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Some question bout galaxy ace s5830i

Just bought an ace not long ago, I have a friend who knows how to mod the phone but mine is an ace s5830i and his phone is the previous one. So here are my question.
1 - Difference between flash and root
2 - After doing modifications on the phone, ( root/ flash ), let's say if theres something wrong with my phone, can I claim the warranty?
3 - After flash/root, will my data on apps and games will be wiped?

1- http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/Jargon_list
2- yes. reflash stock rom with odin to erase all trace of modification.
3- after rooting, no. after flashing, yes.

an0nym0us_ said:
2- yes. reflash stock rom with odin to erase all trace of modification.
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this thing is definitely not possible as its having custom binary counter which haven't been cracked till now

thanks for the correction. i guess once the do custom kernel flashing they stuck with warranty voided until someone can find a way to reset that counter

an0nym0us_ said:
thanks for the correction. i guess once the do custom kernel flashing they stuck with warranty voided until someone can find a way to reset that counter
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lol but if it flashed correctly then how it doesn't booted or changed things

I thought flashing a stock ROM via Odin3 will erase the counter ?
This was sent from a Galaxy Ace. Problem?

EmoBoiix3 said:
I thought flashing a stock ROM via Odin3 will erase the counter ?
This was sent from a Galaxy Ace. Problem?
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I have 4 stock roms right now for this device, but none of them were able to flash using Odin3 v1.85

nishirao91 said:
I have 4 stock roms right now for this device, but none of them were able to flash using Odin3 v1.85
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Did you use the Galaxy Y's .pit ?
This was sent from a Galaxy Ace. Problem?

EmoBoiix3 said:
Did you use the Galaxy Y's .pit ?
This was sent from a Galaxy Ace. Problem?
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Me too... I have to reinstall my device yesterday cause of no sound and no phone calls... I have onefile images and firmewares with more than one files ... Only the second i was able to install (more than one file boot, pda and so on)
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My guess is the binary counter is in a hidden partition. Flashing via odin wont touch it

EmoBoiix3 said:
Did you use the Galaxy Y's .pit ?
This was sent from a Galaxy Ace. Problem?
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s the pit file for Samsung y n our device r same according to Samfirmware.com ..still was not able to flash them even without pit file

an0nym0us_ said:
My guess is the binary counter is in a hidden partition. Flashing via odin wont touch it
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Phones like the Galaxy R and SII reset the binary counter when flashing Stock ROM via JTAG
This was sent from a Galaxy Ace. Problem?

Just found this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=25641592

[Solved] Reset binary counter and remove yellow triangle without a jig when bricked

Please read this first:
I was able to reset the binary counter and remove the yellow triangle by using the method described in #13 of this thread, but you should understand that my phone was already soft-bricked. As you will know from reading posts #18 and #21, that the Angelom kernel 1.2 should be used to reset your binary counter and remove the yellow triangle, ONLY WHEN your device is ALREADY bricked, otherwise you may brick your working device. Be cautioned.
Original post:
I have been struggling for two days now with an issue of some kind of brick. Without going into whether it is a soft brick or a hard brick, this is how my situation is:
- I can boot into download mode
- I can boot into stock recovery mode
- I am unable to flash any ROM as all of them get stuck at factoryfs
- I flashed several kernels, stock as well as custom, and the latest kernel I flashed was a CF kernel
- After flashing the CF kernel, I saw the yellow triangle at the Samsung boot prompt and the flash counter increased by 1
- I flashed a stock kernel over the CF kernel which made the yellow triangle go away, but I still have the flash count increased
I do not wish to go for any trial and error methods now, so I am thinking of sending my Note to Samsung for repairs. Can someone help me with resetting the flash counter to 0? I do not wish to sound impatient, but I really do not have much time to wait for the JIG solution, so if someone can help with resetting the flash counter without using JIG, it would greatly help.
I have insurance on my phone and I bought the phone a week ago. Please also let me know if I can use my insurance if Samsung decides to charge me. Ideally, I would like a replacement, as it is a confirmed bug from Google that caused my phone to be bricked, and also since I have had the phone only for a week, but I don't know how to convince the seller I need a new phone, as they will try to get it fixed and return the same back.
Is there anything else other than the flash counter that I should wipe/reset before sending it to Samsung? I took a Nandroid backup of a stock odexed GB ROM last week which is under a folder called "CWM". Is the CWM folder in the internal storage (USB storage) or the external SD card? If it is in internal, how do I wipe it? My phone doesn't have any battery so I can't check the location of CWM folder myself.
Thanks.

