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Samsung "Custom Lock" icon on boot

Not sure if this has been answered already (maybe I'm bad at searching) or if it has to do with the Flash Counter, but anyone know how to get rid of the Custom Lock icon that appears on the boot up screen?

Young War said:
Not sure if this has been answered already (maybe I'm bad at searching) or if it has to do with the Flash Counter, but anyone know how to get rid of the Custom Lock icon that appears on the boot up screen?
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Yep been answered before.
You get it when you flash a non 100% original Odin package. So like route 66.
To make it go away you have to flash the completely stock Samsung image and do the non Odin root in the dev section.
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nosympathy said:
Yep been answered before.
You get it when you flash a non 100% original Odin package. So like route 66.
To make it go away you have to flash the completely stock Samsung image and do the non Odin root in the dev section.
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Thank you. Is there currently any known reasons if this should cause concern? I should be good with leaving it as is atm, right?
Hoping eventually there's a flashable zip to clear that...

It also happens if you do the non ODIN root and then you freeze or remove systems apps

Will the USB Jig from the SGS2 do anything for this Device?
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pyrostic said:
Will the USB Jig from the SGS2 do anything for this Device?
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Not sure but from what I have read it doesn't appear to be compatible. Pins are in different places.
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Will the USB Jig from the SGS2 do anything for this Device?
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Yes. The jig from the s2 works and will reset the counter and eliminate the lock image.
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wpbear said:
It also happens if you do the non ODIN root and then you freeze or remove systems apps
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It does not ... if you disable the SysScope.apk immediately after rooting.

I like the unlock custom display. Shows that I am enjoying my custom phone!

AdamHLG said:
I like the unlock custom display. Shows that I am enjoying my custom phone!
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+1 I love your comment. Unless bringing in for warranty, who cares.
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AdamHLG said:
I like the unlock custom display. Shows that I am enjoying my custom phone!
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^ this!
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lowg said:
It does not ... if you disable the SysScope.apk immediately after rooting.
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Can you go into more detail? Wouldn't you have to boot after root, so can disable SysScope be done anytime? What other uses did SysScope have?

wpbear said:
Can you go into more detail? Wouldn't you have to boot after root, so can disable SysScope be done anytime? What other uses did SysScope have?
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If you use the "debugfs" exploit, once you obtain root, the first thing you should do is rename /system/app/SysScope.apk and you should be good.
My method was based off analysis done by Ralekdev, which according to him there is a process scanner as part of SysScope.apk that will look for apps running as root outside a list of 'whitelisted' apps.
To your question, yes it is a bit of what came first the chicken or the egg -- but I'm assuming this process scanner is not constantly running so if you just do it right away before running other apps as super user regularly there is little chance it will be tripped.

I used the odin way to root my device and the GPS does not work so I received my CLN device and need to get rid of the custom boot. Is there any other way to get rid of it?

Custom recoveries are what triggers the unlock icon. If you flash the stock recovery, the unlock icon should disappear.

There are actually other ways to get the padlock notification than custom recoveries. I've got it from modifying my framework-res.apk file, and you can get it from deleting and modifying system apps, changing ROMS through Odin and so on. It's really not a big deal unless you need to clear it for warranty related purposes. If you do, follow the guide on development, or get a jig for 3 bucks on ebay.

I just followed the guide in the development sections. Everything is A-OK and I'm ready to send back in the old one. The CLN device seems to be in pretty good shape.

ilkevinli said:
Custom recoveries are what triggers the unlock icon. If you flash the stock recovery, the unlock icon should disappear.
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For what it's worth I flashed TWRP using dd and did not trip the counter after disabling the apk (and shared lib it uses to be sure).
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I had the unlocked lock image when I rooted with Odin and flashed bean rom, the flashed cm10 and it disappeared. I kind of like it too. It shows I'm not a square... or am I
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Young War said:
Thank you. Is there currently any known reasons if this should cause concern? I should be good with leaving it as is atm, right?
Hoping eventually there's a flashable zip to clear that...
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Leave it and display it like a badge of honor. A big fu to vzw if you will.

Unbrick

So yesterday I was running cm9 and I decided to flash a different Rom so I went onto recovery and wipe the phone and then went ahead and flashed
The redemption rom. I went ahead and waited for about 10 minutes to see if it works reboot the samsung logo came on last for like 2 seconds then the screen went blank. So now I into Odin to see if I could flash the Stock image.. when I tried that the first step goes through then I go to the second step and it fails. Here are some pics of my computer and my phone. Please help.
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redownload a new stock image..try that did you unlock your bootloader?

