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[GUIDE][HOW TO] Reset Binary Counter

How to get your custom flash count to 0 to return your device for warranty.
I did this on p3110 jellybean 4.2.2
Should work on other versions as well.
Required: Root access, Triangle Away, Odin Mobile , stock recovery image
As you all know, to get root access you need to flash custom recovery which increases your flash counter. But you need root access to to get triangle away to work. If you have custom recovery, every time the device restarts it automatically counts customs flash to 1....
But as you know flashing samsung stuff will not count towards the flash counter
1. Restore your tablet to stock: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2283598
Now in your freshly stock device:
2. Root your device,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1957160
This will increase your custom flash count.
3. Install Triangle away, Odin mobile.
4. Copy stock recovery image onto your device.
5. In Triangle Away, reset flash counter to 0. DO NOT REBOOT your device. At the moment your flash count is 0.
6. In Odin Mobile on your device, flash the stock recovery image. Your device is fully samsungified right now so flash counter will not increase everytime it reboots.
7. Odin mobile will automatically reboot once the flashing is done.
8. Your device will have a boot error which it will fix by itself (happened to me, not to sure it will happen to you)
Check your download mode on your device, it should say:
Custom Binary Download: No
Current Binary: SAMSUNG_OFFICIAL
I attached stock recovery image from Jellybean 4.2.2;
I tested it on Jellybean 4.1.2 it works as well.
Thank You.

Please rename ur thread as [GUIDE][HOW TO] RESET BINARY COUNTER
It seems more friendly and good otherwise people will mistaken u as a noob asking questions in development section seeing ur thread name.
Thanks for the guide.

Good guide. :good:

Can someone post recovery img for p3100, stock 4.1.2?
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You might forget to mention about unroot .

download rom e.g. from www.samsung-updates.com ; open the *.tar.md5 file and extract the recovery.img from there
If you are on Windows:
You can convert "recovery.img" by using Flashable-Recovery-Converter-P31XX-V1.7 into a flashable zip too (if you want to flash over CWM, PhilZ Touch or TWRP instead of MobileOdin).
Download and ectract trhe zip, put "recovery.img" into the same folder an run the "P31XX-flashable-recovery-converter.bat".

idhbar said:
Can someone post recovery img for p3100, stock 4.1.2?
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You might forget to mention about unroot .
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Is this about unrooting or reseting the counter?
Think before you post.

Luigi2012SM64DS said:
Is this about unrooting or reseting the counter?
Think before you post.
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Check out the first line of Op . It is all about get back the warrenty and unroot is the part of warrenty.
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I think you got your answer .

[Q] First try rooting phone and now its bricked help plz

Ok so i have been working on this for hours now. I have never rooted a my phone before and i decided to try. I rooted it no problem and set up a nandroid recovery with goomanager. Then i tried to enable hotspot using QBKing77's tutorial on youtube by adding custom files in the system folder. when i restarted i was stuck at the sprint yellow screen. I started recovery mode and tried to recover my previous back up. It did not work and i think it made things worse. Now my custom recovery is gone and i tried to install the original sprint rom in adin and it keeps failing at when i gets to nand write. I have no clue whats wrong. Is there any way to erase the entire phone are reinstall everything similar to a wipe and load on a computer?

We need a little more info, what software version were you on? MF9 MJA, MK2??? This is important because once you are on MJA or MK2 you cannot go back to the older versions because of the knox bootloader. The odin error you are reporting usually happens when you are trying to install an older than MJA version on an MJA or newer phone. Make sure you download either the MJA full tar file or the MK2 full tar file and try again. It's very important that you know what version you are on before you start installing mods, this is why your phone failed to boot after installing the hotspot mod.

TheHoboSlayer said:
Ok so i have been working on this for hours now. I have never rooted a my phone before and i decided to try. I rooted it no problem and set up a nandroid recovery with goomanager. Then i tried to enable hotspot using QBKing77's tutorial on youtube by adding custom files in the system folder. when i restarted i was stuck at the sprint yellow screen. I started recovery mode and tried to recover my previous back up. It did not work and i think it made things worse. Now my custom recovery is gone and i tried to install the original sprint rom in adin and it keeps failing at when i gets to nand write. I have no clue whats wrong. Is there any way to erase the entire phone are reinstall everything similar to a wipe and load on a computer?
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i have the same issue, please if anyone can offer some guidance we'd both really appreciate it!

