I have a galaxy J5 which i (tried) to unroot kingroot (app made by chinese hackers) i just got my phone out from repair and i rooted it again, i thought nothing would go wrong if i did not tamper with system apps etc. The battery goes down to 0 over time as usual when I was using it, i then put it on charge and I get this message "CUSTOM BINARY BLOCKED", I unrooted the phone prior and i stopped receiving security disabled notifications. I know that the warranty will be void as it shows the ODIN counter in the bootloader, no files to fix this have worked as they contain ads and malware. I do not have the money to pay for the repair, the only other option is i put it in the washing machine and make an insurance claim. Please help, it would be much appreciated. (Yes i know, i am a n00b!)
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Hi guys.
I'll keep this short; my i9300 is bricked. It hangs on the initial boot screen and won't allow me to get to stock recovery. I can get in to download mode, but I can't flash anything. Every time I try, odin hangs on "get PIT for mapping" for 10 minutes, then fails. The same thing happens on 3 different PCs. Two of those don't have Kies installed and one is running Win XP.
So seeing as I can't flash anything at all, I'm going to send it back for a warranty repair. Problem is, I'm a bit worried they'll reject the claim, saying my warranty is void. The phone was unrooted at time of brick, but in download mode it says this:
Product Name: GT-I9300
Custom Binary Download: No
Current Binary: Samsung Official
System Status: Custom
The phone wasn't rooted and was using the latest official 4.1.1 BTU ROM. Should I be worried about them rejecting my warranty claim or saying it's void? If so, what should I do? Perhaps I could brick it even more so they can't access download mode and view this information hehehe.
As your device says "custom" they will reject your repair claim, you probably need to flash a .pit or repartition your device.
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Run Triangle Away
Flash stock or provider rom via din boot and factory reset .
Check status .
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But my issue is that I can't flash anything. I've tried flashing a pit file but it didn't fix anything for me. My phone is stuck in an unflashable state. I can't run triangle away because I can't boot Android.
So do I now have a paperweight or will Samsung offer a paid repair? If so, does anybody know how much they'd charge for a mainboard replacement?
I've just received my S3 back from warranty. Despite the status saying custom, it was still fixed for free. The whole mainboard was replaced and I wasn't charged for anything, excluding postage to my online retailer.
Firstly, I want to make it clear that I cannot reset the flash counter due to the "emmc brick bug". My phone won't accept any flash via Odin etc at all (hangs at NAND write start). I've tried many times with different cables, computers, software versions.
So my phone is pretty much useless but I still have warranty. The point of this thread is really how could I maximize my chances of getting Samsung to do a replacement?
To the experts out there, what state would I have to put my phone in JUST ENOUGH so that it is impossible for the tech to see the flash counter (hence voiding warranty)?
Background story: I was using my phone one day (never rooted it) and it suddenly froze, I power off and power on and bam... bricked. So I tried to flash and fix it, however... did not turn out great. So I wasn't screwing around with any flashing just bad hardware, I hope this is a good enough reason for a replacement.
So essentially you want to defraud Samsung ? You voided your warranty the moment you increased the flash counter.
Firstly, I apologiise if my question has already been covered in another thread, but I didn't find it.
A few months ago, an OTA Samsung update to my English I9300 screwed up and after trying to reboot, it seemed my phone was bricked and wouldn't get past the Samsung logo on startup. I didn't realise at the time that my original USB cable was broken (or I may have been able to fix my S3 with Odin)....so, unhappily, knowing I'd lose all my installed data and apps, I had it repaired under warranty by Samsung, I'd already rooted my S3 long before that, but it still came back from the service centre as good as new, working, albeit missing all my valuable data
Ok, to cut to the chase, last night, about 5 months after having my phone repaired, I took that leap again of rooting it with Odin 3. Now, this is where I'm puzzled.....after starting Odin, and flashing it with "CF-Root-SGS3-v6.4.tar" in PDA mode, the box said 'RESET', not 'PASSED', as one would expect.Is there a reason for this? I have since installed a few system root apps such as Titanium Backup, BusyBox, etc and run Triangle Away successfully....all reporting that my S3 is once again rooted; but, what I still can't understand is Odin reporting the flash as 'Reset' instead of 'Passed'. Can one or more of you folk please try to shed some light on this for me.....Thanks in advance
Al.Gray said:
Firstly, I apologiise if my question has already been covered in another thread, but I didn't find it.
