I booted into odin and I seen flash courter said 1. Do anyone know if there is limited to how much we can flash
I'd like to ask the same question too, is there any limit on flash counter or any limitation? or is it there just as... counter.
The counter is there so that Samsung can tell if you've ODINed anything and thus voided your warranty.
cbetso said:
I booted into odin and I seen flash courter said 1. Do anyone know if there is limited to how much we can flash
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As was posted, it is indeed for samsung to see who has flashed the device, so they can deny warranty coverage. I can't blame them, but I believe it only counts custom / modified binaries, if the binary is pure stock, I don't think it increments. Since you can't plug a jig into this thing's usb port, I'd check to see if triangle away supports your model, if you are concerned about it.
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As was posted, it is indeed for samsung to see who has flashed the device, so they can deny warranty coverage. I can't blame them, but I believe it only counts custom / modified binaries, if the binary is pure stock, I don't think it increments. Since you can't plug a jig into this thing's usb port, I'd check to see if triangle away supports your model, if you are concerned about it.
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what about using the usb to 30 pin converter? can it be used with usb jig?
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Just a question, is root still possible after the OTA?
blud7 said:
Just a question, is root still possible after the OTA?
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Yup. use the CWM method.
it'll up your flash count.
HG! said:
Yup. use the CWM method.
it'll up your flash count.
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Thanks, i have triangle away so I can live with that!
HG! said:
Yup. use the CWM method.
it'll up your flash count.
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What does upping the flash count do?
smaw51 said:
What does upping the flash count do?
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As I understand it, it is just a counter. But anyone with a bit of a brain could /
would know that you had flashed / rooted your tablet. The main concern most
people have is in returning the tablet, where the manufacturer or dealer would
know that you flashed software and this MAY void your warranty.
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As I understand it, it is just a counter. But anyone with a bit of a brain could /
would know that you had flashed / rooted your tablet. The main concern most
people have is in returning the tablet, where the manufacturer or dealer would
know that you flashed software and this MAY void your warranty.
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you understand correctly, and yes, Triangle Away resets that counter. However it's also worth mentioning that with recent Samsung devices, even if you reset the counter the device will still be marked as MODIFIED. Which makes it pretty much silly to use anyways. You basically need to be unrooted for that to go away in the case you need to claim warranty... But then there's probably something wrong with the tablet that would prevent one from resetting that if you're looking at the warranty. Have a 0 counter all you want, if they find superuser/SuperSU and some root apps... then you're caught
Does the Tizen Mod rom make a big difference in functionality?
Does this void my warranty? I'm stupid, so I'll be surfing with the Gear 2 and worried if I ever have to repair it.
Is there a Google Now search hack out? SVoice doesn't seem to work good for word definitions among other things.
Thanks!
kronium said:
Does the Tizen Mod rom make a big difference in functionality?
Does this void my warranty? I'm stupid, so I'll be surfing with the Gear 2 and worried if I ever have to repair it.
Is there a Google Now search hack out? SVoice doesn't seem to work good for word definitions among other things.
Thanks!
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Tizen Mod offers a lot of custom features you won't find right out of the box. Provides better battery life and a few other hacks. I don't believe this will void warranty as you can go right back to stock via Odin and haven't seen a trip counter, knox, etc.
quickbird144 said:
Tizen Mod offers a lot of custom features you won't find right out of the box. Provides better battery life and a few other hacks. I don't believe this will void warranty as you can go right back to stock via Odin and haven't seen a trip counter, knox, etc.
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As I've said on the other thread there's definitely a counter of some sort. Whether Samsung pays attention to it or nor is another story.
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As I've said on the other thread there's definitely a counter of some sort. Whether Samsung pays attention to it or nor is another story.
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How do you know there's a counter?
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How do you know there's a counter?
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strace /usr/bin/cordon_server . I've found it writes to the param partition all while logging scary things such as "device has been ROOTED" (caps included). It also links with OpenSSL.
(And I suspect that there may be some, slightly more hidden 'tricks').
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strace /usr/bin/cordon_server . I've found it writes to the param partition all while logging scary things such as "device has been ROOTED" (caps included). It also links with OpenSSL.
(And I suspect that there may be some, slightly more hidden 'tricks').
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Interesting. I can no long pair my gear 2 with my s4. Do you have a link to the stock firmware Odin file? I want to revert back to stock to see if I can pair my watch with my phone again.
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Interesting. I can no long pair my gear 2 with my s4. Do you have a link to the stock firmware Odin file? I want to revert back to stock to see if I can pair my watch with my phone again.
