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Flash counter still at 0 after flashing almost every Tom in the development forum

Currently running TPC v3...want to return my phone with hopes of getting a better screen. Anyways...I thought for sure I was screwed because I have been a flashohalic. I had never checked my counter prior to today...
And when I did there was no custom binary installed and I still had the green android dude...no triangle! I don't know how this is possible ....explanation?
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rawb123456 said:
Currently running TPC v3...want to return my phone with hopes of getting a better screen. Anyways...I thought for sure I was screwed because I have been a flashohalic. I had never checked my counter prior to today...
And when I did there was no custom binary installed and I still had the green android dude...no triangle! I don't know how this is possible ....explanation?
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Flashing rom's does not trip the counter. Using download mode and Odin trips the counter.......when u flash back to stock u Will trip the counter.
I don't care about the counter though so flash away
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Thank....so If I flash a stock Rom and stock recovery ....I should be able to return exchange my SR. It I'll still be rooted but most att reps only know how to get to recovery. Hoping I can slip this past them.
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If you want to stay super safe, only use Odin to flash CWM, then backup your rom IMMEDIATELY after. Then if you want to install an app, only use zips. I flashed a few roms with my first SR and the counter never reset, then when I wanted to go back, I just recovered my stock backup.
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Fortune090 said:
If you want to stay super safe, only use Odin to flash CWM, then backup your rom IMMEDIATELY after. Then if you want to install an app, only use zips. I flashed a few roms with my first SR and the counter never reset, then when I wanted to go back, I just recovered my stock backup.
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That's true... you could restore a CWM Nandroid stock image... but phone would still have CWM Recovery partition... someone correct me if I'm wrong, but if you want to "return to stock " for an exchange, you'll need to put 3e Recovery back on and the only way I know of is to reflash stock 3e recovery tar via Odin3... no? And an Odin flash will trip the binary counter.

Flashing Samsung stock odin packages does NOT trigger the counter. Flashing none Samsung Odin packages does.
You can always flash back to stock and your counter will stay at zero it was zero.

for me was the other way around... I flashed stock rom to revert back and it triggered the counter.
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clubtech said:
Flashing Samsung stock odin packages does NOT trigger the counter. Flashing none Samsung Odin packages does.
You can always flash back to stock and your counter will stay at zero it was zero.
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For me it did trigger the counter flashing stock rom.

I dont get the point of the counter anyway?
is Samsung going to tell you you can't get it warrantied because you were having probelms with the phone and flashed it to see if it was a software issue? lol.

How do you check the counter?

MAGiK9 said:
How do you check the counter?
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in download mode..

So I take it that since I still have the green Android cartoon rather than a triangle, I'm good?

how did u flash a TOM?
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jmollabi said:
how did u flash a TOM?
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I'd rather flash a Mary.

It was tricky and it went quicker than I had imagined
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flashcounter question

Ok so basically for what I understood ny some reading is that when you use ODIN to flash ROM's you get the flash-counter +1 and bye bye warranty.
Can the flash counter be reset ? if so how do you do it? is that done by flashing back the stock ROM?
Thanks

right now the only way to reset the counter is with uart. I am sure this will change down the line but for now that is all we have.

shansmi said:
right now the only way to reset the counter is with uart. I am sure this will change down the line but for now that is all we have.
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I saw uart mentioned before but still having a hard time researching it. Care to explain how do I go about obtaining and using one?

Just to share my experience. I flashed rom two times until now and my counter is still to zero. I never used Odin to root or flash.
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erykz said:
Just to share my experience. I flashed rom two times until now and my counter is still to zero. I never used Odin to root or flash.
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Did you use Odin to flash CWM?
I know once you have CWM you can just flash the rom. zip through recovery (and don't need to use Odin).
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Rom counter does not trip with stock Samsung firmware

I used Odin to root and go back to stock after using multiple roms, still at zero on counter

SnackCracker said:
Did you use Odin to flash CWM?
I know once you have CWM you can just flash the rom. zip through recovery (and don't need to use Odin).
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I root with this method
http://jjpda.blogspot.com/2011/11/how-to-root-galaxy-note-safest-way.html
it works for the skyrocket and many other phones.
after that I downloaded cwm from the market and I installed it as an regular application. never used Odin.

