I seem to have tripped the flash counter some how. Is there any way to reset it?
Not sure how I did it but I went into download mode and it says Custom binary download: Yes 1 counts
I'm not overlay concerned as I rarely have a phone that dies before the 2 yrs is up.
No way to reset flash counter.
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I need to return my device under warranty. I want to be safe and put my rooted/romed droid charge back to Verizon software.. How do i do this so that Verizon has no idea i ever rooted/rommed this phone?
aliensquale said:
I need to return my device under warranty. I want to be safe and put my rooted/romed droid charge back to Verizon software.. How do i do this so that Verizon has no idea i ever rooted/rommed this phone?
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Odin EP4D then take the OTA update to FP1. That's it
Will that UNroot the phone also?
aliensquale said:
Will that UNroot the phone also?
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You will not be rooted just doing what I said
What about an odin flash counter? I just got a charge for my gf and we have a builtin counter on the skyrocket. Just curious if Samsung also has one in the charge
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droid512 said:
What about an odin flash counter? I just got a charge for my gf and we have a builtin counter on the skyrocket. Just curious if Samsung also has one in the charge
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Make sure F. Reset Time is checked in Odin and it will reset the counter to 1 on every flash.
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droid512 said:
What about an odin flash counter? I just got a charge for my gf and we have a builtin counter on the skyrocket. Just curious if Samsung also has one in the charge
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There is no flash counter on the Charge
shrike1978 said:
Make sure F. Reset Time is checked in Odin and it will reset the counter to 1 on every flash.
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First, see above. The F. Reset Time option is to reset the system time back to what it would be if it was without power for a significant period of time. There is no way AFAIK to reset the flash counter on devices that have one.
imnuts said:
There is no flash counter on the Charge
First, see above. The F. Reset Time option is to reset the system time back to what it would be if it was without power for a significant period of time. There is no way AFAIK to reset the flash counter on devices that have one.
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Its actually ingenious the clock stops at a certain variable and then next flash moves back to 0 its a cwm zip that does it
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I was rooted the ODIN way and had different roms (bean, synergy, and CM10) for the past 2 weeks. Today I lost 4g on all roms and could not get it back. So I ODIN back to stock thinking I get my 4G back but no luck, still stuck in 3G. I'm going to take it in tomorrow to see if I can get a new sim or a replacement.
Triangle Away app said I had 0 flashes. Anyway to check the flash count not being rooted? TIA
Restart phone while holding power+home+volume-down
When the thingy comes up, press the volume key to continue. No it won't raise your flash counter by doing this
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Vorfidus said:
Restart phone while holding power+home+volume-down
When the thingy comes up, press the volume key to continue. No it won't raise your flash counter by doing this
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You'll need to remove battery to get out of it when done. Alternatively, you can also look for triangle away app program on XDA and use that to show the flash count.
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You'll need to remove battery to get out of it when done. Alternatively, you can also look for triangle away app program on XDA and use that to show the flash count.
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He stated he already used triangle away, he just wanted to make double sure the phone said 0.
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thank you boys. I have bought the Triangle Away app from the market to support the dev but that is for rooted devices. The ODIN/Download mode tells you of the count? Never new this, will try now.
edit: I don't see a count but the custom binary download says NO. Is that the count?
Yes. After 'Custom Binary Download' it will either say "NO" or "YES (x counts)."
Thanks. FYI, while in unrooted stock *2767*3855# fixed my 4G problem. This will reset to factory setting. The data/factory reset from the stock recovery didn't do it.
Kind of a dumb question but I was wondering if I lock my bootloader (using ez unlock) and flash the Odin file in the subject line isn't it the same as using the ics file that automatically locks your bootloader? I need to return my phone to stock and have the blk3 file downloaded from previous adventures. Anyway, I'm on Cleanrom. Thanks for any help.
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Okay, don't do that then hit reboot. It did lock my bootloader but when I rebooted the triangle of death appeared. Anyway, all is well and my phone is back to stock. I would suggest not doing it this way :silly:
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Kind of a dumb question but I was wondering if I lock my bootloader (using ez unlock) and flash the Odin file in the subject line isn't it the same as using the ics file that automatically locks your bootloader? I need to return my phone to stock and have the blk3 file downloaded from previous adventures. Anyway, I'm on Cleanrom. Thanks for any help.
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Ryno77 said:
Okay, don't do that then hit reboot. It did lock my bootloader but when I rebooted the triangle of death appeared. Anyway, all is well and my phone is back to stock. I would suggest not doing it this way :silly:
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Lol well that's the expected result when you lock the bootloader via EZ Unlock then reboot. You're supposed to Odin flash next and the yellow triangle warning let's you know, as a user, to Odin flash back to stock. That's perfectly normal.
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Lol well that's the expected result when you lock the bootloader via EZ Unlock then reboot. You're supposed to Odin flash next and the yellow triangle warning let's you know, as a user, to Odin flash back to stock. That's perfectly normal.
