No matter how many times I reset it with Triangle Away, the flash counter stays at 1.
My phone build is 4.0.4 IMM76D.I9300XXBLH1. I flash it with the latest stock rom 4.1.2 I9300DXELK1 and then root it and triangle away it but still the flash counter stays at 1 although when I flash it the custom binary and phone status is stated as official. Only the flash counter that bugs me =/
I need my phone at its fresh to be return.
Faivon said:
No matter how many times I reset it with Triangle Away, the flash counter stays at 1.
My phone build is 4.0.4 IMM76D.I9300XXBLH1. I flash it with the latest stock rom 4.1.2 I9300DXELK1 and then root it and triangle away it but still the flash counter stays at 1 although when I flash it the custom binary and phone status is stated as official. Only the flash counter that bugs me =/
I need my phone at its fresh to be return.
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Do you have custom recovery installed? They can cause flash counter to stay at 1 no matter how many times you reset it.
Teura said:
Do you have custom recovery installed? They can cause flash counter to stay at 1 no matter how many times you reset it.
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Hmm, nope.. I already flash stock recovery back to my phone. Now it's Android System Recovery (3e)
Faivon said:
No matter how many times I reset it with Triangle Away, the flash counter stays at 1.
My phone build is 4.0.4 IMM76D.I9300XXBLH1. I flash it with the latest stock rom 4.1.2 I9300DXELK1 and then root it and triangle away it but still the flash counter stays at 1 although when I flash it the custom binary and phone status is stated as official. Only the flash counter that bugs me =/
I need my phone at its fresh to be return.
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Reroot the phone, use Triangle Away to reset the counter. Flash stock rom and after booting do a data/factory reset in settings, backup and restore. That`s it
Have you done a factory reset?
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mikep99 said:
Have you done a factory reset?
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That will not reset the counter to 0. Only TA can do that.
gee2012 said:
Reroot the phone, use Triangle Away to reset the counter. Flash stock rom and after booting do a data/factory reset in settings, backup and restore. That`s it
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I'll do that but what do you mean about backup and restore? Is it in recovery mode?
Also, I've encountered looping boot screen before. It stucks at Samsung logo but I managed to flash it .. again. lol! No idea what caused it.
gee2012 said:
That will not reset the counter to 0. Only TA can do that.
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Yes, I understand that. But if there's any root stuff hanging around, a wipe and reflash of stock should sort it out.
Faivon said:
I'll do that but what do you mean about backup and restore? Is it in recovery mode?
Also, I've encountered looping boot screen before. It stucks at Samsung logo but I managed to flash it .. again. lol! No idea what caused it.
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No, go into settings and you will see Backup and Restore, hit that and at the bottom you will see reset data/factory settings. Hit that and after reboot status will say Normal in About the Phone current status.
Flash counter stays at 1?
That happens with the new bootloader. If you have a custom recovery and/or kernel installed.
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No, go into settings and you will see Backup and Restore, hit that and at the bottom you will see reset data/factory settings. Hit that and after reboot status will say Normal in About the Phone current status.
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Wait a minute. The desc said that it will erase my USB Storage (Micro SD)?
masterex567 said:
Flash counter stays at 1?
That happens with the new bootloader. If you have a custom recovery and/or kernel installed.
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All of the firmwares I downloaded at sammobile. I have already flash stock recovery back and it used to be able to reset back to 0 but after I flash firmware from sammobile. Wait... Does that mean firmwares at sammobile are customized?
Faivon said:
Wait a minute. The desc said that it will erase my USB Storage (Micro SD)?
All of the firmwares I downloaded at sammobile. I have already flash stock recovery back and it used to be able to reset back to 0 but after I flash firmware from sammobile. Wait... Does that mean firmwares at sammobile are customized?
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No, they are original stock.Flashing this with Odin will not raise the counter. Only a custom (CWM or TWRP) recovery or a kernel flashed with Odin will raise the counter.
masterex567 said:
Flash counter stays at 1?
That happens with the new bootloader. If you have a custom recovery and/or kernel installed.
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gee2012 said:
No, they are original stock.Flashing this with Odin will not raise the counter. Only a custom (CWM or TWRP) recovery or a kernel flashed with Odin will raise the counter.
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Uhm, did all that but the flash counter still at 1.
Custom Binary Download : Yes (1 counts)
Current Binary : Samsung Official.
