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flashing stock recovery?

is there a way to flash stock recovery without using odin? i dont want my counter to get trip. is it possible to flash the stock recovery with CWM?

From what I understand only flashing a kernel or non-stock rom with ODIN will trigger the counter.
Flashing a recovery with ODIN isn't supposed to trip it. I haven't done it so I am just telling you what I have read.

daystrom said:
From what I understand only flashing a kernel or non-stock rom with ODIN will trigger the counter.
Flashing a recovery with ODIN isn't supposed to trip it. I haven't done it so I am just telling you what I have read.
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No even flashing CWM with odin will trip the counter, flashing anything through download mode will. The counter doesn't prove anything. All it says if you flashed manually instead of through Kies. But downloading stock isn't against warranty. Since it doesn't list what you flashed only that you did a manual flash if you do need to take into Samsung then just tell them till your blue in the face that you only flashed stock. They can't prove otherwise. They will need to service you. Just make sure you've taken root off and CWM off as well.

reubendevries said:
No even flashing CWM with odin will trip the counter, flashing anything through download mode will. The counter doesn't prove anything. All it says if you flashed manually instead of through Kies. But downloading stock isn't against warranty. Since it doesn't list what you flashed only that you did a manual flash if you do need to take into Samsung then just tell them till your blue in the face that you only flashed stock. They can't prove otherwise. They will need to service you. Just make sure you've taken root off and CWM off as well.
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Good point. So how about flashing CWM via ROM Manager... then flash zip ROMs/Kernels via CWM... will that trip the counter?

Why does this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1340526
specifically say it will NOT trigger the counter?
ROOT THE AT&T SGH-I727 AND SGH-I727R SKYROCKET
This procedure does not trigger the Flash Counter, no ! yellow triangle at boot!!!
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How to reset? Ive done Superonclick & Clockworkmod Recovery Rom

Things Ive done:
Android Version 2.3.5
Baseband ver: I727UCKJ2
Kernel 2.6.35.11
Superoneclick Root
Clockworkmod recovery rom installed
I think Ive deleted some of the ATT bloatware.
How do I factory reset so I can get the next over the air updates?
IF I reboot to recovery with ROM Manager, will
Wipe/data factory reset & wipe cache set the phone back to like when i first got it from ATT?
I want to able to get the over the air updates tomorrow, What do I do?

If you have the stock UCKJ2 rom (which it appears that you do) then there is no need to factory reset or wipe data.
You will need to flash the stock recovery tar via ODIN, because OTA updates will not work with CWM recovery.

cschmitt said:
If you have the stock UCKJ2 rom (which it appears that you do) then there is no need to factory reset or wipe data.
You will need to flash the stock recovery tar via ODIN, because OTA updates will not work with CWM recovery.
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will this increase my flash counter?

No, because you would be flashing the recover partition only.
The flash counter trips only when a custom rom package containing a kernel (boot.img) is flashed.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using XDA App

Wipe data will never reset you to stock when you are running a custom from, which you are not. Nor will it return you to the stock recovery. So all you have to do is flash the stock recovery tar through Odin you can find that in development along with instructions. Also note that by updating through ota you will lose root access

My phone is running android 2.3.5. kernal version 2.6.35.11 and baseband is I727RUXKJ7. its a roger i727r though. so my baseband would be UXKJ7
I'm on stock rom, rooted and have cwm installed. I wanna delete cwm and totally wipe my phone of root and everything.
my phones speaker has been messing up and i want to send it in for warranty.
how can i do all of this without tripping the flash counter?

Basically, u can't. That being said I haven't heard of anyone tripping the flash counter and having issues. If you've done it once or twice u should be ok

[Q] I DID search but still confused..

I'm going to have my phone exchanged so I need to return to stock.
I read the "fix soft brick, return to stock" thread and did what it said.
Right now I'm on stock 2.3.6 (updated through OTA) and unrooted.
BUT my counter was triggered...
I guess I can root it again to install CWM and flash the zip to reset the counter, but that way I'll be back to the beginning...
What's the best way to fix this situation?

u don't need to root to flash cwm. Read the Odin thread and flash the 5.0.2.6 tar, then you'll be unrooted with cwm. Flash the counter reset and then Odin back ONLY STOCK RECOVERY. If u Odin back the whole image, the counter will trip again

[Q] Restoring my Galaxy S Blaze to its original configuration

I recently purchased a Galaxy S Blaze which I now need to return, but before I do so I want to restore it to its original configuration. The device is currently rooted, and ClockworkMod Recovery is installed. I had installed a custom ROM called Cyanogenmod 10.0.0, but then I eventually restored a backup, via CWM Recovery, of my original Gingerbread 2.3.6 load (baseband version T769UVLF5). Also, I have backed up my contacts, etc.
From what I understand, I need to unroot the phone, reset the flash counter, remove CWM and reinstall the stock recovery utility. And after researching the individual steps of this process, I'm still unclear on some of the details. So here are my questions:
1. In what order must these steps be performed, and is there anything else I need to do?
2. Since I have restored a backup of the original firmware, do I need to perform the additional step of downloading and installing a stock firmware such as SGH-T769-UVLB7-k0nane.7z in order to unroot the phone?
3. Where do I obtain the stock recovery with which to replace CWM, and how do I install it?​
I'm still new to all of this, and I want to make sure I do this right!

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1591601
Sent from my SGH-T769 using xda premium

I followed these instructions to reset the flash counter:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1955273
After the reset successfully completed (from within CWM), I rebooted into download mode and installed the stock ROM SGH-T769-UVLB7-hitsquad.tar, as explained here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1591601
Once again, I rebooted into download mode, which displayed this information:
CUSTOM BINARY DOWNLOAD: YES(2 counts)
CURRENT BINARY: CUSTOM
What did I do wrong?

Specifically, I don't understand how to reset the counter as the last step. (Because resetting the counter requires CWM, and CWM requires root access.)

You don't need root to have cwm, just Odin it.

Romman0 said:
You don't need root to have cwm, just Odin it.
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Thanks, Romman0-- I didn't realize that.

Just to follow up, my problem was that I was flashing with the "stock" ROM SGH-T769-UVLB7-hitsquad.tar. When I downloaded and installed an "official" ROM from SamMobile, everything worked perfectly.
I appreciate everyone's help!

[Q] Device status

Is there anyway to return the device status to "official"? I have removed root and reset the bin counter, although I can't use system updates because my device "has been modified"

You are still on a custom recovery. Use odin and flash a stock image.
If your just going stock to take the ota just wait and someone will make a flashable out of it.

RomsWell said:
You are still on a custom recovery. Use odin and flash a stock image.
If your just going stock to take the ota just wait and someone will make a flashable out of it.
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I'm trying to avoid flashing stock again, but I'm not using a custom recovery as you said: I used Chainfire auto-root so I still have stock recovery.

Fixed
I re-rooted (same method) then used triangle away to reset bin counter, and under this button there was another one to turn the device status to "official". Then afterwards, I went to the SuperSU app, tapped cleanup and unroot, then rebooted. Now I can use OTAs