:
Hey guys, my phone will not recognize my sim card, my IMEI number will not show up either or bluetooth address or the IMEI SV, it tired to restore it from my EFS backup and that still did not help the situation. Only my WiFi works. Now I need to give it in for warranty, I have ordered a JIG off ebay however I read that the JIG may not reset my binary count. Now I have two options, install the old bootloader or use triangle away app
Which option would be safer??
Thanks
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using 'Triangle Away' app is the better option compared to the 'old bootloader flash' one ma8
as messing up with bootlader might even Brick ur phone for sure
delza_6170 said:
Hey guys, my phone will not recognize my sim card, my IMEI number will not show up either or bluetooth address or the IMEI SV, it tired to restore it from my EFS backup and that still did not help the situation. Only my WiFi works. Now I need to give it in for warranty, I have ordered a JIG off ebay however I read that the JIG may not reset my binary count. Now I have two options, install the old bootloader or use triangle away app
Which option would be safer??
Thanks
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Installing the old boot loader won't remove the flash counts, it only removes the yellow triangle as the phone detects it as samsung signed or a secure kernel, triangle away can reset the count and trick the phone into thinking your phone has official firmware. Also a usb jig can do the same and as Sun90 said old bootloader restore is indeed quite risky.
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king_below_my_lord said:
Installing the old boot loader won't remove the flash counts, it only removes the yellow triangle as the phone detects it as samsung signed or a secure kernel, triangle away can reset the count and trick the phone into thinking your phone has official firmware. Also a usb jig can do the same and as Sun90 said old bootloader restore is indeed quite risky.
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But I read somewhere that the USB JIG does not reset the binary count on the new bootloader. Is that correct?
1) Flashing the old bootloader is no more risky than flashing anything else; ergo, any/every Odin flash you do runs the (normally very small risk) of bricking your phone. But it is a very small risk.
2) If you do flash the old bootloader, the jig should reset the flash counter and remove the triangle.
3) You are correct, a jig does not reset the flash counter with recent bootloaders (I've tried this myself).
4) Using Triangle Away also carries the very small risk of something going wrong.
So essentially, it's a coin flip as to how you do it. They're as 'safe' as each other.
Take your pick.
The other way to look at it is if you brick the phone by doing whatever,how are Samsung going to knock back your warranty if they cant boot it up either.
delza_6170 said:
But I read somewhere that the USB JIG does not reset the binary count on the new bootloader. Is that correct?
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Yes usb jigs doesn't work on jb kernels it will work on ics and lower kernels.
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king_below_my_lord said:
Yes usb jigs doesn't work on jb kernels it will work on ics and lower kernels.
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The working of the JIG is related to the bootloader not the kernel.
Made my own jig, and somehow it worked, without any changes to the bootloader