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Yeah, hindsite is always 20/20. That was really freaking stupid. Duh, locking bootloader then rebooting tells the "system" the software is unauthorized. Would have been okay if I locked and booted directly into odin. Glad I made you lol
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I don't know why this is but my phone on stock is fast as hell. Fresh Odin install? I hate to say this but it's way faster than it was running a rom. All bloat is installed and enabled.
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I don't know why this is but my phone on stock is fast as hell. Fresh Odin install? I hate to say this but it's way faster than it was running a rom. All bloat is installed and enabled.
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Yea, that doesn't surprise me haha when I first got this phone I was flat out shocked about the speed coming from a Droid Incredible. I would say lighter roms like Cleanrom and Bone Stock would keep it quick. We are dealing with unofficial software after all. I prefer the rooted/unlocked lifestyle way too much to go back except to upgrade my partitions with OTA's though.
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I recently updated to 4.3 and when i turn on or reboot my device the first screen says Samsung and has an open lock at the bottom with "custom" under it. Anyone know what this means? Also going in to my files it says "emulated", is that normal? i cant recall before the update. Thanks for any help
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I recently updated to 4.3 and when i turn on or reboot my device the first screen says Samsung and has an open lock at the bottom with "custom" under it. Anyone know what this means? Also going in to my files it says "emulated", is that normal? i cant recall before the update. Thanks for any help
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I'm pretty sure the "emulated" thing is a new feature introduced in 4.2 which has to do with multi-user support.
The custom is probably from your flash counter being tripped. Triangle away from the play store would fix that.
BattsNotIncld said:
I'm pretty sure the "emulated" thing is a new feature introduced in 4.2 which has to do with multi-user support.
The custom is probably from your flash counter being tripped. Triangle away from the play store would fix that.
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I just updated a couple days ago, I haven't flashed anything. I cant, root is gone and bootloader is locked.
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XXDroidZillaXX said:
I just updated a couple days ago, I haven't flashed anything. I cant, root is gone and bootloader is locked.
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The flash counter persists through flashes/ota's, so if you ever flashed a custom ROM/recovery, it was tripped. You need to reset it manually. Boot into download mode (hold volume down, home and power at the same time) and see what it says for your device stats.
It showed "bootlaoder ap swerv 1” that what you're talking about?
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I tried to update from a rooted stock room. The upgrade downloads then reboots then suddenly goes into recovery and asks if I want to flash the unrecognized file. It will fail if you at yes and then gives you this. Any idea what to do?
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It showed "bootlaoder ap swerv 1” that what you're talking about?
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I'm not sure if there's a different download mode screen in 4.3, but it it's the same there should be a big android symbol in the middle with "Downloading... Do not turn off target!!" underneath and a little menu in the top left that has all your device info. The flash counter is "custom binary download." Also if you made any changes to /system (i.e. rooting), it would say "custom" next to "system status"
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I tried to update from a rooted stock room. The upgrade downloads then reboots then suddenly goes into recovery and asks if I want to flash the unrecognized file. It will fail if you at yes and then gives you this. Any idea what to do?
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You need to be at 100% stock MF1 to update, so you'd have to ODIN to a a stock MF1 unrooted or a previous stock/un-rooted ROM and take all the OTAs.
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I'm not sure if there's a different download mode screen in 4.3, but it it's the same there should be a big android symbol in the middle with "Downloading... Do not turn off target!!" underneath and a little menu in the top left that has all your device info. The flash counter is "custom binary download." Also if you made any changes to /system (i.e. rooting), it would say "custom" next to "system status"
You need to be at 100% stock MF1 to update, so you'd have to ODIN to a a stock MF1 unrooted or a previous stock/un-rooted ROM and take all the OTAs.
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OK. Custom binary download is a 0. System does say custom, i kept superuser after update but it can't download binary or whatever and root checker says I'm not rooted. Superuser is also not uninstallable.
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Sounds like we might be better off and wait. Is it true that an efuse will be implemented not allowing any future rooting or flashing?
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So here is the rundown. I tried flashing a custom recovery on my Verizon s3 4.3, needless to say it was a bad idea. I got the triangle saying unapproved software .. Blah blah blah. I managed to reboot my phone by going into download mode and choosing the restart phone option and it bypassed the check.
So I thought I'd just do a factory reset and all would be good.. Nope, it still blocks me when it enters recovery. So, any advice? Do I reflash the official 4.3 firmware using Odin?
PS. Burn in H*ll Verizon..
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So here is the rundown. I tried flashing a custom recovery on my Verizon s3 4.3, needless to say it was a bad idea. I got the triangle saying unapproved software .. Blah blah blah. I managed to reboot my phone by going into download mode and choosing the restart phone option and it bypassed the check.
So I thought I'd just do a factory reset and all would be good.. Nope, it still blocks me when it enters recovery. So, any advice? Do I reflash the official 4.3 firmware using Odin?
PS. Burn in H*ll Verizon..
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Do you have a link to the official 4.3 update im gonna try doing that if you do have a link.
Unfortunately no. I thought it'd be posted on sammobile but it hasn't made it yet.
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