A few months ago, an OTA Samsung update to my English I9300 screwed up and after trying to reboot, it seemed my phone was bricked and wouldn't get past the Samsung logo on startup. I didn't realise at the time that my original USB cable was broken (or I may have been able to fix my S3 with Odin)....so, unhappily, knowing I'd lose all my installed data and apps, I had it repaired under warranty by Samsung, I'd already rooted my S3 long before that, but it still came back from the service centre as good as new, working, albeit missing all my valuable data.
Ok, to cut to the chase, last night, about 5 months after having my phone repaired, I took that leap again of rooting it with Odin 3. Now, this is where I'm puzzled.....after starting Odin, and flashing it with "CF-Root-SGS3-v6.4.tar" in PDA mode, the box said 'RESET', not 'PASSED', as one would expect.Is there a reason for this. I have since installed a few system root apps such as Titanium Backup, BusyBox, etc and run Triangle Away successfully....all reporting that my S3 is once again rooted; but,m what I still can't understand is Odin reporting the flash as 'Reset' instead of 'Passed'. Can one or more of you folk please try to shed some light on this for me.....Thanks in advance
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That just means he finished operation cleaned cache and its rebboting
Dont worry
Sent from my GT-I9300 using xda premium
Cheers for that, it's quite a relief it wasn't an error.....just a result I hadn't encountered previous.
I recently had to send my phone away to and phone shop with the phone not being able to be fixed and then to Samsung to get the firmware reinstalled after an ota caused it to bootloop and it came back Knox void 1 (0×0000)and on the repair sheet it said sticker reset so I've looked around but haven't seen a proper answer is the knox tripped and will I be able to use Samsung pay etc.
seeking the informed opinion of everyone here. I attempted to perform data recovery yesterday on my Samsung S7 Edge with Wondershare Dr Fone software and only realised it require root when a warning popped-up. I stopped the root attempt but since then my phone has been displaying a warning that unauthorised modifications have been made to the device, which it hasn't. The phone is still not rooted and I have confirmed that my KNOX status is still at 0x0 but the triggered warning has now made the phone system denying access to SAMSUNG PAY and OTA update. what would be the best way to rectify this ? I am not keen on flashing stock recovery but that fix this ?
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seeking the informed opinion of everyone here. I attempted to perform data recovery yesterday on my Samsung S7 Edge with Wondershare Dr Fone software and only realised it require root when a warning popped-up. I stopped the root attempt but since then my phone has been displaying a warning that unauthorised modifications have been made to the device, which it hasn't. The phone is still not rooted and I have confirmed that my KNOX status is still at 0x0 but the triggered warning has now made the phone system denying access to SAMSUNG PAY and OTA update. what would be the best way to rectify this ? I am not keen on flashing stock recovery but that fix this ?
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You may check Dr.fone software to fix the issue
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watchman.see said:
seeking the informed opinion of everyone here. I attempted to perform data recovery yesterday on my Samsung S7 Edge with Wondershare Dr Fone software and only realised it require root when a warning popped-up. I stopped the root attempt but since then my phone has been displaying a warning that unauthorised modifications have been made to the device, which it hasn't. The phone is still not rooted and I have confirmed that my KNOX status is still at 0x0 but the triggered warning has now made the phone system denying access to SAMSUNG PAY and OTA update. what would be the best way to rectify this ? I am not keen on flashing stock recovery but that fix this ?
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Don't ever use that software. It is malware. None of that will work if your system is modified at all. The Knox output is fkaed from the look of it as the software is detecting it tripped.