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Can we reset the flash counter?

I can't find anything for our phones... I plugged my phone into the car charger and a screen came up stating I was about to install custom software. I hit the wrong button & next thing I know, I have a screen that says I need to use kies to boot back up....
I odin'd back to stock and went from there, but now my flash counter is tripped and my phone is still borky. I wanna try to exchange it, but don't want the counter to be an issue
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traumaj said:
I can't find anything for our phones... I plugged my phone into the car charger and a screen came up stating I was about to install custom software. I hit the wrong button & next thing I know, I have a screen that says I need to use kies to boot back up....
I odin'd back to stock and went from there, but now my flash counter is tripped and my phone is still borky. I wanna try to exchange it, but don't want the counter to be an issue
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You should have used the sammobile tar, it doesn't trip the counter and also installs the baseband as well. Anyways, I have read conflicting reports on the jig working to reset it on our skyrocke, but it sounds like your car charger is a jig

xcrazydx said:
You should have used the sammobile tar, it doesn't trip the counter and also installs the baseband as well. Anyways, I have read conflicting reports on the jig working to reset it on our skyrocke, but it sounds like your car charger is a jig
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Yeah... sounds that way. I usually have my powerskin on and have no issues. Not so much without it I guess. I've seen a triangle away app, but it's not recomended for our processor I guess. I could always run it, and if it bricks, problem solved! lol!
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traumaj said:
Yeah... sounds that way. I usually have my powerskin on and have no issues. Not so much without it I guess. I've seen a triangle away app, but it's not recomended for our processor I guess. I could always run it, and if it bricks, problem solved! lol!
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Lmao, if you wanna brick flash a rom that's for a different phone. Just look around for the "help, i bricked!!! or I have blackscreen, or I flashed the bricker rom" lmao. They figured out how to brick very easily. Hahahahahaha

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Lmao, if you wanna brick flash a rom that's for a different phone. Just look around for the "help, i bricked!!! or I have blackscreen, or I flashed the bricker rom" lmao. They figured out how to brick very easily. Hahahahahaha
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Might have to just do that. I'm on ics with the new modem, and any odin flash just runs up the count. Brick city... here I come!
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traumaj said:
Might have to just do that. I'm on ics with the new modem, and any odin flash just runs up the count. Brick city... here I come!
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Lol, your phone is still fine, it's the leak that is wonky. I wouldn't brick it, but whatever works for ya

xcrazydx said:
Lol, your phone is still fine, it's the leak that is wonky. I wouldn't brick it, but whatever works for ya
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I don't think it's the leak. I was having issues before. I came from a gb rom... I was and still am, getting random reboots and crazy fc's. I've wiped/formatted my memory and tried different roms & stock.... nothing. Figure if I don't brick it, I'm gonna throw it! lol!
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traumaj said:
I don't think it's the leak. I was having issues before. I came from a gb rom... I was and still am, getting random reboots and crazy fc's. I've wiped/formatted my memory and tried different roms & stock.... nothing. Figure if I don't brick it, I'm gonna throw it! lol!
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Odin back to stock with the sammobile tar first

xcrazydx said:
Odin back to stock with the sammobile tar first
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Worth a try... thanks
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Buy a jig
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NightHawkUndead said:
Buy a jig
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JIG don't work, I tried my S2 JIG and didn't do anything.
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apparently looks like the "jig" is not for our processor lol. probably for exynos processor or there isn't a software to trigger that in a kernel yet.

Odd. Jig resets mine every time.
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NightHawkUndead said:
Odd. Jig resets mine every time.
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Then please link or tell us where You got that jig
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cdshepherd said:
Then please link or tell us where You got that jig
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Yes...please

NightHawkUndead said:
Odd. Jig resets mine every time.
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Pics or it did not happen lol.
traumaj said:
Yeah... sounds that way. I usually have my powerskin on and have no issues. Not so much without it I guess. I've seen a triangle away app, but it's not recomended for our processor I guess. I could always run it, and if it bricks, problem solved! lol!
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I have already tried the triangle away app. Both versions only popped up as an error that said Magic header not found. I thought posting in Chainfire's thread about this and asking what it would take to get this working for us.

NightHawkUndead said:
Odd. Jig resets mine every time.
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JIG for S2?
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TriangleAway perhaps?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=2462960
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Toxic17 said:
TriangleAway perhaps?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=2462960
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I kept getting the magic header not found error. This was on first night of the leak.

I'd love to hear more about this special jig that actually resets the skyrocket! Mine doesn't work... forces download, no counter reset.

Custom boot icon?

