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[Q] Warranty

I have bought my sgs2 from samsung Romania. They say if i flash any other firmware beside the official one for Romania via Kies, i lose the warranty.
I can hardly help it to stay stock:|. I am looking to root, flash updates, customs roms.
My question is: Can i revert to the stock official XWKE2, unroot, etc just as out of the box, so that the phone can appear untweaked and have the warranty again ? Is there a way the guys at the service find out that the phone was flashed?
Thanks in advance for your answers!

Alekxxx said:
I have bought my sgs2 from samsung Romania. They say if i flash any other firmware beside the official one for Romania via Kies, i lose the warranty.
I can hardly help it to stay stock:|. I am looking to root, flash updates, customs roms.
My question is: Can i revert to the stock official XWKE2, unroot, etc just as out of the box, so that the phone can appear untweaked and have the warranty again ? Is there a way the guys at the service find out that the phone was flashed?
Thanks in advance for your answers!
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Yes if you have a copy of the original .
jje

how do i find a copy? from where can i download ?
on xda? i'll try a search

http://www.samfirmware.com/WEBPROTECT-i9100.htm
oh and btw,
if you flash a custom binary, it voids your warranty, even if you flash back to stock.
everytime you flash a custom binary, it notes how many times you flashed a custom binary.
if you would send your device back to your carrier, they can easily check if there was a custom binary flashed on your phone.
I would suggest, that you get an USB jig off ebay or somewhere else. with it, you can reset this counter, and you get your warranty back(price is around 8$).

Alekxxx said:
how do i find a copy? from where can i download ?
on xda? i'll try a search
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DEV section xda branded roms .
jje

Odin Reset

Hello guys, I'm new galaxy note3 user, I have one question, I want to reset my phone via odin, will it trip knox counter or woid warranty ? Thank you

bekasulaberidze said:
Hello guys, I'm new galaxy note3 user, I have one question, I want to reset my phone via odin, will it trip knox counter or woid warranty ? Thank you
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So long as you're flashing official firmware for an upgrade or the same firmware you have now, it won't trip no.

radicalisto said:
So long as you're flashing official firmware for an upgrade or the same firmware you have now, it won't trip no.
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Thank you !

bekasulaberidze said:
Thank you !
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I flashed Russian version of 4.4.2 version, when I put my phone i download mode it shows - RP SWREW: A4 - what does it mean ?

radicalisto said:
So long as you're flashing official firmware for an upgrade or the same firmware you have now, it won't trip no.
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I flashed Russian version of 4.4.2 version, when I put my phone i download mode it shows - RP SWREW: A4 - what does it mean ?

bekasulaberidze said:
I flashed Russian version of 4.4.2 version, when I put my phone i download mode it shows - RP SWREW: A4 - what does it mean ?
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I thinks that this is some sort of boot loader version related to kitkat, as the same occurs to me, and this piece of info was alos confirmed by a senior member here at this group, check my thread and the reply
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2631413

[Q] Problems. Return to warranty

Hi all,
Im having some problems with my I9505 from poor wi-fi, slow transfer rates, and some problems with cam, when using 4.3 camera version recorded vídeo is garbled, tryed it with several roms never with stock 4.3 because of knox, and major battery problems too, phone starts to soft reset when in low battery and charge times are not consistent.
I have now a Omega rom v19-XXUEML6 baseband XXUEMJ5, cant see anything about knox on download mode.
I want to send it to warranty,
The plan was, to go to a pre-rooted stock rom install triangle away reset all to original, and install the latest version available for TPH and test the problems again, the problem is that i need to do it safely or all the problems might not be fixed in warranty if knox is tripped somehow.
Apreciate any help.
Thanks in advance.

Saltao said:
Hi all,
Im having some problems with my I9505 from poor wi-fi, slow transfer rates, and some problems with cam, when using 4.3 camera version recorded vídeo is garbled, tryed it with several roms never with stock 4.3 because of knox, and major battery problems too, phone starts to soft reset when in low battery and charge times are not consistent.
I have now a Omega rom v19-XXUEML6 baseband XXUEMJ5, cant see anything about knox on download mode.
I want to send it to warranty,
The plan was, to go to a pre-rooted stock rom install triangle away reset all to original, and install the latest version available for TPH and test the problems again, the problem is that i need to do it safely or all the problems might not be fixed in warranty if knox is tripped somehow.
Apreciate any help.
Thanks in advance.
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since u never flashed stock Samsung,u should not have Knox counter ..
Go to download mode to confirm,if there's no Knox counter there,simply use triangle away,reset binary counter to 0(make sure to return to stock 4.2.2 first) then send it to warranty.
For quick access,use https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.vndnguyen.phoneinfo
Sent from my GT-I9500

Hi the problem is that i need 4.3 to check the camera malfunction. And to use triangle away and make all original i need a rooted stock ROM.
Enviado do meu GT-I9505 através de Tapatalk

Maybe i didnt explain correctly, o tried a lot of roms just to fix the 4.3 camera app, none of them work, video recordings image is completely out of focus and i dont know the word to decribe the picture garbled, mixed in bands...
To complain i need to test the camera app in 4.3 stock rom.
Any other help?

Dial *#0*# and test the camera from there.

It doesnt help. As i said it only happens on video recording, there is no test for that on the option.
Again, the only thing im asking help for is to install a clean 4.3 stock rom with staus original to return to warranty
Thanks again for any help.

Saltao said:
It doesnt help. As i said it only happens on video recording, there is no test for that on the option.
Again, the only thing im asking help for is to install a clean 4.3 stock rom with staus original to return to warranty
Thanks again for any help.
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Any help please??

[Q] Flash modem affect warranty?