Thank you that was the issue. I downloaded the android 4.3 tar from samsung-updates.com and flashed the PIT files and it started back up.

TheHoboSlayer said:
Thank you that was the issue. I downloaded the android 4.3 tar from samsung-updates.com and flashed the PIT files and it started back up.
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how do you flash the PIT files and where did you get them?

vcao333 said:
how do you flash the PIT files and where did you get them?
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You may not need the pit file I would try it with out it first. This is where i got got my pit sxtpdevelopers . com /showthread.php?t=235
This is for the sprint galaxy s4 though. Don't use if you have a different carrier. Put the pit file in the in Odin in the pit tab and the Android 4.3 tar file in the pda tab. It should work then. Again I would try without the pit file first.

bootloop
I've also tried flashing for the first time, followed the ROM developers directions, and now I have a bootloop with the message at the top of the splash screen "Set binary bit: kernel".
Any guidance?
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The ROM I was installing is Stock(ish), but I can't post in that thread since it's a developer thread, and I'm a newbie on this site, so that's why I'm asking here.

same here.. please help
pcknox said:
I've also tried flashing for the first time, followed the ROM developers directions, and now I have a bootloop with the message at the top of the splash screen "Set binary bit: kernel".
Any guidance?
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The ROM I was installing is Stock(ish), but I can't post in that thread since it's a developer thread, and I'm a newbie on this site, so that's why I'm asking here.
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i'm also getting the same thing when I turn my phone on and it keeps on rebooting please any1 out there help we would really appreciate it thanks in advance..

I've been looking so I could link you but I'm outta time! If you can still get to download mode you need a tar file of either mk2 or mja stock and then use Odin 3.07 and push it back in! Rooted or unrooted shouldn't matter but from what all I've seen and read this is about the only option you have!! Now this being if you were on mja or mk2 before you started!
Sent from my SCH-R970 using Tapatalk
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Try this thread for the tar file
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2509605
Sent from my SCH-R970 using Tapatalk

bignick1215 said:
I've been looking so I could link you but I'm outta time! If you can still get to download mode you need a tar file of either mk2 or mja stock and then use Odin 3.07 and push it back in! Rooted or unrooted shouldn't matter but from what all I've seen and read this is about the only option you have!! Now this being if you were on mja or mk2 before you started!
Sent from my SCH-R970 using Tapatalk
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Try this thread for the tar file
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2509605
Sent from my SCH-R970 using Tapatalk
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thanks for your advice ill look into it, I believe I have done all your steps but I'll try again and look into the link you posted up thanks one again for your help..

bignick1215 said:
I've been looking so I could link you but I'm outta time! If you can still get to download mode you need a tar file of either mk2 or mja stock and then use Odin 3.07 and push it back in! Rooted or unrooted shouldn't matter but from what all I've seen and read this is about the only option you have!! Now this being if you were on mja or mk2 before you started!
Sent from my SCH-R970 using Tapatalk
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Try this thread for the tar file
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2509605
Sent from my SCH-R970 using Tapatalk
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i fallowed the steps from the link and i was able to get out of reboot loop now im stuck with the Samsung logo and a blue light at the top of my phone any ideas thanks...

The blue light probably says rebooting recovery! If so this worked for me. Pull battery then boot into download mode press up to continue wait for a minute then pull battery and try to reboot!
Sent from my SCH-R970 using Tapatalk

bignick1215 said:
The blue light probably says rebooting recovery! If so this worked for me. Pull battery then boot into download mode press up to continue wait for a minute then pull battery and try to reboot!
Sent from my SCH-R970 using Tapatalk
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i was able to get it working again, i downloaded the tar file from the link you put up and used odin to flash theni got stuck on the Samsung logo so i took the battery out and put it on recovery mode and did a factory reset and rebooted and it did the trick thanks alot. if this helps you or any1 else out there remember to give thumbs up.

Problem with the partition table

Hi all....
Today i was trying to flash the latest firmware for my i9506 (I9506XXUBNA2).
All flashing went fine...until it reaches the "Hidden" partition.
So....a big FAIL appears.
I was facing the same problem when i flashed the France(Orange) 4.3 firmware but then the problem was solved by flashing Philz recovery and rebooted.
Now it doesn`t work anymore...it gets stuck at booting animation.
Any solution for this?Maybe a .pit file will solve the problem?
Thank you!

