So I need to bring my phone in to a verizon store because I am having the SIM card issue that a lot of people are getting. What are some things I should check so they don't know I rooted/unlocked at one point in time?
I used odin and to bring me back to stock bloated. I did a factory reset. I am not rooted.
When I go into download mode, it says:
ODIN MODE
PRODUCT NAME: SCH-I535
CUSTOM BINARY DOWNLOAD: No
CURRENT BINARY: Samsung Official
SYSTEM STATUS: Official
QUALCOMM SECUREBOOT: ENABLE
I think that means my flash counter is at 0?
Is there anything else that I should confirm before I bring it in to the techs?
buddydude said:
So I need to bring my phone in to a verizon store because I am having the SIM card issue that a lot of people are getting. What are some things I should check so they don't know I rooted/unlocked at one point in time?
I used odin and to bring me back to stock bloated. I did a factory reset. I am not rooted.
When I go into download mode, it says:
ODIN MODE
PRODUCT NAME: SCH-I535
CUSTOM BINARY DOWNLOAD: No
CURRENT BINARY: Samsung Official
SYSTEM STATUS: Official
QUALCOMM SECUREBOOT: ENABLE
I think that means my flash counter is at 0?
Is there anything else that I should confirm before I bring it in to the techs?
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You're good. The reps at Verizon wont know what to check anyways. The only way you will get caught messing with flashing is if you send it back to Samsung.
buddydude said:
So I need to bring my phone in to a verizon store because I am having the SIM card issue that a lot of people are getting. What are some things I should check so they don't know I rooted/unlocked at one point in time?
I used odin and to bring me back to stock bloated. I did a factory reset. I am not rooted.
When I go into download mode, it says:
ODIN MODE
PRODUCT NAME: SCH-I535
CUSTOM BINARY DOWNLOAD: No
CURRENT BINARY: Samsung Official
SYSTEM STATUS: Official
QUALCOMM SECUREBOOT: ENABLE
I think that means my flash counter is at 0?
Is there anything else that I should confirm before I bring it in to the techs?
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Yes your flash count is zero. Don't forget to take the naked pics of your GF off your phone either :silly:
I have a rooted android device samsung galaxy s3 and it was running fine and everything till one day it said to install an update. i accepted it and while it was updating all of a sudden it went to that black screen and says, " system software not authorized by Verizon Wireless has been found on your phone. Please turn off you phone and go to the nearest Verizon Wireless store for help." Then thats where i couldn't do anything with my phone but go to download/ODIN MODE and rebooting system thing where you can reboot system. I am very new and i don't know much about rooting and the meanings of a lot of words like unlock bootloader. If i go to ODIN MODE it says
ODIN MODE
PRODUCT NAME: SCH-1535
CUSTOM BINARY DOWNLOAD: Yes (1 Counts)
CURRENT BINARY: Samsung Official
SYSTEM STATUS: Custom
QUALCOMM SECUREBOOT: ENABLE
Warranty bit: 1
BOOTLOADER RP SWREV:1
I think this doesn't look good. What should I do to make my phone be working again and not showing that black screen?
I already wiped all data and tried to do that StockROm thing on my computer ODIN and still nothing.
Is my bootloader locked? if so do I need to unlock it to make my phone work again? Thanks so much for your time
Did you updated after rooting your SGS3 Verizon?
Games are a part of Life but Life is not a part of a game!
I am in the same position as a lot of people with the s3. I have the Verizon model and had it unlocked using Odin while it was on 4.2. I accepted the Verizon update to 4.3 forgetting that it unroots it. Some people are saying that the only way to get my phone unlocked again is to find a way to flash it back to 4.2 version. Is there ANYWAY to unlock it on the 4.3 without bricking it??? If there is, how so???? Please help!!
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Check modem version and your product code and massage me again!
Games are a part of Life but Life is not a part of a game!
Ok, so I recently (about 2 weeks ago) bought a brand-new/stock Samsung Galaxy S3 through Amazon as an upgrade for Verizon. When I received and activated it, etc, it went through a series of downloading/rebooting/installing screens which I assume means that it was updating to the latest official firmware.
Anyway, now I want to try putting a custom ROM on my S3 (I'm kinda new at this, like I just started reading about it yesterday), and as far as I know, it's running Android version 4.3, which is also said to contain Knox, which would prevent loading any custom ROMs. However, when I go into download mode on my S3, it says the following:
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ODIN MODE
PRODUCT NAME: SCH-1535
CUSTOM BINARY DOWNLOAD: No
CURRENT BINARY: Samsung Official
SYSTEM STATUS: Official
QUALCOMM SECUREBOOT: ENABLE
Warranty Bit: 0
BOOTLOADER RP SWREV: 1
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As far as I can tell, there's no mention of Knox, but maybe there's something I'm missing?
