I recently rooted my phone just to install an app to let me log some issues I'm having with my phone and unfortunately I can't find the problem. I'm going to send in my galaxy S4 to be repaired by Samsung but I want to ensure that they don't know that I rooted my phone. I unrooted the phone using odin and flashed the stock firmware to the phone. In the phone's settings it says "Official" for device status and when I boot the phone into download mode the Current Binary Says: "Samsung Official" and the System Status says "Official". The unrooting guide I used advised me to use Triangle Away to reset the flash counter. However, even when the phone was rooted, the current binary said "Samsung Official" so I decided to go ahead and unroot it without resetting the flash counter. I never flashed a custom rom to the phone. The only thing I did was root it. So, since the current binary said "Samsung Official" before and after unrooting the phone, am I ok to send it in? I'd rather not root the phone again just to reset the counter when it already says "Samsung Official".
Nor did I install a custom recovery.
Anyone?
theloneranger08 said:
Anyone?
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Factory reset and you should be good
tyshemi said:
Factory reset and you should be good
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Do I need to do a factory reset even if it already says "Samsung Official". I thought that the only time you need to do a factory reset is if your phone gets stuck in a boot loop.
Lol I would before you send it back but you did the steps correctly so your good either way
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Lol I would before you send it back but you did the steps correctly so your good either way
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What I'm confused about is that Motochopper is supposed to trip the flash counter but it didn't or at least it didn't appear that it did...
It shouldn't change the binary counter should have just changed the Samsung status is all only flashing Roms that aren't stock from ATT or Samsung should increase binary! If you boot into boot loader does it say official and if so your golden brah
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tyshemi said:
It shouldn't change the binary counter should have just changed the Samsung status is all only flashing Roms that aren't stock from ATT or Samsung should increase binary! If you boot into boot loader does it say official and if so your golden brah
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By boot loader do you mean download mode because the recovery mode doesn't say anything? In download mode it says "Samsung Official" for current binary.
theloneranger08 said:
By boot loader do you mean download mode because the recovery mode doesn't say anything? In download mode it says "Samsung Official" for current binary.
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Lol yea that's what i ment too many phones you should be good to go :cyclops:
Don't get your undies all in a bunch. You're good to go if it all says official.
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tyshemi said:
Lol yea that's what i ment too many phones you should be good to go :cyclops:
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Ok and you are sure about motochopper not triggering the counter? Apparently, the Galaxy S4 doesn't show the flash counter in download mode, and only shows the current binary. Is it possible for the current binary to say "samsung official" but that flash counter to be 1? Of course, I could reroot, install Triangle Away and it would show me the flash counter, but I'd rather not go through all of that again if I don't have to...
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Ok and you are sure about motochopper not triggering the counter? Apparently, the Galaxy S4 doesn't show the flash counter in download mode, and only shows the current binary. Is it possible for the current binary to say "samsung official" but that flash counter to be 1? Of course, I could reroot, install Triangle Away and it would show me the flash counter, but I'd rather not go through all of that again if I don't have to...
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Buddy in my opinion I'd say your gtg :laugh::laugh:
tyshemi said:
Buddy in my opinion I'd say your gtg :laugh::laugh:
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haha ok thanks. I was a little paranoid so I actually ended up rerooting my phone, installing Triangle Away and just like you said, Triangle Away said the flash counter was 0 and the current binary said "Samsung Official" so I unrooted my phone and now I'm good to go. Now I've got peace of mind though. haha
theloneranger08 said:
haha ok thanks. I was a little paranoid so I actually ended up rerooting my phone, installing Triangle Away and just like you said, Triangle Away said the flash counter was 0 and the current binary said "Samsung Official" so I unrooted my phone and now I'm good to go. Now I've got peace of mind though. haha
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It's better to have a piece of mind lol but I was 99.999999% sure you were fine but anyhow glad your good :good:
tyshemi said:
It's better to have a piece of mind lol but I was 99.999999% sure you were fine but anyhow glad your good :good:
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Also, for some odd reason, the superuser app was still there when I unrooted. Of course it no longer worked and I promptly uninstalled it. I've read that it will sometimes come back if the phone is reset though...
theloneranger08 said:
Also, for some odd reason, the superuser app was still there when I unrooted. Of course it no longer worked and I promptly uninstalled it. I've read that it will sometimes come back if the phone is reset though...
