Reset Flash Counter i9500 - Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

So as far as I know triangle away is not yet supported on i9500 but I saw a YouTube video which shows another method for doing that. As it's not supported on 4.3 onwards. Is it possible to downgrade to 4.2 and make it work.
I recently rooted my phone and was having all sorts of system slow down and sd card many times not detecting. I selected complete unroot on Super user and unrooted my phone. But still having issues like cars not detecting. Binary shows custom. Will flashing official firmware being back ota updates. I
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killachandra said:
So as far as I know triangle away is not yet supported on i9500 but I saw a YouTube video which shows another method for doing that. As it's not supported on 4.3 onwards. Is it possible to downgrade to 4.2 and make it work.
I recently rooted my phone and was having all sorts of system slow down and sd card many times not detecting. I selected complete unroot on Super user and unrooted my phone. But still having issues like cars not detecting. Binary shows custom. Will flashing official firmware being back ota updates. I
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use wanam xposed to fake system status to official..
doing anything like flashing 4.2 will trip Knox(if u have it),so incase you don't have any prob with that,yes you can do that..
btw try a factory reset before doing anything else,it may solve ur prob..

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Device status and OTA help

Hey everyone,
I flashed the leaked 4.3 firmware with the 4.3 kernel and everything worked well except it drained battery way too quickly. I just flashed back to stock XXMEA firmware and did a factory reset. Everything is working perfect except under Device Status it says 'Custom' and when I plug the phone into Kies it won't check for updates. It says something about the device unable to initialize or something .
Does anyone know how I can get the firmware back to 'official' status and receive OTA updates?
The CSC is back to normal (XSA), the Kernel is back to nornal and obviously the firmware is back to normal. Any help appreciated immensely!
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Simmo3D said:
Hey everyone,
I flashed the leaked 4.3 firmware with the 4.3 kernel and everything worked well except it drained battery way too quickly. I just flashed back to stock XXMEA firmware and did a factory reset. Everything is working perfect except under Device Status it says 'Custom' and when I plug the phone into Kies it won't check for updates. It says something about the device unable to initialize or something .
Does anyone know how I can get the firmware back to 'official' status and receive OTA updates?
The CSC is back to normal (XSA), the Kernel is back to nornal and obviously the firmware is back to normal. Any help appreciated immensely!
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There are couple of people i have seen including mine saying custom after flashing the Stock however try to reset once again and see, if not again flash a firmware and reset u will get Official
U may also use Triangle away to reset the binary Counter & Custom status it works for I9505
123hiten said:
There are couple of people i have seen including mine saying custom after flashing the Stock however try to reset once again and see, if not again flash a firmware and reset u will get Official
U may also use Triangle away to reset the binary Counter & Custom status it works for I9505
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Thank you. I flashed the stock firmware again and another reset and its back to official.
Thank you so much
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Simmo3D said:
Thank you. I flashed the stock firmware again and another reset and its back to official.
Thank you so much
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Ooh thats great

[Q] Your device has been modified..

Hey People,
i previously rooted my phone on stock firmware along with changing the kernel. I have no restored and removed root back to stock but i get this message when doing a OTA update as i need the latest update to enable 4G on my phone. It says Your device has been modified. Software updates are not available. How do i go about fixing this? I have done some research and used the triangle app to reset the flash counter which now says Official rather then Custom In download mode? If i flash the firmware does it automatically Re flash my Kernel or is that separate? I have looked for the stock i9505 kernel i Just cant seem to find it.
Will appreciate the help
Thanks
jeezy85 said:
Hey People,
i previously rooted my phone on stock firmware along with changing the kernel. I have no restored and removed root back to stock but i get this message when doing a OTA update as i need the latest update to enable 4G on my phone. It says Your device has been modified. Software updates are not available. How do i go about fixing this? I have done some research and used the triangle app to reset the flash counter which now says Official rather then Custom In download mode? If i flash the firmware does it automatically Re flash my Kernel or is that separate? I have looked for the stock i9505 kernel i Just cant seem to find it.
Will appreciate the help
Thanks
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flash stock firmware, stock kernel included
It's normal that it says that. Just install Xposed framework, then Wanam Xposed, there is an option to fake the system status as official and thus you'll be able to update firmware OTA.
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samersh72 said:
flash stock firmware, stock kernel included
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i have flashed stock firmware 2/3 times now doing another 1 as we speak it still says i cannot update ota..
any other ideas what could be causing it to be modified?
Have you ever find a way to fix this?
jeezy85 said:
i have flashed stock firmware 2/3 times now doing another 1 as we speak it still says i cannot update ota..
any other ideas what could be causing it to be modified?
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then try to update using kies
svd1977 said:
then try to update using kies
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Thank you for your answer, but unfortunately I can't use Kies since I use Linux and there is no Kies for Linux. May be another solution like adb?
Have u tried factory reset in stock recovery. I had this when I flashed official fw with odin. Was not untill I reset that the prob went away
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l8erz said:
Have u tried factory reset in stock recovery. I had this when I flashed official fw with odin. Was not untill I reset that the prob went away
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Thank you!
I wiped the data, without success, then I flashed everything again with Heindall 1.4.0, then wiped everything again. Now I have official status and should receive OTA updates.
Edit: but after rooting the official status is lost. Now I think this may be normal.

