Has anyone returned their tablet running LOS? Samsung doesn't specify it has to be running stock firmware. Asking for a friend.
If your doing trade in to Samsung then device must use stock ROM and Google + Samsung account must be removed before factory reset is made. They won't accept a device with custom rom because they are probably going to clean the device and resell it as second hand or send them off to country and sell it cheap or that it goes to those who cannot afford expensive device.
Or did you mean he bought galaxy tab s8 device but want to return it and get money back? If so then answer is if he has flashed custom ROM on it then he has mostlikely broken KNOX which also makes warranty voided and therefore Samsung won't accept re-turn.
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If your doing trade in to Samsung then device must use stock ROM and Google + Samsung account must be removed before factory reset is made. They won't accept a device with custom rom because they are probably going to clean the device and resell it as second hand or send them off to country and sell it cheap or that it goes to those who cannot afford expensive device.
Or did you mean he bought galaxy tab s8 device but want to return it and get money back? If so then answer is if he has flashed custom ROM on it then he has mostlikely broken KNOX which also makes warranty voided and therefore Samsung won't accept re-turn.
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Thanks for the reply. I am trading the old one in.
For anyone else in my situation: save yourself a lot of grief by booting into TWRP & doing the necessary wipes while you still have LOS. I foolishly just booted into download, fired up Odin & flashed the stock software. After spending hours trying to figure out why it was stuck on the Samsung logo, I flashed TWRP in Odin, booted into recovery, did the necessary wipes, reflashed stock. Now all is well, my S2 is ready to go back.
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Do we have this SIM cards restrictions/regional lock like with Note 3?
Do we have KNOX thing? How check do my phone have it? Mine is i9295, without branding, I went to Download Mode phone shows this:
SYSTEM STATUS: Official
CSB-CONFIG.LSB - 0x30
WRITE PROTECTION: Enable - is this KNOX?
eMMC BURST MODE: enabled
Sorry, i know that those questions are on XDA somewhere but search function shows so much answers from different phones and its hard to read it all with bad eyesight and screen-reader. Are there any guides for Samsung phones for former iPhone users? I had Sony k550i and i was modifying it a lot, my iPhone is jailbroken too, but im total noob in Android stuff. Is rooting is reversible like jailbreaking? On iPhone i just unjailbroked it, used warranty and they didnt noticed anything, because it was hardware fault they replaced it for new one. Is on software any traces of root even after unroot, factory reset or firmware wipe?
This phone is great, love this big LCD, customization, removable battery its sad that its not popular and has bad opinions. Its hard to find silicon 100% transparent case. But i cant stand AMOLED screen, its irritates my eyes, thats why Active is my choice.
Yes the Galaxy S4 Active (all variants) use Knox for the kernel protection as I understand it. Can't speak of the SIM region locks at this time as I've got the AT&T US model (I537) and I have no intentions of going international anytime soon (read: ever). I unlocked mine for use with T-Mobile and haven't had any issues so far myself.
If you do most anything to the Active Samsung has ways of detecting it. I just got home from trying to have a Samsung rep at Best Buy restore mine to the most current official ROM build for the I537 (which is MF3) and because either a) mine has been rooted in the past but isn't rooted at this moment or b) because mine is carrier unlocked or c) a combination of both a and b I'm unable to get it flashed back to MF3 which was the OTA update to MF2 (what this phone had on it when I got it). The Samsung flashing software could see my device and detected the specific ROM build but called it "not compatible" and refused to do the MF3 flash so that's that.
There's not nearly as much info or development for the GS4A as the GS4, but what info there is you'll find here in this subforum just for the GS4A.
It's a great device, but the locked bootloader is cramping it and keeping it from really taking off, and it's waning popularity in stores and low sales are definitely something that the carriers are taking note of (especially AT&T who may stop selling it before the end of the year from what I've read rumors of).
As for a Samsung "guide" for iPhone users, well, it's basically Android even with Touchwiz (Samsung's craptastic UI they force on their device owners) so any old guide for Android should prove useful. The GS4A user guide is a good place to start.
If you want something a lot more comprehensive there's a magazine on the newsstands right now that I would recommend if you want "hard copy" to work with:
Just came out (that is a picture of Volume 2 - Volume 1 came out in late 2012 and has a different cover so make sure you get the right one as pictured above) like a month ago so it's pretty much as up-to-date as anything else can be. Runs about $15-20 at most bookstores or online, and there's a PDF version available as an eBook too from Amazon iirc.
