Hi there. I've discovered "tryangle away", but someone said that its development has stop. So, now, I want to know is there any possibility to get my warranty back on my new galaxy a5-2017 after i did rooting it? I read somewhere that it needs to reset the flash counter to 0, which is not possible through only flashing the stock firmware with oddin.
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There are several conflicting threads and I hope I can get some definitive answers here regarding my Samsung Galaxy S2x (SGH-T989D), which unfortunately has to go back to Telus.
Phone is rooted, otherwise stock everything. Unless rooting alter the stock rom somehow.
Rooting was done through Odin using "recovery-cmw-hercules.tar" and "CWM-SuperSU-v0.87.zip".
Questions:
What is the quickest way to revert to stock, unroot, reverse-rooting?
Will a factory reset get rid of my root? Can I just delete the superuser files from the system directory?
Do I need to flash a stock Telus rom from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1350357
"Custom binary" counter says "NO" and current binary is "Samsung Official", I assume it means I do not need to reset the flash counter
Thank you very much in advance.
Hi,
I rooted my phone months ago to test something and I need to use Knox now for work. Issue being that although my phone is stock again, as it has Knox void status I cannot start up Knox.
Looking around there seems to be no fix for this aside from sending it back to Samsung. I have been trying to think of any way around it.
I'm on stock 4.4 firmware. My current idea is to re-root the device, remove Knox from the phone then reflash the stock 4.4 ROM. Will this work?
Other idea was to root > roll back to 4.2.2 or 4.3 then triangle away > then stock firmware.
Has anyone tried this and will it work?
Thanks
There is currently no solution for the issue other than sending the phone back to Samsung.
RedPandaFox said:
Hi,
I rooted my phone months ago to test something and I need to use Knox now for work. Issue being that although my phone is stock again, as it has Knox void status I cannot start up Knox.
Looking around there seems to be no fix for this aside from sending it back to Samsung. I have been trying to think of any way around it.
I'm on stock 4.4 firmware. My current idea is to re-root the device, remove Knox from the phone then reflash the stock 4.4 ROM. Will this work?
Other idea was to root > roll back to 4.2.2 or 4.3 then triangle away > then stock firmware.
Has anyone tried this and will it work?
Thanks
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Have you looked in this [Q&A][i9505] Knox Q&A / Discussion Thread - ask questions here!
Knox questions should go here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2470635
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Rooted my S5 (took several tries to root and get CWM recovery). Tried MOAR ROM but didn't like it so flashed back to my nandroid backup of rooted stock ROM. My Knox counter now reads 0x1(4). I understand warranty is voided, but I bought the phone on Ebay, so probably no warranty anyway.
Does 0x1(4) mean Knox has seen 4 flashes? does this matter?
Is there a Knox limit to number of times phone can be flashed?
Other than voided warranty, any other issues now that Knox is tripped, or can I keep flashing ROM's till I find one I like?
How much trouble can I get into doing this, or will I always be able to use CWM recovery to recover my initial backup?
Thanks, and apologies if these have been asked.
seattleal said:
Rooted my S5 (took several tries to root and get CWM recovery). Tried MOAR ROM but didn't like it so flashed back to my nandroid backup of rooted stock ROM. My Knox counter now reads 0x1(4). I understand warranty is voided, but I bought the phone on Ebay, so probably no warranty anyway.
Does 0x1(4) mean Knox has seen 4 flashes? does this matter?
Is there a Knox limit to number of times phone can be flashed?
Other than voided warranty, any other issues now that Knox is tripped, or can I keep flashing ROM's till I find one I like?
How much trouble can I get into doing this, or will I always be able to use CWM recovery to recover my initial backup?
Thanks, and apologies if these have been asked.
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To my knowledge the knox flag is just letting a repair service provider know that your warranty is void. the number next to it is a flash counter, flash away to your hearts content you will not damage your phone flashing unless you really try. You cant get into any trouble.
If I'm not mistaken, hasn't a knox reset been solved on other phones? Is it just a matter of time before someone finds the solution for S5?
I wish I could pass on to EVERYONE at once about Knox...
I bought a Sprint S5 at Best Buy. I also bought Best Buy's insurance, but kept the Assurion insurance just in case.
Already had to bring the phone to Best Buy(Geek Squad looked at it) because of a GPS issue. I have MOAR Rom on it, Rooted/Lucky Patched/Busyboxed, Custom recovery....the works. The Geek squad guy chuckled, asked what my XDA screen name was, and mentioned that since he got a S4, many guys had wondered where Rompnit(MOAR's dev) had gone to. The S3 days were awesome for all.
Best Buy doesn't care about Knox......and Assurion REALLY doesn't care about Knox.
I got my Galaxy S6 as of yesterday brand new on sprint service and i'm already looking forward to rooting it but the question here is i paid for protection and warranty but the thing is if i root it and then decide to flash it back to normal stock through download mode ( if its possible yet ) Would "Sprint" just blacklist my esn or imei because of rooting it and then flushing it back to stock? ( obviously i wont tell them ) but would it also void my warranty?? So technically i could root it and then flash it back to stock and they would be able to replace the phone if the something went wrong. ( kinda like undetected here) i need to know guys please fill me in on the infos im so new at this.
Hi everyone, I'm purchasing an S6 next week and I have a few questions. I'm not a Android expert, so excuse my ignorance on some of these questions. I have been a Blackberry user for over 10 years and have a samsung tablet I sometimes use so I know enough to get by.
1. From what I have read there is a Samsung Knox which is a counter that will detect if the phone is rooted and it can possibly void the warranty. I have Att and I hate bloatware on my phones, so based on a previous post i made, it appears the only way to remove these apps is by rooting. Is there a way to flash a custom rom without tripping this counter or is it too soon to tell?
2. Lets say I keep the factory OS that came with the phone and I upgrade the OS, OTA when Samsung/ATT releases the next version of android in the future, is it possible to downgrade to the older version (or current lolipop) without tripping Knox and voiding any warranty or as soon as the phone is flashed with a new OS it is not under warranty anymore?
3. If i understand correctly Knox keeps track of how many times the phone has been flashed and if it has been rooted? If the phone is flashed with an older version of android released by Samsung/ATT is it still going to keep track of this or only when it is flashed with a custom rom?
4. Lastly what is the best backup software for backing up app data? I believe I had downloaded Keiss for my tablet but that is not compatible with S6 so Smart Switch and Helium I have read are the best options unless there are others you guys recommend.
Cheers