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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] Samsung S4, i337M, has been modified , cannot update error message ?

Product Name : SGHi337M
Current Binary : Samsung official
System Status : Custom
CSB0OEM_config _LSB : 0x30
Wrire protection : Enable
I am trying to update my samsung s4 with fido. I ordered a code online and unlocked it. Never flashed , never customized, bought Directly from FIDO store so there is no chance anybody else have altered it in anyways.
RIght now whenver we try to update it , it says it has been modified and cannot update.
Searched it few steps online, tried all steps , unmounted sd card , restarted without sd card but still giving me same message.
Already tried on kies but nothing happened when connected to kies either .
In download mode its giving me following message above,
please let me know if i can fix this problem,

Flash twrp, wipe system, and install mk6 4.3 official firmware using Odin. You will be OK for next update.
sent from my mobile device
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This will trip Knox and void warranty
sent from my mobile device

SaHiLzZ said:
Flash twrp, wipe system, and install mk6 4.3 official firmware using Odin. You will be OK for next update.
sent from my mobile device
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This will trip Knox and void warranty
sent from my mobile device
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[Q] Beginner Note 3 flashing failed.....please help.....

Hey guys,
I'm a noobie to flashing my phone and have attempted to do so, with no success and now my device is bricked.....so i'm looking for a handout here before I totally give up and see if the local Verizon store will help me at this point.....
Here's the story,
I attempted to installed a custom ROM using Safe strap, but couldn't get it to take. So, I then decided I no longer wanted my phone rooted. Downloaded an MD5 file, and used ODIN to attempt to flash it back to stock. Hit start in ODIN, then immediately got an error message, and now my phone only says that a firmware installation has failed and use the backup program.
Ok, so I tried downloading the MD5 file again and still have the same results. I keep getting the following screen when I attempt to flash it via ODIN on my phone:
ODIN MODE
Product Name: SM-N900V
CURRENT BINARY: Samsung Official
SYSTEM STATUS: Custom
KNOX KERNEL LOCK: OxO
KNOX WARRANTY VOID: Ox1
QUALCOMM SECUREBOOT: ENABLE (CSB)
AP SWREV: S1, T1, A1, A3, P1
WRITE PROTECTION: Enable
UDC START
SW REV CHECK FAIL : [aboot]Fused 3 > Binary 1
So I have no idea what i've done here by poking at it......and have no idea what to do now besides crawl for help and ask for forgiveness at Verizon.....
I'm currently downloading the latest MD5 file from Sammobile.com in a last attempt. The previous MD5 files were obtained via other sites.
Again, any help is appreciated.....

moparman20 said:
Hey guys,
I'm a noobie to flashing my phone and have attempted to do so, with no success and now my device is bricked.....so i'm looking for a handout here before I totally give up and see if the local Verizon store will help me at this point.....
Here's the story,
I attempted to installed a custom ROM using Safe strap, but couldn't get it to take. So, I then decided I no longer wanted my phone rooted. Downloaded an MD5 file, and used ODIN to attempt to flash it back to stock. Hit start in ODIN, then immediately got an error message, and now my phone only says that a firmware installation has failed and use the backup program.
Ok, so I tried downloading the MD5 file again and still have the same results. I keep getting the following screen when I attempt to flash it via ODIN on my phone:
ODIN MODE
Product Name: SM-N900V
CURRENT BINARY: Samsung Official
SYSTEM STATUS: Custom
KNOX KERNEL LOCK: OxO
KNOX WARRANTY VOID: Ox1
QUALCOMM SECUREBOOT: ENABLE (CSB)
AP SWREV: S1, T1, A1, A3, P1
WRITE PROTECTION: Enable
UDC START
SW REV CHECK FAIL : [aboot]Fused 3 > Binary 1
So I have no idea what i've done here by poking at it......and have no idea what to do now besides crawl for help and ask for forgiveness at Verizon.....
I'm currently downloading the latest MD5 file from Sammobile.com in a last attempt. The previous MD5 files were obtained via other sites.
Again, any help is appreciated.....
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You tried downgrading your bootloader. Flash your latest if you can find it.