Hope this helps...
Is on 4.3 is KNOX Warranty Bit in Download Mode? Can somebody check it?
Another problem. I tried to root on 4.2.2, it was easy but i had problems to enter Custom Recovery. I made it finally but Triangle Away shows flash count 3. Tried to reset counter and it didn't worked. Then i read i need stock recovery. If i flash stock revovery can i reset flash counter to 0 if i need warrainty? Im asking because i read that Triangle Away can reduce flash counter 1 point. So it will only reduce it to 2? I need to say farewell to warranty?
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ewa12321 said:
Is on 4.3 is KNOX Warranty Bit in Download Mode? Can somebody check it?
Another problem. I tried to root on 4.2.2, it was easy but i had problems to enter Custom Recovery. I made it finally but Triangle Away shows flash count 3. Tried to reset counter and it didn't worked. Then i read i need stock recovery. If i flash stock revovery can i reset flash counter to 0 if i need warrainty? Im asking because i read that Triangle Away can reduce flash counter 1 point. So it will only reduce it to 2? I need to say farewell to warranty?
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i know it is late but for other who dont know:
after root with you need flash recovery back to stock: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=43769707&postcount=38
How to check if I reseted flash counter to 0 with Triangle Away? I have all stock now, recovery too. I used factory reset. In "About Phone* all status info is official. It is my phone like from box? Are there any traces of root? I want to update to 4.4.2 when it comes to international version.
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How to check if I reseted flash counter to 0 with Triangle Away? I have all stock now, recovery too. I used factory reset. In "About Phone* all status info is official. It is my phone like from box? Are there any traces of root? I want to update to 4.4.2 when it comes to international version.
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triangle away show you this info (probably you must be rooted), but if you are on knox firmware and root your phone you will void your warranty and knox security will be damaged. O course you can check if your phone is on knox firmware by entering download mode.
I still dont have knox in download mode. I know that knox warrainty bit is permanent and for now there's no fix for this
So flash counter that can be reset with Triangle Away goes 1 up when I install custom recovery. But when I only root without custom recovery it will be 0? Sorry for all those questions I cant find answer even in my native language forums.
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Rooted the phone, decided I didn't really care or need to have a phone rooted. Phone was fine. So I decided to grab the stock ATT firmware and reload it via Odin. All goes well until the very end when the phone tells me:
SECURE CHECK FAIL : system
Pretty sure this is related to the locked boot-loader. I cannot get into recovery mode, and I cannot boot into regular android, but I can get into download mode. It just fails after nearly completing everything using different Odin versions, and I've used two different firmware files. I was on 4.4.2 and had all of the latest ATT OTA updates.
Everything is still listed as official and KNOX is 0x0 and KNOX Warranty void is 0x0. I guess Kies emergency firmware recovery doesn't work with the Note 3.
What are these Odin files, and where did you obtain them? Add far as I know there is no Odin flashable file for 4.4
You're going to have to visit a Samsung kiosk at a Best Buy and see if they can fix it. If not, you're probably screwed, and will have to try for a replacement, or send to Samsung for service.
I tried unrooted with SuperSU and it still shows custom, KNOX still shows 0x0 the real issue is how to remove customer and get back to official without bricking.
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You're going to have to visit a Samsung kiosk at a Best Buy and see if they can fix it. If not, you're probably screwed, and will have to try for a replacement, or send to Samsung for service.
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This was the recommendation from my local att corporate store. It's also what worked. The Samsung consultant let me restore my phone with her computer. She didn't realize how to get it into download mode. Either way, the Samsung program flashed the phone. It was super easy to use. Certainly meant for an non tech person. Same instructions as doing an emergency firmware recovery within Kies.
Hello everybody,
a friend of mine has recently come back from a 12 months work experience in NY (we live in Italy) and gave me his american Galaxy S6 Edge since he has just got a brand new Iphone 7.
This S6 is AT&T version (SM-G925A), sim unlocked, still Lollipop installed.
My question: is there a way to flash SM-G925F international firmware and get OTA here in Europe?
I already read about people trying to do this for using in USA, but posts are 2 years older or without replies.
