[Q] [URGENT] S2 wont start after computer crashed while updating through ODIN - Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]

Hi Guys,
so I was flashing my S2 with XXJVR and when it was working on the partition file my laptop crashed. My phone wont start.
I tried holding the Volume UP +Home+Power. or the volume up + down +power. Nothing would start it. I dont get anything on the screen and when plugged into USB, it's unrecognized so I can flash it again.
Can anyone help? PLEASE?
Thanks!

Most probably its bricked and the best thing to do will be taking it to a Samsung service although it can be recovered
Posting it in the device specific sub forum I.e. sgs2 q/a

any way of doing it myself? i'm flying out in 3 hours and it would suck to spend 2 weeks without a phone any way of unbricking?

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[Q] Is the phone bricked?????

I tried to upgrade my brothers samsung galaxy gio with a leaked version of it's 2.3.4 upgrade via "Odin".It kinda got stuck in the process and following the guide for it I removed the battery (it said to remove the battery if it stuck at a process for more than 10 minutes). After that when I tried to power it up it got stuck with an image of a phone and a pc connected with dots and a caution mark in between. For extra info recovery mode doesn't open but the download mode does. And I have tried to upgrade it a few times but gets stuck at the process named "ididb download"or something like that.
Is the phone bricked?????? Plz reply quick.
Hi,
Don't worry: as long as you can turn the phone on you should be OK, it's only a soft brick . Have you tried going in download mode again, and reflashed another ROM or even the one you attempted? Got evering right? OPS? Evering you must tick? Re-read the whole tutorial cause generally people mess up because they don't pay enough attention ^^
P.S. At least a million threads exist for this, you obviously haven't looked far before posting..

[Q] I have a question!

My HTC Panache (basically a MyTouch 4G) has stopped working!:crying: It gets as far as the HTC loading screen and pretty much freezes there. I've tried VOLUME-DOWN + POWER and it brings me to the HBOOT screen. I selected Factory reset but the damn thing just freezes right there. I tried "Recovery", and the recovery screen loads for a sec:good: then the phone goes black and vibrates exactly seven times.. Then nothing.
I'm trying to flash it with a new rom or even recover it with a stock one. But the rom loaders don't recognize or can't find the path to the phone. Also my PC recognizes the phone but I'm unable to access the files.. as if trying to open a DVD drive with no DVD in it . I was thinking the problem is i need a proper USB driving for debugging , but I can't for the life of me find a download link for a USB driver that works.
The phone's still under warranty but if I can fix it myself I'd prefer that ^_^.
P.S Sorry if this is in the wrong thread >.< / Email me @ [email protected]
lokswar said:
My HTC Panache (basically a MyTouch 4G) has stopped working!:crying: It gets as far as the HTC loading screen and pretty much freezes there. I've tried VOLUME-DOWN + POWER and it brings me to the HBOOT screen. I selected Factory reset but the damn thing just freezes right there. I tried "Recovery", and the recovery screen loads for a sec:good: then the phone goes black and vibrates exactly seven times.. Then nothing.
I'm trying to flash it with a new rom or even recover it with a stock one. But the rom loaders don't recognize or can't find the path to the phone. Also my PC recognizes the phone but I'm unable to access the files.. as if trying to open a DVD drive with no DVD in it . I was thinking the problem is i need a proper USB driving for debugging , but I can't for the life of me find a download link for a USB driver that works.
The phone's still under warranty but if I can fix it myself I'd prefer that ^_^.
P.S Sorry if this is in the wrong thread >.< / Email me @ [email protected]
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i d't know
If you've not done anything with the phone (as in rooting, flashing ect.) This is probably a hardware fault so instead of voiding warranty and finding out for sure its a hardware fault and losing the phone I think it would be better just to take a few hours to get it replaced (they might even send it to your door I'm on orange and they did this for me)
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Pantech Burst Bricked HELP!!!