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Make sure you use full unroot in the super user then uninstall from play store then reboot and see!
tyshemi said:
Make sure you use full unroot in the super user then uninstall from play store then reboot and see!
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I didn't unroot using the superuser. I put the phone in download mode and flashed stock firmware to it.
theloneranger08 said:
I didn't unroot using the superuser. I put the phone in download mode and flashed stock firmware to it.
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Your good buddy leave it be now and relax its a done deal good efforts on solidifying the stock state
tyshemi said:
Your good buddy leave it be now and relax its a done deal good efforts on solidifying the stock state
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haha alright I appreciate the help.
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I was trying to reinstall the firmware after having issues with service mode and followed the odin procedure to do so but it came up failed and the phone as not booted up since.
The phone if just powering on say it need to run a recovery through Kies but that does not see the phone so no joy there, I can get it to download mode but thats about it Odin see the phone but fails every time I try to install firmware. Ive note in gray on the phone it says Write protection enabled
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I was trying to reinstall the firmware after having issues with service mode and followed the odin procedure to do so but it came up failed and the phone as not booted up since.
The phone if just powering on say it need to run a recovery through Kies but that does not see the phone so no joy there, I can get it to download mode but thats about it Odin see the phone but fails every time I try to install firmware. Ive note in gray on the phone it says Write protection enabled
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go with the no wipe factory restore... The file is big, but thats probably the only thing that can get you working.
theidoctor said:
go with the no wipe factory restore... The file is big, but thats probably the only thing that can get you working.
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How do I do that?
docurley said:
How do I do that?
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FOLLOW THIS LINK -> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2301259
theidoctor said:
FOLLOW THIS LINK -> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2301259
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Thanks will give that a go
docurley said:
Thanks will give that a go
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just be patient... the process takes a while
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just be patient... the process takes a while
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lol I will, just downloading the file is going to take 20min they got a slow connection
docurley said:
lol I will, just downloading the file is going to take 20min they got a slow connection
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well you're lucky. it took me 3 hours to download that file.
docurley said:
I was trying to reinstall the firmware after having issues with service mode and followed the odin procedure to do so but it came up failed and the phone as not booted up since.
The phone if just powering on say it need to run a recovery through Kies but that does not see the phone so no joy there, I can get it to download mode but thats about it Odin see the phone but fails every time I try to install firmware. Ive note in gray on the phone it says Write protection enabled
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You got a PM.
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DarkMenace said:
You got a PM.
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Great phone working but service mode still buggered, wont allow me to use menu stuck in some sort of information screen.
docurley said:
Great phone working but service mode still buggered, wont allow me to use menu stuck in some sort of information screen.
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Once you installed the Stock Image did you go in to recovery and do the data wipe and cache wipes?
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DarkMenace said:
Once you installed the Stock Image did you go in to recovery and do the data wipe and cache wipes?
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No I did not
docurley said:
No I did not
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Try to reflash and then do the data wipes by pulling the battery before it boots after the stock image is installed.
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Please pay attention to the model number and forum you are in
You can permanently damage your phone by flashing things for the wrong phone
Moved to correct device forum
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I was trying to reinstall the firmware after having issues with service mode and followed the odin procedure to do so but it came up failed and the phone as not booted up since.
The phone if just powering on say it need to run a recovery through Kies but that does not see the phone so no joy there, I can get it to download mode but thats about it Odin see the phone but fails every time I try to install firmware. Ive note in gray on the phone it says Write protection enabled
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I have the Original 4.2.2 Stock Firmware for you. I sent you a Pm awaiting your response. The links will be sent to you after the response.