If you can still enter download mode, there is hope to flash a stock rom.You need the pit file,matching your device version(16 or 32 gb). Also a bootloader wouldn't hurt to have around.
I got 3 errors when i first tried to flash my note,but i solved it with the pit file.Just google for it.

kimitza said:
If you can still enter download mode, there is hope to flash a stock rom.You need the pit file,matching your device version(16 or 32 gb). Also a bootloader wouldn't hurt to have around.
I got 3 errors when i first tried to flash my note,but i solved it with the pit file.Just google for it.
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I have tried flashing stock ROMs but none of them came with a PIT file or a bootloader. I have tried installing a stock bootloader too, by itself, but nothing allows me to go beyond factoryfs. Are you saying flashing a stock ROM with a matching PIT can make the difference?

There's a sticky thread in Development called
How to reset your counter.

chasmodo said:
There's a sticky thread in Development called
How to reset your counter.
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Thanks, I know about it, but I do not have the time to buy the JIG, wait for it and try it out on my device, if that's what you refer to. I am in a time crunch as my 15 days of purchase of this phone will be complete next week, and beyond that I wouldn't get any special privileges from the seller. This is why, I am looking for a method that involves flashing using Odin or stock CWM. It's a long shot, but I am hoping someone can help.

Jig is the only way for you to reset the counter on a bricked phone, sorry.

Wasnt there a kernel that Angelom did to reset the flash counter on his superbricks with Team Rocket ICS?
Maybe dig up the old thread in the dev section and check. It was a quick and dirty to reset counter and make it official again.

hkgrob said:
Wasnt there a kernel that Angelom did to reset the flash counter on his superbricks with Team Rocket ICS?
Maybe dig up the old thread in the dev section and check. It was a quick and dirty to reset counter and make it official again.
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Yes, you are right! I completely forgot about that.
To the OP: I will give you the download link if you can wait till tomorrow.
I am abroad ATM.

incisivekeith said:
I have tried flashing stock ROMs but none of them came with a PIT file or a bootloader. I have tried installing a stock bootloader too, by itself, but nothing allows me to go beyond factoryfs. Are you saying flashing a stock ROM with a matching PIT can make the difference?
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Yes, it can be done.
Use the pit for your version (16 or 32 gb).

kimitza said:
Yes, it can be done.
Use the pit for your version (16 or 32 gb).
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Thanks hkgrob, Chasmodo and kimitza. I appreciate it.
So do I need to just flash the 16 GB (I have 16 GB Note) PIT file using Odin and that should reset the flash counter? Just want to make sure I am doing it right.
Edit: I just flashed the 16 GB PIT file using 1.85 PC Odin along with a stock kernel, but the counter has not reset. Also, there is no kernel file, that hkgrob mentioned, in the zipped attachment.
I am not able to find the kernel through search. Could someone upload the kernel which would reset the counter? I will try again after that. Thanks.

incisivekeith said:
Thanks hkgrob, Chasmodo and kimitza. I appreciate it.
So do I need to just flash the 16 GB (I have 16 GB Note) PIT file using Odin and that should reset the flash counter? Just want to make sure I am doing it right.
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No, flashing pit file will not reset your counter. Angelom 1.2 kernel will, but as I said
I will give you the DL tomorrow (if someone else doesnt post it first).

chasmodo said:
No, flashing pit file will not reset your counter. Angelom 1.2 kernel will, but as I said
I will give you the DL tomorrow (if someone else doesnt post it first).
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Yes, that's what I figured. I found a link to this kernel in this thread and downloaded it, but it's an ICS kernel, which is also supposed to reset the counter. Is this the one you talk about? And, if it is the right kernel, I guess I should flash it with the PIT file with PC Odin. Correct?
I am on stock GB recovery - for your information.
If anyone else can post the kernel before Chasmodo does, that would be great. Thanks.
A little diversion: For some reason the stock recovery shows there are no files on my SD card, while other recoveries do. Is this supposed to be this way? With stock recovery, I am unable to access anything on my SD card.

