Hello guys, I have been lurking in the forums for quite some time now. Great community. Thank you for the hard work on android development. Today I have a question. What are the effects of tripping KNOX? I know that it voids your warranty. But usage-wise, What are its other effects? Does it prevent you from installing firmware updates when you eventually go back to stock? Will it brick the device? Would it disable any other feature or hardware?
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Hi I'm new to the forum and android but I have spent many hours reading as much info as possible. I'm going to root my g900f which has the new kernel so towelroot won't work . So i will be going down the cf auto route. I'm planning on staying on the standard rom for the time being but have read some issues with apps and play store etc after tripping knox. Can anyone tell me exactly what issues I will have after tripping know and will i be able to receive ota updates if I'm on the standard rom? Sorry if this is all a bit noob.
Thanks.
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I have been using my brand new S7 Edge for 2 - 3 weeks and I'm very pleased with it. I saw that many good roms exist but do they worth tripping the KNOX Counter? If yes, what rom do you recommend?
I'm in a dillima right now and I thought that you guys can give me a clear cut answer!
Thanks
I've been using it for months and also in the same dilemma (root or not) but I think I'll wait for the release of NN before final decision. For now my answer is NO
You trip the Knox flag the moment you root.
I have a doubt, i am new to samsung device, and know very less about knox, by rooting will it trip knox counter and void warranty? and is there a way to untrip it and claim the warranty or (unroot the device without any issue by flashing the stock fw via odin) .... (like with sony devices)? can someone explain it to me? Thanks
Rooting may trip or not knox depending the metod you use.Once tripped you cannot revert it,it is forever because you burn a fuse on the mainboard.Flashing a new recovery like TWRP will ALWAYS trip knox.
Rooting it may or may not trip KNOX. Considering that you are posting this question here in the A Series forum, I presume you have one of those devices. I don't think there's any method for our devices to root it without tripping KNOX. Flashing a custom recovery will trip KNOX, as said previously. The only other way is to use CF-Auto-Root, which I haven't actually tried, but I do think that it also trips it.
Which device are you using?
KNOX is like a fuse - once it breaks, there's not any way to reset it. At least not in these devices. Personally, I tripped it (on purpose) the day I got my phone.
Thanks for your replies I am using A5 2016..
I think there is no other way to root this device without triping it?
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Check the developer forum for Note 3, there are some hints how to revert KNOX on Exynos devices.
Hey everyone,
I'm very tempted to flash a custom rom on my S8.
For that I'll obviously need to flash TWRP and trip Knox.
I know triggering Knox invalidates my warranty, but does it completely disable me from using Secure folder, OTA updates and some apps?
Suppose I want to use those again, flashing a non custom ROM would do the trick? Or the fact that Knox is tripped is enough for them not to work?
Thanks very much
Hello, maybe its just me, but Im not fully clear about rooting my phone. The thing is that I wouldnt loose my warranty, but Id use my loved root required features, such as viperaudio mod, etc.
So there are some methods already, but I dont know, if there any low effort root, or anything similar exist which not triggers knox counter If this method isnt exists, then is it possible to reset the counter after Ive flashed a custom rom / root?
Flashing an original firmware update with Odin will trigger the counter?
Thanks forwards for your help!
Draegloth said:
Hello, maybe its just me, but Im not fully clear about rooting my phone. The thing is that I wouldnt loose my warranty, but Id use my loved root required features, such as viperaudio mod, etc.
So there are some methods already, but I dont know, if there any low effort root, or anything similar exist which not triggers knox counter If this method isnt exists, then is it possible to reset the counter after Ive flashed a custom rom / root?
Flashing an original firmware update with Odin will trigger the counter?
Thanks forwards for your help!
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Root will trigger Knox. Some custom ROMs had Knox status set as 0x0 but it still has triggered the Knox fuse in reality. Triggering Knox will make you loose Samsung Pay for lifetime. But if you don't care about your warranty or Samsung pay then you could go ahead. There are thread showing you how to do so.