I bought this phone on swappa, he didn't remove his data and apps from it before mailing it, now I just want to clear it out, I know it has odin, it is rooted
other than that I have no idea,
System Status: Custom
Knox Kernel Lock: 0x0
Knox Warranty Void 0x1
Any guides, or advice? thanks a lot.
Factory Reset
Indianvixen9 said:
I bought this phone on swappa, he didn't remove his data and apps from it before mailing it, now I just want to clear it out, I know it has odin, it is rooted
other than that I have no idea,
System Status: Custom
Knox Kernel Lock: 0x0
Knox Warranty Void 0x1
Any guides, or advice? thanks a lot.
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You can go into settings-General-Under accounts select Back up and reset- then select factory reset and go through the motions.
This is the easiest way if you are not comfortable with CM or TWRP.
kennethbb said:
You can go into settings-General-Under accounts select Back up and reset- then select factory reset and go through the motions.
This is the easiest way if you are not comfortable with CM or TWRP.
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This. do not be worried if it boots into CM or TWRP either you should see it run openrecovery script then reboot that is what will happen with a custom recovery.
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Hello,
i found a way to root without flashing anything on my galaxy s2, but i was wondering if:
rooting without flashing voids the warranty?
looking in Settings>About at kernel line there is this: "3.0.15-I9100XXLPQ-CL223505 [email protected] #3" and i remember the first time i bought the phone that is was something with [email protected], can this change cancel my warranty too?
note: i always had stock roms and custom binaries are 0 and it's samsung's official
Thanks
Rooting voids the warranty. Period.
However. If you need to return the phone for warranty service, if you unroot it, go back to a stock rom that's actually been released by Samsung, reset the flash counter & do a factory reset, the experience on here says you have a fair chance of getting warranty service. But this is not an absolute guarantee.
If you want to keep your warranty 100% guaranteed, don't mess with your phone. At all.
MistahBungle said:
Rooting voids the warranty. Period.
However. If you need to return the phone for warranty service, if you unroot it, go back to a stock rom that's actually been released by Samsung, reset the flash counter & do a factory reset, the experience on here says you have a fair chance of getting warranty service. But this is not an absolute guarantee.
If you want to keep your warranty 100% guaranteed, don't mess with your phone. At all.
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Thanks,
so if i un-root and factory reset i should be allright? and the kernel shouldn't affect that, right?
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Hey guys. I was trying to go back to stock everything so I could send my phone back to Verizon for warranty purposes. So I pushed the MDK stock file I found on XDA and then the device alerted me that there was an update from Verizon, the VRUEMJ7 4.3 one. So I let that go through as well. I figured I was in the clear.
However, I later discovered after reading some more that these new Samsungs have a binary flash counter where it tells you how many times someone has tripped the firmware. I wanted to use the TriangleAway file to remove it all but since it requires root and root is not available for the MJ7 at the moment, I have no idea how to clear it.
Is there a way to see how many times I have tripped the counter? Currently my Odin Download Mode reads exactly as following:
ODIN MODE
PRODUCT NAME: SCH-1545
CURRENT BINARY Samsung Official
SYSTEM STATUS: Official
KNOX KERNEL LOCK: 0x0
KNOX WARRANTY VOID: 0x0
CSB-CONFIG-LSB: 0x30
WRITE PROTECTION: Enable
eMMC Burst Mode: enabled
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And in the "About" section in settings, it does say Samsung Official there as well. But if they are actively looking at the trip counter, I don't know if my warranty will go through or not. Does anybody have any advice on the issue? Any way to know the the actual number of trips without rooting? All suggestions and tips are more than welcome! Thanks for taking the time, appreciate it!
afxtwn said:
Understood. It just seemed that way to me.
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What you see is as stock as it gets.
Sent from my Galaxy S4
Oh really? So I am just being mega paranoid then! Awesome blossom! Thanks so much!
any issues with verizon? i plan on sending my back when the replacement comes in modany. but im going to use the flash counter.
I have unrooted and done a complete wipe with odin but the Samsung unlocked icon is still there. How do I get rid of it?
EfjZaiN said:
I have unrooted and done a complete wipe with odin but the Samsung unlocked icon is still there. How do I get rid of it?
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What base are you on?
The short answer is that whenever you need to do that, you can always flash a full-wipe factory signed ROM image, which will clear the flag.
When I was on MI1, I used Triangle Away to clear the flash counter and "Custom" flag with some experimentation.
I think that using that on MJ7 will set the "Odin Warranty Void" flag which is not currently recoverable.
So, don't worry about it until you need to sell your phone or return it. If you really need it cleared right now, you'll need to flash factory stock and lose root in the process.
I decided to remove root so that doesn't matter to me, do you know where to find a full wipe factory rom?
EfjZaiN said:
I decided to remove root so that doesn't matter to me, do you know where to find a full wipe factory rom?
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The easy way to a full-wipe is to use the Verizon Recovery Assistant - plug your phone in to your PC and a drive will show up with the recovery assistant.
Otherwise, search the "Android Development" forum for your build for the appropriate full-wipe ROM.
Please keep in mind that doing a full-wipe install may make it impossible to root in the future.
