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(q) how to check flash counter?

Please can anyone help me how to check and rest flash counter on galaxy s4?
I need to send me s4 to samsung care because of some hardware problem but I am afraid if samsung checks the flash counter and refuse me giving warranty.
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Download triangle away from the Play Store, it'll tell you
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But I am not rooted after flashing stock rom yesterday and triangle away requires root permission for its working.
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munmun said:
But I am not rooted after flashing stock rom yesterday and triangle away requires root permission for its working.
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download pre-rooted stock rom from djembey here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2250824
install triangle away, reset counter. then you'll have official stock rom with basic root access, flash count 0 and status official.
best choice i guess :fingers-crossed:

munmun said:
Please can anyone help me how to check and rest flash counter on galaxy s4?
I need to send me s4 to samsung care because of some hardware problem but I am afraid if samsung checks the flash counter and refuse me giving warranty.
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I tried installing triangle away and it does not work.. same will happen in your i9500 its not yet supported i guess we have to wait for chainfire to be back from vacation to make this work for S4 hope this helps

munmun said:
Please can anyone help me how to check and rest flash counter on galaxy s4?
I need to send me s4 to samsung care because of some hardware problem but I am afraid if samsung checks the flash counter and refuse me giving warranty.
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Hey, did you send it back or not? I rooted mine to check the flash counter and triggered knox security. The are now refusing to honour their warranty despite the actual fault being a physical fault with the screen (it is peeling away from the phone body).
I will keep pushing them until they fix it as the fault is totally unrelated to the phone software and they are breaking the law by refusing to fix it however I will be selling the phone and boycotting them until they drastically improve their customer service

Read this, then tell them
https://www.dropbox.com/s/j93ijf5hzdfwwjm/Screenshot_2014-01-07-15-27-55.png

none tripping counter stock root?????

looking to see if there is a rooting method that still allows you to use the allshare dongle and keeps the phone stock so that i can take otas using vodoo root kepper. Had this on my s3 and loved it

I second this! The triangle away method does not work.
Anyone have any suggestions?

Ben's said:
I second this! The triangle away method does not work.
Anyone have any suggestions?
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Actually the triangle away method does work. Must be user error.
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GiantJay said:
Actually the triangle away method does work. Must be user error.
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Actually...... Your right, but still wrong. It resets the flash counter but makes the connection end still.
Resetting the flash counter is just another step or method to attempt to get all share cast to work (screen mirroring) while stock rooted.

Yea triangle away works fine
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P.Mobile said:
Yea triangle away works fine
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I know that triangle reset the counter but when I used it in my s3 my dongle would not work and I couldnt take ota...

skullygbear said:
I know that triangle reset the counter but when I used it in my s3 my dongle would not work and I couldnt take ota...
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So you are asking this question about the S3 in a S4 forum?
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No.....I am wanting to have the same setup on my s4....free wifi hot spot, root that does not trip the flash counter, the ablilty to use the cast dongle (use this at work alot) , and being able to take ota updates using something like vodoo...I have seen th cf root but no one has addressed whether this kills the dongle or not.....
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Pardon me but, where is the flash counter?
I'm ona custom rom/kernel and don't see it in download mode. All I see in download mode is that it says binary and something else is custom.
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Need some help please ...

Hy guys i have a problem with my samsung galaxy s4 . Now my phone is rooted and running omega rom but i would like to go to stock galaxy s4 with stock rom . But i don't know how ? thanks
quick mention : my galaxy s4 is i9505 .

iStrop said:
Hy guys i have a problem with my samsung galaxy s4 . Now my phone is rooted and running omega rom but i would like to go to stock galaxy s4 with stock rom . But i don't know how ? thanks
quick mention : my galaxy s4 is i9505 .
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Flash triangle away to reset your flash counter.
Find your stock rom on sammobile and flag it as PDA in Odin. This will test everything to stock and restore the stock recovery.
Job done.
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pardoned said:
Flash triangle away to reset your flash counter.
Find your stock rom on sammobile and flag it as PDA in Odin. This will test everything to stock and restore the stock recovery.
Job done.
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it's ok to buy chainfire triangle away from play store ? is the same thing ? and after this the phone is still rooted ?

iStrop said:
it's ok to buy chainfire triangle away from play store ? is the same thing ?
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Sure, but you can get free version on this forum.

Aerys said:
Sure, but you can get free version on this forum.
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but after this operation my phone is still rooted ?

iStrop said:
it's ok to buy chainfire triangle away from play store ? is the same thing ? and after this the phone is still rooted ?
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If you dont care or have no warranty, so no need for triangle away. See my singnature to unroot and back to stock
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Ok , thank you guys :d

Flashing with the official rom will wipe everything... so dont worry abt rooted condition. Use triangle away to reset your flash count
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But if my galaxy s4 running omega rom , triangle away will brick my phone ?

Then you must flash stock rom.don't use triangle away ...
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[Q] [Help] Rooting Galaxy S4 not working

Hello there!
This is my first android phone as I don't know much about rooting and flashing them. I've tried to root my galaxy s4 using CWM, Motochopper and Twrp methods but at the recovery stage this screen first image in attachment i get. and following 3 images are for superuser. could anyone please help me or guide me through. thanx for your time though

Try rooting your device using the following link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2292615
Good luck!
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I used oden my fone is rooted but I cannot use cwm for sum reson so at the moment I got rooted fone and can not install custom roms as I did on my s3

fezz64 said:
I used oden my fone is rooted but I cannot use cwm for sum reson so at the moment I got rooted fone and can not install custom roms as I did on my s3
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After rooting your phone with chain fires method , like I did , you need to flash the recovery of your choice and you are good to go.
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HassanM said:
Try rooting your device using the following link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2292615
Good luck!
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Thanx for the reply but I think its for octa base models i9500 and I ve got i9505
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[i9500] how to unroot [question]

Hi guys goodnight
Basically the topic said it all how to Unroot samsung s4 i9500.
I wanted to know how so when time comes to sell my Samsung I would know how to Unroot back to stock firmwire.
I have a question
how can I find the right firmwire for my Samsung s4. I live in Grand Cayman (international) and I can't find the firmware for it, Idk why I think it is because they buy the phone for somewhere else. Please can someone help me find the right firmwire.
Thanks it would be a great help
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geekytech said:
Hi guys goodnight
Basically the topic said it all how to Unroot samsung s4 i9500.
I wanted to know how so when time comes to sell my Samsung I would know how to Unroot back to stock firmwire.
I have a question
how can I find the right firmwire for my Samsung s4. I live in Grand Cayman (international) and I can't find the firmware for it, Idk why I think it is because they buy the phone for somewhere else. Please can someone help me find the right firmwire.
Thanks it would be a great help
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go to sammobile.com for firmwares,they have every fw released for any phone..
as for unroot,delete busybox,then go to superuser and select unroot,it will do the rest.
don't forget to use triangle away to reset the counter...
And,if u flash official fw over rooted fw,u will loose root,in other words,u won't have to go thru unroot process if u flash official fw.
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Thank you
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But when I go to Sammobile.com and I type in my County it doesn't come up.
I don't know my firmwire of my phone. I don't know where it came from
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I found it thanks.
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