I recently picked up a Pantech Burst phone from At&t, and upgraded to ICS. I then proceeded to root the phone using the prestoroot.img method and it worked. Everything was running dandy until I got the VM Heap tool app and(stupidly) set the vm heap to 52m and attempted to reboot... It failed and all I got was a loop of boot up animations. I tried several times to reboot, and then tried to boot to recovery mode and factory reset. That worked, but it STILL didnt reboot..! I dont have a backup, and whenever i try to " Install update from external storage", it just fails over and over again. I found thestock firmware and downloaded it to my external sd card and install(still to no success). Im only 13 and cant afford a new phone! PLEASE SOMEONE HEEEELLLLPPPPPP!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Use P9070_Download_Tool_v3.3.zip and flash PRESTO_BIN_JUUS09032012_TP20_user using this method http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28602800#post28602800. You might find other answers in that same thread Pantech Burst Essentials.
I love you!!!!!!!
dvinelord said:
use p9070_download_tool_v3.3.zip and flash presto_bin_juus09032012_tp20_user using this method http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28602800#post28602800. You might find other answers in that same thread pantech burst essentials.
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it workkeed!!!!!:d
DvineLord said:
Use P9070_Download_Tool_v3.3.zip and flash PRESTO_BIN_JUUS09032012_TP20_user using this method http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28602800#post28602800. You might find other answers in that same thread Pantech Burst Essentials.
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I bricked my phone few days back doing restore from CWM 6 downloeded online from ROM manager,
I wiped cache dalvik etc & rebooted, I could see the Tap the android screen then suddenly blank now it wont start
I get QHSUSB_dload in PC device manager any way out
I tried this method but I dont get the download button to click it remains greyed out.
Is there any driver for QHSUSB_dload?
Or do I have no hope at the moment or in near future?
just don`t use ROM manager for installing recovery . usually the result is bricked phone
Yah, i remember a fastboot brick i got from rom manager (LG Optimud ME)
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I also just bricked my Pantech Burst the same way...using ROM Manager. Is there a way to fix this or am I out of luck? I did try the method posted at the top of this thread. It just gets locked in the S/W Upgrading screen. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
I'm too in same situation.....i tried it updating via Pantech OS Upgrade tool......it updates successfully but doesnot bootup....
and now it shows some S/W Upgrading with red colour background
plz help me out:crying::crying::crying::crying::crying:
coolamjadkhan said:
I'm too in same situation.....i tried it updating via Pantech OS Upgrade tool......it updates successfully but doesnot bootup....
and now it shows some S/W Upgrading with red colour background
plz help me out:crying::crying::crying::crying::crying:
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Mine did not upgrade successfully, but I have the exact same problem. On day three of waiting for a callback from Pantech on the issue. They are supposedly talking to the techs in Korea about it.
Maybe solved!
tajlund said:
Mine did not upgrade successfully, but I have the exact same problem. On day three of waiting for a callback from Pantech on the issue. They are supposedly talking to the techs in Korea about it.
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Don't know if this is going to help, but I had the problem (as I described) red S/W Upgrading and couldn't do anything. Well, after about two weeks of sitting with the battery out, I decided to redownload and rerun the Pantech update app, and lo and behold, it fixed my phone. It also installed a more up to date version of Android 4.0, I went from 4.01 to 4.04.
This is after running the updater a good 30 or so times the past two weeks hoping for anything to work, now today, bam, it works fine.
I would recommend anyone in this situation give the most recent updater a try, it may solve your problem.
need help with my burst!!!!!
Hey! i have a pantech burst and i love it! but i had to reset it and now it wont work. my exhusband root it a few months ago....and he deleted the keyboard and the launcher..... so.... when i turn it on i cant do anything cause i cant write .... and if i skip the android start menu i cant see anything cause i dont have a launcher.... please someone help! what can i do?
:crying: Bricked my phone total unable start. any hardware diagnostic tool or manual reset button.
please help urgently
needhelppantech said:
Hey! i have a pantech burst and i love it! but i had to reset it and now it wont work. my exhusband root it a few months ago....and he deleted the keyboard and the launcher..... so.... when i turn it on i cant do anything cause i cant write .... and if i skip the android start menu i cant see anything cause i dont have a launcher.... please someone help! what can i do?
