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Reset Knox In Galaxy S5

please tell me a way how to reset knox counter in galaxy s5

DjBeast2990 said:
please tell me a way how to reset knox counter in galaxy s5
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No way to reset knox

Really!
an0ther said:
No way to reset knox
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But there are some posts saying that can reset knox but cant find the program

The knox counter, once tripped, cannot be reset, not even by Samsung.

Simplest way is to flash one of our excellent ROMS such as Unity or Dynamic Kat. They have removed Knox altogether, amongst other improvements.
Of course, read everything you can first, and follow directions carefully. As you can plainly see, even following directions can get one into trouble.

I'm curious as too how you managed to trip the knox counter ???
That has proven to be very difficult on a device with a locked and encrypted bootloader...
Are you using an ATT device ??

Any chance on ever seeing a root procedure which doesnt trip knox

Will this ever happen?
I just got my new...used note 4. I have sim unlocked it. I'd like to wait a little while before rooting it to see if anyone creates a new root method which doesn't trip knox. I hate that I cant use titanim, or LMT, or even root explorer.
Any opinions... Should I just go and trip the Knox.. I do not need KNOX, but I read something in another post which said if knox is tripped then we might not be able to flash updated ROMS???
THe other reason for not tripping knox would be for resale value.

ilmar72 said:
Will this ever happen?
I just got my new...used note 4. I have sim unlocked it. I'd like to wait a little while before rooting it to see if anyone creates a new root method which doesn't trip knox. I hate that I cant use titanim, or LMT, or even root explorer.
Any opinions... Should I just go and trip the Knox.. I do not need KNOX, but I read something in another post which said if knox is tripped then we might not be able to flash updated ROMS???
THe other reason for not tripping knox would be for resale value.
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If you're questioning whether you should root or not, then you shouldn't root. I don't regret tripping knox, I'm enjoying the phone much more now.
The question you should be asking yourself is. Is there anything I want that I can't do without a root?
By the time a method without tripping knox comes out (if ever), that resell value would have dropped substantially.

Hey where can I download your rom
Wrong section buddy

Well I just figured out tonight that LMT does work in this phone without root. At least the pie wheel does. I haven't tried any gestures yet.
So this makes me happy
Edit: I see this is nothing new. Lmt says root is needed for gestures and isas

theeze said:
If you're questioning whether you should root or not, then you shouldn't root. I don't regret tripping knox, I'm enjoying the phone much more now.
The question you should be asking yourself is. Is there anything I want that I can't do without a root?
By the time a method without tripping knox comes out (if ever), that resell value would have dropped substantially.
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Good point. But is it true that we won't be able to flash new radios?

Root without tripping knox idea (will not work)

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Hawke84 said:
Lots of work went I to finding a solution on S4 when knox first came out including by chainfire with no luck. Also since october people have been trying to root note 4 without tripping knox with no luck.
There is no difference in the system of tripped and not tripped. Soon as anything unsigned or insecure is flashed the bootloader burns the efuse
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As you can see my idea was a bust but here is the original op
Correct me if I am wrong here, the reason knox is being tripped by cf auto root is because of the way it acquirers root not because it is rooted. With that in mind I would Like to make a tar ball with a pre rooted system.img with knox already disabled. To make sure it will have the best possibility to not trip knox and not cause a soft brick I want to use a system dump from a running phone that has only been rooted and knox disabled. I am pretty sure this has worked on every galaxy phone before the s6 and the only reason you don't hear more about it recently is because of the success of towelroot. I am getting this phone on the 1st (so excited) and would like root but want to try samsung pay more.
If you are willing to help I need the following:
Be on a 100% stock samsung bloated system with root (absolutely no tweaked systems I need pure stock with root)
Install supersu into /system (supersu settings)
Have supersu disable knox (If you know this by itself will trip knox please tell me)
Make a system.img dump with adb or terminal emulator and upload it for me (as long as you do not dump the data partition no personal data will be dumped)
At this point I will make the tarball and upload it and have the person who made the system dump flash the tarball. If he/she boots up fine I will the need a volunteer who has not rooted and verified that knox has not been tripped on his/her phone to flash it and see if knox still has its warranty. Obviously the volunteer should go into this not caring if knox gets tripped.
To make things completely clear I need the following:
Somebody who knows how to dump with adb/terminal emulator and already rooted
Somebody without a tripped knox warranty who doesn't care if it gets tripped

Post a replay if you want to supply the system.img so others know not to.

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Lets Break KNOX!

Currently no one has really figured out what KNOX is. Some say it is a eFuse but there isn't any solid evidence. Even if it is a eFuse there must be some way to bypass it? We just need to knox for what it checks specifically.
Here are some facts:
Some people claim that they got their phone repaired by guarantee and it reset their KNOX counter from 1 to 0 without changing the motherboard.
SamFAIL can currently root your phone without tripping KNOX. The question is how?