You can also root then use rommanager to install cwm from tye tmobile gs2

silver03wrx said:
Rom counter does not trip with stock Samsung firmware
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Thanks that's what I wanted to know.

[Q] Help! Reset flash counter? Or not?

My device has a faulty SIM reader and I'm going to send it in to Samsung.
I don't get a yellow triangle, but in download mode, it says CUSTOM BINARY DOWNLOAD: Yes(1 counts)
Should I be worried? I mean, I've flashed many ROMs, and CWM, but I'm reverting to stock via ODIN.
Will Samsung still fix the device?

Buy triangle away on market
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This.....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1575712

Wow, thanks for the speedy responses!
Thanks so much.

theo1998 said:
My device has a faulty SIM reader and I'm going to send it in to Samsung.
I don't get a yellow triangle, but in download mode, it says CUSTOM BINARY DOWNLOAD: Yes(1 counts)
Should I be worried? I mean, I've flashed many ROMs, and CWM, but I'm reverting to stock via ODIN.
Will Samsung still fix the device?
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So, as long as I flash that reset counter, and revert to stock Rogers ICS, I should be fine?

DoctorQMM said:
This.....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1575712
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+1
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returning to stock for warranty

Hello my friends, I would like to make sure I am clear on how to return the 1727 to stock in order to return to ATT for service.
My understanding thus far is that I must do the following:
1. Return to stock firmware using ODIN
2. Reset the flash counter
How do I delete the traces of CWM recovery, and also ODIN itself? Is it possible to make the phone look entirely 'unrooted' for ATT to fix and/or service?
Thanks!

Flash the stock rom with odin. It'll replace cwm with the stock recovery. You can use triangle away to reset the flash counter. Do that after returning to stock.
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otacon507 said:
Hello my friends, I would like to make sure I am clear on how to return the 1727 to stock in order to return to ATT for service.
My understanding thus far is that I must do the following:
1. Return to stock firmware using ODIN
2. Reset the flash counter
How do I delete the traces of CWM recovery, and also ODIN itself? Is it possible to make the phone look entirely 'unrooted' for ATT to fix and/or service?
Thanks!
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Hello friend! Read the stickies and previous threads asking the same question.
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xcrazydx said:
Hello friend! Read the stickies and previous threads asking the same question.
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did not see anything about the flash counter in the stickies, or any details about what happens to the custom recovery after ODIN restores to stock, thats why I made this post!

jd1639 said:
Flash the stock rom with odin. It'll replace cwm with the stock recovery. You can use triangle away to reset the flash counter. Do that after returning to stock.
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Are you sure triangle away will work with the 1727? Its not on the list of supported devices

otacon507 said:
did not see anything about the flash counter in the stickies, or any details about what happens to the custom recovery after ODIN restores to stock, thats why I made this post!
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A stock tar restores stock 3e recovery. If you're counter had not been incremented, and it probably hasn't, you don't need triangle away. We also have a "counter reset" that you can flash if you have increased your counter. So, no need for triangle away anyways.
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xcrazydx said:
A stock tar restores stock 3e recovery. If you're counter had not been incremented, and it probably hasn't, you don't need triangle away. We also have a "counter reset" that you can flash if you have increased your counter. So, no need for triangle away anyways.
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Thanks crazy, Im not getting a triangle but my counter is definitely incremented from flashing cfw through odin. Looks like I'll be squared away soon, my thanks again! Much appreciated!