Problem solved!It wasn`t the partition table the problem.Even so...Odin still gives "FAIL" error when trying to flash "Hidden" partition.
The main problem when updating to 4.3 is the recovery partion wich is not flashed properly.
So...if you want to update to latest 4.3 (with no errors after booting, like Samsung Keboard FC`ing every 5 seconds) try this firmware, this Odin and this recovery!
So....at first...flast the attached firmware via Odin!
Uncheck the "Auto Reboot" box.
Odin will "FAIL" to flash "HIDDEN" partition!
Don`t worry....just press and keep the power+volume down buttons until the phone reboots again in download mode.
Reset Odin and again, uncheck the "Auto Reboot" box before flashing "recovery.tar.md5"
Flash "recovery.tar.md5" provided here!
After the recovery is flashed, first the boot must be in recovery mode!enter in recovery mode by pressing and keeping volume up and power button.
In recovery mode the phone automatically will flash something on your device!
After that....the phone will reboot!
That`s it!
I don`t know if this method will void the Knox warranty because i already have KNOX WARRANTY VOID : 0x1 so try at your own risk!

Moved here and OP please read the Forum Rules on posting, as this does not belong in the Dev Sections. Thanks

still with "samsung keyboard error"
hey man!
i've tried your procedure. i still got the keyboard stopped error. i used the odin, rom and recovery you have provided.
have you done re-partition? i havent done re-partition. maybe that could be the reason why i still had that error. do you have other solution for that?
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marbayn said:
hey man!
i've tried your procedure. i still got the keyboard stopped error. i used the odin, rom and recovery you have provided.
have you done re-partition? i havent done re-partition. maybe that could be the reason why i still had that error. do you have other solution for that?
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im so sorry to what i have said this procedure doesnt work. this procedure is tested by me and it worked without keyboard error after reboot.
THE PROCEDURE MUST BE FOLLOWED RELIGIOUSLY!
NO AUTO REBOOT IS A MUST, YOUR VERY FIRST BOOT MUST BE IN "RECOVERY MODE"
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THANK YOU VERY MUCH "aresbv2000" !!!
YOUR PROCEDURE WORKED!
I failed because i didnt follow the whole procedure properly. now i realized how crucial tiny details is.
"NO AUTO REBOOT IN ODIN, THE VERY FIRST BOOT MUST BE IN RECOVERY MODE"
:laugh::good:

marbayn said:
hey man!
i've tried your procedure. i still got the keyboard stopped error. i used the odin, rom and recovery you have provided.
have you done re-partition? i havent done re-partition. maybe that could be the reason why i still had that error. do you have other solution for that?
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im so sorry to what i have said this procedure doesnt work. this procedure is tested by me and it worked without keyboard error after reboot.
THE PROCEDURE MUST BE FOLLOWED RELIGIOUSLY!
NO AUTO REBOOT IS A MUST, YOUR VERY FIRST BOOT MUST BE IN "RECOVERY MODE"
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THANK YOU VERY MUCH "aresbv2000" !!!
YOUR PROCEDURE WORKED!
I failed because i didnt follow the whole procedure properly. now i realized how crucial tiny details is.
"NO AUTO REBOOT IN ODIN, THE VERY FIRST BOOT MUST BE IN RECOVERY MODE"
:laugh::good:
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I have tried the procedure but it doesn"t work. have you done re-partition when you flash recovery ?

souhail.beraich said:
I have tried the procedure but it doesn"t work. have you done re-partition when you flash recovery ?
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Just try again and right after you flashed the recovery image reboot right away to recovery mode. Press volume up and power right away.

marbayn said:
Just try again and right after you flashed the recovery image reboot right away to recovery mode. Press volume up and power right away.
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have you done re-partition when you flash recovery image ?

souhail.beraich said:
have you done re-partition when you flash recovery image ?
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I did not tick re-partition.:good:

root won't stick
again you saved my ass! my samsung keyboard is now working!
next and only issue left is to make root stick! i downloaded "http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2529064" and flashed via philz touch. i gain root on one boot only.. supersu is fcuked, wont block knox or install su binarys. but all apps gain root access except "es file explorer" which won't enable "root explorer". if i only soft reboot the root sticks.
anyone successfully rooted i9506 4.3?