Hey guys, I followed the older thread on the original q/a forum but haven't gotten an answer. So I'll post here. Has there been an confirmed way to remove or restore so I get the stock boot img back I'm sick of the open padlock.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1781471
Follow those instructions, or get a USB jig off ebay to reset. The jig works on this phone, I used mine to clear that padlock and erase the flash counter.

Thanks bud can you send a link to the jig?:thumbup:
EDIT:: determined found it.
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Yea thats the link I posted the question to before I posted here. I was just wondering if there was a more straight forward answer for Verizon customers.
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How do I use the jig? From what I read I
have to flash?
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Broadley1 said:
How do I use the jig? From what I read I
have to flash?
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No flash for jig. You turn off phone, plug into usb and it does its thing automatically.
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No flash for jig. You turn off phone, plug into usb and it does its thing automatically.
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can you give me a break down on what i would have to do when i get the jig.

Broadley1 said:
can you give me a break down on what i would have to do when i get the jig.
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Like I said, literally turn your phone off, once it's off completely, plug in jig. Jig will turn your phone back on automatically and put it in download mode. It will then erase the flash counter. You'll need to then pull the battery, and when you turn back on, lock will be gone. Good as new.
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Thanks you've been a big help:thumbup:
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Problems with copying to clipboard

Anyone having trouble copying text to clipboard. If I try to copying something the app crashes on me. Even on stock apps like memo. Is there a fix for this?
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Your on stock ROM.?
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unicorndust98 said:
Your on stock ROM.?
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I am on stock and unrooted.
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im_awesome_right? said:
I am on stock and unrooted.
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Did you flash back to stock or have you always been stock unrooted? Try the basic stuff and clear caches, then try power off and remove battery...very unusual problem.

jbats said:
Did you flash back to stock or have you always been stock unrooted? Try the basic stuff and clear caches, then try power off and remove battery...very unusual problem.
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This is a new blaze. I broke the other one so I bought a new one. Is it because I'm using a different keyboard I got from Google play?
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im_awesome_right? said:
This is a new blaze. I broke the other one so I bought a new one. Is it because I'm using a different keyboard I got from Google play?
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Thats where I would start. May not be compatible

jbats said:
Thats where I would start. May not be compatible
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Just tried with stock keyboard. Problems still persists
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im_awesome_right? said:
Just tried with stock keyboard. Problems still persists
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Did a little research and seems this is a bug on various Samsung products look at this and see if it helps http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=35732 . One common fix people applied was to root the phone and than deleting all contents under/data/clipboard/*and then restart phone, copy/paste works. Another temporary fix reported was a factory reset.

jbats said:
Did a little research and seems this is a bug on various Samsung products look at this and see if it helps http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=35732 . One common fix people applied was to root the phone and than deleting all contents under/data/clipboard/*and then restart phone, copy/paste works. Another temporary fix reported was a factory reset.
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Any fix without root? Have to buy a new computer which would take me till January.
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im_awesome_right? said:
Any fix without root? Have to buy a new computer which would take me till January.
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Factory reset

jbats said:
Factory reset
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My last choice. Looks like I'll just have to live with it. Thank you for your help!!
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im_awesome_right? said:
Any fix without root? Have to buy a new computer which would take me till January.
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Got another friend with root and a OTG cable? Try Root Transmission http://www.xda-developers.com/android/root-transmission-roots-other-devices-using-your-phone/

[Q] Phone will not boot

Hello,
So I was trying to flash back to stock after a failed attempt with cyanogenmod 10.1, and stupid me accidentally hit the phone button in Odin. Now my phone will start up, show me the "galaxy s3" screen and not do anything after that. Furthermore, my suspicion is that my home button does not work (even though it was working perfectly fine this morning). Because of this, I can't enter into download mode. My phone is effectively bricked. Any help or suggestions?

Randomly got it to go into download mode after hooking it up to the wall charger. Fingers crossed.

Even after this, it still won't boot correctly.

yodadude5454 said:
Even after this, it still won't boot correctly.
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What did you do after you got it into download mode? You're going to need to Odin back to a full stock ROM
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kintwofan said:
What did you do after you got it into download mode? You're going to need to Odin back to a full stock ROM
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I plugged the phone into my computer and chose the correct file under pda. Then once everything seemed ready, I hit start. Odin gave me a "pass" and everything.

kintwofan said:
What did you do after you got it into download mode? You're going to need to Odin back to a full stock ROM
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I can only find stripped roms, have you any idea where I can find a full one?

yodadude5454 said:
I can only find stripped roms, have you any idea where I can find a full one?
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Section 5 here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28530394
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kintwofan said:
Section 5 here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28530394
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Alright I'm giving it a go as we speak.

yodadude5454 said:
Alright I'm giving it a go as we speak.
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Thank the freaking lord, it worked. Thank you for your help!

