Hi all,
I have samsung galaxcy s4 i9500 and i am from india if i flash some other countries stock firmware it will void my warranty or not?? and is there is any change in binary count if i flash with stock firmware??
rakesh595160 said:
Hi all,
I have samsung galaxcy s4 i9500 and i am from india if i flash some other countries stock firmware it will void my warranty or not?? and is there is any change in binary count if i flash with stock firmware??
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If u flash any other firmware yes u will increase the counter which is hidden and no option to make it 0 so that way u loose the warranty however as far as I know if u flash back the Indian firmware and give it to service incase of any repair etc they myte not notice 50-50 chances
This i m telling bcoz after flashing any stock firmware the phone status etc shows official
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I am not flashing any other firmware only flash the official firmware from odin.
If I flash Indian stock firmware from.samfirmware with odin it will raise any counter or not??
On my Road to Rooting & Roms etc
Right my only experience with Android is with my Nexus 7 & S4 LTE GT-I9505 baseband 19505XXUAMDM both with Nova Launcher/developer options used for a faster/smoother experience so just to get some understanding on the structure/model of Android please could someone who's well versed in Android answer my questions with LINKS where possible:
First my goal is to debloat my S4 to make it faster and free up space, then i'd like to overclock my S4 safely as im getting a Zerolemon battery when they arrive shortly so juice wont be a problem, i need some sort of recovery so that if i mess it up i can revert it back to stock and IT DOES NOT void the warranty incase my phone develops a fault in the future, now i wish to allow my external 64gb Samsung SDXC card to be used for apps/games etc
so the questions are:
i have read that Foldermount has to be done manually for each app is that the best method?
and is there another method or ROM that its built in so it can do this automatically so installed apps go straight to the external card?
i have read that you can get ROMS with built in recovery and are ROOTED is this the best way to go or to do ROOT<ROM<RECOVERY each one separately?
What is Binary Counter ? i believe its something to do with Samsung knowing youve been tinkering and voiding warranty
What is Custom kennel ? no idea
Best way to currently root my S4 ?
and make backup/recovery so Samsung wont know for warranty purposes ?
Best way to overclock my S4 and make it faster and slicker ?
Best way to debloat my S4 ?
thx in advance
rakesh595160 said:
I am not flashing any other firmware only flash the official firmware from odin.
If I flash Indian stock firmware from.samfirmware with odin it will raise any counter or not??
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Yes it will raise the counter even if u flash official firmware using odin
"Which is Hidden somewhere"
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drenco said:
Right my only experience with Android is with my Nexus 7 & S4 LTE GT-I9505 baseband 19505XXUAMDM both with Nova Launcher/developer options used for a faster/smoother experience so just to get some understanding on the structure/model of Android please could someone who's well versed in Android answer my questions with LINKS where possible:
First my goal is to debloat my S4 to make it faster and free up space, then i'd like to overclock my S4 safely as im getting a Zerolemon battery when they arrive shortly so juice wont be a problem, i need some sort of recovery so that if i mess it up i can revert it back to stock and IT DOES NOT void the warranty incase my phone develops a fault in the future, now i wish to allow my external 64gb Samsung SDXC card to be used for apps/games etc
so the questions are:
i have read that Foldermount has to be done manually for each app is that the best method?
and is there another method or ROM that its built in so it can do this automatically so installed apps go straight to the external card?
i have read that you can get ROMS with built in recovery and are ROOTED is this the best way to go or to do ROOT<ROM<RECOVERY each one separately?
What is Binary Counter ? i believe its something to do with Samsung knowing youve been tinkering and voiding warranty
What is Custom kennel ? no idea
Best way to currently root my S4 ?
and make backup/recovery so Samsung wont know for warranty purposes ?
Best way to overclock my S4 and make it faster and slicker ?