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would you like to sell it cheaper rate???
Bricked Pantech Burst Stuck in S/W Downloading Mode and completely wiped ...
Ok I am having a similar issue guys. Last night I had to wipe my phone because it was overly full and I switched providers and the phone had become unusable. I tried using clockworkmod to do this and it wiped everything ( including clockworkmod. ) Now I only get a S/W Upgrading screen with a red box. I tried using the pantech download tool and the PANTECH_PRESTO_BIN_JUUS03122012.pdl file. It did appear that it was installing it but then it became stuck at the very very very end of things. I basically had to take the battery out to do anything at all as I had left the phone on all night to download the pdl file but without any luck.
When I reboot the phone it had the S/W Upgrading mode with the red screen. I've tried all of the different key combinations on the pantech burst etc volume up + volume down and power, volume down + power, volume up + power. None of these things will reboot the phone.
I am hoping I can use the pantech download tool to install a different pdl instead and possibly get it working that way. I know that when the phone is off if I plug it into usb then the screen lights up on it with the S/W Upgrading screen and the red box. If I press the power button or any other combinations of buttons + the power button it also does this. It literally will not do anything else.
I cannot use pantech pc suite because the phone originally was so unusable I could not put the android apk file on the phone even though I have it on my laptop.
I tried using adb and fastboot and it will not even find my device through ANY usb port on the laptop. I've tried deleting and reinstalling the drivers over and over. The only thing I know to do is reboot afterward and hopefully it will find my phone on usb with adb. If I can just get to a bootloader or flash functional firmware onto this phone I think I could get it working but I do not know enough about the pantech burst to try physically jumping anything on it in order to hard reset it.
So my only options right now look like maybe get a different pdl, possibly reboot and the drivers may find my phone, or JTAG this thing.
I can't put it in usb debugging mode because it won't boot. Since adb does not even find the device as being attached it seems as if this phone should be operating in a different port mode or something to make it visible. I could be wrong but I am hoping that rebooting fixes the driver issue and makes the phone visible.
I tried PDAnet also and once again it does not work because it cannot find the device. This could be a usb cable issue I suppose but I only have this particular cable I am pretty sure
I might try another cable as well...
Any other ideas ? Am I going to have to JTAG this thing or should it be fixable using the download tool and a different pdl ? Or do I need to find another way to completely wipe the phone first and THEN use the download tool with the pdl file ?
It does get a bit confusing with so many mods, roms, and methods to recover android phones. If I can get the phone to boot then I can reload my backups and all should be well. I do need this phone for business purposes also. Any ideas guys ?
PS> I am also pretty decent with linux distros like arch or ubuntu so I would like to also know if it would just be better to do this in linux and possibly use linux to manually switch the phone to a different device mode to make it visible in the instance of there being nothing wrong with the drivers.
Thanks for any ideas or suggestions ...
UPDATE - progress ???
dsull1981 said:
Ok I am having a similar issue guys. Last night I had to wipe my phone because it was overly full and I switched providers and the phone had become unusable. I tried using clockworkmod to do this and it wiped everything ( including clockworkmod. ) Now I only get a S/W Upgrading screen with a red box. I tried using the pantech download tool and the PANTECH_PRESTO_BIN_JUUS03122012.pdl file. It did appear that it was installing it but then it became stuck at the very very very end of things. I basically had to take the battery out to do anything at all as I had left the phone on all night to download the pdl file but without any luck.
When I reboot the phone it had the S/W Upgrading mode with the red screen. I've tried all of the different key combinations on the pantech burst etc volume up + volume down and power, volume down + power, volume up + power. None of these things will reboot the phone.
I am hoping I can use the pantech download tool to install a different pdl instead and possibly get it working that way. I know that when the phone is off if I plug it into usb then the screen lights up on it with the S/W Upgrading screen and the red box. If I press the power button or any other combinations of buttons + the power button it also does this. It literally will not do anything else.
I cannot use pantech pc suite because the phone originally was so unusable I could not put the android apk file on the phone even though I have it on my laptop.