As I said, I'm new at this, so I might be missing alot of stuff. But my main question is whether or not I'd be able to root my phone and flash a custom ROM without damage (barring my own mistakes)?
OblivionDawn said:
Ok, so I recently (about 2 weeks ago) bought a brand-new/stock Samsung Galaxy S3 through Amazon as an upgrade for Verizon. When I received and activated it, etc, it went through a series of downloading/rebooting/installing screens which I assume means that it was updating to the latest official firmware.
Anyway, now I want to try putting a custom ROM on my S3 (I'm kinda new at this, like I just started reading about it yesterday), and as far as I know, it's running Android version 4.3, which is also said to contain Knox, which would prevent loading any custom ROMs. However, when I go into download mode on my S3, it says the following:
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ODIN MODE
PRODUCT NAME: SCH-1535
CUSTOM BINARY DOWNLOAD: No
CURRENT BINARY: Samsung Official
SYSTEM STATUS: Official
QUALCOMM SECUREBOOT: ENABLE
Warranty Bit: 0
BOOTLOADER RP SWREV: 1
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As far as I can tell, there's no mention of Knox, but maybe there's something I'm missing?
As I said, I'm new at this, so I might be missing alot of stuff. But my main question is whether or not I'd be able to root my phone and flash a custom ROM without damage (barring my own mistakes)?
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Knox has nothing to do with locked bootloader from 4.3 version. You're no 4.3 so no flashing custom rom/kernel/recovery for you. There is a work around called safestrap and it's not fully functional yet...you just have to wait a bit ...longer see how everything play out!
Oh, I was under the impression that Knox was the thing causing the bootloader to be locked. You're saying that 4.3 is just universally locked for the time being?
Also, am I still able to root my S3 using Saferoot while it's on 4.3?
OblivionDawn said:
Oh, I was under the impression that Knox was the thing causing the bootloader to be locked. You're saying that 4.3 is just universally locked for the time being?
Also, am I still able to root my S3 using Saferoot while it's on 4.3?
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Yes and Yes, you can use saferoot to root 4.3.
OblivionDawn said:
Oh, I was under the impression that Knox was the thing causing the bootloader to be locked. You're saying that 4.3 is just universally locked for the time being?
Also, am I still able to root my S3 using Saferoot while it's on 4.3?
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Verizon is responsible for locking the bootloader. Knox has nothing to do with it.
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BadUsername said:
Verizon is responsible for locking the bootloader. Knox has nothing to do with it.
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Tell that to every s4 owner.
ThePagel said:
Tell that to every s4 owner.
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All knox does is count, unless I'm missing something.
Sprint and T-Mobile both have knox on their 4.3 update, but neither have locked bootloaders.
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BadUsername said:
All knox does is count, unless I'm missing something.
Sprint and T-Mobile both have knox on their 4.3 update, but neither have locked bootloaders.
Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk 2
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+1
I just got an S3 last week (already updated when I got it) Plugging it to kies today gave me another update and changed my bootloader information. Looking at the Bootloader
Product Name: SCH-I535
Current Binary: Samsung Official
System Status: Official
QUALCOMM SECUREBOOT: ENABLE
BOOTLOADER RP SWREV: 2
Build number KOT49H.i535vrudne1
Anything changed with the update and knox?
That's the Android 4.4.2 update
theviper90210 said:
That's the Android 4.4.2 update
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Yeah I kinda figured, After messing around I'm not sure if I messed anything up because my phone is running fine, But under the Samsung logo it says custom with a unlock icon, But again everything is running ok. I thought when Knox was activated the phone would not boot.
OK, so I just got a new LG G3 and I'm in the process of trying to reset my GS3.
Not long after I got the phone, I tried to root it (rather unsuccessfully). Didn't work out, so I restored to stock. Used the phone for the next 2 years or so with no issues.
Went to reset the phone and I got the unauthorized software warning.
I have now tried to restore to a stock ROM via ODIN V3.09 but I keep getting a fail at aboot.mbn.
What kind of information do you need to assist?
Thank you in advance!
Still searching the forum... still trying...
ODIN mode screen reads:
ODIN MODE
PRODUCT NAME: SCH-I535
CURRENT BINARY: Samsung Official
SYSTEM STATUS: Official
QUALCOMM SECUREBOOT: ENABLE
BOOTLOADER AP SWREV: 2
I'm trying again but using this file this time:
androidfilehost.com/?fid=23501681358553154
OK, seems to be working perfectly now!
Much thanks to "BadUsername" for his diagnosis of the problem and providing a link to the correct tar ball!!!!
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