Anyone else having problems using wanam exposed to get rid of the custom unlock when booting up? It doesn't change in about phone either. It does say "official" in about phone though. It doesn't seem like the hack is working at all
You need to reboot twice to see it in effect. First reboot will still sees lock. 2nd reboot and in it will be gone.
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After the mj7 update you night have an issue with it not working on my stock rooted rom gone but on my hyper drive and beans rim slots it has issues going away after using wanam
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After countless reboots, simple fix was using triangle away app from playstore.
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use triangle away i am on mj7 and used it no custom boot any longer
saint365 said:
After countless reboots, simple fix was using triangle away app from playstore.
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Thank you! Triangle away did the trick!
anthony92170 said:
use triangle away i am on mj7 and used it no custom boot any longer
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Thank you! Triangle away did the trick!
TA ... which setting worked?
Beeing a bit of a noob, and not wanting to brick my phone by clicking the wrong option in "Triangle Away" ... exactly which setting did you select to remove the "custom" from the boot screen on the Note 3?
Thanks, in advance, for your help!
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Beeing a bit of a noob, and not wanting to brick my phone by clicking the wrong option in "Triangle Away" ... exactly which setting did you select to remove the "custom" from the boot screen on the Note 3?
Thanks, in advance, for your help!
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Reset flash counter.
My rooted (via vroot) S4 display a white logo of unlocked lock with the word "custom" below it.
Is this something that can be changed?
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redhonker said:
My rooted (via vroot) S4 display a white logo of unlocked lock with the word "custom" below it.
Is this something that can be changed?
Thanks
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yes triangle away will clear it. if you get a boot loop that keeps going into download mode pull the battery it will then boot to the TA flash counter reset menu. do the reset and then reboot. it will still show Device status as Custom in the status menu of system settings though.
this was my experience after rooting the 4.3 OTA mk2
silver2ks4 said:
yes triangle away will clear it. if you get a boot loop that keeps going into download mode pull the battery it will then boot to the TA flash counter reset menu. do the reset and then reboot. it will still show Device status as Custom in the status menu of system settings though.
this was my experience after rooting the 4.3 OTA mk2
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The Triangle Away thread says the below:
Samsung Galaxy S4 AT&T SGH-I337 UNLOCK BOOTLOADER
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What does UNLOCK BOOTLOADER mean? I thought the boot loader is locked.
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Triangle Away doesn't work right if you have MF3. I don't know how it works if you have MDL, bit for MF3 you a have to used an closed module to fake an official status.
silver2ks4 said:
yes triangle away will clear it. if you get a boot loop that keeps going into download mode pull the battery it will then boot to the TA flash counter reset menu. do the reset and then reboot. it will still show Device status as Custom in the status menu of system settings though.
this was my experience after rooting the 4.3 OTA mk2
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So ur saying I can reset the flash counter on Mk2? That would be awsome!
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troybklyn said:
So ur saying I can reset the flash counter on Mk2? That would be awsome!
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not sure about actually using it to reset the flash counter. my counter was not tripped but it did reset the boot splash screen back to the galaxy s4 boot logo instead of the pad lock custom screen.
as for the unlock bootloader im not sure where you were getting that info there is no such option in triangle away. and i could not find the thread you were refering to.
and as stated above triangle away will not set the status to official on mk2 in the about tab device status menu
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not sure about actually using it to reset the flash counter. my counter was not tripped but it did reset the boot splash screen back to the galaxy s4 boot logo instead of the pad lock custom screen.
as for the unlock bootloader im not sure where you were getting that info there is no such option in triangle away. and i could not find the thread you were refering to.
and as stated above triangle away will not set the status to official on mk2 in the about tab device status menu
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I'm sorry, it wasn't me who referred the link. But I would also like to remove the unlocked splash screen. Please, if u don't mind.. can u share the link for triangle away? I'll greatly appreciate it. Also, how can I tell if my counter was had been tripped?