I tried using adb and fastboot and it will not even find my device through ANY usb port on the laptop. I've tried deleting and reinstalling the drivers over and over. The only thing I know to do is reboot afterward and hopefully it will find my phone on usb with adb. If I can just get to a bootloader or flash functional firmware onto this phone I think I could get it working but I do not know enough about the pantech burst to try physically jumping anything on it in order to hard reset it.
So my only options right now look like maybe get a different pdl, possibly reboot and the drivers may find my phone, or JTAG this thing.
I can't put it in usb debugging mode because it won't boot. Since adb does not even find the device as being attached it seems as if this phone should be operating in a different port mode or something to make it visible. I could be wrong but I am hoping that rebooting fixes the driver issue and makes the phone visible.
I tried PDAnet also and once again it does not work because it cannot find the device. This could be a usb cable issue I suppose but I only have this particular cable I am pretty sure
I might try another cable as well...
Any other ideas ? Am I going to have to JTAG this thing or should it be fixable using the download tool and a different pdl ? Or do I need to find another way to completely wipe the phone first and THEN use the download tool with the pdl file ?
It does get a bit confusing with so many mods, roms, and methods to recover android phones. If I can get the phone to boot then I can reload my backups and all should be well. I do need this phone for business purposes also. Any ideas guys ?
PS> I am also pretty decent with linux distros like arch or ubuntu so I would like to also know if it would just be better to do this in linux and possibly use linux to manually switch the phone to a different device mode to make it visible in the instance of there being nothing wrong with the drivers.
Thanks for any ideas or suggestions ...
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OK quick update, I found the pantech burst upgrade tool and the burst-hack.cmd script
I managed to successfully find my phone with the upgrade tool and it completely ran its course and I am guessing it installed Ice Cream Sandwich.
My new problem is that the phone goes to the pantech logo boot screen if I plug the phone into usb but that is all it will do. If I unplug the phone and try to get into S/W Upgrade mode again or power it on it will not do anything at all. Basically the display only comes on when plugged in at this point so I am wondering if the battery is even charged or if it will charge. I read somewhere ( in the gizmolord forum ) that a guy had the same issue as me and he ran this tool for his pantech burst and then left the battery out for 2 weeks and tried to power it back on and it worked for him.
Is it possible that I just need to power the device down completely and let it completely discharge before it will reboot or is this thing bricked ?
I am thinking that either the battery needs to charge, or the phone needs to discharge and power down completely, or the phone could be bricked. I have a feeling it is not bricked because the update tool said everything was successful and no errors or anything.
I will try leaving the battery out for awhile and letting the phone discharge on its own and see what kind of results I get. I would think that 16 - 24 hours would be sufficient. Any ideas ?
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Ok so I did a bit more digging and research and found out that the culprit is most likely the poorly designed charging circuit in the pantech phones. I found a tech blog called Mikes Techblog where he shows how to solve this on a pantech jest phone with the same issue. The problem is that the battery is 3.7v and is currently reading 2.8v on the volt meter. The phone will not even attempt to charge until 3.7v is available on the battery because of how the charge circuit is designed. I am going to try the usb cable trick and usb adapter and see if I can monitor its progress with the voltmeter and get it back up to 3.7 volts. After this it should allow me to charge it normally and should boot just fine. It is showing the pantech logo which tells me that the firmware is there and isn't buzzing or doing anything else weird so more than likely this is related to the battery and not having enough of a charge when running the official upgrade tool. This problem probably had already existed prior running the update tool and is why the S/W Upgrading screen only would come up AFTER being plugged into a power source and would disappear immediately. If the battery had any charge whatsoever and if the phone could see it then I would see a screen that tells me to plug my phone in and charge it. I am thinking this is solved but will only know after I charge the battery. From what I've been reading in comments from others the battery issue is prevalent on many different pantech phones including the burst model. Other people with the pantech burst have said in comments on Mike's blog that this made their phone boot right up and said that this was EXACTLY the issue. Perhaps the best way to use these pantech phones is to never ever let them fully discharge the battery.