KunkerLV said:
Currently no one has really figured out what KNOX is. Some say it is a eFuse but there isn't any solid evidence. Even if it is a eFuse there must be some way to bypass it? We just need to knox for what it checks specifically.
Here are some facts:
Some people claim that they got their phone repaired by guarantee and it reset their KNOX counter from 1 to 0 without changing the motherboard.
SamFAIL can currently root your phone without tripping KNOX. The question is how?
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We actually know a lot of those answers already...Samsung doesn't exactly keep it all a secret . As per Google:
https://support.samsungknox.com/hc/...-a-Knox-Warranty-Bit-and-how-is-it-triggered-

sefrcoko said:
We actually know a lot of those answers already...Samsung doesn't exactly keep it all a secret . As per Google:
https://support.samsungknox.com/hc/...-a-Knox-Warranty-Bit-and-how-is-it-triggered-
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Thanks didn't know such an article existed. So perhaps finding out how it detects if a non-knox kernel has been loaded and then bypass it that way.
Also do you have any idea how SamFAIL manages to keep knox 0x0?

KunkerLV said:
Thanks didn't know such an article existed. So perhaps finding out how it detects if a non-knox kernel has been loaded and then bypass it that way.
Also do you have any idea how SamFAIL manages to keep knox 0x0?
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Hmm not sure... I suspect it has something to do with having a locked bootloader on those Snapdragon models, meaning root must be achieved differently (in a way that doesn't trip knox), but I really am just speculating here. There may be more detail in the SamFail thread, or someone else might be able to better explain. I have an Exynos model.

I think that the very reason for implementing something like knox is, SAFETY for the user/owner, many see knox as a restraint, something that does not allow them to fully tinker with their devices, at the end, anybody can root the device, knox indeed has nothing to do with it, just flags the fact that the device has been tampered, and no longer as secure as it was before, so, I think knox is a GOOD thing, and that anybody has achieved to return it to 0x0 once tripped, is excellent news, but that is my opinion

Sorry to say but it's unlikely you'll find a way to bypass Knox without tripping it. People much smarter than us have been trying ever since it came out.
In roms you can disable Knox & it will show 0x0 but it will still show tripped in download mode. SamFail doesn't trip Knox cause it's using an engineering bootloader that was leaked from Samsung. Since that engineering bootloader is not custom binary, it won't trip Knox. So until something similar is leaked for Exynos, root without trippin Knox is not possible. Well it's not root exactly, it's flashing custom recovery (like TWRP) is what trips Knox since it's custom binaries & you need TWRP to root.

reset Knox

What is the best way to reset Knox to 0x0? If possible without root...

mjoude said:
What is the best way to reset Knox to 0x0? If possible without root...
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short answer: no, you cant reset knox back to 0x0.

The reason i didn't root was that i lose more functionality than i gain and there's no going back to knox 0x0 after that. I couldn't imagine my S3 Mini or S5 without root but my Note9 is perfect without root as many things that were available only with root in the past are included in the stock firmware or in Good Lock modules.

yaibakt said:
short answer: no, you cant reset knox back to 0x0.
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https://www.knoxreset.com
What about..?

mjoude said:
https://www.knoxreset.com
What about..?
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It's a scam. The Knox flag is indicating the state of an eFuse, which can't be changed nor reverted.

Shadowprince94 said:
It's a scam. The Knox flag is indicating the state of an eFuse, which can't be changed nor reverted.
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The ONLY way to get KNOX back to 0X0 is to replace the mainboard...
You can get a rooted phone to display KNOX as 0X0 but it is cosmetic only and won't fool any apps that don't work on a rooted phone.
If you haven't replaced the boot file, rooted or replaced the recovery then an app you have installed likely is malware that has tried or successfully gained root privileges...

mjoude said:
What is the best way to reset Knox to 0x0? If possible without root...
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Simple answer NO i made a mistake rooting my Tab S4 i'm never ever rooting unless i get a SnapDragon as they i heard you can root without trpping Knox! Also root is not needed as we have Youtube Vanced, Disconnect Pro! Package Disabler Pro, and #Mono oh forgot about Goodlock! Unless your planning on running Custom Roms it's simply not worth Rooting! As it's to much headache to root update reroot etc!

N1NJATH3ORY said:
Simple answer NO i made a mistake rooting my Tab S4 i'm never ever rooting unless i get a SnapDragon as they i heard you can root without trpping Knox! Also root is not needed as we have Youtube Vanced, Disconnect Pro! Package Disabler Pro, and #Mono oh forgot about Goodlock! Unless your planning on running Custom Roms it's simply not worth Rooting! As it's to much headache to root update reroot etc!
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This^ I also removed a few preinstalled apps via ADB and granted one permission for Tasker via ADB as well. Root was mandatory in the past but not any more at all.