Thank you for the help!
Is there any possibility I could ask for some help as to where to find the bootloader file? I'm assuming you find and download the file, then add it under the BL box in ODIN, in addition to checking the [Phone Bootloader Update] box?
Again, thank you for the help, I have no idea what to do next other than what you have helped with......and no phone now due to my own incompetence.....

moparman20 said:
Thank you for the help!
Is there any possibility I could ask for some help as to where to find the bootloader file? I'm assuming you find and download the file, then add it under the BL box in ODIN, in addition to checking the [Phone Bootloader Update] box?
Again, thank you for the help, I have no idea what to do next other than what you have helped with......and no phone now due to my own incompetence.....
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If you have the N900V firmware file to upgrade to, the bootloader will automatically be flashed in the PDA all-in-one file. No firmware comes without a bootloader already inside.
Just flash the latest firmware using Odin (if you can) and then everything will be flashed as a new system except your data which may remain.

nicholaschum said:
If you have the N900V firmware file to upgrade to, the bootloader will automatically be flashed in the PDA all-in-one file. No firmware comes without a bootloader already inside.
Just flash the latest firmware using Odin (if you can) and then everything will be flashed as a new system except your data which may remain.
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Got it. So, most likely what's happening is the MD5 (Frimware file) i'm trying to flash has an older bootloader than what's already on the phone, so i'm getting the error message telling me this. In essence, the phone is telling me i'm trying to downgrade and not allowing it.
I have located a new Frimware file via sammobile.com by typing in my model number (N900V) and the date was April 2014 for the file. Hopefully this is the right one, otherwise, I have no idea what to do next......as this is the latest file I can find by my limited experience/means.
So, once the download completes (not a paid member on sammobile) in about an hour, i'll give it a shot via ODIN and hopefully it works this time.
I will keep this thread updated as to the success/failure. Again, thank you for the help.......I have no idea what to do at this point other than take it in to the store and get scolded by them. Hopefully this MD5 file from sammobile is the right one

moparman20 said:
Got it. So, most likely what's happening is the MD5 (Frimware file) i'm trying to flash has an older bootloader than what's already on the phone, so i'm getting the error message telling me this. In essence, the phone is telling me i'm trying to downgrade and not allowing it.
I have located a new Frimware file via sammobile.com by typing in my model number (N900V) and the date was April 2014 for the file. Hopefully this is the right one, otherwise, I have no idea what to do next......as this is the latest file I can find by my limited experience/means.
So, once the download completes (not a paid member on sammobile) in about an hour, i'll give it a shot via ODIN and hopefully it works this time.
I will keep this thread updated as to the success/failure. Again, thank you for the help.......I have no idea what to do at this point other than take it in to the store and get scolded by them. Hopefully this MD5 file from sammobile is the right one
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The MD5 single file should be the AIO file that you only need to flash through AP, and it will handle everything by itself.

The file from sammobile.com flashed perfect! I have a phone again, thank you so much! I see my KNOX counter is still set to 0x1, I assume that will always indicate it has been tampered with?

moparman20 said:
The file from sammobile.com flashed perfect! I have a phone again, thank you so much! I see my KNOX counter is still set to 0x1, I assume that will always indicate it has been tampered with?
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Yeah KNOX 0x1 is permanent. No problem, next time just use the Thanks button!