I will post this as a separate thread, as it does not fit as an edit in my previous post.
I found this thread, and got encouraged to flash the ICS kernel which the OP in that thread also found. Flashing the ICSTest kernel by Angelom rebooted with a yellow triangle at the Samsung prompt and booted into touch CWM. I rebooted the phone using the reboot option on CWM. With the reboot, the triangle is gone and the binary counter says "No." So, I think mission accomplished for now.
Will there be a way Samsung to tell now if I ever flashed custom recoveries, ROMs and kernels or that phone was rooted before the Google-admitted bug screwed everything up?

incisivekeith said:
I will post this as a separate thread, as it does not fit as an edit in my previous post.
I found this thread, and got encouraged to flash the ICS kernel which the OP in that thread also found. Flashing the ICSTest kernel by Angelom rebooted with a yellow triangle at the Samsung prompt and booted into touch CWM. I rebooted the phone using the reboot option on CWM. With the reboot, the triangle is gone and the binary counter says "No." So, I think mission accomplished for now.
Will there be a way Samsung to tell now if I ever flashed custom recoveries, ROMs and kernels or that phone was rooted before the Google-admitted bug screwed everything up?
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Just flash a stock kernel now, and they probably won't be able to tell that you ever used any custom stuff.

No need to removed the counter & triangle, just send it back to SSC, they will fix it for you, because they already know the reason you send it back, cheer up!

amytjia said:
No need to removed the counter & triangle, just send it back to SSC, they will fix it for you, because they already know the reason you send it back, cheer up!
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I am guessing you work for Samsung.
Chasmodo, I have already flashed a stock kernel and am trying to use adb, but I am almost certain I will send it to Samsung. Adb results in "/bin/sh...:No such file...(2)".

chasmodo said:
Just flash a stock kernel now, and they probably won't be able to tell that you ever used any custom stuff.
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Hi chasmode
I am on ALBA ICS XXLPY V2.2 right now. Can i flash this with pc odin to reset binary to 0.
And yes then this ICS kernal will affect the current rom I am running.

samtani776 said:
Hi chasmode
I am on ALBA ICS XXLPY V2.2 right now. Can i flash this with pc odin to reset binary to 0.
And yes then this ICS kernal will affect the current rom I am running.
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No. Angelom 1.2 will reset your counter, but it will also give you a hard brick in
no time at all. It is to be used to reset the counter only in cases where a hard brick is already there, sorry.

Thanks a lot. Bookmarked this page in case if I need it in future.

chasmodo said:
No. Angelom 1.2 will reset your counter, but it will also give you a hard brick in
no time at all. It is to be used to reset the counter only in cases where a hard brick is already there, sorry.
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Is that true that flashing the Angelom 1.2 will hard brick a phone if it's not already bricked? Is that kernel not useful for any ROMs? I am curious because if that's true, I will change the title of my thread.

can i change kernel when ny note bricked ?

please help..
i think my note is bricked.
its stuck on factoryfs step when i try flash with PC odin.
i want go to services center to claim warranty
but i have one problem.
i am already using custom kernel in my note. so i am afraid the warranty will void.
its there any idea to change my kernel to original kernel ?
oh ya im on ICS 4.0.4 Singapore..
thanx

Looky signature for 'toolbox' you will find stock kernel thread link from it.
Flash using pc odin (pda),most probably you will able to.flash it, except you have big loss on partition.
Sent from my GT-N7000 using xda premium

We already have 4-5 threads with same issue....and even if you some how manage to flash a stock kernel it will not remove your root and that will void your warranty. Retry on on some different PC, some users managed to do it like this.
Edit- M I right dr.ketan?

It requires precious log to know exact issue he faces. If it is not brick but due to connectivity issue then knly it can b managed with other pc. Flashing stock kernel will unroot device, but sure leftover will remain.but if it is real brick and they (service centre)won't able to boot it and never know abt leftover.
They will have two option to check
1.recovery - if it is custom, they will find u r rooted, thats y i advised him to flash stock kernel
2.download mode : you shud not have raised flash counter.
So,
My recommendation
Confirm it is real brick, if yes
Flash stock kernel
Reset counter if.raised
Reclaim warranty
Sent from my GT-N7000 using xda premium