Phone Status : Official.
Maybe Triangle Away doesn't work on Indonesian firmware? But if I flash other countries' stock firmware, will the store accept it? lol
do you have a red exclamation mark in the top left corner when you go into download mode?
Faivon said:
Uhm, did all that but the flash counter still at 1.
Custom Binary Download : Yes (1 counts)
Current Binary : Samsung Official.
Phone Status : Official.
Maybe Triangle Away doesn't work on Indonesian firmware? But if I flash other countries' stock firmware, will the store accept it? lol
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You rerooted, used TA to reset the counter, flashed stock and did a factory reset after it booted and still the count is 1! Impossible mate i would say. Did it last week myself.
mikep99 said:
do you have a red exclamation mark in the top left corner when you go into download mode?
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gee2012 said:
You rerooted, used TA to reset the counter, flashed stock and did a factory reset after it booted and still the count is 1! Impossible mate.
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@mikep99 : Nope, I think it used to have one when my phone is rooted. I didn't notice in this confusion.
@gee2012 : Let's see, my firmware and recovery is indeed stock. Rooted? Yes, superuser/superSU works fine. Install Triangle Away, download the required data and then run it. Before I re-flash my phone, I check in download mode. The flash counter didn't change at all. Either way, I flash it back with the same build in Odin. Go to Settings, Back up and reset and do Factory data reset. Check in download mode again... Still at 1. I'll have to confirm if I9300XXBLH1_I9300OLBBLH1_I9300DXLH1_HOME.tar.md5 works with Triangle Away =/
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@mikep99 : Nope, I think it used to have one when my phone is rooted. I didn't notice in this confusion.
@gee2012 : Let's see, my firmware and recovery is indeed stock. Rooted? Yes, superuser/superSU works fine. Install Triangle Away, download the required data and then run it. Before I re-flash my phone, I check in download mode. The flash counter didn't change at all. Either way, I flash it back with the same build in Odin. Go to Settings, Back up and reset and do Factory data reset. Check in download mode again... Still at 1. I'll have to confirm if I9300XXBLH1_I9300OLBBLH1_I9300DXLH1_HOME.tar.md5 works with Triangle Away =/
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As masterex567 said, you probably have the new bootloader installed which can also cause flash counter to stick to 1. More info on how to reset it here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2083860
Teura said:
As masterex567 said, you probably have the new bootloader installed which can also cause flash counter to stick to 1. More info on how to reset it here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2083860
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I'd like to try the first method. Could anyone teach me how to do the commands?
EDIT : Nevermind, it's as masterex567 said, it's bootloader problem. Here's what I did :
1. Re-root it.
2. Flash CWM recovery via Odin.
3. Flash Restore_Bootloader_XXBLFB.zip via CWM recovery.
4. Run Triangle Away (It works now! The flash counter finally reset back to 0)
5. Re-flash stock recovery via Odin.
6. Re-flash stock rom via Odin.
7. Finally do a factory reset and... I'm done!
Hi everyone, I'm facing a serious problem now.
The motherboard of my device has spoilt. But when I send in to warranty they rejected as I've root my s3. It stuck at the boot screen when I switched it on. I've tried to flash the stock firmware but no avail. I know triangle away can fix the flash count. But I couldn't even switch on my device. Is there any alternative to reset the flash count and unroot my device using pc? Probably Odin or other software. Or reset it using any .zip file in CWM recovery mode? I seriously need your help. Thank you very much!
clonza said:
Hi everyone, I'm facing a serious problem now.
The motherboard of my device has spoilt. But when I send in to warranty they rejected as I've root my s3. It stuck at the boot screen when I switched it on. I've tried to flash the stock firmware but no avail. I know triangle away can fix the flash count. But I couldn't even switch on my device. Is there any alternative to reset the flash count and unroot my device using pc? Probably Odin or other software. Or reset it using any .zip file in CWM recovery mode? I seriously need your help. Thank you very much!
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Can you enter download or recovery?
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hey man, I have the same problem, I can enter in download mode and in recovery, but my phone don't boot, are thare a way to reset the counter with ODIN or recovery ? PLEASE HELP-ME !
bixano said:
hey man, I have the same problem, I can enter in download mode and in recovery, but my phone don't boot, are thare a way to reset the counter with ODIN or recovery ? PLEASE HELP-ME !