[Q] (Stuck on Samsung Logo) Downgrade N900 from Lollipop to Kitkat

i couldn't find another thread with exactly my scenario. sorry if this is a duplicate.
i have the International SM-N900 model. it's unrooted and currently on:
Bootloader: N900XXUEBNL4
Baseband: N900DXUEBNL2
PDA: N900XXUEBNL4
CSC Version: N900OLBEBNL2
Build: LRX21V.N900XXUEBNL4
CSC Code: THL
Knox Warranty Void: 0x1
i already downloaded a 4.4.2 firmware file from sammobile:
N900XXUENJ3_N900OLBENI1_THL.zip
PDA: N900XXUENJ3
CSC: N900OLBENI1
i'm not sure what to do from here.

mrhomiec said:
i couldn't find another thread with exactly my scenario. sorry if this is a duplicate.
i have the International SM-N900 model. it's unrooted and currently on:
Bootloader: N900XXUEBNL4
Baseband: N900DXUEBNL2
PDA: N900XXUEBNL4
CSC Version: N900OLBEBNL2
Build: LRX21V.N900XXUEBNL4
CSC Code: THL
Knox Warranty Void: 0x1
i already downloaded a 4.4.2 firmware file from sammobile:
N900XXUENJ3_N900OLBENI1_THL.zip
PDA: N900XXUENJ3
CSC: N900OLBENI1
i'm not sure what to do from here.
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hello you are on lollipop and you would downgraded to 4.4.2?

Bruno saa said:
hello you are on lollipop and you would downgraded to 4.4.2?
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yes. that is my goal.

mrhomiec said:
yes. that is my goal.
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download Odin V3.09 or V3.10
turn your device on download mode and connect with your computer
unpack the ZIP archive
if you have 1 file
put on AP on Odin
verify check box re-repartition are not ticked (if you have PIT file for YOUR device put his on PIT and don't untick re-repartition)
if don't have PIT file , just have Auto reboot and F. Rest time ticked

Bruno saa said:
download Odin V3.09 or V3.10
turn your device on download mode and connect with your computer
unpack the ZIP archive
if you have 1 file
put on AP on Odin
verify check box re-repartition are not ticked (if you have PIT file for YOUR device put his on PIT and don't untick re-repartition)
if don't have PIT file , just have Auto reboot and F. Rest time ticked
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ok, the N900XXUENJ3_N900OLBENI1_THL.zip file has 2 files:
N900XXUENJ3_N900OLBENI1_N900DXUENI1_HOME.tar.md5
SS_DL.dll
i unpacked it, used the MD5 file as the AP in Odin 3.09. i only had Auto Reboot and F. Rest Time checked boxed.
i got the passed notice in Odin, but now i'm stuck on the Samsung logo. i'm going on 30 minutes waiting for it to boot.

mrhomiec said:
ok, the N900XXUENJ3_N900OLBENI1_THL.zip file has 2 files:
N900XXUENJ3_N900OLBENI1_N900DXUENI1_HOME.tar.md5
SS_DL.dll
i unpacked it, used the MD5 file as the AP in Odin 3.09. i only had Auto Reboot and F. Rest Time checked boxed.
i got the passed notice in Odin, but now i'm stuck on the Samsung logo. i'm going on 30 minutes waiting for it to boot.
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It's stuck on samsung logo or start?
if he stuck on samsung logo
return to lollipop and tell me when it's over

Just a quick question-if you are unrooted--just how did you get to the firmware that you were on when you started the thread? That is not an OTA update, surely?
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mrhomiec said:
ok, the N900XXUENJ3_N900OLBENI1_THL.zip file has 2 files:
N900XXUENJ3_N900OLBENI1_N900DXUENI1_HOME.tar.md5
SS_DL.dll
i unpacked it, used the MD5 file as the AP in Odin 3.09. i only had Auto Reboot and F. Rest Time checked boxed.
i got the passed notice in Odin, but now i'm stuck on the Samsung logo. i'm going on 30 minutes waiting for it to boot.
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Have you tried to pull the battery, reboot into Recovery, wipe user data and reboot?

haybill said:
Just a quick question-if you are unrooted--just how did you get to the firmware that you were on when you started the thread? That is not an OTA update, surely?
Have you tried to pull the battery, reboot into Recovery, wipe user data and reboot?
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when i followed the Thailand Lollipop leak thread, it unrooted my phone. i could never get it to flash SuperSU correctly (to then fix the bluetooth issue).
i ended up just flashing the Russian official Lollipop in Odin, to get my phone working again. and it seems like this official release fixed everything i hated about Lollipop.