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I obviously cannot redistribute firmware files. Either way reflashing stock firmware won't reset the counter. But I doubt the counter would be causing pairing issues to begin with.
javispedro said:
I obviously cannot redistribute firmware files. Either way reflashing stock firmware won't reset the counter. But I doubt the counter would be causing pairing issues to begin with.
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Ok so I was able to download the stock firmware from sammobile. Just needed to sign up to download. But since then I still cannot pair my gear 2 with my phone and have no clue what can be causing this issue.
I have unrooted and reverted back to stock gear 2...no go.
I have uninstalled xposed framework, wiped delvik cache and cache....no go.
I have no idea how to get this up and running again and this watch is only 1 month old.
How can i figure out why the bluetooth pairing is not working anymore. The pairing sequence just hangs and later says" Failed to Connect to your gear via Gear manager. Refer to Manual for more information."
someone please tell me what am I doing wrong or what the hell is going on with this damn device. I am at my wits end with this.
This is offtopic,..
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Ok so I was able to download the stock firmware from sammobile. Just needed to sign up to download. But since then I still cannot pair my gear 2 with my phone and have no clue what can be causing this issue..
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If you've reflashed the Gear plus reverted to factory settings, the the answer regarding what is causing your issue is clear: your phone.
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This is offtopic,..
If you've reflashed the Gear plus reverted to factory settings, the the answer regarding what is causing your issue is clear: your phone.
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I'm reading other users have the same issue. But yes this is off topic and started a thread to troubleshoot.
I promise this is not a troll post.
Can you flash something through odin/or do something which makes the phone unbootable thereby hiding the knox status and getting warranty?
Fry it
Cut a old power cord its Red & Black wires !
Cross connect it 2 a battery & problem solved
A little non destructive method. Wouldn't that leave a burning smell near the battery points.?
I've heard that you could flash an s6 or note 5 modem or something.
I believe flashing S6/Note 5 modem will just screw your EFS or get your phone temporarily stuck in a bootloop which can be easily solved by re-flashing the Stock ROM.
However, you'll still have access to download mode which clearly shows the KNOX status.
Just curious, why do you want to give the phone in for warranty?
murtaza02 said:
I believe flashing S6/Note 5 modem will just screw your EFS or get your phone temporarily stuck in a bootloop which can be easily solved by re-flashing the Stock ROM.
However, you'll still have access to download mode which clearly shows the KNOX status.
Just curious, why do you want to give the phone in for warranty?
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Right now i don't need. I'm preparing for a time when i might need.
Originally, my galaxy S6 began to stop fast charging, and began charging extremely slowly. I bought a wireless charger, and it seemed to work fine. However I logged in to my Snapchat account on a different phone while I was trying to find a charger for the Galaxy. Since my phone is rooted, I was locked out of re-signing into my account on snapchat on the Galaxy S6. So to get into Snapchat I thought I could unroot it by using the Super SU app, but now my phone is stuck in a boot loop. I'm trying to reflash original firmware in ODIN but every time I plug my phone in I get "USB device not recognized" and nothing shows up in ODIN. I just took it to a repair shop and they replaced the charging port for me, and I still get this error. Is this a software thing or did the shop screw me over and my port is still broken (I looked at the port inside and it looks brand new. Maybe they messed up the installation?) I don' think it's FRP Lock, since in ODIN mode it says "FRP LOCK: OFF"
In ODIN Mode i'm given this:
ODIM MODE
PRODUCT NAME: SM-G920T
CURRENT BINARY: Samsung Official
SYSTEM STATUS: Custom
FRP LOCK: OFF
Secure Download: Enabled
KNOX WARRANTY VOID: 1 (0x030c)
RP SWREV: B:4 K:3 S:3
And Volume Up + Home + Power gives me:
KERNEL REV. CHECK FAIL. DEVICE:3 BINARY:2
Is it charging when connected to a wall plug?
G920Fuser said:
Is it charging when connected to a wall plug?
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Yes, but still very slowly.
Ayyfries said:
Yes, but still very slowly.
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If I were you I'd give it to another good technician and tell them everything from start to bottom and let them handle it.
G920Fuser said:
If I were you I'd give it to another good technician and tell them everything from start to bottom and let them handle it.
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Yeah, just did that. Hopefully he just reassembled it incorrectly the first time.
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RP SWREV: B:4 K:3 S:3
And Volume Up + Home + Power gives me:
KERNEL REV. CHECK FAIL. DEVICE:3 BINARY:2
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Correct me if I am wrong, but you are trying to flash a version of kernel that is older than the one currently on the phone, and I have never heard of a successfull downgrade.
Why dont you try emergency initialization through Smart Switch, with sn of the phone, it will flash latest official fw version for that phone.