jeetu1981 said:
We already have 4-5 threads with same issue....and even if you some how manage to flash a stock kernel it will not remove your root and that will void your warranty. Retry on on some different PC, some users managed to do it like this.
Edit- M I right dr.ketan?
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dr.ketan said:
It requires precious log to know exact issue he faces. If it is not brick but due to connectivity issue then knly it can b managed with other pc. Flashing stock kernel will unroot device, but sure leftover will remain.but if it is real brick and they (service centre)won't able to boot it and never know abt leftover.
They will have two option to check
1.recovery - if it is custom, they will find u r rooted, thats y i advised him to flash stock kernel
2.download mode : you shud not have raised flash counter.
So,
My recommendation
Confirm it is real brick, if yes
Flash stock kernel
Reset counter if.raised
Reclaim warranty
Sent from my GT-N7000 using xda premium
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thank's for your reply..
i didnt know it is was bricked or just connectivity issue ,
all i knew is my note stuck while flashing.. but it can be enter download mode.
ive tried all usb port in my laptop and try reinstalling usb driver, but it didnt help.
oh ya it didnt raise my binary counter , so its still 0
i will follow dr.ketan suggest to flash stock kernel.
but i want to ask one more question.
how about this method ?
how to revive your bricked note
can i use it ? to revive my note
if i can , which one is better ? flash stock kernel or follow that method ?
thanx

ok ive done flash stock kernel..
but i have a yellow triangle in my spalsh screen (samsung Logo)
what should i do now ?

adityareza said:
ok ive done flash stock kernel..
but i have a yellow triangle in my spalsh screen (samsung Logo)
what should i do now ?
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Easy and safe method is using TriangleAway app to remove yellow triangle if you are on Rooted ICS
or else you will have to use USB JIG.

mjrifath said:
Easy and safe method is using TriangleAway app to remove yellow triangle if you are on Rooted ICS
or else you will have to use USB JIG.
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is there any method to use without usb jig ?
i can't use triangle away cz my note can't load ROM, just stuck on samsung logo n yellow triangle

adityareza said:
ok ive done flash stock kernel..
but i have a yellow triangle in my spalsh screen (samsung Logo)
what should i do now ?
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Flashing Stock kernel won't give triangle
You must have did somthing else. Which kernel you have flashed?

dr.ketan said:
Flashing Stock kernel won't give triangle
You must have did somthing else. Which kernel you have flashed?
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i use this kernel
Code:
http://d-h.st/J2t DXLR2
and it give me raise binary counter,
and then
someone told me to flash with ICSKrnelTest.tar in this post
i ve done that but it not reset the binary counter.

my problem was solve..
flashing with this kernel
didnt make resetting binary counter, but help me to Boot to ROM.
so i just installing triangle away and resetting binary.
after that everything looks normal for me
my galaxy note its on.
btw after flashing with that kernel,
i can't connect to wifi
so i use speedmod kernel and everything its allright,
it is oke to use speedmod kernel in ICS 4.0,4 ?
btw thanx for all of yours help and replies

I dont know which kernel was it, b'coz link is broken. But as you said wifi was not working, it means that shud be custom. Stock kernel dont have wifi issue.
Anyway Triangle away will reset your counter.
Yes you can use speedmod, then reset counter.

dr.ketan said:
I dont know which kernel was it, b'coz link is broken. But as you said wifi was not working, it means that shud be custom. Stock kernel dont have wifi issue.
Anyway Triangle away will reset your counter.
Yes you can use speedmod, then reset counter.
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ICSkerneltest.tar.zip
Sent from my GT-N7000 using xda premium

shiunmaru said:
ICSkerneltest.tar.zip
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Ok got it, this one is called angelom 1.2 brick kernel, But that is not working on every ROM and quite old.

CUSTOM BINANY DOWNLOAD Counter Reset ????

Hi....is there a way to reset the CUSTOM BINANY DOWNLOAD Counter ???

from what i know no. triangle away is not working for us

What about usb jig? Does it work for i8190?
Nope. Doesn't work. It wont even force the phone to download mode :/

just flashe stock ROM and after this installe stock recovery than after root ...etc
after testing to flash CWM i see my CUSTOM BINANY DOWNLOAD Counter to 3
Now after this flashed OFFICIAL ROM from sammobile and flashed via odin stock recovery posted in forum and now all are OK

Her is how to but need wait until CWM or Rom from CM
I have tested but have this message " android magic header not found device not listed " now just wait untile the device have more support
here link for complet thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1494114
and here video tut

spawk said:
just flashe stock ROM and after this installe stock recovery than after root ...etc
after testing to flash CWM i see my CUSTOM BINANY DOWNLOAD Counter to 3
Now after this flashed OFFICIAL ROM from sammobile and flashed via odin stock recovery posted in forum and now all are OK
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This does not work for me.
Through terminal "reboot download" it shows nothing, but three button combo still says custom binary dl:7.