Best way to debloat my S4 ?
thx in advance
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2219803 ( Rooting i9505 )
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2281367 ( Recovery )
Folder mount is the good option for now may be in the coming days u ll have easy option as samsung is allowing app to sd card in cmng update will get to know in cmng days
Before installing rom u ll need to ROOT > have RECOVERY > once u have that u are all set to play with all different available Roms for ur model and ta there will be some ROMS pre rooted / with recovery
Q,What is Binary Counter ? i believe its something to do with Samsung knowing youve been tinkering and voiding warranty
A, Yes every time u flash firmware the counter increases ( Ur device will have Triangle away updated version which will make it 0 ) so ur warranty will be saved
There are couple of Roms which has already removed bloatware u can try those
havent searched for any overclock kernal / method i personally suggest stay away till all becomes more stable
However there will be some kernal which myte have or has overcloaking possible
Ever in future if u wanna make the device Stock u need to flash official firmware using odin / user triangle away to reset the counter etc
BAcking up ur current rom is possible after root and recovery thru recovery backup & Restore u can make a backup of ur current Firmware data etc
Note do all or any above steps at ur own risk
123hiten said:
Yes it will raise the counter even if u flash official firmware using odin
"Which is Hidden somewhere"
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2219803 ( Rooting i9505 )
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2281367 ( Recovery )
Folder mount is the good option for now may be in the coming days u ll have easy option as samsung is allowing app to sd card in cmng update will get to know in cmng days
Before installing rom u ll need to ROOT > have RECOVERY > once u have that u are all set to play with all different available Roms for ur model and ta there will be some ROMS pre rooted / with recovery
Q,What is Binary Counter ? i believe its something to do with Samsung knowing youve been tinkering and voiding warranty
A, Yes every time u flash firmware the counter increases ( Ur device will have Triangle away updated version which will make it 0 ) so ur warranty will be saved
There are couple of Roms which has already removed bloatware u can try those
havent searched for any overclock kernal / method i personally suggest stay away till all becomes more stable
However there will be some kernal which myte have or has overcloaking possible
Ever in future if u wanna make the device Stock u need to flash official firmware using odin / user triangle away to reset the counter etc
BAcking up ur current rom is possible after root and recovery thru recovery backup & Restore u can make a backup of ur current Firmware data etc
Note do all or any above steps at ur own risk
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Is this official Samsung update going to allow you to move the apps PLUS the data or just the apps as its the data part that takes up all of the storage ?
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scrub that im moving my questions to the newbie thread, thx
I did hear something like we won't be able to flash ANY stock ROM via ODIN again if you have Warranty bit set to 1? I didn't try yet however. Can't risk it. But what I think is we won't be able to flash those earlier builds with the older boot-loader. Or how is it really?
stanley08 said:
I did hear something like we won't be able to flash ANY stock ROM via ODIN again if you have Warranty bit set to 1? I didn't try yet however. Can't risk it. But what I think is we won't be able to flash those earlier builds with the older boot-loader. Or how is it really?
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Mine N900 Warranty Bit 0 and i use stock rom MJ6 from israel because my MJ7 indonesia drain so much battery life.
i tried to flash stock ROM MJ1 via Odin and it fail on NAND write and make my N900 on Brick status
so i re Flash with MJ6 and device back to normal with still bad battery life ... :crying:
have no idea to fix this battery life without root
because this warranty bit is freaking me out ...:crying:
cocomeoo said:
Mine N900 Warranty Bit 0 and i use stock rom MJ6 from israel because my MJ7 indonesia drain so much battery life.
i tried to flash stock ROM MJ1 via Odin and it fail on NAND write and make my N900 on Brick status
so i re Flash with MJ6 and device back to normal with still bad battery life ... :crying:
have no idea to fix this battery life without root
because this warranty bit is freaking me out ...:crying:
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Bricked? Did u need USB JIG to boot into download mode?
Try full wipe to fix battery issue. Or custom ROM.
stanley08 said:
Bricked? Did u need USB JIG to boot into download mode?
Try full wipe to fix battery issue. Or custom ROM.
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any news for Warranty Bit = 1 mate
have u tried to return to stock rom
thank u
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stanley08 said:
I did hear something like we won't be able to flash ANY stock ROM via ODIN again if you have Warranty bit set to 1? I didn't try yet however. Can't risk it. But what I think is we won't be able to flash those earlier builds with the older boot-loader. Or how is it really?
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you can flash stock rom .. here are instructions http://theunlockr.com/2013/10/13/how-to-unroot-the-samsung-galaxy-note-3/
you will not be able to flash stock rom when it warranty bit 1, this afternoon I tried to take it to samsung service center Indonesia, but they could not flash the original stock rom, because the ic flash is broken and they replaced the motherboard for free, and now I am just waiting for 3 days
@semeru
Your experience was a little don't make sense, was that so easy to break the IC with only warranty bit =1 after flashing stock rom and root it???
sammy was crazy to make such a low quality device, if this make sense, then you really freak me out because my warranty bit = 1. by the way how you could get free replacement if you got warranty bit=1? As I know Indonesian people always looking for someone mistake for not claimed a free warranty.