I won't be rooting again, thanks for the help.
Hi all,
I need help badly. I recently bought a Samsung galaxy s4, rooted it on the mj7 build, there was an ota mk2 I did. After I was done updating root was broken. I am sending the phone back and needed to remove root and the custom boot logo. I did a factory reset on the device, I downloaded Odin and tried numerous m5 files to flash back to stock. It keeps failing. Now the phone won't boot normally. Someone please help
chudze said:
Hi all,
I need help badly. I recently bought a Samsung galaxy s4, rooted it on the mj7 build, there was an ota mk2 I did. After I was done updating root was broken. I am sending the phone back and needed to remove root and the custom boot logo. I did a factory reset on the device, I downloaded Odin and tried numerous m5 files to flash back to stock. It keeps failing. Now the phone won't boot normally. Someone please help
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If you're going to return the phone, flash the emergency recovery MJ7 ROM in the Android Development thread.
Hopefully you didn't trip the Knox Warranty Void flag with your serial flashing.
k1mu said:
If you're going to return the phone, flash the emergency recovery MJ7 ROM in the Android Development thread.
Hopefully you didn't trip the Knox Warranty Void flag with your serial flashing.
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Hi, thanks for replying. I was able to successfully restore to mk2, I don't see the boot screen that says Samsung custom, and I don't see supersu either. I don't know what knox is, and how would I check to see if something happened to that?
chudze said:
Hi, thanks for replying. I was able to successfully restore to mk2, I don't see the boot screen that says Samsung custom, and I don't see supersu either. I don't know what knox is, and how would I check to see if something happened to that?
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Boot your phone into bootloader mode and read the REALLY TINY text. One line will read "Knox Warranty Void" and either 0x0 (warranty OK) or 0x1 (warranty void).
Get into bootloader mode by powering off, then holding volume down, home, then power. Release when the phone vibrates.
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Boot your phone into bootloader mode and read the REALLY TINY text. One line will read "Knox Warranty Void" and either 0x0 (warranty OK) or 0x1 (warranty void).
Get into bootloader mode by powering off, then holding volume down, home, then power. Release when the phone vibrates.
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OK, I followed your instructions and it says 0x0, so everything should be OK. Thank you
I'm new to rooting devices. If I root my phone and don't flash a custom rom, would that still make the flash counter turn and still void my warranty? I don't want custom roms but there are some apps I need to be rooted to use.
If u will root your phone will lose warranty. ..
s4shoaib4u said:
If u will root your phone will lose warranty. ..
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can you un-root it and still have warranty or is this not possible?
williamguile said:
I'm new to rooting devices. If I root my phone and don't flash a custom rom, would that still make the flash counter turn and still void my warranty? I don't want custom roms but there are some apps I need to be rooted to use.
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Ok, first what version of Kikat are you running? If you upgraded to 4.4.4 you are out of luck for now. If you are still on 4.4.2 NC5, you can use Towel root. This will give you root access, and will NOT trip KNOX 0x0 !!! However the minute you install a custom recovery like TWRP or CWM that will trip KNOX and void your warranty. REMEMBER Sprint will warranty your device with the KNOX warranty counter tripped 0x1 as long as you unroot the device before you take it in or sent it back to Sprint !!! If the device is hard bricked, there is no way to tell it was rooted and they automatically replace the phone. With rooted access and no recovery you can Debloat the device and run rooted apps. Enjoy !!!
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Ok, first what version of Kikat are you running? If you upgraded to 4.4.4 you are out of luck for now. If you are still on 4.4.2 NC5, you can use Towel root. This will give you root access, and will NOT trip KNOX 0x0 !!! However the minute you install a custom recovery like TWRP or CWM that will trip KNOX and void your warranty. REMEMBER Sprint will warranty your device with the KNOX warranty counter tripped 0x1 as long as you unroot the device before you take it in or sent it back to Sprint !!! If the device is hard bricked, there is no way to tell it was rooted and they automatically replace the phone. With rooted access and no recovery you can Debloat the device and run rooted apps. Enjoy !!!
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darn I guess i'm boned then. I have 4.4.2 but I used Odin to root my phone :-/
I guess if something does happen to where I need to replace it, there's always the *nuke* method or *it's lost or stolen + nuke* method as i do have Sprint's TEP plan.
williamguile said:
darn I guess i'm boned then. I have 4.4.2 but I used Odin to root my phone :-/
I guess if something does happen to where I need to replace it, there's always the *nuke* method or *it's lost or stolen + nuke* method as i do have Sprint's TEP plan.
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I run a stock rooted 4.4.2 NC5 with Philz custom recovery version 6.12.9 hltespr. The device was rooted and warranty tripped the second day I owned it. I was in a Sprint corporate Store a couple of wks ago. Showed the tech my rooted note 3. He said I can't touch that, I said what if I unrooted the phone. He said no problem, now I can warranty the phone. He didn't care that the KNOX flag was tripped at all 0x1. Just can't be rooted when you bring it in for service. Sprint doesn't care about KNOX only Samsung cares about KNOX. When Samsung paid millions to the NSA to design a security system to track and spy on others than they care !!!