I'm glad to hear that.

mrhomiec said:
when i followed the Thailand Lollipop leak thread, it unrooted my phone. i could never get it to flash SuperSU correctly (to then fix the bluetooth issue).
i ended up just flashing the Russian official Lollipop in Odin, to get my phone working again. and it seems like this official release fixed everything i hated about Lollipop.
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your problem is then resolved ?

Stock Marshmellow ROM for Samsung Galaxy S5 G900V

Hello all. I have been at this for a few weeks trying to get it figured out on my own before I posted here, but I am a little lost now. I've been following guides by Chainfire & jrkruse and I (after many attempts and researching threads on here) successfully rooted & unlocked my bootloader (thanks goes out to them, as well as phhussen and everyone else on this forum who has posted results on getting this type of stuff done, I could not have done it without you). Now I'm trying to get safteynet to pass (so I can play pokemon go with root) - this is where I am getting stuck.
I'm trying to use a suhide solution, but I could never get the phone to pass safetynet after I unrooted (so naturally, suhide isn't going to do me much good based off of the instructions, I was just trying it as a last resort to see if I could get it to work anyway with it installed). I think I need a stock rom, but I want to keep my recovery (so that way I can easily flash a rooted rom of MM or any other changes like suhide in there). Is there a way to do this? I can't seem to find any solution other than reformatting the device and flashing a stock image posted by jrkruse of lollipop (then upgrade to marshmellow via Verizon Desktop Agent). Is there no way to just flash a stock version of the OS, but keep the recovery / bootloader unlocked?
TL;DR: I am trying to get a close to stock OS installed (without root) and get safetynet passing. Then I will attempt to follow the suhide tutorial. I want to keep my bootloader unlocked and to keep my recovery. Is this possible to do? I have TWRP (latest version) installed on my Samsung Galaxy S5 G900V.

Yeah just flash in odin all partitions except recovery and sbl aboot and rpm download the firmware you want to be on then use 7 zip file manager and extract tar file and add to and choose all other partitions and make it a tar file and Flash it in Odin
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So I understand what odin is and extracting selective files by using 7zip, but I'm still not quite sure where I would get the stock image of everything. I can't seem to find an unmodified version of the entire MM image. I can only find the lollipop one from jrkruse.
EDIT: If it helps any, I am already on a version of MM with MM firmware.

Pd1 firmware is available on Sammobile. Com
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Pd1 mm firmware
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[email protected] said:
Pd1 firmware is available on Sammobile. Com
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Pd1 mm firmware
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Does it matter that I am PBF4? I'm assuming PD1 is lollipop firmware? I'm looking for Marshmellow. I could flash in Odin the lollipop stock everything right now. But then since I couldn't find a stock marshmellow image (at the moment), I would be stuck on lollipop.

Pd1 is marshmallow firmware
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I downloaded the PF4 version from sammobile.com (that is the current version I have on my phone now). Thanks for the link for that site. The way I am understanding you is just to take that compressed file, extract all but aboot.mbn, rpm.mbn, and sbl1.mbn, and then take those extracted files and create a .tar file; then flash with Odin - is this correct?

Yes that is true
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When I did that nothing changed (although odin said it flashed everything successfully in the logs, but all my apps and SuperSU remained). I wiped my system next time and flashed everything and this time TWRP came up and said that it could not stop the stock ROM from deleting TWRP. I thought I was in the clear, but so far the first attempt has left the phone on the Verizon checkmark screen. I restored my old image and am trying one more time. I'm not sure if it is supposed to take long? I flashed a .tar with the following in it:
- boot.img
- cache.img.ext4
- modem.bin
- NON-HLOS.bin
- sdi.mbn
- system.img.ext4
- tz.mbn
Before I flashed this .tar, I wiped the System, ARK=dalvik/cache, internal storage, and cache if that helps any.

You have to do a wipe after flash
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