Here's for you :
I've root my note 3 N900 since XXUBMJ1 XSE and set everything into custom then I downloaded a full firmware from sammobile XXUCMJ7 XSE and successfully flash via Odin without fail and everything fresh like a new device. and Now I've rooted my N900 with XXUMJ7 XSE and warranty bit = 1.
My root method was flash CWM via odin then install superSU via CWM. Now if in the future I want to flash a new firmware, did zi get the same problem as you got? :crying: Please advice
sorry I also do not know, people in samsung service center said just like that, she said flash ic damaged, because I was flashing a rom via Odin many times and get the warranty bit 1. but i think she dont understand about warranty bit 1, because she does not discuss at all about warranty bit 1, they alone just can not re-flash the original rom, then they ask me to replace the motherboard that I offered for free because its still guarantee, so they can re-flash original rom, I was a little lie, I told her I bought a used note 3 from a friend, and never know about root. so i'm save
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@semeru
Your experience was a little don't make sense, was that so easy to break the IC with only warranty bit =1 after flashing stock rom and root it???
sammy was crazy to make such a low quality device, if this make sense, then you really freak me out because my warranty bit = 1. by the way how you could get free replacement if you got warranty bit=1? As I know Indonesian people always looking for someone mistake for not claimed a free warranty.
Here's for you :
I've root my note 3 N900 since XXUBMJ1 XSE and set everything into custom then I downloaded a full firmware from sammobile XXUCMJ7 XSE and successfully flash via Odin without fail and everything fresh like a new device. and Now I've rooted my N900 with XXUMJ7 XSE and warranty bit = 1.
My root method was flash CWM via odin then install superSU via CWM. Now if in the future I want to flash a new firmware, did zi get the same problem as you got? :crying: Please advice
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Hey mate! How is battery life on XXUMJ7? I am still on Stock MJ6 Rooted with Warranty bit = 1. Upgrade? Battery life better? thanks
@Stanley
No change but a little smoother on touch screen, but battery looks worse than XXUBMJ1, playing Temple Run OZ 1.6 a little fast draining battery life. I've trying to minimize battery draining by disable unused application in app manager like trip advisor, S-Health Samsung Link, Samsung Watch On, and S-Translator, and other application that seems useless until my RAM run at 1.16Gb than the first 1.77Gb. Then find running application that were not useful but always running at startup, but keep in mind if you disable an app, then you cannot use a related app you have enable it back.
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@semeru
You're really smart with that reason
Ok, there's no other way but to believe on what you said. My N900 now be the same as yours.
By the way, you flash what kind of ROM??? last week I just flash this Original XXUCMJ7 XSE to clean the my root and make a fresh install.
I haven't trying flash odexed ROM.
i got this warranty bit 1 after flashing that file via odin, maybe its contain its new bootlader, and i got bootloop on samsung logo, all i can do is just flash custom rom from dr.ketan.
semeru said:
i got this warranty bit 1 after flashing that file via odin, maybe its contain its new bootlader, and i got bootloop on samsung logo, all i can do is just flash custom rom from dr.ketan.
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Yes Correct, I've got that warranty bit = 1 because of that, Flashing a new complete ROM XXUCMJ7 from my last rooted XXUBMJ1.
Really damn that sammy, this will kill all cynaogen team, hope they getting smarter too.
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@stanley
If sammy said that flash IC is damaged and you get change into a new board, Now I have just tried flash a modem via Odin and it flashed successfully. if they said flash IC damage, we couldn't flash anything include CWM and modem.
I just want to go back to stockrom, just because I want to sell this note 3 and want to buy xperia z1 instead. I was very disappointed with the samsung, so I try to re flashing at authorized service center.
edit: yes i still can flash CF-Auto-Root-ha3g-ha3gxx-smn900, n900-cwm-recovery-6.0.4.4(1025), modem, csc, even my note 3 in a bootloop, but i just can't flash stockrom
@semeru
That sad you dissapoint with note 3.
Maybe me too, battery is going down a liitle fast. and sammy now playing with warranty bit that real scared user who want to mod their phone. really dissapoint, sammy don't realize how great modifying phone. modifying firmware always better than original stock firmware.