I read also about compatibility of LTE network...but I just want to give a try.
Any advice?
Thank you guys
I have the same phone as i used to work overseas.
I would not suggest you would change to F version as you might brick it, or since it is built for AT&T it should stay on the AT&T. Think of specific drivers and so on. This version has slightly different hardware from the European version.
Why not update the firmware with Odin. start with lollipop updates go to marshmallow and nougat.
Thanks my friend, you were right (almost brick the phone). Now I'm on MM At&T but with DRK error, something about dm-verity.
Phone always reboot in recovery with this error; I had to flash a special stock kernel found here that, I suppose, disables dm-verity, just to boot it up.
Maybe the EFS folder got corrupted...no way to install Nougat via Adb, I'm unable to mount system as RW.
I actually didn't know that there were Samsung phones around the world with bootloader locked down...shame on At&t!
My friend didn't even want it back, now it's on my desk taking dust...what a waste of good hardware!
Thanks anyway
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Thanks my friend, you were right (almost brick the phone). Now I'm on MM At&T but with DRK error, something about dm-verity.
Phone always reboot in recovery with this error; I had to flash a special stock kernel found here that, I suppose, disables dm-verity, just to boot it up.
Maybe the EFS folder got corrupted...no way to install Nougat via Adb, I'm unable to mount system as RW.
I actually didn't know that there were Samsung phones around the world with bootloader locked down...shame on At&t!
My friend didn't even want it back, now it's on my desk taking dust...what a waste of good hardware!
Thanks anyway
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Good ole US carriers. Gotta love em. I aint seen the light of root or unlocked bootloader in a few years now other than my g4. Which no roms no twrp. But root only.
Been out of the flashing game for a while (last device was an S4)
I'm wanting to start modding my Galaxy S8, but before I do I'm wanting to do a full firmware backup to restore to if things go wrong, or if I sell the device on.
Ideally I'd like to be able to restore to the point where the next user wouldn't recognise its been flashed other than the tripped knox flag (ie original recovery, modem, bootloader, the lot)
Also.. Samsung Pay. I've read about fake knox flag, does this enable Samsung Pay? Do I need to be rooted to do this? Can I flash from my backup (ie to original) and get Samsung Pay back?
Can anyone point me in the direction of a rock solid guide for this?
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Been out of the flashing game for a while (last device was an S4)
I'm wanting to start modding my Galaxy S8, but before I do I'm wanting to do a full firmware backup to restore to if things go wrong, or if I sell the device on.
Ideally I'd like to be able to restore to the point where the next user wouldn't recognise its been flashed other than the tripped knox flag (ie original recovery, modem, bootloader, the lot)
Also.. Samsung Pay. I've read about fake knox flag, does this enable Samsung Pay? Do I need to be rooted to do this? Can I flash from my backup (ie to original) and get Samsung Pay back?
Can anyone point me in the direction of a rock solid guide for this?
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If you have an s8, you are in the wrong thread.
You can download stock filmware files from Sammobile or Updato, which can then be flashed with Odin.
Samsung Pay will never, ever work after tripping Knox.
Flashing stock filmware is not enough, it will take a motherboard replacement due to the Efuse, google pay should work though with Magisk or relocking to bootloader.
Hi there, I will keep this as short as possible and jump straight to the topic.
I have been using various custom ROMs for the past two years- some were excellent and others not so good. Despite the awesome Exynos 7870 community and devs that provide many superior ROMs, I decided to go back to the Stock ROM since I am planning to resell my device. With this glorious purpose, I installed the stock firmware from Sammobile with the help of Odin 3.14.1. I experienced nostalgia going back to android 8 from 10 (was using A7 Port from Astrako before).
It worked and everything seemed fine until I opened Samsung Pass and to my surprise it said that my device was rooted and I could not use Samsung Pass. Not that I care using it anyway but it is the root that bothers me more. I thought I had completely gone back to stock after installing the stock firmware then why does the root still persist.
I need help un-rooting my device and get a 'completely stock' experience.
Please help!
Your device is as stock as it gets when Samsung pass says your device is rooted it is not actually rooted it is just that Knox was tripped the first time you rooted your phone and so the app thinks your phone is rooted unfortunately there is no way to undo this since know is an e-fuse.