How do I fix me have this problem?

Sv: CUSTOM BINANY DOWNLOAD Counter Reset ????
furuko1231 said:
How do I fix me have this problem?
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Wait until someone comes up with a method.
Sent thru time and space from my s3mini.

tys0n said:
Wait until someone comes up with a method.
Sent thru time and space from my s3mini.
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But they do not it will come out?

furuko1231 said:
But they do not it will come out?
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In theory you can dump the partitions, increase the count, dump again, increase again, and so on. Then you can compare each dump, looking for the partitions that changed, and within the blocks that changed. In parallel it's possible to reverse engineer the Samsung bootloader to try and find out how they implemented it.

Super Bricked Note flash counter reset

so a friend of mine super bricked his N7000 and it is kind of my fault.
that's why i feel bad and want to help him out a little bit.
my plan is to:
1) reset the flash/binary counter
2) flash a stock rom
my first question is, will it be possible for him to claim warranty after that?
the second one is, is there any flashable zip-file to reset the flash counter on the n7000?
I only found one for the american versions (verizon etc.)
btw: if that doesn't work I'm trying the pit-file revival method

do you have access to download or recovery mode?, if download mode is there try flashing a stock rom using pc odin.. check if it hangs anywhere. if yes paste the odin logs as well. is the phone recognized by the pc

nokiamodeln91 said:
do you have access to download or recovery mode?, if download mode is there try flashing a stock rom using pc odin.. check if it hangs anywhere. if yes paste the odin logs as well. is the phone recognized by the pc
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Like I said its Super Bricked, i can get into download mode and recovery mode, but no matter what I do the phone doesn't boot.
i tried flashing with odin and cwm multiple times with different roms (stock and custom), but it just doesn't boot.

doesnot help.. what happens when you flash with odin? does it complete or get stuck? when flashing a rom using recovery. does it complete or get stuck again?

Get a USB JIB to reset the counter.. Ebay it.. It costs less than a buck
Tapatalking on my n7000

nokiamodeln91 said:
doesnot help.. what happens when you flash with odin? does it complete or get stuck? when flashing a rom using recovery. does it complete or get stuck again?
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it's bootlooping either way
msedek said:
Get a USB JIB to reset the counter.. Ebay it.. It costs less than a buck
Tapatalking on my n7000
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are there no flashable zips out there? I mean there are for the american version, so there must be one for the N7000 too.
it would just be so much faster and easier.

first of all what makes you think its a super brick.. if its Bootlooping (samsung glowing logo) as you describe it, then its mere data corruption and needs a factory reset in recovery using a safe kernel

nokiamodeln91 said:
first of all what makes you think its a super brick.. if its Bootlooping (samsung glowing logo) as you describe it, then its mere data corruption and needs a factory reset in recovery using a safe kernel
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I did multiple factory resets and flashed safe kernels
I also did the partiton scan from this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1823918
it gets stuck at 1682 mb so I'm pretty sure it's a "Super Brick"

also i forgot to mention that he flashed the cwm.zip (touch version) while being on 4.0.3 like mentionend in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1827394
which is an alleged way to Super Brick your phone (according to my research)

vink1337 said:
it's bootlooping either way
are there no flashable zips out there? I mean there are for the american version, so there must be one for the N7000 too.
it would just be so much faster and easier.
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As far as I know there's 2 ways of reseting the counter.. With triangle away from Chainfire and you must be on Android or with a JIG.. The JIG that works for SGS II its the same for note.. It's a 1 day delivery lol.. And cost less than 1$ and couldn't be more easy.. What else would you want.. Once the JIG resets the counter.. You can "flash" a stock gb rom and there will be no trace of custom stuff.. So he can claim warranty..
And I think there's a guide somewhere that explains how to make a JIG at home.. You could try that too
Tapatalking on my n7000