[Q] Stuck at bootlogo

Hi,
I got this tablet from a friend, and it's stuck at the boot logo. I've tried hard reset, reset via recovery, nothing seems to work.
How can I flash the latest official rom?
Can't seem to find a tool for it, and Asus suggest to flash with the tablet itself, but that's not possible for now.
Anyone?
Thx!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1688012
Easyflasher to flash TWRP recovery > copy ROM to MicroSD card, flash ROM
Thanks! I can't seem to get him into APX mode, what is the exact procedure?
Connect the tab to USB > PC first
Power Off the Tab
Hold Volume Up & Power
Nothing will appear on the Tab screen, but the PC should sound the USB connect noise / device manager will show it has connected - only takes a few seconds to enter APX mode
I've tried that, doesn't seem to recognize it . Would you help me via IM of some sort?
It`ll be the drivers most likely, open device manager when its connected and in APX mode, and manually update the drivers using the Universal Naked Driver from the Easyflasher site
I don't have any IM installed unfortunately but I`ll help you out here
Ok, that would be wonderful. The problem is, I don't know when it's off. I can't get it to shut down, it keeps rebooting. I'm monitoring dev manager with sound high, but it's not coming up. Cable is working, because it will charge. Using the original cable. (Windows 7 x64)
Best thing to do would be connect it to the PC, then press and hold Power until it shuts off, then try for APX mode - you might even be able to enter APX from a powered on state by holding the same button combo, but Ive not tested that myself
And a cable that charges doesn't automatically mean it will work for Data, they use different pins, some for power and some for data, if the data pins are damaged, it will still charge
I can't seem to get it working . Any other ways to flash it?
Not without being able to get it to boot - you'll need APX mode to do anything in the state it's in now
A bad cable is a common problem though, might be worth grabbing another one from eBay
To bad. I'll try and let it drain till it's empty, and fully charge it then. Just ordered another cable.
Thx for the help!
If the System / Data partitions are corrupted, which generally causes the boot loop, then draining and recharging won't help
Plus be careful not to drain the battery to 0%, their design prevents them from recharging if they hit 0% - many people have had to buy new batteries after not using their tab for a few months and letting it drain completely
Good luck, so long as there is no hardware damage, once you have a working cable it should be pretty straight forward to get TWRP recovery and a new ROM flashed to it
Might be worth trying your current cable on another PC too
Thanks for the headsup! Will try!
Hello everyone,
Not to thread jack but I have a similar problem and instead of opening a new thread I decided to revive this one.
I have a similar problem that my TF101 has been working flawlessly for many years. It is rooted and was running 4.3 ROM. As of a couple of days ago it just won't boot at all. It has been stuck at the NVidia screen and just sits there. I tried to enter recovery mode by using volume(-) + power and the unit presents the TEAMWIN logo and just loops as well by showing the TWRP screen (3 seconds) then going blank for a second then showing TWRP screen again in a cycle.
I downloaded and tried Easyflasher and Brks toolkit and nothing can complete the flash. Tried different installed drivers as well. I can enter MTP mode which the computer can see the device but the manufacturer name and model are not-recognized. I can also enter APX mode but while trying to flash anything I get an error message (error, cannot flash bootloader) and the computer dings (device disconnects).
I have been trying for a days now and have run out of ideas.
Has the unit finally bit the dust? Does any one out there have any more ideas or suggestions on what to try next?
TIA for any help provided.
Anyone with any sort of help on my previous post? Time to retire it for real this time?
TIA
Sent from my VisionX powered SM-N900T.
Jayster0966 said:
Anyone with any sort of help on my previous post? Time to retire it for real this time?
TIA
Sent from my VisionX powered SM-N900T.
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Have you tried a different / new cable in-case that's the reason all the flashing attempts and computer recognising the unit are failing ?