Hi there
My galaxy s5 got into water yesterday so I checked the back of the phone and saw the litmus paper became red, then I thought that now I can finally root my phone without concerning lol ), then I flashed Modem: XXU1ANI1 and intend to flash rom later. But then I told my friend who works at Samsung Services and he checked my phone and said that it has no problem so it is still under warranty. So I want to ask you guys that whether I flashed the modem XXU1ANI1 affect my warranty or later if I can update stock firmware via OTA. Can I flash back to the latest stock modem XXU1ANG3 for G900H Vietnam without tripping knox? or if it has any problem?
Please help me , I really appreciate any help you guys can provide.

phong2503 said:
Hi there
My galaxy s5 got into water yesterday so I checked the back of the phone and saw the litmus paper became red, then I thought that now I can finally root my phone without concerning lol ), then I flashed Modem: XXU1ANI1 and intend to flash rom later. But then I told my friend who works at Samsung Services and he checked my phone and said that it has no problem so it is still under warranty. So I want to ask you guys that whether I flashed the modem XXU1ANI1 affect my warranty or later if I can update stock firmware via OTA. Can I flash back to the latest stock modem XXU1ANG3 for G900H Vietnam without tripping knox? or if it has any problem?
Please help me , I really appreciate any help you guys can provide.
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Yes, you can flash back to your stock modem without tripping Knox (if it has not been tripped).
To check whether your Knox was tripped or not, you can use Phone INFO ★Samsung★ app and look for the Knox Warranty Void status (under GENERAL INFO section).

Thank you so much

Noob questions about king of nougat 4.2

Hello all,
Sorry if my question has already been answered, didn't find it.
I'm iOS fluent, just coming to Android World with a G935FD, so quite a noob here (already played with a S5 and flashing)
I wanted to install King of Nougat on my phone, but I have some questions:
- it says that "knox removed", does it means "knox tripped" or "knox not tripped but won't be usable unless go back to a Samsung official rom"?
- I'm french, is XEF CSC included? If not, can I flash it by Odin (or TWRP) after? And were to find CSC for Nougat Beta?
- Does VoLTE/Wifi Calling/visual "answering machine" (don't know how it's called in english, messagerie vocale visuelle en français) work?
Very big thanks and again, sorry if it has been already answered

valiran said:
Hello all,
Sorry if my question has already been answered, didn't find it.
I'm iOS fluent, just coming to Android World with a G935FD, so quite a noob here (already played with a S5 and flashing)
I wanted to install King of Nougat on my phone, but I have some questions:
- it says that "knox removed", does it means "knox tripped" or "knox not tripped but won't be usable unless go back to a Samsung official rom"?
- I'm french, is XEF CSC included? If not, can I flash it by Odin (or TWRP) after? And were to find CSC for Nougat Beta?
- Does VoLTE/Wifi Calling/visual "answering machine" (don't know how it's called in english, messagerie vocale visuelle en fran?ais) work?
Very big thanks and again, sorry if it has been already answered
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1) KNOX removed means the dev has removed the KNOX apps and processes built-in to the Stock Samsung ROM. Flashing this will trip KNOX and void your warranty, you will be able to flash back to stock if you want, but KNOX will stay tripped and your warranty will still be void.
2) Don't know if it's included, ROM thread doesn't mention. You can ask in the Nougat Beta thread in the Q&A section. You can flash CSCs using Odin.
3) No idea about the visual answering machine, but if your carrier supports VoLTE and you flash the correct CSC, it should work, but don't take my word for it.
Also, welcome to the Android world.

Hello and thanks for your answer!
Maybe you can help me choose another rom?
What I want is:
- keeping touchwiz
- going on nougat
- having a better optimized kernel
- keeping Knox
Is that exists?
Thanks!

valiran said:
Hello and thanks for your answer!
Maybe you can help me choose another rom?
What I want is:
- keeping touchwiz
- going on nougat
- having a better optimized kernel
- keeping Knox
Is that exists?
Thanks!
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Currently there is no custom rom that allows you to keep Knox intact.
Flashing any other kernal other stock automatically trips knox.
Depending on your location offical nougat may not come out for stock roms until the 2nd quarter of 2017.

valiran said:
Hello and thanks for your answer!
Maybe you can help me choose another rom?
What I want is:
- keeping touchwiz
- going on nougat
- having a better optimized kernel
- keeping Knox
Is that exists?
Thanks!
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-All ROMs have TouchWiz, except the unofficial CM builds obviously.
-Majority of Custom ROMs for S7E are based on Nougat Beta.
-Dunno about that.
-Not possible. Any Custom ROM, no matter how close to stock it is, will trip KNOX and void warranty.
I'd say wait for Official Nougat to drop and stick with that. I'm also impatient but I'm hanging around with Marshmallow, don't wanna trip KNOX just yet.

Ok, I will give a try to King of nougat.
Shall I follow this guide first => recovery-official-twrp-hero2lte-3-0-0-0-t3334084
Or shall I only follow King Of Nougat guide?
Remember, my phone is like out of the box, with a french official samsung rom
Big Thanks

valiran said:
Ok, I will give a try to King of nougat.
Shall I follow this guide first => recovery-official-twrp-hero2lte-3-0-0-0-t3334084
Or shall I only follow King Of Nougat guide?
Remember, my phone is like out of the box, with a french official samsung rom
Big Thanks
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Hi,
The King of Nougat guide tells you to flash the TWRP using Odin, which I assume will be better explained on the TWRP thread. So if you're unsure about what to do, then follow the TWRP guide on flashing itself and then continue from there on the King of Nougat guide.
All the best,
~Lord

Ok thanks !