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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

[Q] Re-Flashing stock rom on rooted device

I have a rooted N900 running stock rom, I want to reflash the stock rom, the question is; do I have to unroot first? Or I can flash it right without unrooting
I'm not concerned about warranty and reseting flash binary, I just want to get a clean stock rom again
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SlmAlslm said:
I have a rooted N900 running stock rom, I want to reflash the stock rom, the question is; do I have to unroot first? Or I can flash it right without unrooting
I'm not concerned about warranty and reseting flash binary, I just want to get a clean stock rom again
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Just flash stock rom with odin root will be gone and back to the day you got it

jaythenut said:
Just flash stock rom with odin root will be gone and back to the day you got it
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Thanks, I have a custom recovery (CWM), will it be gone after flashing the new rom?
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SlmAlslm said:
Thanks, I have a custom recovery (CWM), will it be gone after flashing the new rom?
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Yes everything will be gone
If you got CWM knox will be tripped
Have a look in download mode

I don't have knox counter in download mode, and I dont care if it is tripped or not, just want a clean stock rom again without bricking my device
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SlmAlslm said:
I don't have knox counter in download mode, and I dont care if it is tripped or not, just want a clean stock rom again without bricking my device
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Just flash stock rom and your be done

[Q] How do i know my device is knox secured?

Hey Xda,
I wan't to go custom again on my phone, i went back to stock for rma. But i've updated my phone...
how do i know i have knox installed?
I've added a picture with my phone status..
Greets,
Tunes

Yep...your bootloader is secured...knox will trigger 0x1 if you root it and/or flash custom rom or mods and you loose warranty
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GNoteAnte said:
Yep...your bootloader is secured...knox will trigger 0x1 if you root it and/or flash custom rom or mods and you loose warranty
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AAh shame.

Yeah...updating to 4.3 with knox was the worst thing i've done to my phone haha
I didn't know about knox until i rooted it and triggered 0x1 :/
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Is there anyway to un-knox a phone?

Does anyone know if its possible to remove the knox bootloader from a phone that applied the update?
Why can't we just odin an older stock tar? Will that not work?
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Not currently possible to rollback the bootloader, however there are a number of "un-knox'd" ROM's available.

You have some reading to do.
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Would running an un knoxed rom trip the warranty fuse knox enables? Are there any aosp/cm un knoxed roms out that u know of?
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All aosp/cm roms are unknoxed. That has nothing to do with the bootloader. Once an S4 has been upgraded to MJA or newer software you have the knox enabled bootloader and the only way not to trip the knox warranty flag is not to root it. This flag is pretty useless and means nothing to most users. It has no affect on your phone usage or modding ability. All it does is let Samsung know that you rooted the phone if you send it in to them for warranty work. They may or may not choose to work on your phone under warranty. It doesn't affect your ability to go to Sprint and have them fix your phone. It only matters if you are going to ship your phone to Samsung to fix. If you have insurance (TEP), best buy, square trade, or any other program than you are good, Just use your damn phone and enjoy it!

Oh good to hear thanks
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[Q] KNOX 0x1

(I9505)Can I flash firmware via Odin if my Knox void is 0x1 ?

As long as it will be completely stock formeare, knox will not be triggered
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Yes you can flash any firmware with triggered Knox, you just can't downgrade
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So thanks to all...
One more question. ..
When I'll back to stock,
I'll be able to receive OTA ?
Thanks ...

nicky3 said:
So thanks to all...
One more question. ..
When I'll back to stock,
I'll be able to receive OTA ?
Thanks ...
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Yes you will, if you don't have installed a custom recovery. You will get the official updates

Thanks...
Then, who care about KNOX ?

No one . In all seriousness in some countries Knox 0x1 does void warranty. I've send it to repair center with triggered Knox and they didn't say anything. I just used triangle away and flashed stock.
I wouldn't worry about it to much
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nicky3 said:
Thanks...
Then, who care about KNOX ?
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You can't use the APP Knox anymore and in some destinations they don't repair your phone if you damage it. (well they repair it but not for free)