Afterwards you can root it again, because it will prolly be stuck on logo with official fw.
In case u need help with Smart Switch, i made instructions, so you can check threads created by me in my profile.
When you finally manage to have an operating sw on the phone, you can access USB settings by dialing *#0808#, try changing settings there, but remember original one in case its needed.
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Correct me if I am wrong, but you are trying to flash a version of kernel that is older than the one currently on the phone, and I have never heard of a successfull downgrade.
Why dont you try emergency initialization through Smart Switch, with sn of the phone, it will flash latest official fw version for that phone.
Afterwards you can root it again, because it will prolly be stuck on logo with official fw.
In case u need help with Smart Switch, i made instructions, so you can check threads created by me in my profile.
When you finally manage to have an operating sw on the phone, you can access USB settings by dialing *#0808#, try changing settings there, but remember original one in case its needed.
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I just got my phone back from the repair shop today. Even after replacing the charging port twice, It still is not recognized by the PC. Even when using your method of emergency initialization through smart switch, when I come the part where I have to put my phone into download mode and connect it to the PC It is still not recognized.
Restore your phone to factory settings using Samsung smartswitch.. download link is located in the sidebar on the right, download the windows version and follow the prompts.
This should revert your entire phone to the stock experience across the board, rom, kernel, bootloader, modem the whole package.. if it's a software issue causing your problem this will fix it.
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Restore your phone to factory settings using Samsung smartswitch.. download link is located in the sidebar on the right, download the windows version and follow the prompts.
This should revert your entire phone to the stock experience across the board, rom, kernel, bootloader, modem the whole package.. if it's a software issue causing your problem this will fix it.
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Unless it's a real hard brick , but I hope not.
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Unless it's a real hard brick , but I hope not.
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The beauty of android is its extremely difficult for the end user to "brick" their device.. 9/10 it's as simple as flashing stock firmware to resolve any "bricks".
The problem his having is most likely related to his boot.img, supersu asks if you want to "restore a backup".. I'm guessing he said yes, now his stuck in a boot loop.. it's actually a very common problem. I believe I have been in this situation once before.. To be honest I reject any option's to restore any backups that supersu prompt me to from that moment on, never had any issues since.
This issue can easily be solved by restoring a TWRP backup (kernel specifically) or even flashing a new compatible kernel entirely.. however I highly doubt he has any backups otherwise I'm sure he would of tried this already.
However if he does have a kernel zip currently on his device I highly recommend flashing it before restoring using a stock firmware. Otherwise booting into recovery mode is always a option, throw a kernel zip on the SDCARD, flash that and it should resolve this problem. ODIN is another option.. by doing this they may be able to save user data as a factory restore will result in all data being wiped in the process... however this particular user doesnt seem very experienced otherwise I'm sure he would of tried the following already so flashing stock firmware I think is the best option, fool/full proof method.
Hello everyone, I desperately need assistance because I think I may have soft bricked my work provided SM-A536B/DS.
What I tried to do initially is to install TWRP so I unlocked the bootloader successfully. Then, I saw different posts here on XDA where people have successfully installed cust ROMs so i tried to do that. This is when the problems started...
Right now my phone is bricked, I assume it is a soft brick because I can still get it to download mode. I did some research prior writing here, and everyone is mentioning to flash the stock ROM. That does not work.
Right now, the phone has bootloader unlocked: (Screen1)
It is asking me to lock it, so that means it's already unlocked.
Tried to access TWRP but I cannot since I get this screen when I do vol up + power: (Screen 2)
My phone was bought in Europe. I am not entirely sure whick ROM is the right one. Is there a way to check which is the right one to download? There are multiple ROMs I can download for Europe: (Screen3)
My country is not in the list so i downloaded the 2 generic for Europe. I put my phone in download mode: (Screen4)
However Odin fails everytime, no matter what files I add: (Screen5), (Screen6)
Since TWRP is not working, I locked the bootloader again to see if I could get Samsung bootloader to show up. I think i might have deleted it somehow, because I get the same thing as before when i do vol up + power. And as you can see, the bootloader is not locked: (Screen7)
I am now stuck and screwed, because this is my work phone. Any help is greatly appreciated.
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Hello everyone, I desperately need assistance because I think I may have soft bricked my work provided SM-A536B/DS.
What I tried to do initially is to install TWRP so I unlocked the bootloader successfully. Then, I saw different posts here on XDA where people have successfully installed cust ROMs so i tried to do that. This is when the problems started...
Right now my phone is bricked, I assume it is a soft brick because I can still get it to download mode. I did some research prior writing here, and everyone is mentioning to flash the stock ROM. That does not work.
