I got a replacement s4 when i broke my old , unlocked one. New one said me7 so i put safestrap on and loaded hyperdrive. Runs fine.
Just noticed that on boot though that i get the google title and the unlocked padlock screen on boot. Does that mean anything? Like maybr it was unlocked as mdk before upgraded and refurbished? Doubt I'd be that lucky, but any way to test w/o risking the phone?
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The padlock just shows that you have a custom firmware on the phone. It doesn't mean you're unlocked. It's so Samsung knows if you've been messing with to he phone and your warranty is void. You can fix it with an app called Triangle Away.
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Hi guys,
I am about to buy the S III international/European version. I would like to use it with a sim card I already have from a different carrier, and thus I will need to unlock it. The research I did though tells me that I need to first root it which is not reversible and I will void my warranty because of the counter cannot be reset.
I am not interested to put any roms or anything, I just want to use it with a different carrier from my country. So can someone confirm that rooting it will void my warranty or that has been overcome already. If not, will it be possible in the future, say in the next month or so?
You can root it and you can use voodoo sim unlock from the play store and that will unlock your phone.
Afterwards if you need to you can use triangle away which will reset the counter to zero and Samsung will be none the wiser if you have to send it back for warranty.
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nodstuff said:
You can root it and you can use voodoo sim unlock from the play store and that will unlock your phone.
Afterwards if you need to you can use triangle away which will reset the counter to zero and Samsung will be none the wiser if you have to send it back for warranty.
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Cool, so I am safe to root & unlock. You can reverse the process on the intl version as opposed to the US version. Sweet!
Have a look at the video in my signature.
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Hey,
I sent away a Galaxy S2 on warranty but then realised that I had rooted it once Meaning the flash counter was at 1... I have heard that Samsung check this and the warranty on software is void if it isn't at 0... I have sent my phone away but it is Vodafone AU that repairs it, Do you think they will check it? (The reason it was sent was software related) Thanks
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Hey,
I sent away a Galaxy S2 on warranty but then realised that I had rooted it once Meaning the flash counter was at 1... I have heard that Samsung check this and the warranty on software is void if it isn't at 0... I have sent my phone away but it is Vodafone AU that repairs it, Do you think they will check it? (The reason it was sent was software related) Thanks
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as long as ur phone wont boot, the dwnld mode is not accessable by any means and they have to change the motherboard,the rooting cannot be detected for sure
t.saddington said:
Hey,
I sent away a Galaxy S2 on warranty but then realised that I had rooted it once Meaning the flash counter was at 1... I have heard that Samsung check this and the warranty on software is void if it isn't at 0... I have sent my phone away but it is Vodafone AU that repairs it, Do you think they will check it? (The reason it was sent was software related) Thanks
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Reading your other thread and this one, i don't think you listened to anyone to try and fix your phone. Anyway by the sounds of things you can still boot into download mode so yes Samsung may check that and make you pay. Its a 50 - 50 chance.
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Yep. Matty is spot on. It's a dice roll. There's an even chance they'll charge you for it, and you've got no comeback whatsoever given rooting/flashing non-stock firmware voids the warranty.
It was an open box SGS2 that Vodafone had when I got it, I will just play dumb and not know what root is and so on XD
Can anyone tell me if triangle away works with galaxy s4 mj7 rooted? Too scared to take chances so far sunce with my last s4....
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I have used it, but it doesn't get rid of the 'Samsung custom' bootscreen with the unlocked padlock picture on it. Well, it does until I reboot again and then it's back. If I reboot yet again, it's gone. If I reboot again, it's back. I haven't been able to figure it out yet. But I haven't had any bad side effects from using it, if that's what you mean...
K just wondering if it would brick my phone...
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K just wondering if it would brick my phone...
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I've used 3.0 and it made the custom lock go away, and also un-rooted my phone. then I rooted it again and ran triangle away and it seems to stay Samsung now.
I'm being very careful since for sch-I545 it says you need an unlocked boot loader and mj7 has a locked bootloader
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I'm not taking any chances right now until it is confirmed 100% working
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Ok my s4 is under warranty but my USB port broke will I still be able to get a replacement since I can't Odin back to stock will verizon give me a hard getting a replacement
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You might be able to try mobile Odin but I don't think it works with are device
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Just came back from the Verizon store.
They are sending me a new s4 and i should get it by Tuesday.
What's the chance I'll get a mdk or a 4.4.2. And what's the chance I'll get a charge for sending them my rooted rommed out phone.
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Just came back from the Verizon store.
They are sending me a new s4 and i should get it by Tuesday.
What's the chance I'll get a mdk or a 4.4.2. And what's the chance I'll get a charge for sending them my rooted rommed out phone.
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I think it will be impossible to get a phone that has mdk on it. They might charge you for being rooted and haveing a custom rom. Everyone knows that giving root access to apps allows them to break your usb port, Duh
I just bought this mint condition galaxy s4 sch-i545 off of my friend. I want cyanogen mod because that is what I usually get on my phones, but my friend updated this phone and there is no way to unlock the bootloader. Is there a way that I could switch out motherboards from a junk phone to this nice phone in order to get the unlocked bootloader? I need the MDK bootloader or below to be able to get the new rom, or I could switch out with a phone that is already unlocked. But can I swap motherboards?
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I just bought this mint condition galaxy s4 sch-i545 off of my friend. I want cyanogen mod because that is what I usually get on my phones, but my friend updated this phone and there is no way to unlock the bootloader. Is there a way that I could switch out motherboards from a junk phone to this nice phone in order to get the unlocked bootloader? I need the MDK bootloader or below to be able to get the new rom, or I could switch out with a phone that is already unlocked. But can I swap motherboards?
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good luck finding one you need a board thats still running =< 4.2.2 aka firmware ending with VRUMDK
Is there also a possibility that I could also switch a board from another carrier? Like if I found a sprint or T-Mobile board could I switch that.
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Is there also a possibility that I could also switch a board from another carrier? Like if I found a sprint or T-Mobile board could I switch that.
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carrier would need to support verizon's frequency and have the right modem sprint/t mobile are no go .. might be-able to make a ST/ATT device work if its dual modem
honestly I would't bother just get Moto X or LG phone
s4 is dead period ..finished ..done