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have you done a factory reset and reflash?
bixano said:
hey man, I have the same problem, I can enter in download mode and in recovery, but my phone don't boot, are thare a way to reset the counter with ODIN or recovery ? PLEASE HELP-ME !
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2219755
That should help you get back to stock.
AndroidPlant
An everyday user.
Glebun said:
have you done a factory reset and reflash?
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yes i tried it !, my problem is that i can't send my brick phone to the warranty without reset the flash counter to 0,
is there a way to do this in CWM or Odin ?
bixano said:
yes i tried it !, my problem is that i can't send my brick phone to the warranty without reset the flash counter to 0,
is there a way to do this in CWM or Odin ?
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If you can boot into Download or Recovery then your phone is only soft brick, you have several options to recover it - the most expensive would be to send it to service.
Search, read and learn in general forum stickies.
clonza said:
Hi everyone, I'm facing a serious problem now.
The motherboard of my device has spoilt. But when I send in to warranty they rejected as I've root my s3. It stuck at the boot screen when I switched it on. I've tried to flash the stock firmware but no avail. I know triangle away can fix the flash count. But I couldn't even switch on my device. Is there any alternative to reset the flash count and unroot my device using pc? Probably Odin or other software. Or reset it using any .zip file in CWM recovery mode? I seriously need your help. Thank you very much!
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Same problem here, but i can enter the download mode only. Is there anyway to reset the flash count so i can send for warranty?
keptz said:
Same problem here, but i can enter the download mode only. Is there anyway to reset the flash count so i can send for warranty?
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no
Hi
i just got a worng galaxy s3.
I tried to flash with odin -> everithing pass -> phone reboot , stays at galaxy s3 logo.
the recovery says cannot mount efs invalid argument.
No i dont't have efs backup.
What can i do with this phone?
send it to service
yes but my binary counter is not 0
greendoki said:
yes but my binary counter is not 0
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Two choices use as an MP3 player or send it to service .
jje
There was guy who can regenerate EFS for you
GR0S said:
There was guy who can regenerate EFS for you
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Excellent. OP, search this forum for "guy"
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Root the phone with CF-Root 6.4, so you have CWM, then use triangle away and the megawipe zip file on CWM, then install a stock rom.
You should be then 100 Stock with binary counter on 0
0mega007 said:
Root the phone with CF-Root 6.4, so you have CWM, then use triangle away and the megawipe zip file on CWM, then install a stock rom.
You should be then 100 Stock with binary counter on 0
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the phone is not booting
Hi,
I was trying to reinstall the Stock Samsung Firmware 02U 5.0.1 using Odin and I would get a Pit error so I downloaded the file and would still get another error so I decided to reboot, instead of the device getting stuck on the glowing Samsung splash screen it goes straight to the error
Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again.
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It also says in the corner
ODIN MODE
PRODUCT NAME: GT-I9505
CURRENT BINARY: Custom
SYSTEM STATUS: Custom
KNOX KERNEL LOCK: 0x0
KNOX WARRANTY VOID: 0x1
CSB-CPNFIG-LSB: 0x30
WRITE PROTECTION: Enable
eMMC BURST MODE: enabled
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I need help so that I can get it all back to stock and sell the phone!!!
Much help greatly appreciated.
I flashed vcorerootv2 via Odin and found out that I accidentally update my old stock ROM (MH2) to updated ROM (CNA3) which has a KNOX (from Philippines). Then most features including Wi-Fi are not working and when I decide to download and flash the stock ROM (CNA3) just to go back to normal, now it stuck in Samsung logo and it says:
Security Fail: Kernel.
I tried flashing custom recovery but I can't still access to recovery (security fail: kernel). Only in download mode.
Sounds bricked and trigged KNOX warranty void. But I just can't find how to get rid of this. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks.
Product Name: GT I9205
Current Binary: Custom
System Status: Custom
KNOX Kernel Lock: 0xfffffffc
KNOX Warranty Void: 0xfffffffc
Qualcomm Secureboot: Enable
Bootloader RP SWREV: 1
Have you tried flashing an older firmware on Odin?
SystemDoctor said:
Have you tried flashing an older firmware on Odin?
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I've tried. But to no avail. Still prompted as secure fail: kernel.
I messed up with kernel I think. But I still consider this as a soft bricked since I can still access to download mode. So I assumed there's any chance to get back this to normal.