Right now, the phone has bootloader unlocked: (Screen1)
It is asking me to lock it, so that means it's already unlocked.
Tried to access TWRP but I cannot since I get this screen when I do vol up + power: (Screen 2)
My phone was bought in Europe. I am not entirely sure whick ROM is the right one. Is there a way to check which is the right one to download? There are multiple ROMs I can download for Europe: (Screen3)
My country is not in the list so i downloaded the 2 generic for Europe. I put my phone in download mode: (Screen4)
However Odin fails everytime, no matter what files I add: (Screen5), (Screen6)
Since TWRP is not working, I locked the bootloader again to see if I could get Samsung bootloader to show up. I think i might have deleted it somehow, because I get the same thing as before when i do vol up + power. And as you can see, the bootloader is not locked: (Screen7)
I am now stuck and screwed, because this is my work phone. Any help is greatly appreciated.
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This is why it's a bad idea to screw with work provided devices. You don't own the phone, and you will be held financially responsible for it if it's damaged or broken.
You're trying to flash the wrong firmware. You have G925F selected; your device is an A536B. The latest firmware for your device is A536BXXU4BVL2. Use Frija to download the latest firmware.
Since this is a work owned device, the only advice I will offer is this: Return the phone to stock with the correct software, re-lock the bootloader, and do not attempt to modify it as it is most likely in violation of your company's technology acceptable use policy.
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This is why it's a bad idea to screw with work provided devices. You don't own the phone, and you will be held financially responsible for it if it's damaged or broken.
You're trying to flash the wrong firmware. You have G925F selected; your device is an A536B. The latest firmware for your device is A536BXXU4BVL2. Use Frija to download the latest firmware.
Since this is a work owned device, the only advice I will offer is this: Return the phone to stock with the correct software, re-lock the bootloader, and do not attempt to modify it as it is most likely in violation of your company's technology acceptable use policy.
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Yes, this is what I am trying to do, to return to stock ROM. I downloaded A536BXXU4BVL2 for my phone, not G925F (this is what Odin uses as an example).
psorincatalin87 said:
Yes, this is what I am trying to do, to return to stock ROM. I downloaded A536BXXU4BVL2 for my phone, not G925F (this is what Odin uses as an example).
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What version of Odin are you using?
Your bootloader is still unlocked, correct?
If you're unable to reflash the OEM firmware in Odin, I don't think there's anything else that can be done.
To be completely honest with you, I'm not sure trying to help you is worth the effort, because you did something you shouldn't be doing anyway, and any consequences you may face are entirely of your own doing.
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What version of Odin are you using?
Your bootloader is still unlocked, correct?
If you're unable to reflash the OEM firmware in Odin, I don't think there's anything else that can be done.
To be completely honest with you, I'm not sure trying to help you is worth the effort, because you did something you shouldn't be doing anyway, and any consequences you may face are entirely of your own doing.
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Yes, i know I did something bad and I learned my lesson.
I'm using Odin 3.14 and indeed, bootloader is still unlocked. I really appreciate the help!
psorincatalin87 said:
Yes, i know I did something bad and I learned my lesson.
I'm using Odin 3.14 and indeed, bootloader is still unlocked. I really appreciate the help!
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I downloaded the firmware with Frija and I get the same issue with Odin.
psorincatalin87 said:
I downloaded the firmware with Frija and I get the same issue with Odin.
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What options do you have checked in Odin?
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What options do you have checked in Odin?
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I haven't touched any of the options, everything is on default.
While reading this post something popped in my head.
I dont have this phone, but a Xiaomi Mi8.
When I want to adb push or sideload stuff into phone while it is in recovery or download mode, certain usb ports will work and others wont. And there is not a clear error when it's plugged to non-working usb port, just fails in the middle of a transfer with a generic error message.
Maybe totally irrelevant, just wanted to share.
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While reading this post something popped in my head.
I dont have this phone, but a Xiaomi Mi8.
When I want to adb push or sideload stuff into phone while it is in recovery or download mode, certain usb ports will work and others wont. And there is not a clear error when it's plugged to non-working usb port, just fails in the middle of a transfer with a generic error message.
Maybe totally irrelevant, just wanted to share.
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OH.MY.GOD! Thank you very much, man! I love you! I could kiss you right now, stranger!
Haha I'm glad it worked.
Hope you get better luck on your future rom adventures.
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Haha I'm glad it worked.
Hope you get better luck on your future rom adventures.
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Nah, this is my last one.
psorincatalin87 said:
Nah, this is my last one.
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don't be that way lol, it's fun, just do it on hardware you own. get a cheap phone off ebay to play with