I have one problem after this, my Wifi aint wokin, any idea on how to fix that ?

Celzeron said:
I have one problem after this, my Wifi aint wokin, any idea on how to fix that ?
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Redid the operartion with the french Rom and it now seems to be working :good::good:
Thx a bunch for this post, i would have been fcuked without it :cyclops:

This post just saved my day

aresbv2000 said:
Problem solved!It wasn`t the partition table the problem.Even so...Odin still gives "FAIL" error when trying to flash "Hidden" partition.
The main problem when updating to 4.3 is the recovery partion wich is not flashed properly.
So...if you want to update to latest 4.3 (with no errors after booting, like Samsung Keboard FC`ing every 5 seconds) try this firmware, this Odin and this recovery!
So....at first...flast the attached firmware via Odin!
Uncheck the "Auto Reboot" box.
Odin will "FAIL" to flash "HIDDEN" partition!
Don`t worry....just press and keep the power+volume down buttons until the phone reboots again in download mode.
Reset Odin and again, uncheck the "Auto Reboot" box before flashing "recovery.tar.md5"
Flash "recovery.tar.md5" provided here!
After the recovery is flashed, first the boot must be in recovery mode!enter in recovery mode by pressing and keeping volume up and power button.
In recovery mode the phone automatically will flash something on your device!
After that....the phone will reboot!
That`s it!
I don`t know if this method will void the Knox warranty because i already have KNOX WARRANTY VOID : 0x1 so try at your own risk!
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hi , please , can you post new link ?? thx

allal123 said:
hi , please , can you post new link ?? thx
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Sorry mate...i do not own this phone anymore! I`ve had enough with this crappy Sam****! Now I have a Sony Xperia Z1 Compact! 10x better than Samsung! This is just my opinion....not a negative publicity! Have a nice day my friend!

this phone is not a crappy phone
here is the link where Our phone is so much alive.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2597058
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its maturing here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2767448

Maybe is too late but will help to some other members.
Wanted to root mine i9506 so i must change build for proper root
I got same problem but mine case was 5.0.1 Lolipop ,Odin will fail flashing hidden part
Flashed with same version and country origin of mine phone.
After phone ON get some errors android process stoped bla bla bla
Factory reset with Vol UP + home + power and now all fine

recovery says cant do normal boot

Hello everyone i just need help on my sm g7102,i tried flashing a custom recovery(cwm/twrp) but nothing happens through odin as my device says it cant do normal boot and go through download mode..i dont know what to do i tried all custom recoveries but it goes to the same problem. But luckily i have rooted my device, so the only thing to do is to have a custom recovery.

Happened to me to...dont panic...just take the battery out...2 to 3 times and try to go to download mode...then dont do anything just restart the device....best of luck and...dont use odin ...use flashify app for recovery flashing...hit like if helped
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Andt do this..
1. ) Switch off the phone
2.) GO TO DOWNLOAD MODE
3.) DOWNLOAD THE ORIGINAL RECOVERY OF GRAND 2 SM-7102 FORM GOOGLE
4.) FLASH IT VIA ODIN
5.) AND THEN TRY TO RESTART THE PHONE.
BEST OF LUCK

Maybe You are on JB.
Had this Problem before.
You need to be on KK

thanks to all of you i just fixed it i just flashed the cwm for KK version on odin and it works. thanks to all of you!

Odin failed

I have a S7 and I lost imei after flash superman rom
Then I tried to flash back to stock rom via Odin it got failed at recovery.img . Lost Baseband and Imei Help me pls how do I get my imei back and how to fix that I can't flash to stock rom:crying:

There is a way to recover imie if lost with superman. It automatically backs up the imie. I don't remember it. I'll try to find it in the next few days. But in the mean time have a look. I think it says on that page and also Luca griffos site. I hope the backup file was not deleted ever.
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Did you back up efs partition? That could help heaps too.

I didn't backup my efs ?

Need to download and flash latest software

bodomfan said:
Need to download and flash latest software
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Already do it and failed at recovery.img

Not sure then

qiw1234 said:
Already do it and failed at recovery.img
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I too have this problem … did you fix it?