I was rooted and unlocked.
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what stock image were you flashing?

silver04v said:
what stock image were you flashing?
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i got it from a video from youtube... Where should i get it from?

bakerboy81 said:
i got it from a video from youtube... Where should i get it from?
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Never ever do that, get your sources from here, you might have repartioned your phone which is not recoverable. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1762709 go here and scroll down to return to stock.

L710 is the model number of the Sprint GSIII. Hopefully you can get it back with section 2 of the link posted above.

If that doesn't work use http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1840030 and it will unbrick your phone.

It looks like your are right ... I wanna thank you for pointing out that I was trying to install the sprint version and not the Verizon version. What relief... Thank you again.
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I wanna thank all those that helped me get my phone back.... Thank you

bakerboy81 said:
I wanna thank all those that helped me get my phone back.... Thank you
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Glad you got it working again. Just so happened to recognize the L710 model number from modifying the build.prop to get Google Wallet working. Always be sure that anything you flash for the Galaxy SIII is for the Verizon specific I535. They all look the same but can put you up #(*%*'s creek if you're not careful. I'd suggest avoiding anything that's not specifically in the Verizon Galaxy SIII sub-forums.

bakerboy81 said:
I wanna thank all those that helped me get my phone back.... Thank you
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So guessing your phone is back to fully functional again? Good to hear.

How to reset flash counter?

Since getting this phone i have flashed more then 30 ROMs. One hardware button on the bottom of the screen doesn't work anymore, and I still have warranty, so I taking my phone back to my provider.
I know I have to flash official software on it, and I heard that it will automatically unroot it, but how to set flash counter to 0 ?
Thx ahead guys!

cecenac said:
Since getting this phone i have flashed more then 30 ROMs. One hardware button on the bottom of the screen doesn't work anymore, and I still have warranty, so I taking my phone back to my provider.
I know I have to flash official software on it, and I heard that it will automatically unroot it, but how to set flash counter to 0 ?
Thx ahead guys!
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Where did you find flash counter, I haven't heard anything about it
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zygis10 said:
Where did you find flash counter, I haven't heard anything about it
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That's because he's another Galaxy S3 user, not the Galaxy 3 user and POSTING IN WRONG FORUM.
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If he would rather bought the little Galaxy 3 (without the "S"), he would not have any flashcounter and he won't have to bother with that. LOL
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cecenac said:
Since getting this phone i have flashed more then 30 ROMs. One hardware button on the bottom of the screen doesn't work anymore, and I still have warranty, so I taking my phone back to my provider.
I know I have to flash official software on it, and I heard that it will automatically unroot it, but how to set flash counter to 0 ?
Thx ahead guys!
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Go to market and download the app
TRIANGLE AWAY
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zygis10 said:
Where did you find flash counter, I haven't heard anything about it
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I am not galaxy s3 user, I am galaxy 3 i5800 user, I am not retarded i can read .
Since i flashed million roms, I thought that guys from samsung servis could see it. Okay so I flashed official software, the phone is now unrooted, I guess I am good to go.

Galaxy S3 SCH-I535 Stock 4.3 Image

Can someone please post a link to the full 100% stock 4.3 samsung firmware file?
I managed to brick a phone and cant recover it using Kies or Odin since the auth signatures was updated on 4.3, trying to downgrade to 4.1.2 is what bricked it.

sheeksta said:
Can someone please post a link to the full 100% stock 4.3 samsung firmware file?
I managed to brick a phone and cant recover it using Kies or Odin since the auth signatures was updated on 4.3, trying to downgrade to 4.1.2 is what bricked it.
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You cannot downgrade from 4.3 . Once you take the 4.3 update, everything is locked. If you try to unlock or downgrade you will get a bricked phone which cannot be recovered

DigitalMD said:
You cannot downgrade from 4.3 . Once you take the 4.3 update, everything is locked. If you try to unlock or downgrade you will get a bricked phone which cannot be recovered
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They are asking for the VRUCML1 4.3 tar for Odin which does not exist as of this moment.
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SlimSnoopOS said:
They are asking for the VRUCML1 4.3 tar for Odin which does not exist as of this moment.
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what about the zip?

Did we really need another 4.3 thread?

Patients is a virtue. Should of just waited for a dev to crack this thing. I am patiently waiting until I do anything.