Device has been modified after odin flash

Hi all
I used to be able to flash official firmware using odin when i wanted a clean install and get ota updates.
Recently i have been getting "your device has been modified" when trying to check for updates.
Download mode. System status and binary "custom"
My network providers firmware is MEA and i have been lucky to avoid the knox issue as i have not odin flashed any firmware beyond MGA.
The only thing i have done recently is install foxhound 2 which is on ML1.
I know i can reset it using triangleaway but obviously i would have to root it.
Is there a reason why the bootloader would still show as custom after an official install?
Just concerned incase i need to send it back for repair thats all.
Many thanks for your help
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Should I stay on 4.2 as all I see is 4.3 problems...

Hi there,
I've been seeing so many errors with 4.3 on this forum it aint funny, I just want to know who has installed it on their device and has had no problems with it? I'm currently on 4.2.2
Currently on stock 4.3 and no problems at all except for those annoying Knox notifications. My device has never been rooted and I haven't changed the kernel whatsoever though.
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Carl Blance said:
Hi there,
I've been seeing so many errors with 4.3 on this forum it aint funny, I just want to know who has installed it on their device and has had no problems with it? I'm currently on 4.2.2
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I upgraded my i9506 to 4.3 ,to me it was like a bad move now I can't go back to 4.2 stock or custom ROMs since boot loader as been upgraded well that can be issue for me maybe because its carrier based and Knox keep blocking Super Su until you force install binaries and Su via CWM method or Odin
crossmedia said:
I upgraded my i9506 to 4.3 ,to me it was like a bad move now I can't go back to 4.2 stock or custom ROMs since boot loader as been upgraded well that can be issue for me maybe because its carrier based and Knox keep blocking Super Su until you force install binaries and Su via CWM method or Odin
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Go to the Play Store search "KNOX Disabler" install.
When you open it does the 2 at once, prompts the know message and asked for root access, when you grant the root access it then disable knox message, and your now free to enjoy your rooted without this annoying ****!
Peace.
Carl Blance said:
Hi there,
I've been seeing so many errors with 4.3 on this forum it aint funny, I just want to know who has installed it on their device and has had no problems with it? I'm currently on 4.2.2
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You can be on 4.3 without all the KNOX stuff. Choose a custom ROM that is based on 4.3.

Knox failed to install in kitkat

Hi folks!
I upgraded to KK via OTA.
I'm using knox a lot (don't laugh)...
When I tapped to open knox, it starts to install. This is where the problem is. Installation always stuck, randomly at any point. The furthest I got was up to 78% and it just stuck there.
I had cleared the cache partition using the N3 recovery as my phone is not rooted. Same issue.
Also I notice that after upgraded to kitkat, copy n paste doesn't work all the time...
Can anyone shed some light on my Knox n copy paste issue?
Thx in advance
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Potentially an issue with KNOX on KK, buuuut, I'd hazard a guess you need to do a full wipe as the old JB file system is probably interfering with it, JB + KK have different structures so maybe causing the issue.
Oh dear. .. I always hated full wipe on a stock rom...
Thx for the suggestion though
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radiikal said:
Hi folks!
I upgraded to KK via OTA.
I'm using knox a lot (don't laugh)...
When I tapped to open knox, it starts to install. This is where the problem is. Installation always stuck, randomly at any point. The furthest I got was up to 78% and it just stuck there.
I had cleared the cache partition using the N3 recovery as my phone is not rooted. Same issue.
Also I notice that after upgraded to kitkat, copy n paste doesn't work all the time...
Can anyone shed some light on my Knox n copy paste issue?
Thx in advance
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Hi, I too have exactly the same problem and it happened after I downloaded the latest updates released by Samsung for Note 3 (KK) in India. I am a regular KNOX user. I have dropped a support query to Samsung. Let me see what response I get.
It is surprising to see that there is no way to re-download and re-install the KNOX apk. Googlling only gives you ways to uninstall KNOX
I wish there is a way out without factory reset.
radiikal said:
Oh dear. .. I always hated full wipe on a stock rom...
Thx for the suggestion though
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U r lucky can get into home screen after update without full wipe.
I tried so, 3 times reflash the kk. No change. Till I have to do the thing I hate...... FULL WIPE!
And finally I go in home screen after few initial loading setup account.
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Hi,
Had the same issue and fixed it without the wipe. All I did was to go to app settings and clear the cache of knox installer app. After the reboot knox updated successfuly.
antique_sonic said:
U r lucky can get into home screen after update without full wipe.
I tried so, 3 times reflash the kk. No change. Till I have to do the thing I hate...... FULL WIPE!
And finally I go in home screen after few initial loading setup account.
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