yodadude5454 said:
Thank the freaking lord, it worked. Thank you for your help!
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Glad it worked!
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Weird stucks on 4.1.2

Ever since I uploaded from 4.0.3 ICS my phone has been getting "stuck"... The screen gets crazy if I touch it, the other buttons won't respond. The only way I seem to fix it for like 2 minutes is by locking it and unlocking it... When I bough it, it came with 4.0.3... Since then I moved from ROM to ROM...
4.0.3=>4.1.2
4.1.2=>4.2 Cyanogenmod
4.2=>4.1.2
4.1.2=>4.0.4
4.0.4=>4.3.1 BeanStalk
4.3.1 BeanStalk=>4.3 PAC
4.3 PAC=>4.3.1 BeanStalk
4.3.1 BeanStalk=>4.1.2
I left cyanogenmod because I didn't liked the look of my phone and because I wasn't able to play some of my favorite games.
I left BeanStalk because the camera.app kept crashing and forcing reboot.
I left PAC because the keyboard wouldn't show up and I wasn't able to finish the set up.
I left 4.0.4 because some apps were too new for it.
On 4.1.2 I get a lot of times stuck, but in other ROMs (even on Stock 4.0.4) the frequency of stucks were less...
I'm sorry for my awful english. I am from Argentina.
I'm really freaking out because each day my cellphone gets stuck even more!

Flash back to stock and if you still have problems it's probably a hardware problem. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26056924

jd1639 said:
Flash back to stock and if you still have problems it's probably a hardware problem. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26056924
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I am on stock. I placed 4.1.2 without any name because I was trying to say "stock. Not a custom". But if it worked before perfect on 4.0.3. How is that possible? I mean my phone fell a couple of times but from by bed... I don't think it would harm it a lot since I have a carpet...
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How did you go back to stock though? Flashible zip or through Odin?
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holeindalip said:
How did you go back to stock though? Flashible zip or through Odin?
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Odin. I didn't felt safe through the flashable .zip
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Only thing I can think of is try a different cable going back to stock or you have faulty hardware??
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holeindalip said:
Only thing I can think of is try a different cable going back to stock or you have faulty hardware??
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I am on stock!! Everything was working great until I went from 4.0.3 to 4.1.2
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xeiks said:
I am on stock!! Everything was working great until I went from 4.0.3 to 4.1.2
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They are saying do it again. Either something went wrong or your phones screwed quit being so hard headed about the advice we're giving. You came to us asking for answers remember that.
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TheCybertronian said:
They are saying do it again. Either something went wrong or your phones screwed quit being so hard headed about the advice we're giving. You came to us asking for answers remember that.
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Oh sorry I didn't understood before. Maybe it's screwed but the thing is that in BeanStalk it didn't got stuck but I wasn't able to use the camera. Also it didn't got stuck in PAC but the keyboard wouldn't show up and display error messages all the time. I might go back to 4.0.4 since it works better than 4.1.2 (in my case).
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Use Odin bro
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xcrazydx said:
Use Odin bro
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I used it again to flash 4.1.2 (the one I was before) and still the same.
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xeiks said:
I used it again to flash 4.1.2 (the one I was before) and still the same.
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Move all your files(pics,movies,music etc) to your computer. Format everything and try Odin again. Make it like the phone was new right out of the box never used. Troubleshoot from there.
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xeiks said:
I used it again to flash 4.1.2 (the one I was before) and still the same.
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Did you try a different cable?
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holeindalip said:
Did you try a different cable?
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Yeah I bought a new samsung USB cable.
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EQ2192012 said:
Move all your files(pics,movies,music etc) to your computer. Format everything and try Odin again. Make it like the phone was new right out of the box never used. Troubleshoot from there.
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Ok I will try that.

EQ2192012 said:
Move all your files(pics,movies,music etc) to your computer. Format everything and try Odin again. Make it like the phone was new right out of the box never used. Troubleshoot from there.
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Thanks!! So far my phone is working perfectly! I'm going to download my old apps one-by-one to see which doesn't work or could cause a problem.

EQ2192012 said:
Move all your files(pics,movies,music etc) to your computer. Format everything and try Odin again. Make it like the phone was new right out of the box never used. Troubleshoot from there.
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It's working good. It still happens sometimes but not as frequent as before
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xeiks said:
It's working good. It still happens sometimes but not as frequent as before
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I think it's cache/data from previous rom that was causing your full "stuck".

lingowistico said:
I think it's cache/data from previous rom that was causing your full "stuck".
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But when I move from ROM to ROM I wipe it.... Thanks for the info anyway
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xeiks said:
But when I move from ROM to ROM I wipe it.... Thanks for the info anyway
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You think it's clean I'll bet there are some artifacts, also I'm doubting you format your SD cards.
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