Thank you semeru for info. :cyclops:
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[/COLOR @semeru
One last question, what was the meaning of a bootloop???
no, i really loves this note 3, first i want to root my note 3 cause the battery life is worst, my note 2 is much better battery life, then after rooting it, i lost wifi, so i tried to flash stockrom, and i got this warranty bit 1 and bootloop
my fault because i'm not reading about why my wifi didnt work, but if you lose wifi, you can try in a build.prop ro.securestorage.support=true - change to false.
I actually do not really understand the languages of android, but as i know bootloop is you just stuck at samsung logo and can not boot into system
EDIT : hey, this afternoon samsung send sms that they finished and replaced with a new motherboard on my note 3, when I check the warranty bit 1 in download mode, no longer exists, but the current binary : samsung official , system status : custom but no root, and software update says your device has been modified. software updates are not available. bootloader N900XXUBMI5
I just bought my Exynos N900 phone and I'm about to flash a stock ROM just to have the latest version.
My Warranty Bit is 0 yet. Do you say that after flashing a stock ROM that would increase anyway? And if it goes to 1, I'd never be able to flash a Samsung ROM again??? WTH?
By the way, I'm in MJ6 as it came with the phone.
Thanks
if you have warranty bit= new boptloader(MJ7 bootloader) you only able flash stock MJ7 And newest roms cant able to flash old roms because u have new bootloader
Sent from my SM-N900 using xda app-developers app
CoolPyr0 said:
if you have warranty bit= new boptloader(MJ7 bootloader) you only able flash stock MJ7 And newest roms cant able to flash old roms because u have new bootloader
Sent from my SM-N900 using xda app-developers app
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Thanks Pyr0!
Althought I'm on MJ6. Let me see if I understood. I'll be able to flash newer Samsung ROMs but wouldn't be possible to flash older ones? That's how it goes?
Or I'll never be able to flash any Samsung ROMs, neither older or newer?
Dear All dev's of note 3 i am runing a lolipop rom and i flash bootloder and modem of leaked lolipop.i want to bacj to 4.4.2 or 4.4.4 what is the process plz tell me.
mahaveersoni said:
Dear All dev's of note 3 i am runing a lolipop rom and i flash bootloder and modem of leaked lolipop.i want to bacj to 4.4.2 or 4.4.4 what is the process plz tell me.
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did you make a so called pit backup.... if not then you cannot. this is a major issue for most of us. even on 4.4.2 you cannot flash 4.3 via odin or any method without tripping knox( means warranty void, for info search knox 0x1 )..... you cannot downgrade to kitkat now. so wait for official android l update. i will check and post whether u can root this firmware and make it more stable or not..... and one more thing because u flashed a leaked rom u will not get over the air updates or from kies.... u have to flash only official update of android l.
PLEASE PRESS THANKS BUTTON IF MY REPLY HELPED.... YOU MAY SEPARATELY CONTACT ME VIA GMAIL FOR DETAILED HELP.
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In my reply i state that u cannot downgrade without tripping knox..... So im talking about flashing custom roms not official stock firmware flash via odin
you clearly say that is possible to downgrade a n9005 to 4.3 if we don't care about knox then !
that is great new !
can you tell more please ?
jimi27 said:
you clearly say that is possible to downgrade a n9005 to 4.3 if we don't care about knox then !
that is great new !
can you tell more please ?
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Hmmmm great news hahahahah @mahaveersoni just flash ur kk rom via odin or restore your nandroid backup if you have one. I have done this many time LL to KK to LL to KK to LL. Doesnt matter if you flashed bootloader or not. But i m running n9005.
I've got a rooted S5: SM-G900F running 4.4.2
I managed to root without triggering KNOX.
I'd now like to update the phone to the latest available version - on the Virgin Mobile page that is Android 5.0 (https://community.virginmobile.com.au/t5/Support-Articles/Mobile-Software-Updates/ta-p/39921)
What's the easiest way to update it? Should I unroot, perform the official update, and then root, or is there an easier method? It's been a couple of years and I can't remember how I avoided KNOX before, and I'd like to do so again if possible.
Cheers,
Tony
from what ive seen, this is the international version. uncharted territory for me, but its likely more similar than different. Might want to check its specific forum as some idiosyncrasies do exist for the international one. like any galaxy device, you can get the firmware from sammobile.com and flash it in odin, but id just be careful as some of the firmwares make the phone unrootable and un-down gradable
Yes it's the international version.