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troybklyn said:
I'm sorry, it wasn't me who referred the link. But I would also like to remove the unlocked splash screen. Please, if u don't mind.. can u share the link for triangle away? I'll greatly appreciate it. Also, how can I tell if my counter was had been tripped?
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It's http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1494114
Please let us know your results.
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Hey, i need help to unroot my S4.
I have rooted my phone with odin and a CF-Auto-Root file. Now i want to unroot my phone but i dont want delete my data. I have tried to unroot with Supersu (full unroot) but it doesnt works so good. I want to look for Software Updates and it says my phone is modified. So can anyone help me ?
I have a Samsung Galaxy S4 LTE GT-I9506
(Sorry for my englisch, i'm from Germany )
You need to root again. After that, use triangle away to reset flash counter, binary status and system status. After this use the full unroot option in supersu. Never tried it like this, but it should work. I alway flashed the stock firmware after using triangle away and then factory reset.
Triangle Away can be found on the Play Store.
Support thread for Triangle away is here. You should read the second post, as it may help you.
Just download the same firmware u have from Odin and flash... That's what I did... Works great.
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MoLoCEL said:
You need to root again. After that, use triangle away to reset flash counter, binary status and system status. After this use the full unroot option in supersu. Never tried it like this, but it should work. I alway flashed the stock firmware after using triangle away and then factory reset.
Triangle Away can be found on the Play Store.
Support thread for Triangle away is here. You should read the second post, as it may help you.
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Hmm, i have tried this but it always says my phone i modified ._.
Mgxxzkx said:
Hmm, i have tried this but it always says my phone i modified ._.
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Another option is to use triangle away and then flash the stock firmware without factory reset, as pointed above, but I recommend the factory reset afterwards, as you may see some weird behavior.
MoLoCEL said:
Another option is to use triangle away and then flash the stock firmware without factory reset, as pointed above, but I recommend the factory reset afterwards, as you may see some weird behavior.
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Okay please check your inbox, can i flash with this firmware ?
I restored my galaxy back to stock with Odin and now I'm getting constant Knox pop ups. Anyone know the fix to make this go away so I can give the phone to my wife to use unrooted?
Thanks in advance for your help
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Also, if I try and install the Knox app, it says it can't be installed because I previously installed a custom os
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Last thing, it's showing custom rom in the download screen. It's not showing Knox 0x1. So Knox wasn't tripped.
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didureboot said:
I restored my galaxy back to stock with Odin and now I'm getting constant Knox pop ups. Anyone know the fix to make this go away so I can give the phone to my wife to use unrooted?
Thanks in advance for your help
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There's a real easy fix if you're rooted...
What does the pop-up even say, you never explained
I think I solved the problem. I changed the file system to art and then back to dalvik. The lock and custom are gone on boot up now. Now I just gotta figure out why when trying to update, it says that the update service is temporarily unavailable.
Does your baseband and build number match? What did you flash?
I was rooted on NI2. Restored to stock NI2. Had the custom message with the padlock icon on startup. Finally changing to art and back to dalvik made the padlock go away.
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didureboot said:
I think I solved the problem. I changed the file system to art and then back to dalvik. The lock and custom are gone on boot up now. Now I just gotta figure out why when trying to update, it says that the update service is temporarily unavailable.
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You could Odin the build you wanted to update to. Did you connect with kies?
I didn't connect with kies. I used standard Samsung drivers and Odin.
didureboot said:
I didn't connect with kies. I used standard Samsung drivers and Odin.
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Some people connect to kies to get their updates. Just thought that might be worth trying.
Hadn't thought about that. Will remote into my home computer and get that installed so I can try that this evening. Thanks for the idea.
didureboot said:
Hadn't thought about that. Will remote into my home computer and get that installed so I can try that this evening. Thanks for the idea.
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Here is someone with the same problem. Seems like their answer was to flash the stock firmware.
http://forums.androidcentral.com/sa...ollipop-not-working-out-help.html#post4223525