Galaxy S6 stuck on first screen which says Galaxy S6 powered by Android

Hi Guys,
This is the first time i have had to contact a forum as my new samsung S6 has really disappointed me. The device is stuck on the first screen and wont even boot upto samsung screen. I can only go into the download mode but cant go to recovery mode no matter what. I have tried flashing stock ROM but it has not worked and unfortunately i bought this from someone so cant even go into claim warranty. Please help me with anything that can be done to fix this.
umair11april said:
Hi Guys,
This is the first time i have had to contact a forum as my new samsung S6 has really disappointed me. The device is stuck on the first screen and wont even boot upto samsung screen. I can only go into the download mode but cant go to recovery mode no matter what. I have tried flashing stock ROM but it has not worked and unfortunately i bought this from someone so cant even go into claim warranty. Please help me with anything that can be done to fix this.
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Hello,
Can you elaborate what exactly were you doing?
-Vatsal
Vatsal said:
Hello,
Can you elaborate what exactly were you doing?
-Vatsal
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Hi,
i put my phone on fast charging and the phone never started again. I had seen similar problem before where after fast charging my phone would restart once or twice with the entry screen facing blown up pixels and phone acting funny. But this time around after some resarts it just wont go anywhere ahead of the first samsung screen.
umair11april said:
Hi,
i put my phone on fast charging and the phone never started again. I had seen similar problem before where after fast charging my phone would restart once or twice with the entry screen facing blown up pixels and phone acting funny. But this time around after some resarts it just wont go anywhere ahead of the first samsung screen.
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Hello,
I have reported this thread to be moved to right Q&A in order to get expertise help.
-Vatsal
umair11april said:
Hi,
i put my phone on fast charging and the phone never started again. I had seen similar problem before where after fast charging my phone would restart once or twice with the entry screen facing blown up pixels and phone acting funny. But this time around after some resarts it just wont go anywhere ahead of the first samsung screen.
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Download Smart Switch (Kies for newer phones) on a computer, and use the option Emergency software recovery and initialization.
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Download Smart Switch (Kies for newer phones) on a computer, and use the option Emergency software recovery and initialization.
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I have an identical problem as above. Unfortunately Smart Switch will not recognize the device. When I put in the model and S/N manually it tells me the S/N is invalid. Samsung has been zero help with this.
I can access the download screen by pressing vol down + home + pwr, and I have reinstalled the latest update (5.1.1) which I had installed 2 months ago, but it still hangs after the restart.
I cannot power down the phone with the pwr button.
I cannot access recovery mode nor get it to be recognized via adb. It simply does not move past the first screen.
I am overseas (Indonesia) and the local Samsung Repair Center will not touch the S6 Active (despite it being under warranty). Shipping it to the US service center is unfeasible.
Any ideas on what I can do to even just get it to recovery mode? I was hoping to perform a factory reset as I (luckily!) transferred all my important docs and images/vids off the phone. I'm willing to wipe the puppy clean and start over, if it will only let me!
PS: I don't consider myself a developer, but I do have plenty of experience rooting and moding phones, and ironically, this unrooted, legitimate, Knox-approved phone is only thing that has ever stumped me like this!
Update: I managed to get it to BEGIN the recovery boot process... It showed the robot with the spinning thing for a few seconds while in the upper left corner it says "installing updates...". After about 3 seconds the screen goes blank and it restarts at the Samsung S6 Active and hangs. Now when I try to enter recovery mode it cycles through like it is attempting to start recovery mode but just ends up back at the first screen again...
im facing the same problem, anyone can help us please ?
U can't flash stock firmware over old firmware, you've gotta wipe first, and since you can't get into recovery, flash twrp and format data it worked for me, and since you don't have warranty, it won't matter unless u wanna use Samsung pay, don't flash twrp if u want to keep your Knox counter!!! It'll trip it 0x1 hope I helped

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