SlimSnoopOS said:
They are asking for the VRUCML1 4.3 tar for Odin which does not exist as of this moment.
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Youi can get the Tar or the Zip but it won;t fix a brick from 4.3
It.s now hardware bricked if you tried to revert to 4.1 from 4.3 OTA

sk2 said:
Patients is a virtue. Should of just waited for a dev to crack this thing. I am patiently waiting until I do anything.
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this man is correct

sk2 said:
Patients is a virtue. Should of just waited for a dev to crack this thing. I am patiently waiting until I do anything.
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Yep, I'm not touching this upgrade with a 10 foot pole. I don't recommend anyone else do it either, if they have any ideas of ever doing anything with their phone.

Miss leading title

XNO said:
Miss leading title
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+1 indeed
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sheeksta said:
Can someone please post a link to the full 100% stock 4.3 samsung firmware file?
I managed to brick a phone and cant recover it using Kies or Odin since the auth signatures was updated on 4.3, trying to downgrade to 4.1.2 is what bricked it.
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i couldn't get Odin 3.07 or 3.09 to work along with kies so what i did was, I went into a verizon retailer and told them that i took the OTA update to 4.3 and while it was installing my phone for some reason rebooted and when it rebooted it came to the "firmware upgrade encountered issue. please use software repair assistant & try again". they had never seen that message before and bought the story. so as result my phone is still indeed bricked but they took it as a factory defect and I am currently awaiting a new one in the mail. Iwould recomend doing that and not haveing a S3 for 2-5 days or wait for an exploit to come out for versin 4.3. Hopefully this helps.

alexschooley said:
LOLOLOLOLOLOL!! I have rooted and flashed custom roms plenty of times.. but unlike you sir. some of us have jobs that dapend on our phone. so i cant sit around and wait undisclosed amount of time to fix it.. Don't get mad at me for finding away to screw verizon out of 600$ for a brand new phone when i give them thousands every year. least they can do. But still dont see how this shows lack of self respect. but to wach his own no matter how stupid the opinion is.
Good day Sir.
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Insurance fraud isn't justifiable by your bill amount. It isn't part of your bill. You're now part of the reason the bill is high.
Congratulations on being a narcissistic, corrupt person. Enjoy your sleep.
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Personally I think they really didn't care if it was insurance fraud or not, they don't want to lose a customer, remember they have you on contract... If the phone said the warranty was still valid which comes up on the screen that informs that there was a problem installing firmware, then there has been no fraud committed. No reason to bash on other members and call them names.
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And also how is this any different then flashing Roms and an insecure boot loader and later flashing back to stock to return it to Verizon?? That is more insurance fraud than trying to downgrade your recent ota with STOCK firmware
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Dont know why updating then downgrading, when 4.3 is running awesome and it has more features than any 4.1 rom for the gs3. I unrooted and installed 4.3, and it was the best choice I made cause now battery life is excellent, and I get almost all the features that the s4 has. Ive been rooting android phones since I had a android. When tw 4.3 gets rooted im sure they will come with a unroot version that will unbrick you. You should have done more reading and research out of all the post explaining not to attempt to root or downgrade. You should have only upgraded if you didnt care about being stuck on 4.3
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Will this guide work on a US SCH-i535?

I contacted the OP if this guide will work on the Verizon S3, and he told me to post in the forums cuz he didn't do this on a US phone so he is not sure. It was written for the S4 mini. I have the Verizon S3 SCH-i535 variant. In download mode mine looks like this Qualcomm secureboot enabled. Warranty bit 0. Bootloader AP SWREV 1. Please let me know if more information is needed.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2549357

php111 said:
I contacted the OP if this guide will work on the Verizon S3, and he told me to post in the forums cuz he didn't do this on a US phone so he is not sure. It was written for the S4 mini. I have the Verizon S3 SCH-i535 variant. In download mode mine looks like this Qualcomm secureboot enabled. Warranty bit 0. Bootloader AP SWREV 1. Please let me know if more information is needed.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2549357
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It won't work, you have a Knox bootloader already.
Btw, we already have stock roms available that have the bootloader deleted. Since you already have a Knox bootloader you can't run those roms, you're stuck with what you got.
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BadUsername said:
It won't work, you have a Knox bootloader already.
Btw, we already have stock roms available that have the bootloader deleted. Since you already have a Knox bootloader you can't run those roms, you're stuck with what you got.
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Ok thank you. Btw, I didn't even see in download mode that I have knox but I guess I have it even though nothing says knox...

php111 said:
Ok thank you. Btw, I didn't even see in download mode that I have knox but I guess I have it even though nothing says knox...
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It's there, it's not going to specifically say you have it but basically what you posted says you have it.
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BadUsername said:
It's there, it's not going to specifically say you have it but basically what you posted says you have it.
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Thank you for your help and your time!