otacon507 said:
Thanks crazy, Im not getting a triangle but my counter is definitely incremented from flashing cfw through odin. Looks like I'll be squared away soon, my thanks again! Much appreciated!
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What is cfw? And did you actually check the counter?
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xcrazydx said:
What is cfw? And did you actually check the counter?
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unofficial firmware. and I checked the counter in ODIN after using the flash reset and it is back to 'NO'. I am assuming flashing a stock firmware using a recovery tar will no retrip the counter, so i am good? Thank you !

otacon507 said:
unofficial firmware. and I checked the counter in ODIN after using the flash reset and it is back to 'NO'. I am assuming flashing a stock firmware using a recovery tar will no retrip the counter, so i am good? Thank you !
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Using the official tar from sammobile will not trip the counter. You are good.
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the only way you could of tripped the counter was by flashing koanes tar rom from way back in the i727 early development or similiar modded roms which there are none that tripped the counter in the past 12months or more. if you did trip the counter there is a reset fix in the 1stop sticky, triangle away wont work for our devices
to return to att just use odin to return to stock as it will replace everything you flashed and be completely stock, just follow the guides

Do you have to use Odin or will one of the cwm flashable stock JB Roms by Mohan + factory reset suffice?
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jondroid2 said:
Do you have to use Odin or will one of the cwm flashable stock JB Roms by Mohan + factory reset suffice?
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I suppose you could do flashable zips but you still have to return to the stock recovery. I'm pretty sure there is a flashable stock recovery around somewhere.

Does it matter if the stock recovery is listed as an ICS stock recovery or will it work for JB also?
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jondroid2 said:
Does it matter if the stock recovery is listed as an ICS stock recovery or will it work for JB also?
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It won't matter if it's ics or jb since there both officially released by att. You can find the stock firmware at sammobile.com. They're zip files and you'll need to extract the .tar.md5 file from them to use in odin. Use 7-zip to extract.
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[Q] stock recovery samsung galaxy s2 plus?

Hi guys I can not find the stock recovery for my samsung galaxy s2 plus ... have no idea where I can find her?

Same as Cwm .. vol up +home + power

djeagle said:
Same as Cwm .. vol up +home + power
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He means where to download and flash it back
I think
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Brian_SGW_CM9 said:
He means where to download and flash it back
I think
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Flash the stock firmware ? Don't know if that works... never tryed.

djeagle said:
Flash the stock firmware ? Don't know if that works... never tryed.
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Yes flashing stock firmware will give you back your stock recovery. And also unroot your phone
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Thanks solved with reflash 4.2.2 deoxed

Same problem here. I want to take my SII back to store for warranty, so do I have to replace cwm with stock recovery? I unrooted, factory resetted and used Triangle Away (but it seems like something causes the counter to go back to 1, so I've done it again a few times), so what else should I do to make sure the warranty isn't void?

volderjort said:
Same problem here. I want to take my SII back to store for warranty, so do I have to replace cwm with stock recovery? I unrooted, factory resetted and used Triangle Away (but it seems like something causes the counter to go back to 1, so I've done it again a few times), so what else should I do to make sure the warranty isn't void?
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flash back stock rom directly after using triangle away or flash the stockrecovery attached to this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2441671

volderjort said:
Same problem here. I want to take my SII back to store for warranty, so do I have to replace cwm with stock recovery? I unrooted, factory resetted and used Triangle Away (but it seems like something causes the counter to go back to 1, so I've done it again a few times), so what else should I do to make sure the warranty isn't void?
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Flash firmware right after using triangle away.
If you go back to cwm. It goes back to 1 as it can detect your system is modified
When the flashing process is finished, it should reboot. But if you haven't wiped it yet, force reboot it back to stock recovery and wipe. Then reboot.
Congrats, you have your warranty back
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Brian_SGW_CM9 said:
Flash firmware right after using triangle away.
If you go back to cwm. It goes back to 1 as it can detect your system is modified
When the flashing process is finished, it should reboot. But if you haven't wiped it yet, force reboot it back to stock recovery and wipe. Then reboot.
Congrats, you have your warranty back
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He can simppy flash the stockrecovery after using triangle away
I attached it to the cwm thread

How about unroot
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