In Mobile Odin Pro, it warns me that use of this software will trigger KNOX? Is that correct or is it just being extra cautious? My understanding was that I could flash official roms,, but KNOX would be triggered by flashing a Recovery??
Also - is there a good place to identify which ROMS are unrootable? - I assume I flash via MOP and then re-root?
Cheers
I'd stay away from mobile Odin man. Its been the source of many bricks in newer devices
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Also, you can flash whatever ROM you want as long as you have the right radios
So i fixed the bootloop with Odin (installing a J5 firmware of course not for my country cuz i am too dumb (facepalm) ) and i searched on my box and it says that this is my firmware SM-J530FZSDROM but i can't find it anywhere...
Who can help me get it ?
Thanks
(Btw. I have a system *only system partition* backuped in my sd card i tried restoring it but it was the boot loop again.. it has 2 gigas idk..)
Ps:forget the system backup i just want the entire firmware xd
What device do you have? J500 J510? Are you trying to go back to stock? And did you also enable OEM Unlock from developer settings? This will cause it to fail at aboot.bin if you haven't.
theashleyd123 said:
What device do you have? J500 J510? Are you trying to go back to stock? And did you also enable OEM Unlock from developer settings? This will cause it to fail at aboot.bin if you haven't.
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He has a J530 and if you read his post you would notice that he already flashed something over odin, so he has his OEM unlock ticked.
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Davyd69 said:
So i fixed the bootloop with Odin (installing a J5 firmware of course not for my country cuz i am too dumb (facepalm) ) and i searched on my box and it says that this is my firmware SM-J530FZSDROM but i can't find it anywhere...
Who can help me get it ?
Thanks
(Btw. I have a system *only system partition* backuped in my sd card i tried restoring it but it was the boot loop again.. it has 2 gigas idk..)
Ps:forget the system backup i just want the entire firmware xd
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If your sim is working on that firmware version, why would you try findimg your original one?
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He has a J530 and if you read his post you would notice that he already flashed something over odin, so he has his OEM unlock ticked.
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If your sim is working on that firmware version, why would you try findimg your original one?
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He only quoted the firmware filename did not specify which device he owns.
theashleyd123 said:
He only quoted the firmware filename did not specify which device he owns.
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You know that the device name is inside the samsung firmware filename?
If you have a J500FN your stoc firmware name starts with a J500 ??
Haxomen said:
You know that the device name is inside the samsung firmware filename?
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Well seeing as though he hadn't specified the device he was using I thought it would be a good suggestion to check he was flashing the correct firmware in the first place, I've got a different country for installed on my J510FN and do t have any bootloops.
BUT yes I do know that device names are inside the firmware name.
theashleyd123 said:
Well seeing as though he hadn't specified the device he was using I thought it would be a good suggestion to check he was flashing the correct firmware in the first place, I've got a different country for installed on my J510FN and do t have any bootloops.
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He had specified his device when he specified the firmware filename. Mine J510FN has a different country baseband and its working fine.
J5 2017 SM-J530F is my phone
My original firmware was SM-J530FZSDROM but i flashed with Odin the firmware SM-J530FXXU1AQF5 , i think its from Romania and yes the sim is working so that's the important thing i think.
But i still want the original firmware ...
Questions: Can i repair Knox?
With what to root safetly (to work with snapchat) ?
Thanks guys!
One more thing
And guys when i installed the TWRP with Odin , it was showing this errors : E: Error Grab/Realase and 2 numbers idk
I installed magisk partially with it because it wasn't working with Freedom (Please allow acces to system partition this was the error i got in Freedom) . After that before i got the bootloop i tryed installing magisk again from twrp and i got stucked in bootloop . Who could help me install root and twrp succesfuly ? Thanks.
The first question remains active: Who could search the firmware and give it to my i would owe him.
Davyd69 said:
My original firmware was SM-J530FZSDROM but i flashed with Odin the firmware SM-J530FXXU1AQF5 , i think its from Romania and yes the sim is working so that's the important thing i think.
But i still want the original firmware ...
Questions: Can i repair Knox?
With what to root safetly (to work with snapchat) ?
Thanks guys!
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You can't repair knox after it was tripped.
If you want your root to work with snapchat root with magisk or superSU with xposed modules for hideing root
Can you give me a link of supersu like installing without twrp , thanks. For SM-J530F